Development of an Efficient Low-Cost Manufacturing Process for 1, 2, 4-Butanetriol (BT)

Electronic Support Measures and infrared sensors for the next generation US Navysurface ships will have considerably tighter angular accuracy than today's systemssuch as the Advanced Integrated Electronics Warfare System. The improvement in accuracyis motivated by factors such as: requirements to support track correlation to othercombat systems sensors, de-interleaving closely space emitters, and cueing combat systemfire control and multifunction radars such as the AEGIS AN/SPY-1D. The objective ofthe Phase I effort is to determine the feasibility of dynamic alignment methodologythat can be utilized between the ship sensor systems and weapons systems. This willbe done through ship structural bending analysis and covariance analysis for variousinertial attitude reference systems including GPS phase measurements. Innovativecandidate Automatic & Dynamic Alignment System (ADAS) approaches will be analyzedevaluated for cost, cueing sensor bias accuracy, time latency, and platform-independence.Phase II will involve ADAS prototype development, HWIL & SWIL testing, as well as atsea testing.The anticipated modularity and compatibility of ADAS should attract users in the commercialmarket who have a need for multi-device alignment such as commercial aircraft, ships, landvehicles, air traffic control, and oil explorations.