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During altitude-induced hypoxia, operator cognitive and physical capacity degrades, compromising individual and team performance. Cognitive degradation is linked to falling brain energy levels, increased reliance on anaerobic energy production and lactate accumulation. Ketones are the evolutionary alternative substrate to glucose for brain metabolic requirements; previous studies demonstrated that ...

SOF combat swimmers have a need for the continuous monitoring of each others relative position while diving and for the capability of being able to communicate with each other to help establish a common operational picture (COP).The C3SA system was previously developed under SBIR Topic SOCOM08-001 thru the receipt of both Phase I and Phase II SBIR awards.The C3SA established a stand-alone network ...

Special Operations Forces (SOF) operators are among the most elite, and highly qualified individuals in the U.S. military. Extraordinary physical and mental demands are placed upon them, to include superior performance standards, high operational tempos, and the pressure to excel in extreme environments for extended periods of time. In the SOF community, serious injuries are the norm rather than t ...

A unique, wireless, body-worn system to establish on-body collection and intra-squad communication of physiologic and geo-position information is essential to the reduction of soldier heat-injuries, enables advanced physiologic research and provides a mea

This project focuses on the design, integration and optimization of a flexible natural gas combined cycle plant with carbon capture, capable of operating in a highly variable renewable energy environment. Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power offer unique solutions in our quest to reduce global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. However, the increasing penetration of these high variab ...

As part of Phase 1 feasibility study, we evaluated the viability to develop a real-time HPC-scale neuromorphic cyber agent software called Cyber-NeuroRT. We evaluated several scalable neuromorphic techniques to detect and predict cybersecurity threats, compared full precision machine learning models with neuromorphic models and developed an end-to-end Proof of Concept (POC). Upon completion of Pha ...

The massive scale of global plastics production, which reached 390 million metric tons in 2021, has resulted in significant environmental challenges, including carbon emissions and pollution. A staggering 75% of discarded plastic ends up in landfills, while a mere 9% is recycled, causing a considerable amount to enter our ecosystems. Therefore, it is crucial to create affordable biodegradable plas ...

C53-05c-271150As progress in quantum information and computation leads to ground-breaking advances, there is a critical need to realize quantum networks. Of the different encoding methods, time-bin encoding is both common and advantageous for quantum networks, however, scaling time-bin-based quantum networks poses two key challenges. First, these networks require identical phase-locked delay lines ...

C53-30c-271154The Department of Energy is seeking the development of microbial amendments for crop production, specifically for sustainable bioenergy crops. Particularly desirable are plant growth promoting microbe systems that would improve bioenergy crop growth and increase yield when grown on marginal lands that are unsuitable for food agriculture. In the proposed project, the company will cont ...

The Department of Energy is seeking the development of novel, cost-effective and energy efficient enzymes for the deconstruction of lignocellulose. To support the bioeconomy as an alternative source of fossil fuel and other value-added products, dedicated energy crops are grown as non-food plant biomass to provide a finite source of lignocellulose. Lignocellulosic biomass could replace petroleum a ...