BIOELASTIC MATERIALS FOR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC RESTORATION

Not Available Systran Federal Corp. (SFC) has developed a concept for a lightweight, hand-held tool (PALM-IT) for performing flight-line diagnostics and maintenance operations. The heart of the system is a five-function PC Card (formerly called PCMCIA) supporting the following interfaces: Mil-Std-1553, IEEE-488, 10Base-T Ethernet, and Fortezza-encrypted wireless networking. The first two interfaces are used to interface to avionics on the aircraft, the others are used to communicate with ground-based equipment. PALM-IT is designed as a complete hardware and software solution for flight-line operations. It provides all the tools needed for the sponsor to develop custom applications for uploading and downloading operational flight programs (OFPs), initiating built-in tests (BITs) on the avionics, transferring diagnostics information between the aircraft and ground-based equipment, or performing other maintenance operations. In Phase I, we will investigate how to achieve the high degree of integration required to place all five functions on a single PC Card. Advanced packing techniques will be explored, and the use of intellectual property (IP) to cut development time will be examined. A top-level system design will be developed, and a software API will be outlined, which will be prototyped during Phase II. The Phase III potential of this project will also be examined.