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TDA Research Inc., and its industrial clothing manufacturing and collaborator propose to develop, manufacture and sell a simple, comfortable, lightweight, durable cooling shirt that will keep ordinance disposal personnel cool and comfortable during bomb disposal activities that protects them against heat related illness. The shirt uses a minimum of consumables. TDA’s cooling shirt technology has ...

The primary technical objective of the proposed effort will be to investigate integration of optical gain medium with thin-film lithium niobate on insulator (TFLNOI) optical waveguides. Recent developments in crystal ion-sliced (CIS) TFLNOI have enabled a new class of electro-optic modulators and photonic integrated circuits with tighter mode confinement, a compact footprint, ultra-high bandwidth, ...

Q-DOT proposes to develop an Active Microwave Switch Matrix for the Army's hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) missile seeker test system. The 4 x 4 X-band switch matrix routes and combines signals at low levels of approximately 0 dBm, enabling each of the outputs to be rapidly programmed as an arbitrary combination of the inputs. IBM's SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) technology is used to ...

Active clearance control promises considerable improvements in rotating component efficiencies and compressor surge margin. These improvements are essential to meet stringent performance requirements for next generation propulsion systems. The improvements are more pronounced for small engines, because clearance effect in small engines accounts for a bigger portion of rotating component losses tha ...

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A new approach to combat identification using orthogonal sensor modalities is proposed that selectively uses 1D and 3D shape echo data, range resolved vibrometry and passive multi-band IR imaging to provide an Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) capabilityto meet Air Force mission objectives. CTI proposes to use the Air Force MLID vibrometry sensor together with the Army Research Laboratory dual-b ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project, will investigate manufacturing of shims and cold plates from ultra high thermal conductivity composites for thermal management of wide band gap active component in T/R modules for S-band and X-band radar. This materials based design approach will utilize ultra high conductivity Diamond/Aluminum and Diamond/Copper materials made by MER. To pr ...

Q-DOT proposes to develop an Active RF Switch Array for the Army's hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) missile seeker test system. The switch array is designed to route 10 GHz X-band signals at low levels of approximately 0 dBm. IBM's SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) technology is used to create ultra-fast active RF switches capable of switching times of 200 ps or less. This integrated circ ...

SWBLI (shock wave boundary layer interaction)2, SWBLI (shock wave boundary layer interaction)2, Hypersonics, fluidic injection, intake, flow control

The global war on terror has dramatically changed the environment in which today's warfighter operates. Many of the locations in theater require moving troops and equipment into areas with unimproved landing zones. Loss of situational awareness in degraded visual environments is one of the largest threats to rotary wing aircraft operating in these areas. Phase Sensitive Innovations has built a pas ...