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The cumulative dose of radiation exposure to our astronauts remains one of the limiting roadblocks to longer duration missions in space. Humanetics Corporation (Humanetics) is developing a novel radioprotectant, BIO 300, for use in both clinical radiotherapy and as a radiation countermeasure. BIO 300 is a safe, shelf-stable pharmaceutical which has been shown to mitigate both the acute and delaye ...

Inspired by frequent observation of repetitive learned swarm behavior exhibited in nature, this novel program will develop and demonstrate new capabilities in decentralized control of large heterogeneous vehicle swarms limited in communication, sensors, and actuators, with direct application to communication-less coordination. These goals are accomplished through the adaptation and use of Reinforc ...

The proposed novel program will develop and demonstrate an innovative approach to perform real-time relative vehicle localization within a swarm formation with application to communication-less coordination. These objectives are achieved by using Random Finite Sets statistics theory to solve the multiple object tracking problem. The swarm formation localization problem can be formulated as estimat ...

SIFT will partner with Katia Sycara and Michael Lewis to develop an Interface System for Human Interaction with Swarms (ISHIS), including a prototype user interface and a simulation and testbed to enable adaptation and experimental validation of its performance in multiple contexts. Our focus will be on human status awareness and commanding abilities to enable behavior shaping and swarm managemen ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I program will demonstrate a novel chip-scale magneto-acoustic spin wave (MASW) circulator for use in S-band applications. The MASW concept is based on the velocity non-reciprocity of surface acoustic waves in Aluminum doped Nickel-Zinc ferrite. The program will first simulate and demonstrate the necessary concepts in a simpler, but no less critical de ...

The Navys submarine fleet uses 3 phase delta power per MIL-STD-1399/300B. The power distribution system operates most effectively when loading per phase is balanced within 3%. COTS data processing equipment used by the fleet typically needs single phase power, so balancing is achieved by manually assigning COTS items to power phases in a manner that equalizes phase loading. Assigning COTS items to ...

The Navys submarine fleet uses 3 phase delta power per MIL-STD-1399/300B. The power distribution system is driven from two power busses and automatically transfer loads between the busses when one loses power. During bus transfer, a 70 100 msec power interrupt may occur which can create upset in the loads. PDAs proposed rack mounted 40 kW Power Supply Bridge (PSB) is installed between the power d ...

Sentient along with sub-contractors at Iowa State University, and Honeywell Aerospace will develop and validate the full standalone DigitalClone - Component (DCC) simulation package (the proposed Reliability Centered Additive Manufacturing Design Framework), for assessing tradeoffs in reliability, inspectability, performance/durability and life-cycle costs of parts made through Additive Manufactur ...

NASA has shown that automated mission planning and scheduling can increase satellite flexibility and operational tempo, increase satellite utilization, decrease both uplink and downlink requirements, and decrease operational costs. However, significant work is still required to transition NASA's existing automated mission planning software to Air Force satellite operations. The Air Force is ...

This Phase I program sets out to capitalize on recent advances in epitaxial growth of -Ga2O3 which have the potential to significantly improve upon the performance of currently available power electronics devices. Specifically, -Ga2O3, offers fundamental properties such as its ability to withstand very large electric fields that suggest its use as a power electronics material will lead to device p ...