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Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Agile Electro-Optical Missile Seeking system (AGEMIS) based on two wide field-of-view (FOV) imager with enhanced aperture. The first imagers will be equipped with Adaptive Lenses with Controllable Aperture Location (ALCAL). The first ALCAL will be mounted in the aperture stop of the wide FOV lens for agile wavefront correction to sharpe ...

Laser radars which use mechanical systems to scan the beams have several limitations. In addition to the size, weight and power budgets necessary to incorporate and operate them, there are the issues of reliability, maintenance and survivability. Flexibility to vary the scanned field of view and to concentrate on individual items of interest is extremely desirable. An electronically scanned laser ...

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Iris AO will extend previous development research in the area of piezoelectrically actuated membrane deformable mirrors (DM).  These extensions are to achieve extreme degrees of curvature required in an optical zoom system based on DMs.  These MEMS devices are very small, low weight, and consume very little power.  The properties make the ideal for deployment in satellites for space situational ...

OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO INVESTIGATE TWO INNOVATIIVE DESIGNS FOR TURBINE METERS HAVING AN ACCURACY OF 1% OR BETTER OVER A WIDE RANGE OF FLOW RATES, IN THE AREA OF 140 OR 1 OR BETTER. ANALYSES WILL BE PERFORMED TO DETERMINE THE EXPECTED PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH DESIGN, AND ONE DESIGN SELECTED FOR BREADBOARD DESIGN, FABRICATION AND TEST. DESIGNS TO BE STUDIED AND TESTED INCORPORA ...

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ABSTRACT: Next generation defense and commercial satellites will acquire and process data at significantly higher rates than current satellites. This will necessitate the development of high speed fiber optic communications infrastructure for intra-satellite communications, including the development of highly reliable space-qualified transceivers. This work is expected to provide a very small for ...

Current fiber optic links designed for high dynamic range applications use distributed-feedback (DFB) semiconductor lasers that only operate over a narrow temperature range. Thermoelectric coolers are ordinarily required to maintain the laser within the operating temperature range. This limitation translates into cost, size, complexity and power consumption that are too high for many application ...

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TRS Technologies, Inc. proposes to develop ceramic capacitors as power conditioning capacitors for electrically driven military weapon systems. The proposed ceramic capacitor will combine some of the best features of high energy density, low dielectric loss, and high temperature stability. The capacitors developed on this program will have energy density >4J/cc, low power dissipation, and a wide ...