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Millennium Space Systems (“Millennium”) and its partners developed an ESPA-based Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS); a fully functional modular spacecraft with high performance propulsion system capable of delivering Secondary Payloads into tailored orbits. Millennium blends flight proven components and cost saving utilitarian design to meet high value mission requirements at minimal cost and r ...

Aerius Photonics proposes an optical void sensor that will meet the objectives of the Air Force for a survivable, reliable, non-inertial void detector for deeply buried hardened target penetrators. The sensor approach draws low power, is compact and has the potential for precise distance ranging, void counting, void measurements, and pseudo void imaging in cluttered environments. To achieve this ...

The M2DART provides a portable simulator system that can be deployed for a variety of training tasks and at numerous locations around the globe. Although its uncollimated, tiled displays allow for a small footprint, the viewing distance is both close (nominally 36”) and varies significantly as a user moves their head from tile to tile. This difference between HMD focus and vergence and the var ...

To address the U.S. Air Force need to repair scratches in ITO coatings on aircraft canopies and lamp housings, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes in Phase II to continue developing a new Laser-Assisted Coating Repair (LACR) system. LACR is based on laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT), coating thin films without the need for a highly controlled environment. The novel use of interchangea ...

Jadoo Power proposes an ammonia borane based hydrogen generation system exceeding 1000 Whrs/kg. While suitable for a wide range of portable power applications, the developed cartridges will initially be targeted at unmanned vehicles in the 65 to 150 W power range. More specifically, 25 cartridges will be designed, fabricated, and delivered for customer evaluation on an unmanned ground vehicle ma ...

Cyberdynamics Incorporated is proposing to develop a radar Signature Comparison Workstation based on signature comparison technology developed and demonstrated in our Phase I research. This workstation is intended for use in training radar engineers in high range resolution (HRR) signature technology, and in assisting engineers in HRR radar sensor design, in signature database development, in sig ...

The Air Force has identified a need for improved design tools for augmentor performance. In the near term, it is apparent that reduced order models are needed in order to assist in the design process by providing engineering estimates of combustion instability. One key area that requires effort is the area of screech modeling. A critical aspect of any model that attempts to predict screech is t ...

There is currently an intensive effort to develop a new generation of miniature munitions that maximize flight endurance time and/or operate efficiently under a variety of flight conditions. A key munitions subsystem is the propulsion system where advances would be extremely valuable. First Point Scientific, Inc. will address this need by developing a highly advanced concept for storing energy i ...

A compact heavy fueled engine is progressing from a desire to a requirement. A miniature Meyer Nutating Disk Engine provides the means of propulsion that the military has been seeking. An unmanned air vehicle (UAV) will have capabilities that are not currently possible with present internal combustion engines. The miniature high power density Meyer Nutating Disk Engine designed during the Phase I ...

This proposal describes the approach to be undertaken in the implementation and demonstration of innovative system architecture, algorithms, and design concepts for a prototype SAR False Scene generator. Various approaches have been investigated in Phase I of this SBIR program, with a focus on approaches that are consistent with implementations utilizing state-of-the-art technology to provide capa ...