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Many rocket motors used by the Navy are powered using solid rocket propellants (SRP). Over time and with exposure to varying environmental conditions, the elastomeric binder material undergoes oxidative degradation leading to embrittlement of the SRP.  Current methods of non-destructive testing (NDT) using ultrasound exist to inspect SRPs for major defects that occur when aged SRPs exhibiting suc ...

Cornerstone Research Group Inc. proposes to advance the state-of-the-art in mechanically toughened, weather resistant CMC composites by combining recent advances in 2.5D and 3D architecture technologies, and plasma deposition processes, with a CRG proprietary resin system called MG Resin. Addressing the need for affordable hot structures, MG Resin has proven to be an excellent material for replaci ...

Using the ADAP CRPA as its basis, GIRD Systems proposes to develop a GPS Interference Direction of Arrival (DoA) Initiative for User Purposes (GIDI-UP) solution based on a novel, high-performance DOA estimator that provides direction estimates of GPS interference/jammers/spoofers to be used by ADAP to place nulls in the identified directions and to enhance situational awareness of the RF environm ...

***Please refer to full the full Technical Volume as the paragraphs below a limited in their scope for evaluation.**** TETAC, which is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, is interested in collaborating with Marine Corp and manufacturing stakeholders to define and pursue engineering solutions to modernize the APOB. Our team has direct experience with ordnance and engineering energetic ...

Two key aspects that make hypersonic weapon systems desirable are their speed and maneuverability. These aspects make them incredibly difficult to counter. They fly low and fast making detection difficult and fly unpredictable trajectories making it difficult if even possible to predict its path. As such, the Navy is seeking tools to model the maneuvers of hypersonic weapons. Current tools, such a ...

This proposal outlines tasks and deliverables in order to assess the usefulness of full-polarization scattering matrices to discriminate aircraft with similar physical characteristics. Specifically, this work will address air-to-air collection scenarios where the target of interest is non-cooperative. The ability to collect full-polarization returns in air-to-air systems is a recent advancement. F ...

In contrast to the limitations and tradeoffs of current ESA technology, Novaa has developed both 1) extremely low-profile UWB antennas, capable of operating across multiple bands, and 2) a new beamforming architecture based on ultra-low loss phase shifting, capable of realizing 10–100x reductions in size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) over conventional TRMs. In this effort, we propose to comb ...

Continuous Fiber 3D (CF3D) manufacturing is a cutting-edge composite manufacturing technology that has the potential to enable higher-performing (e.g., specific stiffness, dimensional stability) and lower-cost (e.g., less material waste, minimized part count, reduced touch labor) structures for future Navy applications. CF3D works by combining dry fiber tows with liquid snap-curing thermoset resi ...

Pitch Aeronautics has developed a unique cyclorotor drone (Astria) optimized for up-close and touch-based robotics, not simply remote sensing. We propose miniaturizing this platform to provide a confined-space inspection drone capable of long-endurance and placement of the Navy's visual and touch-placement non-destructive inspections (NDI) sensors. This platform, Astria-Mini, allows long enduranc ...

A solution is needed that can stop zero-day cyber-attacks, provide capabilities for multi-level security on a single device without removing the hard drive, and provide resilience for critical system resources in the event of a cyber-attack. Redwall  Mobile Resilient Resilient takes Redwall Technologies’ commercially available multi-level mobile security solution, Redwall Mobile (RwM), to a n ...