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Microcosm and Analytical Graphics propose to extend the existig commercial Satellite Tool Kit (STK) mission analysis system to incorporate sensor simulation and mission utility. The result will be the first general purpose, commercially available, space mission utility simulator. It will run on available workstations and will allow the user to quantify mission performance as a function of system d ...

Microcosm proposes to undertake technical evaluation of a launch vehicle concept capable of reducing near-term launch costs by a factor of 10. Phase I will determine the government requirements which can be met by the proposed vehicle and conduct a formal review of a specific point design and the methods employed to hold down cost. Phase I will result in an overall requirements definition, a point ...

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Bioremediation holds great promise for cost effective treatment of environmental contaminants. To realize this potential, microorganisms with improved bioremediation capabilities must be found. A general systematic approach is described to use 96-well microtiter plate technology and robots to screen rapidly microorganisms for their bioremediation capabilities. Microbial strains will be grown in 96 ...

The objective is to develop a new algorithm which can be used as a reliable and efficient tool in the analysis of such aspects of interaction of electro-magnetic radiation with biological tissue as: a) wideband pulse propagation through highly dispersive medium, b) medium response to the pulse, c) inverse scattering problems, d) localization of the energy deposited in the medium. The proposed algo ...

The proposed Phase I research project will quantify the sources of contamination in powder/binder processing of sapphire monofilament reinforced gamma TiAl metal matrix composites as currently practiced, demonstrate alternative reduced contamination binder systems and removal methods, and examine the feasibility of binderless processing of powder/monofilament combinations. In addition, sputter-coa ...

In recent years, secondary storage has become a bottleneck in portable computing and electronics for government, industry, and consumers. Enhancements in storage will continue to lag microprocessor advances for years to come. Nanotronics, Inc. has initiated a research effort that promises to change the paradigm in mass storage, thereby enabling up to 100 times improvement in planar surface storage ...

Within DoD there is a current need for the design or redesign of aircraft-borne weapon airframes to meet conformal/internal carriage requirements. A major constraint imposed by confromal/internal carriage is a limitation on the maximum stowable fin span of a weapon. Current aircraft such as the F-117 and future aircraft such as the F-22 are designed with internal carriage capability, but current w ...