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Metalenses, with their ability to arbitrarily control the amplitude and phase of light across a band of wavelengths, have the potential to disrupt imaging and communication systems which rely on traditional lenses to focus, collimate, and otherwise manipulate optical signals, and are under increasing pressure to operate with reduced size and weight. We propose to design, develop, and demonstrate a ...

United States Marines are among the most lethal fighting force on the planet. To maintain and enhance this lethality, the members of the United States Marine Corps must continuously master new knowledge and skills. Adaptive training technology has demonstrated an ability to significantly enhance learning effectiveness. However, these earlier approaches have often been shown to be expensive to deve ...

In this program, Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) and Professor Eric. G. Johnson (Clemson University) will develop an integrated optical receiver for underwater communication using orbital angular momentum (OAM) on a silicon-nitride photonics platform. A high-bandwidth underwater optical link is a critical need for underwater communications. An ideal underwater communications link should be compact an ...

This Phase I proposal is for transparent projectors to be used to add an active mode to a passive hydrophone array. This transparency is necessary to minimize the projectors effect on the hydrophone array performance. We present here a plan for this development which includes FEA modeling as well as some initial testing of modified in-stock projector candidates. We discuss various hydrophone array ...

For N193-A01, Beacon is proposing to develop innovative AI and ML technologies that can predict and prescribe items for resupply within Naval Air Operations. The approach will be to build upon previous successful SBIR transitioned shipboard digital assets. The innovation proposed is to use AI / ML to inform and provide actionable intelligence into the supply chain from the operational point-of-per ...

TDA Research Inc., and its industrial clothing manufacturing and collaborator propose to develop, manufacture and sell a simple, comfortable, lightweight, durable cooling shirt that will keep ordinance disposal personnel cool and comfortable during bomb disposal activities that protects them against heat related illness. The shirt uses a minimum of consumables. TDA’s cooling shirt technology has ...

To be mission-relevant, Navy unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) must perceive and behave like manned ships. Cameras are valuable for supporting human-like perception because their high-resolution detail enables ship classification, tracking, COLREGS determination, and threat characterization. Human watchstanders use a variety of cues and heuristics to scan the surroundings and contacts optimally, bu ...

Theater anti-submarine warfare (TASW) watchstanders are responsible for maintaining the safety and security of ocean areas and US surface and sub-surface assets. They must process a large quantity of data to assess and prioritize potential threats. This analysis is complicated by irregular and noisy observational data, and different informational needs for watchstanders based on their roles and re ...

Air Traffic Management (ATM) modernization and the integration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) on a global scale signals that the Navy will have to operate in an increasingly dynamic and loaded airspace. To satisfy air traffic authorities emerging performance requirements, airspace users necessarily have to periodically report their positions using Automatic Dependence Surveillance Broadcast (ADS ...

Future power systems on board Navy ships require electrical power in the order of 10’s to 100’s MW, which can’t be provided by conventional copper or aluminum power cables. The Navy has been developing high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cables for shipboard power transmission applications as a potential solution in which the required power can be transported in a lightweight and low-loss ...