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There is a need for a lightweight, high-performance, insulation to protect the internal systems in hypersonic vehicles. A passive thermal protection system (TPS) design would be simple and reliable. As designs evolve, there is a need for TPS insulation materials that can be additively manufactured. Our Phase I approach will additively manufacture pre-ceramic scaffolds that are used to create low d ...

We propose to develop Para-DEVS, an extension of the existing modeling and simulation (M&S) environment overcome two major hurdles that must be overcome to implement paratemporal simulation techniques for application to execution of large stochastic models. We propose to develop techniques to achieve scalability, the ability to overcome the combinatorial explosion of branching arising from multipl ...

Control Vision, Inc. (CVI) proposes a flight-worthy calibrated visible snapshot hyperspectral sensor prototype for use on an MDA test mission. Approved for Public Release | 23-MDA-11401 (14 Mar 23)

In the proposed effort, we will develop the fundamental building blocks to develop a high performance, low Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) ultrashort pulse Femtosecond Direct Diode Laser System (fsDDLS) capable of generating and sustaining filaments/plasma channels in the atmosphere ahead of a vehicle in hypersonic flight to reduce drag, heating, and displace shock. Approved for Public Release | 22 ...

Low level meteorological data over the world’s oceans is hard to collect, due to the cost and difficulty of sensor emplacement. Crewed aircraft are deployed when major weather events arise, but between those major weather events, in-situ data sources are very limited. Uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) present a unique opportunity to inexpensively collect meteorological data from remote areas, but ...

This proposal outlines a Phase I SBIR effort to develop a

Alphacore and Vanderbilt University will develop innovative, cost effective methodology and solutions for radiation testing of microelectronics, to evaluate and distinguish between radiation effects from a persistent beta environment and a persistent gamma environment, and determine the circumstances where testing for one environment is sufficient to show survivability in the other, or in a combin ...

Alphacore (AC) will develop an innovative radiation-hard high-reliability DC-to-DC converter for future Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle and other radiation applications. The Phase II prototype takes a spacecraft’s bus voltage or battery pack voltage (24V up to 34 V) as an input and produces an isolated or a non-isolated output as low as 900 mV, with a fully programmable output voltage. The solution ...

Secure Collaborative Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem effort builds upon the TSS-DTE cloud platform to enhance the current data management and repository solution to address business challenges and security issues associated with data transfer and storage of information within a collaborative environment. By optimizing the TSS data management and repository capabilities, it will alleviate the bus ...

Tropical Cyclone meteorological data from the Atlantic main development region (MDR) is difficult to collect due to the remoteness of the location and difficulty of deploying manned aircraft to the region. Data collection is frequent upon development of a major hurricane but many tropical disturbances in the MDR leading up to hurricane development are of interest. Being able to collect meteorologi ...