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Zinc oxide is a versatile material, with a wide direct band gap (~3.3eV) with the potential for highly efficient light emitters and detectors, very high radiation hardness, and has high electromechanical coupling coefficients. In addition, transition metal doped ZnO has potential for sprintronics applications. This project will develop the mechanisms for realization of new spintronics devices ba ...

Illumio is an industry leader in the evolving “Zero Trust” market. Zero Trust eliminates automatic access for any source – internal or external – and assumes that internal network traffic cannot be trusted without prior authorization. Leveraging Illumio E

In response to the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime STTR call, Motiv Space Systems (Motiv) and its research partner, the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) present the xLink Debris Removal System (xDRS).  xDRS is based on several proven technologies and methodologies, including the space robotic manipulator, xLink, developed by Motiv as a low-cost, modular robotic arm.  Additionally, NRL brings a wealth ...

In January 2016, a team of Green Berets under fire received a resupply drop from an MC-130J flying 800 feet above the ground. The aircraft delivered 1600 pounds of water, ammunition, and medical supplies 20 meters from the besieged compound while taking fire during the pass. Air Force Special Operations requires the ability to resupply ground units under fire precisely and reliably with minimal ri ...

San Diego Research Center (SDRC) teamed with the University of Rhode Island's (URI) Thin Film Research Center group led by Dr. Otto Gregory will determine the feasibility of a passive wireless transponder-based solution to the wireless strain requirement. Our unique and novel solution is based on a passive microwave circuit deposited directly on the engine fan blade. The passive RF transponder ...

The ability to quickly and inexpensively detect and identify incipient damage in aerospace structural components before catastrophic failure occurs has become a pressing need for the Air Force. Acoustic emission technologies have been explored extensively over the last 30 years for NDE and structural health monitoring applications, but significant limitations exist in practically implementing this ...

Building on our ‘Universal Interface for Simulation’ called GURU’s remarkable ability to set up and run thousands of hypersonic trajectory simulations in minutes, we propose to add a Reinforcement Learning-driven self-play function to discover unconventional solutions to successfully intercept the threats in capability-disadvantaged scenarios. Think of how Google DeepMind wins complex videog ...

To address the U.S. Air Force need for Developing innovative wave-optics Propagation methods to model laser systems that are faster, efficient and more accurate, Luminit, LLC, and University of Southern California (USC) propose to develop Wave-Optic Propagation Computation Enabled by Machine Learning Algorithms (WOPA). The proposed algorithms will be based on cutting off redundant frequencies upon ...

Military service poses unique challenges for women’s health and requires special consideration for Air Force and partner force healthcare providers. As the number of women in the military continues to increase, it will become even more important to ensure that military providers are specifically trained to provide comprehensive care for female service members and to anticipate potential medical ...

The SimX Virtual Reality Training System is the first fully immersive, multiplayer virtual reality (VR) training platform for medical professionals. Through adaptations during this SBIR, the System will enable simulation training for advanced resuscitativ