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The proposed innovation is a deicing system for aircraft leading edges using a high-efficiency, electrically actuated thin-film elastomer. The entire aircraft industry needs this technology to improve safety while minimizing the overall impact on aircraft weight and fuel consumption. We propose to use a low-cost, electrically actuated thin-film elastomer to break the ice bond in a manner similar ...

Currently, live training is limited in realism because of costs (e.g., roleplayer manpower, upkeep of MOUTs), safety (e.g., restricted use of battlefield effects), logistics (e.g., unavailability of combined arms assets), and/or local laws (e.g., restricted airspace for aircraft). This project combines low-cost COTS augmented reality (AR) technologies together to overcome these challenges, to vast ...

Our FUSION Augmented Reality User Interfaces (FAR-UI) for Tactical Drones provides intuitive controls and enhanced situational awareness for warfighters controlling semi-autonomous ground and air tactical vehicles.FAR-UI fulfills all the required military standards by modular integration with the GOTS Warrior Machine Interface common robotic controller software (demonstrated and scientifically tes ...

SenseAR is an augmented reality enabled drone operation and training solution. Sense AR has three main components 1) an AR visual feedback overlay of georeferenced sensory data and flight or ground operation data that is supplemented with audible feedback 2) an AR supported command and control user experience that incorporates gesture and voice recognition and 3) an AR embedded training mode that ...

New developments in tools for exploitation of stereo aerial photography now enable desktop Windows applications capable of interfacing with existing GIS databases. One area of potential use for these tools is in the area of Highway Access Management especially as it relates to improvement in the process for Highway Driveways. Research is proposed to determine system requirements for using a digi ...

New developments in tools for exploitation of stereo aerial photography now enable desktop Windows applications capable of interfacing with existing GIS databases. One area of potential use for these tools is in the area of Highway Access Management especially as it relates to improvement in the process for Highway Driveways. Research is proposed to determine system requirements for using a digi ...

"The primary objective of this proposal is to identify critical data mining and analytical tools and emerging technologies and methodologies that can be used to improve the entire military medical logistics/supply chain management. In addition, as part ofthis research and analysis, Premise Development Corporation will demonstrate the feasibility of creating modern and user-friendly "dashboards" ...

Extend and transition ADIEN semantic technology capabilities into Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) information retrieval capabilities to support the development of semantic search capabilities and further enhance underlying technology components.A robust and modular set of web services will be researched and developed that can seamlessly integrate with DTICs document repositories.These ...

The proposed research develops an innovative solution for a new SMART pipe system utilizing high-density polyethylene/fiber reinforced polymer (HDPE/FRP) composite system. The new pipe system utilizes a combination of three interacting materials: FFRP, HDPE, and concrete and is equipped with wireless sensors to provide mentoring capabilities during operations. The proposed system is suitable fo ...

"PCI proposes into topic Area 2 to develop and demonstrate a JP-8 micro-reformer capable of delivering the hydrogen required for a 20 We Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) from a catalytic reactor which is expected to be ~1 in3 (size of 2 standard AA batteries)and weighing