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The current U.S. Space Surveillance Network primarily tracks high altitude resident space objects (RSOs) through a small set of large-aperture optical telescopes. While these systems are very capable, they are costly to maintain, and they do not provide p

Advanced aircraft incorporate resistive materials into their structures and these materials need to be inspected and maintained. Current methods for inspection of these materials may include 4-point probes such as the Loresta or Hiresta probes. However, s

This D2P2 program plans to explore a new refractory coating technology to successfully coat additively manufactured (AM) C103 components that exhibit variability in surface roughness, 3D geometrical complexity and build orientation with precision-engineer

To aid in Air Force design and sustainment activities of additively manufactured components, QuesTek Innovations LLC, in collaboration with the University of Utah, will further develop and mature an accurate, efficient, and comprehensive fatigue life mode

The Defense Department is working hard on developing both hypersonic offensive and defensive capabilities. But in the immediate future, one of the most important areas to be developed is increasing the capacity at which such systems can be produced, said

As rocket cargo evolves and as an intermodal method of rapid transport of time-sensitive DoD hardware, the need to rapidly qualify these cargo payloads for all environmental regimes is paramount. Typical qualification regimes for space flight payloads can

Current production methods of next-generation high critical field strength solid state electronic materials like the emerging UWBG Ga2O3 are too slow, yields are too low, electricity costs are too high, and defects plague the realization of an energy-effi

Currently, a waveguide cavity probe operating at C-band (4-8 GHz) is used to check the surface impedance of electrically conductive surfaces on advanced aircraft. This probe is built as a resonator because conventional free-space probes lack sufficient se

The commercial development of Thermal Protection Systems (TPS)- the material that protects spacecraft and hypersonic vehicles from extreme heat-has suffered a decade-long innovation drought after the conclusion of the NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter program in

In this effort, GTI proposes to evaluate the SUitability of Payload & Processing Optimization for Rocket Transportation (SUPPORT). As Rocket Cargo becomes a reality, the suitability of payloads will require evaluation and determination. Payloads that can