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ABSTRACT: Fully Dense Reactive Nanocomposite Materials (FD-RNM) have unique chemical and physical properties and if properly exploited can lead to greater blast effects, chem/bio agent defeat and less collateral damage than conventional steel warhead cases. Whether the FD-RNM are thermite type or metal-metalloid type these benefits are realized through the materials highly exothermic reactions. ...

ABSTRACT: FBS proposes to develop an ultra light-weight ultrasonic guided wave deicing/anti-icing retrofittable system for Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). This system will utilize a focusing/phasing technique to direct and focus energy along specified areas along the leading edge. An anti-icing approach using the actuators will also be explored, never allowing the ice to form would be of value ...

ABSTRACT: Paramount has previously developed thermal controls for the SLS process and documented some of the required in-situ sensing capabilities to achieve full process stability. Paramount"s partners have previously modeled the laser energy density for the process and other composite manufacturing processes. SLS as an out-of-the-box technology does not have the required manufacturing control ...

ABSTRACT: Sheets, or"mats"of EMI protective materials have critical value for many systems of strategic importance for the Department of Defense (DoD). It is of great importance that all such materials that are integrated into fielded systems are fully capable of meeting shielding requirements; however, detecting defects or flaws that compromise performance using current methods is extremely tim ...

ABSTRACT: There is a need for ultra-high performance RADAR absorbing materials (RAM), with performance characteristics superior to that offered by current technology, to be implemented for the testing and evaluation of aircraft level avionic and electronic warfare (EW) systems in an electromagnetically quiet environment at the Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF). Current RAM implementations for an ...

ABSTRACT: We propose to research a real-time tool for Planning of Intelligent Course of Action with Learning (PICAL). PICAL will reason over the available resources, available maneuvers, current threats and potential future threats and will generate a course of actions to maximize the chances of mission success. This course of actions can then be presented to the pilot for approval and modificati ...

ABSTRACT: A new thermal response module will be developed for the XFdtd electromagnetic full-wave solver, building on versions that were available in prior releases of the software to incorporate accuracy and new features from the latest approaches in the technical literature. A user-friendly graphical user interface will also be developed in XFdtd 7 for setting up and executing simulations and ...

ABSTRACT: Next-generation aircraft are experiencing increasing thermal challenges due to heat generation from avionics, as well as requirements to lift this heat to temperatures high enough for rejection from the platform. Efforts have demonstrated vapor compression systems (VCS) offer a cost-effective cooling solution to lower temperature avionics heat loads. An aircraft VCS is required to utili ...

ABSTRACT: Next generation liquid rocket systems, envision novel designs for cryogenic turbopumps that exhibit high suction performance with low inlet pressures, operate at high tip speeds to reduce size and weight, and can be throttled over a wide range of low, off-design flow conditions where the inlet flow quality is poor with large backflow. These are extremely demanding flow regimes which ma ...

General Sciences, Inc. (GSI) will design, produce, evaluate and characterize reactive shaped charge liners (RSCL) that possess high density (9-16 g/cc), exothermicity (T>2000K), storage stability and the ability to defeat improvised explosive devices (IEDs), chemical and biological weapons and provide a wall breaching capability. GSI will use metal-metal composites that possess high density, high ...