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Agiltron will develop robust and affordable anti-icing and ice-phobic surfaces that are also transparent (>%80) in visible spectrum for superstructures of surface ships in Arctic and cold region operation. Leveraging Agiltron"s previous experiences in mechanically durable superhydrophibic nanocomposite coatings and optically transparent fluoropolymer resins, in collaboration with the Ice Research ...

Through the proposed Navy STTR program, NanoSonic and Virginia Tech will create, qualify, and commercially transition a paradigm breaking HybridSil anti-icing and icephobic coating specifically engineered for extreme environmental durability, ease of application, and low-cost for U.S. Navy ship superstructures. The offered nanocomposite coating will leverage NanoSonics anti-icing and icephobic coa ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) proposes to develop printed, high-efficiency phased arrays operating at Navy-relevant frequencies. The proposed development effort will include trade studies identifying the best printing technique or combination of techniques to meet the Navys phased array performance goals. The printed array will incorporate both printed radiating elements and an innovative printed p ...

Most of current available methods for prediction of fatigue failure -such as cumulative damage models, cyclic plastic energy hypothesis, crack propagation rate models, and empirically-derived relationships -are based on empirical relations and their application requires many unknown parameters that must be experimentally determined or calibrated for specific locations/critical areas. Also, the afo ...

Agiltron in collaboration with National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will develop a new class of high-efficiency and lightweight broadband inverted metamorphic multi-junction (IMM) solar cells for the uninterrupted flight missions of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The approach is closely coupled with Agiltrons extensive experience in high-transmittance broadband and wide-angle anti-reflect ...

This DOD Phase I STTR program would develop III-V multijunction based solar cells, using Virginia Tech"s InGaP/GaAs/InGaAs multijunction cells technique in combination with NanoSonic"s pioneering Hybridsil antireflection copolymer nanocomposite materials, which afford high levels of antireflection, temperature and abrasion resistance, impact durability and hydrophobicity (self cleaning). Such an a ...

EIC, in collaboration with NREL, proposes to develop safe, large-format aircraft Li-ion batteries where thermal propagation of an overheated cell to neighboring cells or group of cells will be prevented by integrating novel thermal management technologies.

During a mission naval UAS collect large volumes of data but only sub-sections of this data contain information relevant to the mission. In order to find the important information analysts must sift through ALL of the data. FIXATE is a biomimmetic object classification system to automatically pre-process the data and cue the operator to sections of data that are likely to contain important informa ...

The major objectives of the Phase I effort will be focused on CDC higher pressure combustion (using natural gas or hydrogen-GREEN MANUFACTURING) driven powder compaction fabrication of select alloys for Microwave Tube Related Component end uses for NAVY using powders of varying sizes and vacuum-grade purity such as Cupro-Nickel, Stainless Steels (e.g., 316 LN, Custom 465 high strength version), Mo ...

A database-driven approach is needed which characterizes the failure modes of the mechanical components of submarine systems under extreme loadings. Such an application must provide automation of the component shock qualification process through an automated capability while providing component-level qualification based upon similarity of components and failure modes. Certification of shock worthi ...