Agile Response Coatings (ARC)

Abstract

The mission of the Agile Response Coatings (ARC) program is to address areas of critical need through embedding sensing and response capabilities into a coating system compatible with a wide range of air force weapons and surveillance platforms. The program is intended to develop a coating system that biomemetically responds to its surroundings, airframe integrity, and attack. To do this, the program will design and engineer a set of sensing technologies and camouflage technologies based on novel nano-structured composite materials. We ultimately envisage these to be integrated into a distributed system of autonomous response.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 2008
Accession Number
ADA589075

Entities

People

  • David L. Carroll

Organizations

  • Wake Forest University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcohols
  • Carbon Nanotube Composites
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Chemistry
  • Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductors
  • Composite Materials
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Methanols
  • Nanocomposites
  • Nanotechnology
  • Optical Properties
  • Semiconductors
  • Solar Cells

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design