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Tech Transfer Reports Photonics/Optics
Commercial Spinoffs from Military R&D Programs
A near-infrared (NIR) detector with single-photon sensitivity can be used to improve many applications, from better eye-safe lasers to speeding up tomorrow’s optical computers.
Products Data Acquisition
Mobile Data Acquisition Recorder
LMS International (Troy, MI) has introduced the SCADAS Durability Recorder designed for rugged data acquisition in extreme conditions. It is resistant to water, dust, dirt, shock, vibration, and jolts, and...
Products Electronics & Computers
Embedded Computer
Diamond Systems Corp. (Mountain View, CA) has introduced Pluto, a compact board-level embedded computer based on the Intel Atom processor and featuring modular PC/104-Plus expansion. The PLT-N270-1G is the first in a series of...
Products Electronics & Computers
Rugged Keyboard
Advanced Input Systems (Coeur d’Alene, ID) offers the Grizzly Xtreme rugged keyboard for harsh environments. It is suited for use with gloved hands and light-pressure typing, and consists of an elastomer keypad encased in an...
Products Electronics & Computers
Radiation-Hardened ASICs
Aeroflex (Colorado Springs, CO) offers the UT130nHBD digital application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) that are radiationhardened from 100 krad to 300 krad(Si) total ionizing dose (TID), with up to 15,000,000...
Products Electronics & Computers
Power Film Resistors
The MPM20 Metal Tab TO-220 power film resistors from Caddock Electronics (Roseburg, OR) feature a standard lead finish of solderable thin gold for applications that require pure tin-free components. A non-inductive design...
Products Electronics & Computers
Hermetically Sealed Circuit Boards
Douglas Electrical Components (Randolph, NJ) hermetically seals circuit boards, including flex, rigid, and hybrid circuits for high-volume applications with space or weight constraints such as military and...
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Ballistic Radomes for Communications Antennas
The Army Digitized Force requires a robust communications infrastructure for its superior IT/C4ISR (Information Technologies/Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Sur veil...
Briefs Medical
High-Resolution Anatomic and Elastographic Transrectal Ultrasound for Improved Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer screening generally uses the Pro state Spe cific Antigen (PSA) blood test, free-PSA testing, and Digital Rectal Exam...
Briefs Software
Medical Information Network Decision Support System
In order to facilitate a more rapid and systematic transfer of new medical knowledge and capabilities into mainstream clinical practice, a new Medical Information Network Decision Support (MINDS) system has been proposed. This system is intended to be a platform for storing and fusing medical data...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Characterizing Turbulent Wind Flow Near a Wind Barrier Using Sonic Anemometers
The Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) facility at Holloman Air Force Base (HAFB), NM, has a test section of 1.8 km that contains an artificial rain field...
Briefs Information Technology
Method for Detecting Planar Surfaces in Outdoor Urban Environments
The ability to detect and recognize buildings is important to a variety of vision applications operating in outdoor urban environments. These include landmark recognition,...
Briefs Materials
Multifunctional Properties of Structural Gel Electrolytes
Due to the demand for more advanced and lightweight systems, multifunctional composite structures that can function as electrochemical energy converters, while bearing mechanical load, are in development. This research involves a materials-based approach in which each component of the system...
Briefs Software
Multi-Agent Software for Airspace Control in the Combat Zone
AGENTFLY software is part of a computer-based system technology that will enhance airspace operation, providing ever-increasing support to personnel without freeing them from the ultimate responsibility. AGENTFLY features distributed coordination mechanisms based on collective...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Dynamics of Epitaxy on Nano-Sized Semiconductor Surfaces
Semiconductor self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as one of the simplest subjects for exploring and exploiting the physics and device applications of charge carriers and...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Cooperative Single-Antenna Node Networks
Future tactical networks will be complex, with severe constraints on energy and bandwidth, operating in dynamic and unpredictable environments. By exploiting the broadcast nature of the wireless medium and spatially dispersed nodes, some of these advantages can be realized through cooperation among...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Frangible Polymer Circuit Acts as Tamper Sensor
Originally begun as an investigation to detect attempts to tap into an electrical cable, the emergence of modern encryption hardware rendered impractical attempts to protect communication media...
Articles Aerospace
Tactical Lab Trains Warfighters in Space Hardware and Software Control Tasks
A Training and Tactical ORS Operations (TATOO) Laboratory is being developed by Star Technologies Corp. under the direction of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)...
Articles Aerospace
Electrically Driven General Systems for UAVs
General systems are defined as all of the flight safety critical systems of an aircraft, excluding the engine and flight control computing. Usually, the main subsystems in a general system include...
Tech Transfer Reports Medical
Web-Based Software Uses Patient Data to Diagnose Cancer
Physicians may soon be able to better prevent and more accurately diagnose breast cancer with the help of battlefield planning software designed for missile defense. Medical Information...
Tech Transfer Reports Information Technology
Information Technology Helps Users Monitor Power Consumption
Buildings and factories are a lot like living creatures. Their mechanical systems, from elevators to manufacturing equipment, are like muscles. Specialized fluids and life-giving utilities such as water, natural gas, steam, and electricity course through their structure. And they respond...
Tech Transfer Reports Software
Scheduling Software Enables On-Time Aircraft Deliveries
Building next-generation aircraft may be a daunting task logistically, but using new software developed with Missile Defense Agency (MDA) funding could save manufacturers time, cost, and...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Demodulating Over-the-Air Communications
Today, modern radio designs have made a predominant shift to the software-defined radio architecture. From cellular handsets to military communications devices, the flexibility to use multiple wireless...
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
High-Cycle Life Testing of RF MEMS Switches
MEMS switch technology has many potential benefits over conventional electronic devices for switching microwave and millimeter-wave signals. MEMS switches possess very low insertion loss, miniscule...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Recognition
Synthetic radar image recognition and classification are areas of interest for both the military and civilian communities. These tasks have significance in automatic target recognition, air traffic...
Articles Aerospace
Middleware Offers Integration Framework for Dynamic UAV Applications
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) like the MQ-1 Predator have excelled in the theaters of war in which they have been deployed. However, the ability of those controlling the UAV...
Articles Aerospace
Interaction Methods for Virtual Reality Applications
The potential of Virtual Reality (VR) technology has not been fully realized because the user interfaces are not designed to effectively support the user. One of the most critical interface...
Tech Transfer Reports
Imaging System Analyzes Crop Health
Farmers could soon reduce water, energy, and labor costs by using imaging technology that analyzes crop health. Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. (OKSI) of Torrance, CA has developed modeling and simulation...
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