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ONE OF THE IMPORTANT NEEDS FOR NAVAL SUBMARINE WARFARE IS THE CAPABILITY TO GENERATE INTENSE ACOUSTIC PULSES IN WATER FOR NEUTRALIZATION OF UNDERWATER DEVICES AND FOR SONAR APPLICATIONS. THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A NEW HIGH POWER ACOUSTIC SOURCE THAT WILL OPERATE EFFICIENTLY IN SALT WATER AND AT DIFFERENT PULSE LENGTHS TO NEUTRALIZE VARIOUS UNDERWATER DEVICES. THIS SBIR PROPOSED PROGRAM TAKES ADV ...

An important need for the US Navy and other military services is the effective field repair of electronic printed circuit boards which have been sealed with conformal coatings. Repair of the ekK*Wk circuit boards by replacing components first requires removal of the conformal coating without damaging the other components on the board. Tetra Corporation proposes to adapt our proven coatings re ...

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WOOD AND RESIN MATRIX COMPOSITE PROPELLERS FOR UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES SUFFER UNACCEPTABLE EROSION DAMAGE DUE TO LIQUID AND SOLID IMPACT. POLYMERIC PROTECTIVE COATINGS ARE INEFFECTIVE IN SOLID PARTICLE ENVIRONMENTS. THE BROAD DAMAGE AREA OF PROPELLERS MAKES METALLIC PROTECTIVE COATINGS, SUCH AS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FOR HELICOPTER BLADES, UNACCEPTABLE FROM A WEIGHT PENALTY. CONVENTIONAL CERAMIC COATIN ...

The Navy has over 14,000 tons of pyrotechnic flares and smoke munitions forecasted to enter the Resource Recovery and Disposition stockpile by FY 2001. Disposal of pyrotechnics is now limited to open burning by controlled incineration. Processes to demil these munitions while recovering Valuable constituents are needed. TPL is the leading company in the development of demilitarization resource re ...

Weapon payloads are needed to degrade an adversary's military capability while minimizing the destructive effect on civilian populations. A payload which inhibits operation of internal combustion engines while having no destructive impact on human beings would meet a variety of non-lethal weapon requirements. Immobilization of engines by uptake of fuel combustion inhibitor (FCI) compounds, tailor ...

The mechanical characteristics of advanced composite materials are strongly affected by physical parameters such as ply orientation, thickness of the layers, and homogeneity of the fibers. Although proper material integrity is critical for performance, many factors influencing mechanical properties cannot be detected by visual inspection Small anomalies or incipient degradations including d ...

The proposed research is directed toward demonstrating the feasibility of manufacturing refractory matrix continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic composites (RM-CFCCs) by Polymer Infiltration/Pyrolysis (PIP) processing. RM-CFCCs are currently produced only by Chemical Vapor Infiltration (CVI) which is very costly and time consuming. PIP processing is a simple extension of the methods used to manufactu ...

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