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Reconfigurable authentication unit for reading security codes printed onto parts. Our technology uses upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) to print durable security codes onto authentic products. We have developed a working reading apparatus that can scan codes printed onto objects with the dimensions of a credit card. This proposal will support development of a reader apparatus that is versatile en ...

SOURCE is a Hydropanel, a solar-powered technology needing only sunlight and air to make drinking water. Installed on a rooftop or on the ground, SOURCE extracts water vapor from the air to make, mineralize, and deliver drinking water to a tap. Uniquely independent of infrastructure, SOURCE is the only technology capable of making high-quality drinking water without plugging into an additional ele ...

As the Air Force advances in its technological and operational capabilities, it is more important than ever to develop airman using the most effective tools and processes. This has raised the profile and importance of several training missions including pilot training and maintenance training. The Air Force is seeking to develop innovative systems or prototypes that complement and/or supplement tr ...

Rincon Research Corporation (RRC) has developed a low-cost passive-RF-based system that generates high-accuracy tracking observations using the RF signals broadcast by active satellites. In Phase I, RRC demonstrated that this system can track active deep-space satellites 24x7 in all weather, that it can distinguish closely spaced objects (CSOs) by their different RF emissions, and that the resulti ...

Tracking illuminator lasers (TILs) have a variety of applications in weapon system engagements including target detection, target identification, pose estimation 3D LIDAR and aim point tracking. A TIL with variable pulse parameters is desired to enable a wide dynamic range of these engagements. NP Photonics proposes to design and develop a laser source capable of producing high energy nanosecond l ...

Electro-optical infrared and long wavelength infrared detectors and sensors are increasingly important for the Chemical/Biological Defense community. Solid-state optical cooler materials are in demand for replacing mechanical closed cycle coolers used in current LWIR standoff sensors to achieve cryogenic temperatures. Recent advances in optical cooling of rare-earth doped materials are pointing to ...

The adaptive optics system we propose is designed to operate at the Coudé focus of a 1-m space surveillance telescope at the Starfire Optical Range. The system is to have correction capability to D/r0 = 20 and Greenwood frequency fG = 160 Hz. The mission requirements driving the design relate to the search for closely spaced objects (CSO) around high-value assets in geosynchronous Earth orbit. ...

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1The most important reason for reduction and subsequent elimiantion of cadmuim coating in fasteners is the high potential health hazard. Industry is eliminating this metal from usage where ever possible. A family of zinc based alloys has shown favor for replacement. Binary systems with several other elemental additions have been investigated by workers in the plating field and found to be credible ...

TO DEFINE, DESIGN, AND BUILD PROTOTYPE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO ENABLE A PILOT OR GUNNER TO USE HUMAN VOICE TO RECEIVE AUTOMATIC STATUS REPORTS, GIVE COMMANDS TO, AND QUERY ARMAMENT, AIRCRAFT, AND FLIGHT INSTRUMENT FUNCTIONS. HARDWARE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON A MODULAR BASIS CONSISTING OF A SPEECH OUTPUT ADVISOR AND A LOW MEMORY REQUIREMENT (LMR) VOICE/UTTERANCE RECOGNIZER. THE LMR VOICE/UTTERANCERE ...