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Re-Entry Vehicles (RVs) are a critical component of the strategic weapon arsenal. While physics packages themselves have a substantial deterrence value, the ability to deliver those weapons quickly and with high survivability unlocks the ability to maintain a truly global deterrence. However, these thermal protection systems are encountering two developing challenges: Industrial Base Attrition: Th ...

Specialized materials such as Carbon-Carbon (C-C) are required as primary structural and thermal protection elements to sustain the severe temperatures on the surface of Hypersonic Vehicles during high-speed flight. The C-C material currently qualified at Northrop in Hypersonic Glide-Bodies or “Aeroshells” consist of phenolic resin and a low fired, stretch broken polyacrylonitrile fiber (LFSP ...

As Hypersonic weapons enter the US arsenal there is a need for cost control and high rate of production which is currently not being met by the current state of the art material systems, like Carbon-Carbon. What is needed is a Thermal Protection System (TPS) for aero structures that can survive the Hypersonic environments of high heat in oxygenated environments. A means to do this is using Peregr ...

The focus of this proposed Phase I STTR will be on identifying and assessing initial low-cost acreage TPS technologies applicable to hypersonic conventional and strategic system performance objectives addressing affordability, capacity, and supply chain resilience.  The initial feasibility assessment will utilize a low-cost TPS technology, carbon phenolic, and assess performance over a range of n ...

Low-cost systems operating at video rates within W-band have remained elusive – especially for stand-off and remote applications. Real time video rate imaging requires parallel detection modalities that traditionally led to high costs and calibration challenges. Substantial advances in low-cost packaging and chip-level integration driven by commercial millimeter-wave applications can now be appl ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), in collaboration with Wayne State University (WSU), proposes to develop a low cost blast surrogate testing device that can be used to evaluate next generation personal protective equipment (PPE). New material advancements could be used to mitigate the blast wave through improved PPE design, but a more advanced test surrogate is needed to inform PPE design decisions. � ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), in collaboration with the University of Connecticut (UConn) including Dr. Robin Bogner, with expertise in pharmaceutical freeze drying, and Dr. Carolyn Teschke, with expertise in bacteriophage biology, proposes to develop a formulation and process for lyophilization, or freeze drying, of bacteriophages for improved stability to enable bacteriophage treatments in auste ...

Tissue repair and wound closure have traditionally been performed using mechanical methods, which while necessary to bring the wound surfaces into apposition and provide sufficient strength to avoid dehiscence, are associated with a variety of downstream effects that can prove deleterious to the ultimate repair.  An alternative light-based approach called Photochemical Tissue Bonding (PTB) uses c ...

Multidrug resistant (MDR) bacterial wound infections remain a persistent challenge for front-line military medical providers in prolonged care treatment. Phage therapeutics have demonstrated preclinical and clinical efficacy against ESKAPEE infections. Phage production however remains a challenge to remove bacterial remnants including LPS endotoxins and other pyrogens. To meet regulatory requireme ...

Triton Systems, Inc. will collaborate with The University of Massachusetts Lowell to develop a spray-based technology for the rapid, visual identification of opioids, turning contaminated areas from nondescript white powders to a brightly colored spots for easy recognition with the naked eye. The technology leverages molecular recognition units that bind strongly and specifically to a variety of o ...