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Hypersonic system development is a priority for the Department of Defense (DoD) modernization programs. Development of hypersonic systems require the effective implementation of three design tools; flight testing, ground testing, and numerical and computational modeling and simulation. Of these three tools, flight data is the most critical for hypersonic systems because it provides information nee ...

This SBIR Phase II project addresses both the welding of butt joints in plate panels for ships and the manufacture of highly weight-efficient structural sandwich panels for shipbuilding applications. The Phase I project established the technical and financial viability of the Laser/Gas Metal Arc Welding (LGMAW) process to manufacture flat plate blankets ready for further stiffening. A major task ...

BioSqueeze, Inc. (BSI) proposes using microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) to meet DARPA’s SBIR program objective of “pushing the utility of biological cement derived from living organisms to produce hardened surfaces in semi-aquatic environments.” Our MICP technology will reduce the effects of beach erosion and greatly improve the ability of vehicles to transition from ...

Biomason’s prototype MEDUSA dust abatement system provides a superior performing, logistically lean, and environmentally friendly solution for rapid dust suppression for VTOL operations in austere, forward operating positions. Moreover, base MEDUSA systems and processes may be adapted for utilization in multiple industrial sectors and serve several other key military and civilian use-cases - fro ...

In Phase I, Kutta defined and detailed its vision for a subterranean wireless communication system that gives America’s soldiers the ability to communicate more effectively and efficiently than ever before in underground caves and urban tunnels. During Phase I, Kutta exceeded the Army’s Phase I distance transmission requirements by nearly four-fold feet by demonstrating the ability to send voi ...

In Phase I, Kutta Consulting defined and detailed its vision for a Dismounted Associate (DA) that gives America's soldiers over-the-hill battlefield intelligence. Kutta, however, did not act alone. AATD, Boeing Phantom Works, General Dynamics, Advanced Ceramics Research, Neural Robotics Incorporated, 21st Century Systems, and numerous user groups contributed significant concepts, subject matter ex ...

In the proposed effort, we will establish all of the basic components working together in a laboratory environment, in order to demonstrate our impulsive energy deposition technology for high-speed flight. We will also identify DoD systems, applications, and requirements, that will most benefit from our technology, including the critical next steps to advance the technology to flight tests. Approv ...

The Phase II effort will develop a hardware assurance process for development of testing regimes supporting DoD total ironizing dose (TID) Radiation Hardware Assurance (RHA) requirements while being minimally disruptive to commercial practices and facilitate assured and cost-effective utilization of foundries used by the DoD. Phase II will build upon the Trusted Silicon Stratus-Distributed Transit ...

The adaptive optics system we propose is designed to operate at the Coudé focus of a 1-m space surveillance telescope at the Starfire Optical Range. The system is to have correction capability to D/r0 = 20 and Greenwood frequency fG = 160 Hz. The mission requirements driving the design relate to the search for closely spaced objects (CSO) around high-value assets in geosynchronous Earth orbit. ...

First-generation perimeter security-breaching "recognition" sensors [as opposed to “recognition and discrimination” sensors] have been developed, prototyped and demonstrated to the Office of Naval Research [ONR], Naval Surface Warfare Center [NSWC] and Transportation Security Administration [TSA] with great success. These sensors are small, wireless devices that “listen” for vehicles, foot ...