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The DoD spends over $1 Billion annually on disability payments attributed to hearing loss, yet this can be prevented. Research shows that with proper hearing protection a 19% reduction in hearing loss cases can be expected. Custom ear plugs force the user to wear the devices correctly and to retain hearing protection during activity, thus eliminating improper seating issues as the primary cause of ...

The design, development, testing, and maintenance of future complex combat systems will require new approaches and technologies. Present software technologies are limited by the fact that the computing system architectural layers and software components are not integrated. New software technologies are needed to adopt a more integrated view of the system architectural layers and software component ...

The proposing team will continue the development and testing of the Autonomous UAS Detect, Sense, and Avoid (AU-DSA) system for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Key capabilities of the AU-DSA that set it apart from other autonomous collision avoidance systems include: 1) Autonomously complying with federally mandated operating procedures, 2) Operating as efficiently in multiple-aircraft scenarios as ...

The lack of lubrication performance associated with JP-8 fuel in modern diesel engines equipped with High Pressure Common Rail (HPCR) fuel systems can lead to premature performance loss and catastrophic field failure. OEM¡¦s will need to first thoroughly understand these effects and then make provisions for JP-8 fuel compatibility as engines in the Army fleet are replaced with modern engines ...

Many steering mirrors have been developed over the years, but never has one been explicitly designed for high dose radiation environments or long-term space operations. As a result, deployed spaced based optical systems for line-of-sight stabilization or beam control have not benefited from the higher bandwidth control and better error rejection that can result from designs incorporating fast ste ...

Cermet, in collaboration with leading university partners, proposes to use state of the art indium gallium nitride growth technology to produce InGaN junctions for solar cell production. Using multi-junction InGaN geometries, highly efficient solar cells will be demonstrated.

We propose to develop and demonstrate the prototype for a novel technology to be used as a ultra-high-performance, ultra-high-speed spectrometry engine at the heart of Thermal Luminescence systems for standoff detection of surface contaminants. The proposed system will be able to detect transient thermal events in the fundamental vibrational fingerprint region of chemical warfare agents and of mos ...

This proposal investigates handheld chemical sensors that utilize surface-enhanced Raman spectrometry, or SERS. First, SERS will be developed utilizing nanoporous alumina membranes with selective binders and metallic nanodots. These devices have demonstrated 10^12 enhancement Second, a microfluidic chip will be developed to house the SERS substrate, provide fluid access to the SERS chip, and pr ...

Several geo-social inference concerns currently limit military stability and reconstruction operations: • Contact lists are not centrally coordinated, up to date, complete, or easily searchable • Vendor history is not maintained or combined with culture and safety information • Hand-off and coordination delays cause projects to span multiple troop cycles The proposed project answers the unde ...

DoD agencies are facing growing challenge of maintaining aging Warfighter Systems, while reducing procurement costs of discrete-parts. One key hindrance to ensuring readiness is discrete part procurement. When procuring parts, tech data package which is provided to the suppliers during pre and post-award contains raster drawings which are often of very poor quality. Several suppliers do not provid ...