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SMARTPART: A DATA LOGGING AND RETRIEVAL STRUCTURAL AND/OR REPARABLE COMPONENTS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 10312
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
4490 Needmore Rd
Dayton, OH 45424
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr Eugene E Jones
 (513) 233-6550
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

THIS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT EFFORT PROVIDES A PHYSICAL DEVICE FOR REAL-TIME EMBEDDING AND RETRIEVAL OF LOGISTICS DATA TO TRACK SELECTED STRUCTURAL PARTS ON AIRCRAFT (OR OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS). THE SPECIFIC RESEARCH INNOVATION IS CALLED THE SMART-PART, WHICH IS A STAND-ALONE INFORMATION LOGGING DEVICE TO BE EMBEDDED ON A VARIETY OF WEAPON SYSTEM STRUCTURAL PARTS, AND WILL STORE AND RETRIEVE (EMIT) SPECIFIC DATA ON DEMAND. THE SMART-PART COULD BE EMBEDDED INTO A HOST COMPONENT AS A MODULE DURING MANUFACTURE, OR COULD BE BONDED ONTO THE COMPONENT AS A TEMPLATE DURING RETROFIT. IN EITHER FORM, THE SMARTPART IS EXTERNALLY POWERED AND INTERROGATED THROUGH A RADIO-FREQUENCY PROBE. THIS DEVICE WILL HAVE A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CAPABLE OF DATA RETENTION FOR TEN YEARS. THIS EFFORT WILL DEFINE THE OPERATING CONSTRAINTS OF SUCH A DEVICE; METHODS OF DATA COMMUNICATION; AND MAN-MACHINE CONSIDERATIONS. THE INITIAL APPROACH INVOLVES A RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) COMMUNICATION AND POWER TRANSFER BASED ON PRIOR SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH EFFORTS BY THE OFFEROR.

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