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NATO is currently developing the Next-Generation Reference Mobility Model (NG-NRMM), which is used to determine terrain strength properties for mobility. The NG-NRMM relies heavily on in-situ measurements, which is a significant limitation for traversing unknown areas and combat zones. The MTRI Inc. and MTU team recently competed the A21C-T021 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) proj ...

The new Bottom Attach munitions for the Close Terrain-Shaping Obstacles (CTSO) program, currently under development by the Army, requires that reserve batteries operate 30 days after activation in a low power sleep mode, while providing multiple high-power pulses. This operational profile requires batteries with energy and power densities beyond the limits of the current liquid reserve batteries. ...

A compact and portable SOFC, 1-3 kW, is an excellent choice to convert a hydrocarbon fuel source to electricity due to its high efficiency. Currently, SOFCs are optimized to run a single fuel source, and a fuel flexible reforming technique that can integrate with SOFC is needed to have the potential to utilize all different energy assets, including propane, methane, and biogas. Catalytic partial o ...

To achieve overmatch in C4I versus peer adversaries, Army intelligence analysts need support in detecting and classifying instances of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) execution across domains. Complex Event Processing (CEP) tools need improvement to meet this requirement, in order to detect entity behaviors and movements that may be observed by different sensors, or separated i ...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline porous materials formed by the coordination driven self-assembly of metal ions/metal clusters and organic linkers. MOFs are attractive materials due to their tunable pore, very high surface area (up to 7000 m2/g), diverse possibilities of functionalization of the framework structure and potential applications. In particular, MOFs have showed potentia ...

The proposed program will span the design, production, purification, and testing of a novel protein based food ingredient with >80% Essential Amino Acid content. A generally recognized as safe (GRAS) production organism will be used to enhance the safety of production and accelerate the timeline to GRAS approval of the protein feed. The resulting material will be incorporated into combat rations t ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project aims to leverage the recent advancement of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) to enable a compact and portable fuel cell system with a system-level volumetric power density of 3000W/L, which can serve as the lightweight power source for US Army. Storagenergy Technologies, Inc. (Storagenergy) proposes a compact SOFC system for portable power source ...

Adaptive Energy (AE) is a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) development and manufacturing company focused on providing reliable, robust, and cost-effective SOFC products at the 100-500W power output range.  Due to the usage of microtubular SOFC cells (6.6mm diameter tubes) in these products, AE’s SOFCs avoid the traditional pitfalls of larger SOFC systems – mainly sealing and thermal cycling.  Th ...

Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) is currently tasked to develop the Next-Generation NATO Reference Mobility Model (NG-NRMM). NG-NRMM is a simulation capability to compute and display the mobility on deformable soil as a map of GO/NOGO capability. An essential input for the NG-NRMM model is the terrain mechanical properties. Traditionally, the terrain mechanical properties are determined by dir ...

The US Army and Department of Defense are continuing in their investment in the development of energetic materials for use in additive manufacturing (AM) for propellants.  Nalas Engineering is partnering with Dr. Lori Groven at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to develop innovative liquid resin systems for use in additive manufacturing, specifically UV light-based curing technol ...