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BST Systems, Inc. is the first company to have developed a large-format, sealed and completely maintenance-free, rechargeable silver-zinc (Ag-Zn) cell. The Smart Sealed Ag-Zn (SS-Ag-Zn) features two innovationsan automatic gas balancer (AGB) and microprocessor-based algorithm-driven smart system manager (SSM)that together with a commercial catalyst automatically manage gases to maintain low, sub-a ...

In Phase I, initial CONOPS and architecture analysis was performed at an unclassified level to inform the multi-static image exploitation portion of this study and to support operational viability. Additionally, the Osprey tug was electromagnetically modeled and techniques established for end-to-end generation of realistic monostatic & bistatic EM scattering for ships embedded in the ocean with mo ...

Communications are a critical element of any military operation. Organization-to-organization record messaging remains the principal method for military command and control. Unlike e-mail, military messages are exchanged between commands - not individuals. With commands receiving up to several thousand messages per day, an automated system is needed to route messages to the appropriate persons at ...

Lynntech has developed an innovative mask-on hypoxia training device based on electrochemical oxygen separation to deliver representative pressure-on-demand flow rates to increase hypoxia training fidelity by replicating the air delivery method of aircraft systems. Based on on-going research being conducted, Lynntech’s On-Demand Hypoxia Trainer (ODHT) has demonstrated that additional novel advan ...

The Navy continues to incur very high costs and lost service time due to unanticipated maintenance and repair or replacement of unreliable outboard sonar and other hardware on submarines, surface ships, minehunting systems and towed arrays. TRI/Austin will develop innovative new primer and potting compound materials to reduce water permeation, mitigate cathodic delamination failures, and to elimin ...

Explosions and high-velocity impacts can create strain rates on the order of 105 to 107 s-1. To simulate these events, first-principles codes require material models that are valid at these loading rates. Currently, the amount of test data, material models and material constants for this strain rate range is extremely limited, and an innovative and cost-effective laboratory test procedure is neede ...

Crossfield Technology LLC proposes to develop 3U VPX prototype modules to demonstrate Scalable Hardware Open System Technologies (HOST) interoperability, modularity, and upgradeability. A 3U VPX module with a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) System-on-Chip (SoC) will implement a VITA 46.11 Chassis Manager under embedded Linux on the FPGA SoC’s quad-core ARM® processor. A 3U VPX HOST Switch ...

All solid-state batteries can offer increased energy and improved safety for naval aircraft applications. Recently, the ionic conductivity of solid electrolytes has improved significantly. Current solid-state batteries however, still suffer from low power and short cycle life, especially at low temperatures, due to poor interfacial conductivity and stability between solid electrolytes and electrod ...

Nanohmics proposes to develop a hyperspectral imager for aft-looking sensing of phenomenology associated with target vehicles.The payload is designed to operate with existing components and has no moving parts.The high spectral resolution will provide feedback for signature models and the spatial resolution will allow the spectral signatures to be associated with specific phenomena.Approved for Pu ...

Based upon an analytically and empirically proven Phase I baseline design, the Phase II Miniature Wind LADAR program will provide development, integration, test, and delivery of a high range resolution, high Doppler resolution Miniature Wind LADAR, which will be a revolutionary advance in real-time wind mapping, flight management and safety systems. This small, rugged Wind LADAR includes a MEMS IM ...