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High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) characterization and maintenance accounts for a significant portion of the overall life cycle cost of most military propulsion systems.  A key variable that drives HCF margin is dynamic response which is directly related to the geometry of each part.  This is especially true of integrally bladed rotors (IBRs, or blisks).  It has been well established that HCF is a proba ...

High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) characterization and maintenance accounts for a significant portion of the overall life cycle cost of most military propulsion systems.  A key variable that drives HCF margin is dynamic response which is directly related to the geometry of each part.  This is especially true of integrally bladed rotors (IBRs, or blisks).  It has been well established that HCF is a proba ...

In this Special topic AFWERX program, NanoSonic shall explore our commercial product, HybridSil™ ICEPHOBIC nanocomposite combined with WashU’s Distillation Membranes as a Defense-Related Dual-Purpose technology for near-term Air Force Civil Engineering Center (AFCEC) military functional hybrids (AFOSR FOCUS AREA RTB2) and commercial water purification markets.  A current dual use need for Hyb ...

Advanced Air Force turbine engines with integrated engine exhaust systems require diagnostic flow measurements. Integration of these systems into altitude test cells creates problems with T&E requirements such as impingement problems, exhaust cooling spray blowback, acoustic emission issues and limited space for measurement systems. Propulsion system analysts need better understanding of low aspec ...

TRAXyL has invented FiberTRAX - a way to essentially “paint” fiber-optic communication lines directly onto pavement. The method eliminates the need to trench cables underground, or string them along utility poles. The lines can be installed on demand, in minutes, without significantly disrupting or delaying commercial or flight line operations because no surface restoration is required. FiberT ...

The Air Force is pursuing scalable power technologies for Small Satellites that can operate beyond GEO.  In the proposed Phase II SBIR Roccor will leverage expertise in power systems architecture (from Roccor’s HiPASS solar array) and expertise in solar arrays for lunar environments (from Roccor’s ASPEN lunar surface solar array) to develop a SmallSat solar array that can enable space domain ...

Over 50,000 American warfighters had been wounded in action in Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom with over 1,500 requiring major limb amputations. Warfighters and first responders must have proper tools for pain management during prolonged field care, allowing rapid stabilization and extraction while mitigating chronic pain effects. Recent studies indicate that magnetic fields can produce temp ...

The current U.S. Space Surveillance Network primarily tracks high altitude resident space objects (RSOs) through a small set of large-aperture optical telescopes. While these systems are very capable, they are costly to maintain, and they do not provide persistent coverage of RSOs in or near geostationary Earth orbit (GEO). The Super-synchronous Small Satellite Space Surveillance System (S6) being ...

Leading edge technology will determine the Department of Defense success in future operating environments. Liberty Dynamic provides a smart fuse enhanced blast munition delivery system for integration with currently fielded man-portable robotic systems. The highly adaptable fire delivery system and multi-mission payload will increase standoff distance and allow the squad level unit to segregate, ...

The Secretary of the Air Force/Chief Information Officer (SAF/CIO) and Business Enterprise Systems Product INovation (BESPIN) have a national defense-related mission need for a Digital University leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities. Specifically, the Digital University – part of the “Digital Air Force” initiative – requires capabilities that will enable Airmen to train rem ...