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Recent world events have underscored the changing political and military requirements of the United States and its Allies to respond to situations not previously envisioned as primary missions of their Navies. Military missions which require the extensive use of mines, anti-ship cruise missiles (HARPOON), land attack cruise missiles (TOMAHAWK) and torpedoes in conjunction with littoral operations ...

SHIELD RITE proposes to utilize a finite difference, time domain model of the multilayer frequency selective surface (FSS) to examine how the bandwidth and the angular dependence of the reflection (or transmission) coefficient depend upon the number of layers and the spacing between the layers. We shall then look at the power handling capabilities of these filters by examining the electric fields ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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The lithium/thionyl chloride bipolar battery configuration, with thin electrode and separator components, is ideal for high rate voltage and high power applications. The bipolar electrode design supports a high rate capability by providing shortest and least resistive current path between adjacent cells in a through a thin bipolar plate. Program objective includes: 1) optimization of the important ...