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NASA has long used liquid hydrogen as a fuel and plans to continue using it in association with their advanced nuclear thermal propulsion technology. Hydrogen fire detection is critical for rocket propulsion safety and maintenance. A significant fire at a rocket test or launch facility could be catastrophic to infrastructure or even worse, to human life. Detection monitoring is problematic as hydr ...

Innovative Imaging and Research proposes to develop a 21st Century color, high-speed extreme high dynamic range (Color-XHDR) video recording technology that will produce engineering-grade video to accurately document rocket motor firings at close range within a test cell without image saturation. This novel imaging system will include a compact, single focal plane array camera and end-to-end image ...

Inventherm's patented meso-scale Ericsson power generation system (MEPS) will be used as the enabling technology for radioisotope generators that exceed the performance of existing Stirling power conversion systems. The system will meet or exceed the solicitation specifications including operating at efficiencies greater than 25%, with a life greater than 10 years while being compact and light we ...

This Air Force SBIR project will develop and demonstrate a refrigerant vapor compressor that can provide up to 150 kW nominal cooling capacity. The developed compressor will be dynamically responsive to the needs of the vapor cycle system and can sustain

Production of hydroxylamine nitrate (HAN) and hydroxyethyl hydrazine nitrate (HEHN) is of great concern for the manufacture of AF-315E. Current stockpiles of heritage ingredients held by AFRL are being depleted and those manufacturers are no longer in exi

Current and future explosive munition weapon systems development relies heavily on explosives detonation performance characterization and computational hydro-code simulation research conducted by DoD and DoE research communities. This work in turn relies

As the size, scope, and complexity of interoperable systems increase, so do the systems engineering challenges of understanding and managing them. A System of Systems (SoS) is a collection of pooled resources, capabilities, and subsystems used to create a

The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system comprises the land-based element of the nations nuclear triad and is a key strategic asset providing nuclear deterrence and strike capability to the President. The ICBM infrastructure and support systems have grown organically over time, resulting in siloed systems that dont effectively integrate and make providing a common operati ...

Environmental temperature extremes pose serious stresses for the human body, placing it in danger of injury or death. Even mild heat illness and dehydration can significantly degrade Warfighter performance. Likewise, exposure to cold weather can lead to serious health issues, including hypothermia, frostbite, nonfreezing cold injuries, and more. The objective of this effort is to develop a highl ...

This Phase II STTR effort is focused on generating the data necessary to identify the phenomenology that produces carbon deposition within kerosene film cooled rocket engines.This data is essential to guide the model development and validation process.Program outputs will be both data and a physics-based model for carbon deposition.