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Requirements for high quality electrostrictive single crystals continue to be important because the polycrystalline PMN-PT materials, have a lower coupling coefficient . Single crystal PMN-PT doped with lanthanum or barium is an attractive transducer material because of its very high energy density and its capacity to undergo large electrostrictive strains. Foster-Miller has conceived of an inn ...

The Navy uses a wide variety of cables to provide power and control signals to shipboard systems. The Vertical Launch System (VLS) uses cables containing between 3 and 85 conductors. These cables must withstand the underwater environment and be resistant to mechanical damage when passing through ballast tank penetrators. Current cable jacket materials either lack toughness or have insufficient ...

Eighty tons of weight and 400 cubic feet of volume can be saved on submarines by substituting smaller and lighter fuel cells for the existing battery/diesel engine emergency power system. This would enhance performance in existing and future submarines b y making room for more electronic equipment, or permitting smaller, more maneuverable submarines. Submarines would also be quieter without th ...

On aircraft carriers, maintenance is performed on aircraft while they are parked on the carrier flight decks in between at sea flight operations. During the maintenance operations, access panels are routinely and hurriedly removed and replaced.

Hybricon Corporation, along with Engineering Technology Center (ETC), proposes to develop a cost effective generic electronic enclosure containing a card chassis and power supply module that meets the naval ship borne mechanical, electrical and environmental requirements and provides adequate cooling and EMI protection. This enclosure will support new and existing COTS VME electronic card fo ...

A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) pilot is faced with a complex task, with few tools available for training and mission planning. Training is generally "on-the job", and is often limited by the availability and high cost of deploying equipment.

IntelliSense proposes to develop a family star and tree optical waveguide couplers suitability packaged to interface with ribbon cable interconnect systems. The objective of Phase I program is to analyze and deign the coupler waveguides and package suitability for further development, fabrication and test in Phase II. During Phase I, we will demonstrate multiple waveguide couplers and fiber ...

During Phase I KaZaK Composites Incorporated will develop at least three composite material replacement alternatives for an existing metal mine blast and fragment protection kit: o a minimum weight design, o a minimum cost design, and o a design that attempts to balance cost and weight factors. Designs will make maximum use of automated manufacturing technology to control acquisition cost o ...

KaZaK Composites Incorporated specializes in high performance composite pultruded structures for military and commercial applications. KCI is currently fabricating the world's largest and most capable pultrusion machine. This equipment is being specifically designed to pultrude very large floor, roof and side wall composite stiffened panels (maximum width >10 feet) that will be assembled along ...

High pixel count display operation at high frame rates requires high frequency display circuits and a fast light modulation media. Kopin's AMLCD display technology utilizes fast CMOS circuits fabricated in single crystal silicon, which are superior to circuits fabricated in poly-crystaline silicon and amorphous silicon. Display circuits are fabricated on SOI wafers in conventional CMO ...