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Hypersonic Experimental Aerothermoelastic Test (HEAT)
SBC: GLOBAL AEROSPACE CORPORATION Topic: AF16AT24The U.S. Air Force is interested in developing hypersonic vehicles including reusable transport aircraft, cruise missiles, and unmanned systems. Hypersonic flight regimes result in multifaceted and very difficult design challenges that can be encapsulated into an aerothermoelastic problem, which is a complex interaction of structural, thermal, and aerodynamic mechanisms. When a flexible structural ...
STTR Phase II 2018 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Validation of Low Hydrogen Embrittlement (LHE) Alkaline Zinc Nickel Electroplating for Steel and Aluminum Electrical Connectors, Back-Shells and Components
SBC: ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC. Topic: AF161007Many of the US Department of Defense (DOD) electrical connectors, back-shells and components currently contain cadmium (Cd).Cadmium is a known carcinogen.Furthermore, the cadmium is typically conversion coated with a hex-chromate which is also hazardous.Both the cadmium plating process and its subsequent conversion coating have been proven to be toxic (unlike other processes such as chromium plati ...
SBIR Phase II 2018 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Direct Metal Adsorption Printing (DMAP)
SBC: DIGIBEAM CORPORATION Topic: AF1610103D printing has recently taking a lead role as a potential solution for future manufacturing. However, there are still many problems and limitations to the technology for cost effective high resolution, high throughput manufacturing.Derived from the SBIR Phase I effort, Digibeam is presenting an innovative solution using a different beam and growth process that directly addresses both resolution a ...
SBIR Phase II 2018 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Near Field Scanner
SBC: Physical Optics Corporation Topic: AF161022To address the Air Force need for advanced radar characterization of fighter aircraft, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) is developing a new Near Field Scanner (NeFS) based on novel RF/microwave sensing and scanning technologies. Specifically, innovations in sensor miniaturization and broadband functionality, combined with an innovative 3D scanning platform, enable NeFS to measure near-field radia ...
SBIR Phase II 2018 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Highly Parallel LIDAR-based Automated Target Recognition
SBC: Physical Optics Corporation Topic: AF161139To address the Air Force need for an automated target recognition (ATR) capability that uses Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to advance the development of the Highly Parallel LIDAR-based Automated Target Recognition (PLATR) system, which was proven feasible in Phase I. PLATR is based on an innovative combination of target isolation, target pose estim ...
SBIR Phase II 2018 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Index, Export and Search Archived Data for Enterprise Ground Satellite Command and Control Systems from Multiple Sources
SBC: DATA FUSION & NEURAL NETWORKS, LLC Topic: AF162004The MarkLogic architecture being delivered in this effort supports multiple missions simultaneously, employs automated indexing, and supports at-scale concurrent querying with performance evaluation. The DF&NN ANOM intelligent system provides affordable data-driven and goal-driven real-time automated abnormality detection, characterization, event tracking, historical context reporting, multiple sa ...
SBIR Phase II 2018 Department of DefenseAir Force -
High-Energy Lithium-Ion Battery Technology to Extend Mission Duration of USAF Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS)
SBC: ADA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Topic: OSD09EP2The Air Force (AF) needs innovative energy storage solutions to provide meaningful improvements in small unmanned aerial system (SUAS) performance; this includes an ability to carry different payloads, improved range and endurance, to meet an evolving set of mission scenarios. The Department of Defense (DoD) SUAS market would benefit from domestically-produced and affordable energy storage solutio ...
SBIR Phase II 2018 Department of DefenseAir Force -
Low-Cost Ultra-lightweight CW Detection for Micro UAVs and Other Applications
SBC: INTELLIGENT OPTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. Topic: CBD11103Building on our established thin-film chemical detection technology, Intelligent Optical Systems (IOS) proposes to integrate its highly sensitive multi-agent chemical and toxic chemical detection sensor substrates, for mounting onto a quadcopter camera to assist in identifying/mapping target contaminants. This established optical sensor cladding technology developed at IOS adapts multiple componen ...
SBIR Phase II 2018 Department of DefenseArmy -
Repurposed Software Programmable Radio Technology to Support Flexible Missile Uplink/Downlink Implementations
SBC: Space Micro Inc. Topic: A16078Space Micro's uLINK ("micro-LINK") SDR system is a robust missile data link radio inserted in existing Army hardware to satisfy the multi-mission demands of the IFPC-inc2 requirements. Based upon the robust DCT software defined radio, and interfacing existing RF and antennae hardware, we have shown that we can operate and is as a legacy data-link for initial integration, and as a tri-band (S, C, a ...
SBIR Phase II 2018 Department of DefenseArmy -
Man-Portable and Fieldable Mass Spectrometer for Sequencing Peptides
SBC: BAYSPEC, INC. Topic: A16AT012BaySpec Inc., in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, proposes to develop a new portable multi-order mass spectrometry system that can sequence peptides derived from biological agents including bacteria, viruses, and toxins. During Phase I stage, a fully functional prototype instrument, based on an innovative design concept, was successfully built and the performance evaluatio ...
STTR Phase II 2018 Department of DefenseArmy