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Operators and analysts in modern Air and Space Operations Centers (AOC) must gather and synthesize information from a variety of disparate sources in order to monitor the state of networks and services identify and characterize cyber threats, and recommend courses of action (COAs) to mitigate threats in complex, interdependent operational environments. Current approaches can provide simple alerts, ...

Aircraft maintenance work is a mission-critical function posing various potential hazards to human performers that must be accounted for through health and safety monitoring practices. The ability to continuously and reliably measure each workers overall physiological health status from a remote location would greatly improve worker safety while reducing the manpower costs relative to current proc ...

Physical Sciences, Inc. (PSI) will demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of scaling up our method for applying uniform interphases to fibers within a woven fabric. During the Phase I program, we established that our self-limiting, scalable vapor phase deposition process can fabricate stoichiometric BN/Si_3N_4 interface coatings of consistent thickness using traditional CVD precursors ...

Novel photonic structures, such as periodic metal-dielectric photonic bandgap structures (MDPBG) have the potential to revolutionize the field of optical windows. The large mismatch in the permittivities of the metal and dielectric creates resonant tunneling, which allows for high transmission in regions where metals are typically opaque. This property makes MDPBGs very attractive for screening or ...

Wireless sensors are an extremely effective means of communication on the modern battlefield, however current battery technologies have limited the full realization of these essential tools. A robust, high efficiency, light weight, flexible power source is thus critical for effective deployment of modern technologies. Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites (OIHPs) are the ideal candidates for use in ...

We propose to develop highly-sensitive low size, weight, and power (SWaP) chip-scale mid-infrared integrated-optic sensors for trace gas measurements, We will combine Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy (TDLAS) detection techniques with narrow-linewidth fast-tuning Distributed Feedback (DFB) Quantum Cascade and Interband Cascade Lasers (QCLs and ICLs) to create a platform for a family of sensors, ea ...

Composites are being adopted increasingly in aerospace structures due to their superior specific stiffness and strength, their resistance to fatigue and ability to greatly reduce part count. They present additional challenges for design however, due to their heterogeneity and anisotropy, and for inspection since damage often occurs beneath their surface. Currently successful laboratory non-destru ...

Nano Terra will collaborate with the Center for Drug Discovery (CDD) at Northeastern University, to develop a sensor capable of detecting synthetic cannabinoids independently of their specific molecular structure. The sensor will be portable, label-free and most-importantly shelf stable. Our proposed sensor will employ a structurally stabilized mutant CB1 receptor as the recognition element in fl ...

A robust, versatile and portable test system will be developed based on the NMR relaxometry/diffusomtry principles for thorough, reliable, expedient and economical nondestructive evaluation of the polymer/inorganic interface structure and properties. NMR relaxometry/diffusometry probes sensitive volumes that can be moved to scan the interface. This nondestructive test measures a number of paramete ...

The objective of this effort is to develop a dual-color MWIR display suitable for use in IR scene projection using a combination of QD technology and commercial LCD displays. Efficient MWIR emitting core/shell PbSe/PbS(or CdSe) QDs will be focused on during Phase I. MWIR QDs will be produced and deposited on a substrate to combine with a grayscale output LCD microdisplay. The light produced by ...