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Refractory Composites, Inc. has completed a Phase I effort in which scramjet flowpath design for cooled CMC components was evaluated. Thermostructural design, vehicle flight performance and key technical risks such as hot gas leakage, fuel injector thermal coking, long term tactical missile manufacturing affordability, complex engine geometry, complex coolant channel paths and structural scaling ...

Electronic-textiles can communicate, sense, compute, and carry data both on the war zones and on the work environment. Micro electronic-textiles are relatively new and have strong innovative high value-added opportunities for the development of electronic devices in which flexibility and conformability are of importance. The combination of electronics and textiles offers a new way to fabricate fle ...

KaZaK proposes to continue the development, application, and verification of a durability prediction methodology for FRP composites, including the combined effects of temperature, moisture, and other environmental factors, such as exposure to an alkaline environment. The methodology exploits the use of a well-established physical principle of polymer material behavior in conjunction with a new thr ...

TIAX, in partnership with Cascade Designs Inc. (CDI), propose to develop and deliver to the Army up to 100 high efficiency Heat Exchanger Cups (HEXC). The HEXC will achieve over 60% thermal efficiency when used with the Capillary Force Vaporizer (CFV) stove, which CDI has developed and is producing. The HEXC, in combination with the CFV stove, provides the warfighter unmatched efficiency and com ...

Conventional textiles are currently used in military systems as varied as personal equipment and soft-walled shelters. The Army and other armed forces have recognized the opportunity to greatly enhance the mobility, effectiveness and even lethality of their forces by incorporating electrical functionality into textiles. Applications such as electrically-networked or illuminated battle dress unifo ...

Epitaxial Technologies' overall objective is to develop innovative detector technologies that can be used to produce enhanced quantum efficiency and high detectivity VLWIR sensors that can operate at high temperatures. The goal of Phase II will be to improve the quality of the dilute nitride SL material structures and enhance the performance of the dilute Nitride IR detectors developed in Phase I ...

Techno-Sciences, Inc. (TSi), in collaboration with the University of Maryland and Bell Helicopter, proposes to develop and test a pneumatic, on-blade rotor vibration control system. This Phase II project will focus on producing an integrated trailing-edge flap (elevon) system consisting of pneumatic actuators, control electronics, air handling components, and actuator mechanisms for the Bell 407 h ...

One of NASA's primary goals for the next decade is the design, development and launch of a spacecraft aimed at the in-situ exploration of the deep atmosphere and surface of Venus. The success of this mission, called VISE (Venus In-Situ Explorer), is reliant on the development of effective thermal insulation solutions capable of protecting spacecraft for extended periods of time from the extreme h ...

Physical Sciences Inc. and its subcontractors, Corvid Technologies, Systems Engineering Group, Inc. and Millennium Engineering and Integration, Inc., propose to develop a technology base that can be exploited to analyze the RF and EO/IR signatures of post impact debris fields resulting from a KW/target engagement to: (1) identify any lethal object that may be present in the debris field, and (2) ...

The Air Force Research Lab's Software Protection Initiative has a mission to prevent unauthorized distribution and exploitation of application software critical to national security. That mission has led to investment to develop advanced software protections, including the use of rootkit-like methods that provide anti-piracy and anti-reverse engineering protection critical to software application ...