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Team ITA proposes a model-based, decision support digital twin, capable of guiding NASArsquo;s investment decisions at system level across the entire facility enterprise. The key elements of this innovation are investment optimization models and scenario modeling that leverage system degradation models and investment response models:Investment optimization models ndash; a set of global prescriptiv ...

Abrasion and flame-resistant yarn and textiles will be developed to protect the ortho layer of spacesuits against the extreme lunar surface environments. Flexible, nanocomposite fibers will be produced using a novel fluoroelastomer siloxane material with demonstrated flame resistance in 36% oxygen environment. Siloxane segments with low glass transition temperatures are incorporated into copolymer ...

Achieving trustworthy and trusted autonomy starts early in the development process through performing hazard analysis, fault analysis, identifying mitigating requirements, and carefully and rigorously tracing those requirements all the way into design, models, implementation, and tests. However, traceability can be time-consuming, costly, and error-prone. To address these challenges, significant a ...

The team of Techsburg, AVEC, and Virginia Tech propose a program that directly complements the recent NASA/Joby Aviation flight test program by studying isolated low tip speed tiltrotor noise in detail, with an initial primary objective of the development and validation of scaling methods to extend tests and models to full-scale applications, including noise sources due to ingestion of naturally o ...

This Phase I SBIR will lead to the development of a bandwidth tailored pump source for high purity photon pair generation. Spontaneous parametric down conversion can be used to generate high purity photon pairs at wavelengths of interest to NASA and the broader scientific community. However, these sources are highly dependent on pulsed pump laser parameters. Traditional pulsed laser sources are la ...

NewBridge Partners, Inc. has developed an innovative, radiation-hard, very high-performance all-reflective optics star tracker deemed HRST (High Radiation Star Tracker). The instrument directly addresses the need for long-life performance in high radiation environments such as Jupiter where current conventional star trackers cannot readily meet the harsh radiation requirements. The design consists ...

NewBridge Partners, Inc. has developed an innovative, compact, laser communications pointing mechanism for precise optical beam control. This pointing approach eliminates the need for fast steering mirrors and dual purposes a grating Risley prism to perform both the coarse pointing and the stabilization functions, thereby reducing complexity in the pointing system. The grating Risley enables good ...

This project will advance technology for the automated assembly of large truss towers.nbsp; Assembly of truss-based structures is one of the leading candidates for establishing some of the early lunar infrastructure.nbsp; Specifically, joining technologies and robotic tools are required to enable autonomous/automated assembly of tall towers as well as shelters, domes and habitats.nbsp; Automated a ...

The air transportation system is on the verge of drastic change.nbsp; Enabled by technological advances in areas including electric propulsion, computational capabilities, and machine learning, emerging vehicles have the potential to drastically lower transportation costs.nbsp; Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities are expanding operational flexibility, and will allow vehicles to takeof ...

Luna is proposing to add new distributed acoustic sensing capabilities to embedded fiber optic sensors that have been proven to sense creep in inflatable structures. The team will apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to the strain and acoustic signals to automatically localize impacts and leaks, sense creep in the restraint layer materials, and detect anomalies in ...