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Maintaining the many types of weapons systems within the Department of Defense (DoD) is a tremendous task and procuring replacement components is made especially difficult due to obsolescence and often time, excessive pricing. Many components are no longer available from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and the DoD does not have sufficient documentation to develop new suppliers. A new, s ...

Aging military infrastructure is constantly in the need of replacement and upgrades. Competent and qualified domestic producers of these mission vital items are becoming increasingly scarce leading to fewer sources and less competition in the marketplace. To ensure that warfighters are properly equipped to perform their missions it is critical to have a reliable and sustainable supplier base wit ...

San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) will provide the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) qualified environmentally stable composite (ESC) replacement parts as an alternative source of supply for the parts on the DLA published Land and Maritime Replenishment Parts Purchase or Borrow and Limited Source Candidate Parts lists. SDCs ESC parts can be produced up to 75% faster, require up to 98% less preventativ ...

During Phase I, Spectral labs proposes using our multi-disciplined engineering, quality assurance, and production staff to reverse engineer an NSN 6130-015487556 Battery Charger, P/N RF-5853-CH106 in order to become an approved source. We will prepare a Source Approval Request (SAR) which includes a complete Technical Data Package and Test Plans. Following established ISO 9001 certified processes, ...

This effort will augment the capabilities of an existing all reflecting, confocal FTIR microscope to allow for digital holographic imaging as wellspectral content determination at video frame rates. The use of a dual beam frequency comb, with a beam path coincident with the pathrequired for the digital holographic imaging, will allow spectral determination of any organism being holographically ima ...

NextGen Aeronautics (NextGen) is proposing to develop and submit Source Approval Requests (SARs) to increase competition for the manufacture and delivery of Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE). The DLA has identified critical ALRA NSNs that are sourced by fewer than two manufacturers, limiting availability and competition. NextGen is a proven designer/manufacturer of high-complexity part ...

TECHNICAL ABSTRACT: Ship groundings can cause sever environmental damage to the delicate ecosystems such as coral reefs, seagrass beds, and beaches. At present, survey work is performed by hand – a method that is inefficient and difficult to perform reliably. Improved bottom survey tools are clearly needed to evaluate the extent and type of damage and assist in determining remediation efforts. ...

TECHNICAL ABSTRACT: In this Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program, Nikira Labs Inc. proposes to miniaturize the patented, open-path cavity ringdown spectroscopy (CRDS) analyzer developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The resulting instrument will be used to measure the optical properties of aerosols aboard Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) in highly humidi ...

TECHNICAL ABSTRACT: We will demonstrate the feasibility and commercial applicability of a novel energy harvesting system that converts thermal energy from air-sea temperature differences into electricity. This capability will extend the endurance and capability of NOAA observing platforms, reduce lithium battery waste, increase human and environmental safety, and support efforts to detect and moni ...

TECHNICAL ABSTRACT: NOAA and the National Weather Service maintain an immense network of automated maritime, surface, and upper-air observing stations throughout the world and at great expense. These automated stations provide regularly updated data for both short-term weather prediction and long-term climate models. Maritime and surface observations occur as frequently as every 10 to 20 minutes, ...