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A new optics technology platform will be developed that reduces the cost of dual-band short-wave infrared (SWIR) and mid-wave infrared (MWIR) optics for high-performance wide field of view (WFOV) imaging. The use of infrared optics has been increasingly adopted by the military, but the cost of wideband infrared optical systems remains a challenge. This study proposes to increase the available DOF ...

Heads Up Displays (HUD) are still lacking the operation capabilities to meet the needs of training and tactical operation. The available displays lack daytime brightness, are limited by a small field of view, not ruggedized, and do not meet the SWaP needs of an untethered head or helmet worn display for the Army. Creative Microsystems Corp (CMC) will identify a development path and incorporate the ...

***Please refer to full the full Technical Volume as the paragraphs below a limited in their scope for evaluation.**** TETAC, which is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, is interested in collaborating with Marine Corp and manufacturing stakeholders to define and pursue engineering solutions to modernize the APOB. Our team has direct experience with ordnance and engineering energetic ...

??????? The proposed effort aims to develop a technology platform that can deposit non-toxic infrared optical materials on existing substrates to refurbish MWIR and LWIR optical components. The challenge lies in matching the refractive index, dispersion, and partial-dispersion properties of the existing lens or optical substrate, which requires precise deposition of custom optical feedstock compos ...

Continuous Fiber 3D (CF3D) manufacturing is a cutting-edge composite manufacturing technology that has the potential to enable higher-performing (e.g., specific stiffness, dimensional stability) and lower-cost (e.g., less material waste, minimized part count, reduced touch labor) structures for future Navy applications. CF3D works by combining dry fiber tows with liquid snap-curing thermoset resi ...

This project aims to develop additively manufactured gradient index (GRIN) lenses for wideband use in naval communications, radar, or electronic surveillance. The lenses will be made using nanocomposite materials, and direct print multi-materials additive manufacturing. The goal is to achieve at least a 10-to-1 bandwidth, with a wideband 2-40 GHz operation. The lenses will be thin and conformal wi ...

Pitch Aeronautics has developed a unique cyclorotor drone (Astria) optimized for up-close and touch-based robotics, not simply remote sensing. We propose miniaturizing this platform to provide a confined-space inspection drone capable of long-endurance and placement of the Navy's visual and touch-placement non-destructive inspections (NDI) sensors. This platform, Astria-Mini, allows long enduranc ...

Continuous Fiber 3D (CF3D) manufacturing is a cutting-edge composite manufacturing technology that has the potential to enable higher-performing (e.g., specific stiffness, specific strength) and lower-cost (e.g., less material waste, minimized part count, reduced touch labor) structures for future Navy applications. CF3D works by combining dry fiber tows with liquid snap-curing thermoset resin in ...

Commercial vacuum melting grew substantially in popularity in the 1950s in the demand for superalloys. The techniques remain popular in all high-performance metal due to their high level of control over composition, cleanliness, and homogeneity. The US Navy commonly uses Alloy 53 (AMS 6308) in safety critical applications such as helicopter rotors which is produced using a double vacuum melt VIM ( ...

Our Navy has two critical goals for this project (1) reduction in supply chain risk and (2) need to open additional sources of “fiber” for the Navy’s future needs. Advanced Ceramic Fibers (ACF) will achieve these two goals by setting up a domestic supply chain for manufacture of fiber based yarn(s) made from different discontinuous fiber types including nanofilaments and micron diameter fibe ...