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"Jaia Robotics’ low-cost, micro-sized hybrid uncrewed surface/underwater vehicles called JaiaBotsTM can be deployed from the shore or vessels. The system enables truly affordable multivehicle operations that can be scaled to provide wide area synoptic data collection. In the proposed effort the project team will develop a JaiaBot which is air-deployable from sonobuoy launch tubes to collect atmo ...

A cloud based system for sharing bathymetric survey data collected by FarSounder customers is proposed as a way(1) to improve safety of navigation on our oceans, (2) to collect measurements for the broader scientific and maritime communities and (3) to generally explore and broadly share information about our oceans in fulfillment of ideas proposed in Topic 9.3 “The Changing Ocean”, and in acc ...

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 ...

Prescribed burns are a critical aspect of land management, but they require vegetation data that is hard to obtain at high resolution and on the timescale required. Our autonomous UAV collects critical fire modeling variables through subcanopy flight, enabling rapid surveys for faster and safer burn planning. In Phase I, we proved the feasibility of mapping live fuel moisture content (LFMC) with s ...

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 ...

Wildfire response planning is limited by the lack of high-resolution data for use in wildfire prediction. Wildfire models depend on many variables, including weather, topography, vegetation type and arrangement, fuel moisture content, and regional fire prevention measures, among others. Some of these variables are static or nearly so, but some of these are highly dynamic. In particular, live fuel ...

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 ...