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We will integrate the Phase I demonstrated physics, modeling, simulations, nondestructive evaluation and Materials Identification Reflectivity Kernel (MIRK) discrimination technologies into a prototype for detecting Special Hull Treatment (SHT) delamination in water for significant cost savings and risk mitigation for the Navy. The resultant technology transition will focus on VIRGINIA and COLUMBI ...

To address the Navy need for an accurate and efficient computational method for calculating acoustic scattering strength of midfrequency targets Applied Research in Acoustics LLC (ARiA) has built on recent advances in edge-source integral equation (ESIE) to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of a hybrid ESIE boundary-element method (BEM) target-scattering model for midfrequency active (MFA) s ...

The primary goal of our Phase II effort will be to develop, deliver, and install one fully functional, 1.2 MW prototype capacitor charging converter to ONR, capable of continuously charging eighteen 325 kJ capacitor loads at up to ten charges per minute. In addition, aspects related to the manufacturing, costing and environmental qualification of future production converters must be understood and ...

Areté proposes the development of Q-switched semiconductor lasers that can be scaled to produce high output peak powers within the blue/green wavelength band. The proposed system will utilize nanostructure quantum wavefunction engineering for gain material designs having extended excited state lifetimes and suppressed non-radiative processes to enable energy storage for high-peak-power optical pu ...

Diode-Pumped Alkali Lasers (DPALs) have great potential for high-energy lasers. Proper design of these systems is challenging because many interrelated processes impact their performance, and critical kinetic rate coefficients are not well known. In response, our team is developing a comprehensive physics-based analysis/design tool, and experimentally determining key kinetic rate coefficients. The ...

The objective of the Phase II work effort is to produce and demonstrate a wearable helmet mounted Holographic Enabled Display System (HEDS) for Augmented Reality (AR) applications. The innovative design surpasses all currently available see-through near-to-eye HUDs and AR displays for field of view (FOV), brightness, resolution and use with optics such as night vision devices and rifle scopes. HED ...

Training simulations that currently support Small Unit Decision-Making (SUDM) training are laborious to configure and expensive to manage with live personnel, which results in training that is limited in scope. Current simulations require numerous “pucksters” to control simulated entities, driving up the manpower costs of conducting simulation-based training. To fulfill the roles of pucksters ...

Development of nanolayer polymer films demonstrated a new class of dielectric film materials for high energy density and high temperature capacitor applications. Current state-of-the-art biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) dielectric films are limited by low dielectric constant (e = 2.25), low energy density and deteriorated high temperature performance. In contrast, multilayer film technology ...

The Phase II Buoy Localization and Uncertainty Estimation (BLUE) program is developing advanced algorithms and software to improve target localization error in air ASW multistatic sonar missions. Significant improvements in target localization come from three distinct technology advancements: better knowledge of sonobuoy motion, more accurate target tracks, and improved fine bearing measurements f ...

The Navy continues to incur very high costs and lost service time due to unanticipated maintenance and repair or replacement of unreliable outboard sonar and other hardware on submarines, surface ships, minehunting systems and towed arrays. TRI/Austin will develop innovative new primer and potting compound materials to reduce water permeation, mitigate cathodic delamination failures, and to elimin ...