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Support low-cost turbine engine manufacturing for 100 lbf thrust class engine. Utilize additive manufacturing in combination with traditional manufacturing to significantly reduce the cost of permanent tooling for investment wax patterns.

Coral transplantation is a primary management option for rehabilitation of degraded reefs. Stabilization (via adhesion, etc.) of transplants on existing reef or artificial substrates notably improves their survival rate. Improved underwater adhesives are needed for expedient and convenient stabilization of coral transplants with improved survival rate. A new hybrid organic-inorganic adhesive is pr ...

In 2017 the CDC estimated 35,000 American got sick from Vibrio parahaemolyticus transmitted by shellfish--a 54% increase. However, according to the co-chair of the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Commission, “Our current system of traceback is inadequate.... Records are lost. Handwriting is illegible. More than half of all traceback investigations fail because the information in the value chain ...

Many people recognize how critical it is to understand our weather, climate, and environment. Educators already use NOAA data and models in working with students and their communities as part of their teaching and outreach. With the exponential growth in data, however, many of them struggle with accessing and managing that data. Evolving data formats and computing requirements make it very challen ...

To address NGA’s requirements, Sonalysts’ team of world-class experts in underwater optical communication proposes development and implementation of the Precision Optical Navigation Transceiver for Undersea Systems (PONTUS). PONTUS will transfer navigation information from an Underwater Navigation Beacon (UNB) to an Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) in an electromagnetic-spectrum-denied (e.g., G ...

Exploitation of weather and climatological information has historically provided significant (and at times decisive) advantages for Air Force and Department of Defense missions (e.g., WWII, 2003 Iraq, etc.) Current and short-term (0-7 day) and climatological (long-term average) weather information near the geographic locations of missions have often been the basis for these operations. However, a ...

TALON is the world's first, and only, universal launch and recovery platform for both rotary and fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), of variable sizes, on the move. TALON creates a new warfighting capability by enabling combat deployment of UAVs from and between any of the Services’ massive inventory of maneuvering vehicles (tanks, Humvees, planes, helicopters, trucks, war-ships, etc ...

The proliferation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) provides many benefits and opportunities, but also introduces a number of new challenges and threats. These UAS are widely commercially available and can be operated by individuals with little training. These UAS present a threat in both commercial and military environments. For example, near airports or forest fires, low flying aircraft could c ...

The current AdHoc emergency notification system for the United States Air Force is a broken and antiquated process that does not fit the needs of today’s modern war fighter. At a majority of Air Force Bases the squadron members still hand carry a piece of paper on them at all times called a recall roster, which includes all of the names and information of each squadron member, in order to s ...

This proposal is meant to assist the Air Force on the $70 million annual problem of bird strikes. The Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) team is constantly trying to come up with new ways to harass birds so that they are not a hazard for operating aircraft. The BASH biologists are doing their best with the tools that they have, but there are still large expenses being expended by the USAF for bird ...