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NATO is currently developing the Next-Generation Reference Mobility Model (NG-NRMM), which is used to determine terrain strength properties for mobility. The NG-NRMM relies heavily on in-situ measurements, which is a significant limitation for traversing unknown areas and combat zones. The MTRI Inc. and MTU team recently competed the A21C-T021 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) proj ...

Adaptive Energy (AE) is a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) development and manufacturing company focused on providing reliable, robust, and cost-effective SOFC products at the 100-500W power output range.  Due to the usage of microtubular SOFC cells (6.6mm diameter tubes) in these products, AE’s SOFCs avoid the traditional pitfalls of larger SOFC systems – mainly sealing and thermal cycling.  Th ...

Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) is currently tasked to develop the Next-Generation NATO Reference Mobility Model (NG-NRMM). NG-NRMM is a simulation capability to compute and display the mobility on deformable soil as a map of GO/NOGO capability. An essential input for the NG-NRMM model is the terrain mechanical properties. Traditionally, the terrain mechanical properties are determined by dir ...

To achieve overmatch in C4I versus peer adversaries, Army intelligence analysts need support in detecting and classifying instances of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) execution across domains. Complex Event Processing (CEP) tools need improvement to meet this requirement, in order to detect entity behaviors and movements that may be observed by different sensors, or separated i ...

AE proposes to use this Phase II effort to produce two 300W+ TRL6-7 PCFC Fuel Cell Systems for testing and evaluation by the US Army.  Critical to achieving this delivery is the optimization of PCFC performance and the high production rate of PCFC cells through AE’s unique thermoplastic extrusion manufacturing process.  Given the breadth of knowledge gained in the Phase I work, the AE/CSM team ...

The main objective of this program is to design and fabricate an advanced monolithic 3D blade-type ion trap, which should provide capabilities that go significantly beyond the present state-of-the art.  Our design incorporates features that should radically improve trap operational capabilities over today’s standards. The trapping zone will incorporate spatially distinctive sections that are ea ...

Adaptive Energy (AE) is a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) development and manufacturing company focused on providing reliable, robust, and cost-effective SOFC products at the 100-350W power output range. AE proposes leveraging this world-leading military-grade tubular ceramic fuel cell technology with recent protonic-ceramic fuel-cell (PCFC) materials and manufacturing advances from the Colorado Scho ...

We are proposing to design and fabricate an advanced monolithic 3D blade trap, which will be much more powerful and more stable than typical blade traps. Our design will incorporate features that will radically improve the trap operational capabilities over today’s standards. The trapping zone will be cut up into spatially distinctive sections, each of which will be optimized for performing a sp ...

Ultra-fast measurements of the frequency of a microwave transmission is a vital task for many military applications including interception and jamming of signals used in communications, radar detection and remote control of weapons. The rapid tracking of adversarial frequency-agile microwave signals allows one to swiftly identify threats, such as radar-guided anti-tank missiles, and undertake appr ...

This proposed work is intended to demonstrate the innovative SOFC Power Generator explored in the Phase I SBIR work and introduce novel technologies from our Research Partner to further reduce system weight and increase system lifetimes. The Phase II development will have four main Objectives (Optimization, Design, Test, and Deliver) and three core areas of work (SOFC Stack, Housing & Suspension, ...