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Modular EP Diagnostic Instrumentation Cluster (MEDIC)
SBC: MSNW LLC Topic: AF161004ABSTRACT: The Modular EP Diagnostic Instrumentation Cluster (MEDIC) is a self-contained plasma diagnostic instrument suite uniquely suited to the task of characterizing and comparing thruster operation in ground test and on-orbit environments. Of paramount importance to the qualification of electric propulsion (EP) systems is the measurable influence of the ground testing and evaluation (T&E) faci ...
SBIR Phase I 2017 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Time-Resolved Electron Beam Fluorescence
SBC: MSNW LLC Topic: AF161006ABSTRACT: An innovative diagnostic, Time-Resolved Electron Beam Fluorescence (TREBF), will be developed that possesses the measurement capabilities needed to understand test facility effects on electric propulsion (EP) systems. Even the most advanced test and evaluation vacuum chambers are incapable of replicating the pressures encountered in geostationary earth orbits. These elevated background p ...
SBIR Phase I 2017 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Electric-based Combined Cycle Thruster for Multi-mode Propulsion
SBC: MSNW LLC Topic: AF162010The Electric-Based Combined Cycle (EBCC) thruster is a new approach to spacecraft propulsion that combines the high thrust of a chemical combustion system and the high Isp of an electric propulsion thruster into a single thruster. In EBCC, a chemical propellant is burned in a sub-100 N rocket within a pulsed EP system. That decomposed, hot, neutral gas is then accelerated in a 5kWclass neutral ent ...
SBIR Phase I 2017 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Thermal Modeling Base High-Temperature Polymer Matrix Composite (PMC) Structural Repair
SBC: CONVERGENT MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES US INC Topic: AF171112The use of polymer matrix composites in aircraft is increasing rapidly. Consequently, the need to improve efficiency, quality, and reliability of on-aircraft structural repairs is paramount. To regain original performance, repair materials (including str
SBIR Phase I 2017 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Enhanced Starting Reliability and High Altitude Operation of Internal Combustion Engines on Miniature Munitions
SBC: Systima Technologies, Inc. Topic: AF161098The focus of this research and development effort is the maturation of a small-displacement internal combustion (IC) engine with reliable, on-board, in-flight, start/re-start capabilities specifically targeting compressed carriage sUAS aerial vehicles that are remotely deployed.The advantage of integrating of IC engines into these platforms is a significant increase in range and endurance expandin ...
SBIR Phase II 2017 Department of DefenseAir Force -
NDI Tool for Heat Damage Detection in Composites
SBC: Veritox Topic: AF161121The incipient thermal damage (ITD) of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) composites cannot be detected by common nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods, such as ultrasound or visual inspection. ITD, however, can reduce matrix dominated mechanical properties of composites and, thus, requires detection and evaluation to ensure the integrity of composite structures that might be subjected to the ...
SBIR Phase II 2017 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Programmable Picosat Transceiver
SBC: TETHERS UNLIMITED, INC. Topic: AF112072ABSTRACT:The goal of the Space Test Program is to enable the US Air Force to rapidly develop emerging space technologies by providing economical flight opportunities to increase a technologys TRL. Over the past decade, the CubeSat form factor has emerged as an economical platform for testing technologies that can be packaged within the 10x10x30 cm form factor. However, the lack of a programmable S ...
SBIR Phase II 2015 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Vacuum Compatible High Gradient Insulators
SBC: SIENNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Topic: AF151013ABSTRACT:This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop a vacuum compatible, high gradient insulator (HGI) based on low SEE yield aluminum nitride (AlN) ceramic with high surface flashover resistance for pulse power applications. In Phase I we will design and fabricate AlN-Metal HGIs, and investigate the effects of AlN and metal layer thicknesses, and number of layers on the ...
SBIR Phase I 2015 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Automated Scaling Software for Oblique Incidence Ionograms
SBC: NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. Topic: AF151098ABSTRACT:The objective of this solicitation is to develop real-time automatic scaling software for oblique ionograms (OIs). The NWRA team has developed an extensive HF propagation computational tool set, which includes a capability called APEx (Automated Point Extraction) for automatically finding vertical ionogram (VI) traces within an ionogram image. APEx does not require pre-separation of the O ...
SBIR Phase I 2015 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Influence of Long-range Ionospheric and Atmospheric Effects on Surveillance and Communication Systems
SBC: NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. Topic: AF151154ABSTRACT:Abstract: Electromagnetic signals used in communications and sensor systems can be seriously impacted after propagation through a region of the atmosphere or ionosphere disturbed by turbulence. This work will develop new physics-based technology that calculates EM propagation from HF to laser frequencies, including the effects of turbulence with long correlation length in the direction of ...
SBIR Phase I 2015 Department of DefenseAir Force