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The Hellfire air-to-ground missile is a combat-proven system that can be launched from multiple platforms with precision strike lethality. The benefits of this project are to increase the effectiveness and utility of the Hellfire missile by increasing the range which is achieved through the reduction of the fly-away aerodynamic drag of the missile after launch. This reduction in drag is achieved b ...

The inability to effectively share intelligence products is at best hindering warfighter ability and at worst unnecessarily putting them in harms way. DCGS-A intelligence producing nodes must be able to securely and seamlessly share intelligence with Special Operation Forces and other DCGS communities. ISR products containing actionable intelligence are isolated preventing others from making effec ...

QuNav proposes to prototype and field test a Universal Software Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing (USAPNT) receiver. Our USAPNT receiver is reprogrammable, software-defined, operating on multi-GNSS multi-frequency signals, and capable of signals of opportunity (SOOP) fusion and spectrum and power management. By fusing data from multiple GNSS and SOOP signals at the signal-processing level a ...

This project will produce a robust mechanical vapor compression water treatment system made economical and low-maintenance by a patented nanotechnology polymer membrane, Aqualyte. Aqualyte is a strong and inherently fouling resistant material organized at the nanometer scale with extremely hydrophilic regions that transport water molecules through the solid material without the need for any porosi ...

We propose to use metamaterial films to produce flakes for aerosolized obscurants which can have narrow-band transmission windows. We will focus our initial efforts on the visible and SWIR range, but the technique can be extended into out to the LWIR as needed. This effort will proceed with the analytical and computational design of the metamaterial structures which can provide extinction on the o ...

With an increasing use of stem cells and engineered tissues in therapeutics and drug screening, cryopreservation has become important to enable a continuous quality-controlled supply and transportation. Current tissues cryopreservation techniques have shown limited success due to the use of cytotoxic cryoprotective agents (CPA). There is a substantial need for new CPA solutions exhibiting minimal ...

The United States produces significant quantities of waste materials that are discarded. These wastes include organic components of municipal solid waste (MSW), biosolids from wastewater treatment plants and agricultural wastes. The release of these materials and their byproducts into the environment can have serious consequences, such as pollution of ground and surface water resources and spread ...

Advanced Technologies & Testing Laboratories (ATTL) proposes to develop a self‐regenerative nano-air filtration technology to not only remove gaseous pollutants from the air, but also to destroy them and regenerate the filter. The proposed technology will involve the further development of a photo‐electro‐chemical air filtration platform, which already has been developed into a highly effect ...

Much attention has been focused of late on phosphorus pollution and algae blooms. However, the problems of phosphorus mining and consumption are much more complex and can be categorized into two distinct areas of concern: (1) phosphorus’ critical role in food production and the dwindling supply of phosphate rock reserves; and (2) the mining and use of phosphate and the environmental impact of ph ...

More than 280 million Americans depend on the safety of the tap water provided by their local water systems. Ensuring that safe, uncontaminated water flows through the tap means ensuring that the water flowing through the pipes connected to these taps is also kept uncontaminated. However, a common problem that ails most of these water pipes is biofilm formation, causing the water flowing through t ...