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The objective of this program is the development of a fibrin tissue adhesive which will be usable under battlefield conditions. The new adhesive will be a blood activated, single agent system which is applied directly to the site of bleeding. It consists chiefly of a mixture of fibrin monomer and tissue fibronectin which will form an adherent fibrin clot on contact with bleeding tissue. The Phase ...

This exploratory development program is a study of existing means of attaching hardware to composite materials in general. Special attention for mounting racks, brackets, modular armor and other types of equipment and hardware on combat and tactical vehicle will be provided. These vehicles use all types and shapes of composite structure including: solid laminates, thin wall composites, pultrusion, ...

This proposal is for the design and development of an auxiliary body heating system to be worn by soldiers operating in extremely cold environments. The design is based on circulating a fluid through a garment. Power for the pump is provided by a thermoelectric generator which simultaneously acts as the heat source for the pumped liquid. The thermoelectric generator is heated by a low-output ca ...

A self-powered, rapid inflation system for high pressure air beam structures will be developed using staged pressure pulse combustion. The concept builds on existing commercial experience with pulse combustion. This pulse combustion air compressor will involve the use of a lightweight tube in which a carefully and rapidly sequenced series of ignitions of a fuel and air mixture is used, at high ...

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Military personnel must be equipped with appropriate decontamination (decon) systems in order to operate effectively in battlefields or rear area environments that include nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) contamination. In this project, CF TECHnologies, Inc., (CF TECH) will evaluate the potential for using Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) technology for NBC decontamination of small, deli ...

THIS PROPOSAL RESPONDS TO THE NEED FOR A DYNAMIC MODEL OF VERTICAL TEMPERATURE AND WATER VAPOR PROFILES IN THE TURBULENT SURFACE LAYER (TSL). THE MODEL WILL INCLUDE DIURNAL EFFECTS, RECENT WEATHER HISTORY, AND TSL RESPONSE TO SHORT-TERM CHANGES IN INCIDENT FLUX CAUSED BY TEMPORARY CLOUD OCCULTATION, SUNRISE, OR SUNSET. MODULES WILL BE DEVELOPED TO CALCULATE THE VERTICAL GRADIENT OF THE RADIATIVE F ...