Award Data

In the Phase I project, Ultramet designed, modeled, fabricated, and tested a compact foam-based cryogenic heat exchanger for use as part of a superconducting degaussing system. Several heat exchanger cores were tested, thermal efficiencies in excess of 99% were achieved, and the pressure drop was always

In response to the Navy request to create an innovative automated algorithm to detect aircraft within the video imagery with a very low false alarm rate in real time, the Aret team created an image processing algorithm called Aircraft Cueing Enhancement (ACE). With an innovative and very fast Bayesian Field Detector, ACE proved its efficacy on a variety of targets, environments and modalities. Ove ...

This proposal is to continue development of the Diagnostic Engine for Cognitive Improvement and Decision Effectiveness (DECIDE). The DECIDE system will advance performance diagnostics to support decision superiority and will bring needed new capabilities that will drastically improve the training debrief process. During Phase I, we proved the viability of the DECIDE concept by: (1) Generating a co ...

A novel combined oil condition, corrosion and online debris monitoring system is proposed. The intended application is in real-time sensing of aircraft engine and gearbox condition through chemical analysis of the lubricating oil condition.

Due to their high specific strength and light weight properties, polymer matrix composites (PMCs) are increasingly used in a wide variety of military and civilian aircrafts. The mechanical strength of PMCs can be dramatically compromised when such materials are exposed to various heat sources during operation and maintenance. It has been shown that PMCs can lose up to 80% of their mechanical stren ...

In order to address the Navys need for a new mask-on mobile device to train aviators for altitude exposure (hypoxia training), ChromoLogic LLC (CL) proposes to develop a Portable Hypoxia Training (PHYTR) system. The PHYTR system will be based on a novel concept that takes ambient air and produces user specified oxygen content through a cyclical fluid exchange process. When completed, the PHYTR sys ...

LaunchPoint Technologies proposes to build and test a laboratory demonstration of a helicopter electric tail rotor drive for a Bell 206 helicopter. The drive system will consist of a generator attached to the gearbox output for the rail rotor drive shaft and a dual halbach array permanent magnet motor to directly drive the tail rotor propeller. Purpose built power electronics will convert the AC p ...

ATA Engineering, Inc. proposes a project to extend an existing technology for calibration of strain sensors on-board the F/A-18 fighter aircraft. These sensors, typically installed at production, are used to measure and track the loads experienced during the service life of an individual aircraft and, in doing so, evaluate the current structural health of that aircraft. However, small discrepancie ...

Spectranetix's collection system solution will be the state-of-the-art in high dynamic range and storage of full instantaneous bandwidth I/Q recordings.

Oceanit will design and develop a capability for measuring the atmospheric absorbers along the line-of-sight of airborne Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/IR) sensors in support of sensor flight tests. During Phase II, we will develop and demonstrate prototype hardware and software solution based on our Phase I findings.