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Hydrothermal vents emit large amounts of hot water, which has the potential to produce electric power. This type of power source can enable remote sea sensors and communication networks, recharge unmanned underwater vehicles, and facilitate a variety of other deep sea activities. Developing a power system for this application is challenging because the environment is extremely corrosive, mineral p ...

The Fusion and Optimization for C2 of Unmanned Systems (FOCUS) project will, as part of the SBIR 151-020 team, provide NAVAIR with the theoretical, modeling and simulation (M&S), and operational frameworks, as well as tools and algorithms/software, necessary for validation of novel C2 and communications approaches, in the context of existing and emerging Navy Interoperability Profiles (NIOPs). The ...

TDA proposes to continue their work on both corrosion sensor development and predictive modeling of corrosion damage with the vision of integrating sensor and modelling for adaptive prognosis of corrosion damage initiation in a unified framework. TDA focuses its research to understand the crack initiation from different electrochemical conditions and corrosion-deformation interaction effects in or ...

ASI will leverage its recent work in small form factor HF, VHF and UHF RF direction finding to accelerate and risk reduce Navy’s Spectrum Monitoring payload. In this Phase I SBIR, ASI will deliver analysis and system descriptions for the antenna subsystem and its calibration, the RF and digital processing subsystems and ScanEagle integration. For the antenna subsystem, ASI will leverage its RF p ...

Innovative Veterinary Medicine, Inc. has conceptualized and designed an anesthesia ventilator named DolVent™ specifically for the Navy Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions. The DolVent™ ventilator design will support the normal physiologic state of these animals using ventilation modes mimicking their natural breathing including the modes of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation ...

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Typical piping joint designs in the fuel systems of Navy ships are susceptible to weakening due to poor inherent weld quality and localized corrosion. The current composite patches and other processes that represent the state-of-the-art for reinforcement weakened areas are expensive; difficult and potentially hazardous to install; and not durable. Our novel solution to reinforce weld joints and ot ...

The objective of the present proposal is to develop and apply accurate, robust and cost-effective methodologies for the prediction of the interior nozzle flow, seamlessly coupled with high-fidelity large eddy simulation (LES) for the prediction of the jet plume and radiated noise. Based on the Phase I results, the meshing strategy and the wall modeling inside the nozzle were identified as the two ...

We present an approach that includes development, demonstration, and implementation of an integrated unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) sensor module that will significantly improve the Navy’s capability to locate, classify, and neutralize undersea explosive threats. The high clutter, object burial, and heavy marine growth often characteristic of shallow environment sites present a challenge for th ...

Sonalysts key technical objective for the Phase II effort is to develop an innovative prototype system to model and visualize the complex Electronic Warfare (EW) environment in support of Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) mission planning. In order to successfully achieve this objective, Sonalysts will develop a game-based solution leveraging our unique blend of corporate technology, Human Systems ...