Abstract: A method for mitigating toe strike in a cockpit of an aircraft includes providing an airbag module attached to an instrument console located in the cockpit of the aircraft; releasing an airbag from the airbag module after an ejection sequence begins; using the airbag to protect a pilot's lower limbs from striking the instrument console as the pilot begins ejecting.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a device which is inert and “thermally-equivalent” to actual ordnance. The device can travel with live ordnance and track the propellant temperatures in order to get a more precise propellant temperature for the ordnance. The device comprises a thermally equivalent inert grain instrumented with thermocouples, connected to a data recorder, and packaged in scaled-down ordnance hardware. The hardware is scaled down to enable the device to more easily travel with live munitions.

Abstract: The invention comprises a device that uses a flexible material, preferably in a mostly square shape, having substantially orthogonal grooves scored into one side. An explosive charge, usually in the form of a sheet of explosives, is cut to fit the side opposite the grooves, in substantially the same shape as the grooves, without extending beyond the periphery of the flexible material. An initiating means is connected to the explosive charge so that upon initiation, the grooves focus the explosive charge so that a plurality of petals cantilevered are formed in the target material, substantially between the ends of the grooves, to define a fragment-free opening in the target material.

Abstract: A micromachined acoustic transducer comprising a parylene diaphragm piezoelectric transducer. The parylene diaphragm has far lower stiffness than the silicon nitride. The method for fabricating the parylene diaphragm acoustic transducer utilizes a prestructured disphragm layer utilizing silicon nitride which is compatible with high temperature semiconductor process. A silicon nitride layer is patterned and partially removed after forming the parylene diaphragm layer in order to enhance the structural qualities of the parylene diaphragm. The diaphragm may be flat or dome-shaped.