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SpaceWorks proposes to continue development and advancement of its novel QuickShot trajectory optimization software suite. A number of new modeling capabilities of value when simulating advanced military systems will be implemented. Additionally, a variety of case studies and applications that will showcase and demonstrate utilization of these new features will be conducted.

The need to launch Unmanned Underwater Vehicles from a 21" torpedo tube environment is of interest. To address this need, a carbon fiber composite sabot system utilizing advanced materials is proposed. The Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Sabot System (UUVSS) will be designed to function within a 21" torpedo tube environment on Virginia Class submarines. The proposed technology will be fabricated, test ...

CL-20 is the most powerful conventional explosive known, but its high cost has limited its adoption in a range of potential applications. Par of the challenge in making these materials is the complexity of the reaction used to prepare the polycyclic cage. The complexity of this reaction makes it difficult to have insight into the reaction and to improve it. Additionally, several of the intermediat ...

Installation of fasteners and bushings is a perennial problem for the FRCs and remote detachments, since wet-install failures and installation of bare bushings leads to rapid galvanic corrosion.This program will develop a wet-install approach based on Al-rich primer for galvanic corrosion inhibition on bushings and fasteners installed in aluminum airframes. Electrochemical modeling developed under ...

Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20) is the most powerful conventional explosive known, but its high cost has limited its adoption in a range of potential applications. Part of the challenge in making these materials is the complexity of the reaction used to prepare the polycyclic cage. The complexity of this reaction makes it difficult to have insight into the reaction and to improve it. Additio ...

The goal of this program is to transition CTG’s SBIR-developed novel sensor and algorithm processing technology to the inspection of aircraft radomes. This new inspection capability must be integrated into existing maintenance processes and facilities employed by the Air Force. Moreover a new inspection paradigm is needed that does not impose a significant infrastructure investment by the A ...

Numerous machine learning frameworks exist, each with highly variable support for accelerated computing (e.g. Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), etc). A library of machine learning primitives could support the many disparate frameworks and boost the advancement of machine learning research and programs, such as those underway in the DARPA Data-Driven Discover ...

Qualtech Systems, Inc. (QSI), in collaboration with Vanderbilt University (VU) proposes to develop a state-of-the art Health Management System (HMS) system consisting of a small form factor GPS-enabled onboard computer, a small display for crew, and sensors for boat and engine vibration, OBD data, engine oil quality monitoring, and battery health monitoring. The HMS system will provide Wi-Fi and w ...

As a cloud-like architecture is adopted by mission critical System of Systems (SoS), the problem of system management is critically important to solve in order to ensure continuity of operations. System operators and maintainers need a way to manage system resources and restore a system to health when subsystems in the SoS are sharing these resources. A technology to determine and present Courses ...

The Precision Targeting High Accuracy Mortar Fire Control System (HAM-FCSt) is a sensor suite and ballistic solution providing equipment that is mounted to the mortar tube and provides the user with real-time critical system information on the fire solution. The intuitive user controls and display system allow the user to focus on the employment of the mortar system and less on the positioning and ...