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In this Phase I project, Geofabrica will adapt and expand its existing technology for forming high-quality joints between composite components for the U.S. Navy and the USMC.  Composite UxVs are an important part of the US Navy’s and USMC’s modernization strategy, however current composite joint technology does not provide the capabilities needed for next-generation UxV systems.  Geofabrica ...

Medical supply chain issues are exacerbated during pandemics, natural disasters, war, etc., and must be addressed Cybernet will investigate current logistic processes, available logistics data, and required capabilities to drive the development of an artificial intelligence based medical logistics planning system leveraging both expert system and machine learning technologies. The goal is to devel ...

In 2017 the CDC estimated 35,000 American got sick from Vibrio parahaemolyticus transmitted by shellfish--a 54% increase. However, according to the co-chair of the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Commission, “Our current system of traceback is inadequate.... Records are lost. Handwriting is illegible. More than half of all traceback investigations fail because the information in the value chain ...

Many people recognize how critical it is to understand our weather, climate, and environment. Educators already use NOAA data and models in working with students and their communities as part of their teaching and outreach. With the exponential growth in data, however, many of them struggle with accessing and managing that data. Evolving data formats and computing requirements make it very challen ...

This proposal will identify critical factors that can result in reduced performance of a filament wound composite shell by purposeful alteration of a baseline composite design and manufacturing process.  Finite Element (FE) models will be created to predict the hydrostatic collapse pressure capability of a given composite design.  The composite designs will be implemented by carefully controlled ...

Virtual EM propose a passive electronically steered array (PESA) design to replace the current AN/SPS-49, which is expected to address all of the requirements of this program. The proposed solution is in the form of a high-power-capable, electronically-reconfigurable reflectarray antenna that employs polarization-rotation (PR) phase shifting to achieve wideband, 2-bit phase quantization for beam s ...

Great Lakes Sound and Vibration (GLSV) will develop a concept for an end-to-end design of a reconfigured ADC MK2 that meets the operational requirements of the current device, but only meets the environmental requirements for over-the-side shipboard launch. GLSV’s design strategy will take advantage of the fact that launching the ADC over the side of the ship will subject it to greatly reduced s ...

Provide cost-effective data exchange capability between Undersea Warfare Decision Support System (USW-DSS) and Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) Platform systems through the reuse of existing MPRA Tactical Operations Center (TOC), and Mobile Tactical Operations Centers (MTOC) installed software Global Reconstruction, Analysis & Measurement System (GRAMS). Maritime Surveillance Ass ...

The wiring infrastructure inside an in-service aircraft (and ship and sub alike) – is a confluence of three realities: (i) As-designed layout, (ii) As-built variant, and (iii) As-it is after inspection, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (IMRO). These realities lead to two actions: (a) Start of Information Forward Flow Deviation (IFFD):  During aircraft assembly, the harness installers take a †...

Leveraging IMSAR LLC’s significant experience developing low-Size, Weight, and Power and Cost (SWaP-C) radar systems and radar data processing techniques and Areté’s expertise in classification algorithms, IMSAR and Areté propose to demonstrate all-weather, wide-area search, detection, location, and classification capabilities from a low-SWaP-C radar system and to develop a plan to integrate ...