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The Bottom Feeder project is designed to prove out the research done in Phase I using a prototype platform. The prototype will be a full size version of the platform designed during Phase I. The Phase I platform was designed to work in two operational configurations, a highly efficient mode and a highly maneuverable mode, with the ability to switch between them while submerged. The platform is equ ...

This Phase II effort is to develop and test prototype custom oxygen mask designs and fabrication processes. The developed masks will be produced initially as upgrades to existing oxygen masks such as the Gentex MBU-23/p and in the future be issued to pilots directly. Improvements will be evaluated for improved mask discipline. Oceanit shall deliver prototype custom masks and demonstrate custom mas ...

The Navy uses towed arrays in the long-range tracking of submarine contacts. The acoustic performance of the array is dependent on the straightness of the array which is subject to “drooping” as ship velocities decrease and to bending and turning due to currents. The Navy is seeking innovation to autonomously straighten the array and protect the array from damage due to seafloor dragging. Maka ...

New CPES concepts are pushing the electrical power demands of U.S. Navy ships continually higher. What makes these technologies fundamentally different are their very high pulse loads and highly distributed, interconnected architectures. Ships cannot support these new technologies without considerable modifications. The ONR-funded Electric Ship Research and Design Consortium produced the Smart Shi ...

The proposed effort aims to develop technologies to improve the acoustics performance of abrasive blasting nozzles for paint and surface coatings removal. The objective is to investigate the noise generation mechanisms of abrasive blasting operations and develop a quiet, effective and efficient nozzle. This development is to optimize the acoustics and productivity performance of blasting nozzles a ...

Oceanit proposes to develop a miniature oriented fluxgate magnetometer similar to the AN/ASQ-10 for use across multiple operational platforms with focus on unmanned vehicles in a maritime environment.

The U.S. Navy currently utilizes a number of towed systems from surface ship and submarines for sensing and communication applications. In a number of these cases, a tow cable extends either down from a surface ship or up from a submarine through the upper part of the water column where seawater temperature can be both highly variable vs. depth and dynamic in time and geographic location. Having a ...

Inflatables fill a growing need for rapidly-deployable structures with low stowage volumes. Navatek proposes to develop an inflatable system with a low stowage volume to demonstrate recovery of UUVs through a 21-inch torpedo tube. Using a combination of drop-stitch and traditional inflatable tubes, the UUV COLLAR (Compliant Open-ended Low-volume Launch and Recovery) system will secure a UUV firmly ...

Navatek proposes to develop an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Sabot System (UUVSS) designed to deploy underwater payloads of varying diameters, lengths, and appendage configurations from a standard 21-inch naval submarine torpedo tube. The system is predicated on the use of "on-demand" structures. "On-demand" structures notionally refer to high-pressure inflatable structures, pressurized with seawate ...

Oceanit developed a Personal Cooling System (PCS) for extracting body heat for personnel working in extreme environments. Oceanit’s cooling technology is based on physiological ability of body to lose heat in response to environmental conditions. Oceanit leverage decades of experience in developing products around human centric design process for advancing ‘Supercool Vest’ technology.