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ECHNOLOGY AREAS: Air Platform, Sensors, Weapons ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PMA242, Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Programs The technology within this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), which controls the export and import of defense-related material and services. Offerors must disclose any proposed use of foreign nationals, their country of origin, and what tasks each would accomplish in the statement of work in accordance with section 3.5.b.(7) of the solicitation. OBJECTIVE: Develop, fabricate, and test a thermal management system that w...

What is LEED? LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. This green building rating system was created by the USGBC (United States Green Building Council). The purpose for this is to provide a set of standards for environmentally sustainable construction. There is only one organization that can certify lumber as a LEED approved wood and that is FSC™ (Forest Stewardship Council). Who is FSC™? Well this is a non profit and independent organization created to promote responsible forest management worldwide. The organization has independent certification companies they wor...

A Texas jury has found that Palomar’s products do not infringe on a Candela patent. Candela had accused eight Palomar handpieces of infringing on three Candela Patents. Curiously, just days before the start of trial, Candela dropped its accusations against Palomar’s LuxB, LuxY, LuxYs, and LuxG handpieces. When Candela went to trial, the only accusation related to patent 5,810,801. The company had significantly reduced the amount of damages it was seeking. Patent 5,810,801 is a method for treating wrinkles in skin using a wave laser or incoherent radiation. The method comprises g...

When you receive the Seal you will begin to understand the Parable of the Fishing Net in the End of the Age. This Parable describes what is beginning now and coming soon to all the people of the earth. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a Net thrown into the sea," Jesus said, "gathering together of every kind. Which when it was full was brought to the shore. And they sat down to gather the good into vessels but throw out the rotten. "Thus shall it be in the Fulfillment of the Age. The angels shall go and separate the evil from the midst of the righteous. And they shall throw t...

The ability to create tiny patterns is essential to the fabrication of computer chips and many other current and potential applications of nanotechnology. Yet, creating ever smaller features, through a widely-used process called photolithography, has required the use of ultraviolet light, which is difficult and expensive to work with. John Fourkas, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the University of Maryland College of Chemical and Life Sciences, and his research group have developed a new, table-top technique called RAPID (Resolution Augmentation through Photo-Induced Deactivati...

Around the world, there are eight different development projects that are turning a 70mm (2.75 inch) rocket into a laser guided missile. Several of these are American efforts. Two years ago, one of these missiles, DAGR was declared ready for service, but the U.S. Department of Defense didn't respond with any orders. DAGR (and it's competitors) would appear to be an ideal weapon, as it also uses the Hellfire fire control system. Lockheed-Martin developed DAGR with their own money. Another one of the U.S. efforts, by Raytheon, is actually financed by the UAE (United Arab Emirates), and tha...

Different types of lasers, depending upon the medium they contain, emit specific wavelengths of laser light. These may either be in the visible spectrum of light, 400 nm (violet) to 700 nm (red) or in the infrared spectrum, above 700 nm. What are the Chromophores in the Skin that are Targeted by Lasers? Target cells and substances within the skin, called chromophores, depending upon their wavelengths, absorb the laser energy, and get heated up. The common chromophores in the skin that absorb the laser light are water, melanin, oxyhemoglobin and desoxyhemoglobin. What is Meant by...

When you receive the Seal you will see the prophetic significance of the Transfiguration of Jesus. You will understand how it reveals what is already beginning now in these last days at the End of the world. Jesus took three disciples with Him--Peter, James, and John--up into a high mountain. And there He was transformed before them in a metamorphosis now known as the Transfiguration. The Face of Jesus radiated as the sun, and His Garments became white as the light. Then Moses and Elijah appeared and talked with Jesus. Peter offered to build three tents for the three, Jesus...

When you receive the Seal you will see the sign of the End-times in the ministry of John the Baptist. Jesus called him the final Prophet and his methods indicate the End-times. John the Baptist came and started to preach to the people of Israel. "Repent!" He said, "For the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!" He was preparing the Way for the appearance of Jesus Christ in the world. John the Baptist attracted all kinds of people from Jerusalem, and also from all Judea and everywhere near the Jordan river. That was where he baptized them, immersing them in the river. The...

When you receive the Seal you will recognize global warming as it truly is--the sign of the end-times approaching. Scientists agree that global warming is threatening the viability of life on earth, and new warnings verify the urgency. These days scientists are warning about "thresholds" in nature. There are "tipping points" in nature that are not commonly understood but that can bring big changes fast. One of these tipping points is the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. The ice sheet could melt in 300 years and raise sea levels nearly 7 feet (2 meters) each century. ...