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Based upon the positive results of the SBIR Phase I effort and significant prior work, Kinetics Research and Development Inc. (KRD) proposes further development of a small internal combustion engine through the Phase II program. The proposed engine, theMeyer Nutating engine, can burn heavy diesel fuel, with a disk nutating around a rotating shaft. This novel arrangement permits the displaced volum ...

This project is focused on the development of a new technology for seismic sensors that are very small, highly sensitive, and immune to electromagnetic interference, along with a sophisticated computer based real time data acquisition, processing andanalysis system. The detection system is based on optical fiber Bragg grating sensors for dynamic strain and acoustic emissions. In Phase II of this p ...

Research on the use of high-power lasers to neutralize mines, munitions, and unexploded ordnance has led to development of a mobile system with a 500 W continuous laser for standoff neutralization of surface-laid munitions. The typical neutralization eventis a low order deflagration of the energetic material accomplished by laser heating the casing. The present laser technique will not neutralize ...

Short ammunition-feed swing chambers and efficient on-vehicle ammunition storage, consistent with Cased Telescoped Ammunition (CTA), will facilitate the Army's Force Transformation, through lighter vehicles required by the Future Combat Systems (FCS)program for the Objective Force. Sealing of propellant gases hampers application of CTA. Phase I Modeling and Simulation Studies (design, analysis, ...

Our Phase I mesochannel adsorption water-recovery device (MAWRD) will be developed into a viable commercial and military product. During Phase I, we have demonstrated the effectiveness of our combination of water vapor adsorption/desorption and heatstorage/transfer to significantly reduce the amount of water lost through respiration. Our device offers substantial improvements in performance comp ...

MTL Systems, Inc. proposes to develop a position displacement sensor to be used as an aid for self-contained navigation in areas where Global Positioning System (GPS) signals are not available, to satisfy Future Combat Systems (FCS)/Objective Forceapplications (dismounted soldier, robots and other autonomous sensors in support of Command and Control (C2) and mobility). Our

This project will significantly improve the accuracy of high cycle fatigue (HCF) life predictions of centrifugal compressors used in small gas turbine engines. This will be done by developing a probabilistic reduced-order model HCF life prediction computercode that captures the random blade mistuning effects present in actual hardware. Mistuning effects can double or triple the stresses of an idea ...

The success of remote, unattended ground sensing using a network of distributed sensors often depends on knowing the position and orientation of each sensor. In fact, sensor localization is a critical enabling technology for Networked Sensors for theObjective Force. However, in many sensor deployments, accurate knowledge of sensor locations and orientations is unavailable. We propose to demonstrat ...

The Digital Direction Finding (DDF) Project will specify, design, and demonstrate a high throughput digital DF processor. We will implement a digital receiver integrated with each antenna element. The task of maintaining synchronization of all A/Ds acrossthe antenna array is accomplished by a novel method proposed herein. Direct RF sampling is specified and will provide the requisite signals for b ...

Current maneuvering technology on Army's FCS munitions utilizes conventional hinge-based flight control surfaces for control and stability. These systems impose substantial weight, volume, and power requirements and ultimately reduce projectile aerodynamicperformance and payload capacity. The mail goal of the Phase II program is to develop and test a prototype of a Compact Deployable Aero Control ...