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nGimat proposes to combine MEMS switches with ferroelectric technology to design and manufacture low-loss, low-cost, monolithic, frequency-agile microwave bandpass filters that can be dynamically adjusted in frequency by the application of a DC voltage. In Phase I, nGimat will design and fabricate the circuit, optimize materials, perform modeling and simulation, and build prototype tunable filter ...

nGimat Co., in collaboration with Georgia Institute of Technology, proposes to utilize the Combustion CVD process for the development and production of high performance self-cleaning coatings for military structures. The self-cleaning coatings will be based in part on the ultrahydrophobic nature of the lotus leaf, but with a focus on improving durability to a level not previously seen in nature o ...

In these times of increasing deficits and limited budgets, the Office of the Secretary of Defense is using the idea of Capability-Based Acquisitions. This concept limits spending by focusing investments only for key capabilities. With this concept, Research and Development at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) now also needs to be such that funding is focused on R&D that supports these key ...

Effective and timely assessments of total thermal and power energy management is critical to the design and eventual cost-effective deployment of emerging air vehicles. To fully assess the overall weapon system benefits requires evaluating the technology impacts to aircraft and weapon system effectiveness, survivability, reliability and affordability. What is needed is the ability to integrate s ...

The proposed innovation is the development of a novel dual band detector responding in both the UV and IR regions, based on a GaN/AlGaN heterostructure. The IR response is based on HEterojunction Interfacial Workfunction Internal Photoemission (HEIWIP) detectors, which have been demonstrated using AlGaAs/GaAs structures. By also using interband transitions, response in the UV range can be incorpor ...

There is strong demand to develop and increase the use of electric aircraft in future military and aviation applications. All electric aircraft concepts and aircraft maintenances require reliable, compact, and efficient electric power sources. Fuel cell electric generator using JP-8 fuel is identified as the electric power source of choice. Current designs of the fuel cell systems have two major ...

Various techniques have been explored extensively to develop sensors for target surveillance and tracking applications. Radars working in electromagnetic radiation waveband have been greatly advanced. However, since the applied wavelength of these sensors is relatively large, radars are only suitable to detect and track large, far or well spaced objects, such as ballistic missiles, air or land veh ...

Quantitative estimation of blood loss in wounded battlefield casualties must be promptly transmitted to medics for corrective actions. Yet heart rate and blood pressure measures are often inadequate, and the more accurate invasive measures of stroke volume as well as derived measures from the ventricular volume curve (obtained with echo-Doppler) cannot be employed logistically. Real-time, battle ...

Production Products and the University of Delaware - Center for Composite Materials (UD-CCM) will develop a 200-gallon fuel tank design concept that will be 50% less parasitic weight than the current lowest weight crashworthy, ballistically tolerant, self-sealing (Type I) tank construction at 0.9 lb/ft2. This design will meet the requirements of MIL-DTS-27422C and withstand the threshold threat ...

Production Products is proposing a rapidly deployable Chemical/Biological (CB) protected shelter to house fighter aircraft or portions of the aircraft during maintenance operations. The shelter system will be rapidly deployable, have its own filtration and air handling system, and will be highly adaptable to sealing against surfaces. Furthermore, the shelter will be able to ship on the standard ...