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There exists an under-utilized portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, located between the microwave and infrared wavelengths, in the sub-millimeter band.This region, known as terahertz radiation, has historically been problematic to access.There have been numerous demonstrations of THz electronics using LTS Josephson junctions that provide precise frequency control and on-chip detection via the ...

Vector Atomic will partner with Freedom Photonics to design an ultra-compact rubidium inertial sensor for navigation in GPS-denied environments. FLAGSHIPs low-power sensor design minimizes laser system components and is compatible with a low-risk photonic integrated circuit (PIC) solution that supports aggressive miniaturization.

This SBIR project will develop and demonstrate analytics capability and analytics architecture for sustainment of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) weapon system. The capability will be provided as a stack of analytics functions that collect and fuse maintenance, test, inspection, and engineering data from multiple data streams, formats, and sources. The analytics in the sta ...

Next generation munition systems must be capable of mitigating a multitude of threats including ionizing nuclear radiation (i.e. X-ray, gamma, and neutron), electromagnetic threats, high-temperature environments, and other countermeasures such as high-power microwave (HPM). Conductive Composites Company (CCC) has a unique understanding of the problem and has spent the past three decades developing ...

Zenith Aerospace is developing a Persistent Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (P-ISR) solution via its unique solar powered High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Running exclusively on solar power, the aerial vehicle is designed to fly at 60,000 feet AGL for 6 months without the need to land. The current solution is developed for monitoring illicit activitie ...

Compression-molded short-fiber composite (SFC) materials have several advantages over metallic and continuous-fiber composite (CFC) materials, including greater part complexity, improved dimensional stability, and low-cost/high-volume production.However, introduction of novel SFC material systems is stymied by the need to perform costly and time-consuming testing programs to generate allowables, d ...

Development of a rapid technique based on FTIR spectroscopy to monitor chemistry, crystallinity and contamination of CMC interface coatings is proposed.The method takes advantage of specificity of vibrational normal modes of molecules, which can be utilized as fingerprints of molecules to evaluate chemistry of the coatings.A literature review of spectroscopic characteristics of molecules utilized ...

The development of energy-efficient and low-cost propulsion systems for UAVs by implementing hybrid-electric concepts is critical for the US military. optoXense-GaTech team proposes to develop novel learning-capable optimal control methods to optimize the energy/power distribution for small UAVs with hybrid electric propulsion (HEP) systems for various flight scenarios. The method is based on robu ...

In Phase I of this SBIR project, we will determine the feasibility of a novel approach to active thermography for quantitative NDE of both thermal and cold spray coatings used in manufacture, maintenance and repair of hot section components. Our approach, Active Interleaved Thermography (AIT) builds on our extensive experience in NDE of Aerospace and Industrial Gas Turbine (IGT) TBCs, and leverage ...

The U.S. Air Force needs to non-destructively and easily inspect thermal spray metallic and ceramic thermal spray coatings on critical surfaces of gas turbines. Current methods fail to adequately detect sub-surface and interfacial defects, and are cumbersome to use, particularly with conformal geometries.Issues exist with capturing accurate measurements over a range of coating and substrate materi ...