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A combination of DOD modernization priorities and supply chain assurance will require unprecedented development in production of new materials for tomorrow’s warfighter. The legacy chemical industry has assumed a paradigm of mega scale factories which has led to supply chain vulnerabilities due to centralization of manufacturing activity. On the other hand, biological manufacturing paradigm, wit ...

Hard X-rays are the highest-energy X-rays with wavelengths of 0.1 to 0.01nm with an energy range above 5KeV or 10KeV to hundreds of KeV (up to 300KeV for this solicitation). Hard X-rays can penetrate deeper into the matter as compared to Soft X-rays. This advantage of hard X-rays finds applications in Medical radiography, airport baggage screening, Industrial Computed Tomography, Non-destructive t ...

Sonalysts is proposing to develop the architecture for the Multi-Mission Virtual UUV Environment (M2VUE), which is a system of Digital Twins (DT) in a virtual maritime simulation that is tied to its physical Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs) operating in the ocean. M2VUE is a scalable and flexible system that will provide UUV operators (from the task force commander down to the watch stander sitti ...

Technology Holding proposes to demonstrate a semi-autonomous biomanufacturing platform capable of production of high-value molecules, optimized for remote deployment with minimal operator interactions. Two distinct robust microbial platform with one DOD relevant molecule each will be demonstrated. 

Coatings are used throughout the US military for corrosion protection and wear resistance, for appearance and signature control, and for its ability to be cleaned and/or decontaminated. Decontamination of surfaces is a critical issue for the armed forces not only from the potential use of chemical and biological warfare agents by our adversaries, but also to prevent the spread of infectious diseas ...

During the proposed Phase I effort NANOIONIX will demonstrate a tough, self-decontaminating antimicrobial surface coating optimized for the inactivation of broad classes of viruses, bacteria, fungi, and chemical warfare agents without external intervention (including light and heat). Coatings are used throughout the US military for corrosion protection and wear resistance, for appearance and signa ...

To achieve the requisite fast, dynamic thermal switching times, we postulate the use of a Photonic Crystal (PC) filament operating at l=1-2mm. Our electrically biased PC design will be super thin to allow for fast on-off intensity-switching. It will have a small thermal mass and exhibit laser-like input-output characteristics, i.e. “Planck laser”. We will provide a theoretical framework for ou ...

Future military satellite communication (MILSATCOM) systems require high power amplifiers that operate in the W/V-bands. To meet the needs for the platform testing of W/V-band satellite communications planned by the AFRL (AFRL/RV, AFRL/RY, AFRL/RI, and SMC) for around Year 2023-2024, we are applying our proven design and manufacturing practices of our commercial solutions in implementing W/V-band ...

Conventional instruments suffer from an inability to survive extreme environments and do not provide reliable, distributed data such as pressure, temperature, heat flux, shear, displacement, flow velocity, Mach, equivalence ratio, core flow properties, etc. Proper instrument types that are robust, reliable, have a low packing factor, and are easy to replace are vital and needed to enabling next-ge ...

We propose to develop an implantable Athena device to enable translation of neuroscience research from the lab to real-world environments. Ripple's Athena will include multichannel stimulation and recording, far-field telemetry, intraoperative connectors, and an implantable battery. We will complete development of Athena is this Phase II SBIR with final pre-clinical qualification testing to suppor ...