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Scalable, inexpensive manufacturing processes that produce yarns capable of storing energy are required for new breakthroughs within the wearable electronics sector. To enable to further improve the properties of yarn-based electrochemical performance in energy-storage systems, fiber-based yarns are proposed and developed via a scalable and cost effective wet spinning manufacturing process, and la ...

The strain engineering effort will constitute development of a synthetic biology toolkit applicable for food waste conversion in clostridium. The engineered strain will enable high efficiency conversion of army food waste to fuel. The proposed project will scale up a clostridium based fermentation method to produce fuel from food waste. A batch reactor will be optimized. Overall techno-economic fe ...

We propose to continue our project generating transgenic insect with improved nutrition for humans and livestock, building on the milestones we have reached and will continue to develop in phase I. We have already demonstrated insertion of exogenous reporter DNA into the insect, and continue to develop genetic engineering tools and techniques. We have expressed the biosynthetic pathway of interest ...

To reduce size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-c), military platforms have been evolving towards more integrated platforms that utilize all available space. For radiating systems, this will require exploring innovative design methods, materials and manufacturing approaches to realize cost-effective, customizable and conformal antennas. An attractive solution to this challenge is offered by additive ...

This project aims to develop a low-cost millimeter-wave (mmW) imaging system for ground vehicles, to operate in combination with a long-wave infrared (LWIR) camera. Such a system will mitigate the challenges of driving in degraded visual environments (DVE) including night time, fog, dust, or smoke by providing real-time image of the vehicle surrounding independent from the presence of naturally oc ...

The purpose of this proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility, through modeling and simulation, of integrating engineered polyhedral Phase Transforming Cellular Matrix (PXCM) materials as a dynamic, elastically deformable solution for non-pneumatic tires that can; 1) resist loss of mobility due to hazards that include ballistic/explosive threats, and road debris, 2) extend capability allowing the ...

The objective of this project is to develop a modular, open-architecture, physics-based ground vehicle mobility prediction software tool for world-wide terrains that are encountered in military applications including on-road and off-road soft soil terrains. The tool will integrate three modules: (1) Physics-Based Vehicle-Terrain Modeling tool; (2) Geographic Information System (GIS); and (3) Stoch ...

Various NATO entities are interested in developing a next generation of the NATO Reference Mobility Model (or NG-NRMM). MotionPort LLC recommends that the feasibility study of this Phase I effort consider a NG-NRMM capability that is built upon a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), open architecture, multibody dynamics software. This approach will reduce the risk of NG-NRMM development and enable the ...

Unmanned ground vehicles are becoming widely seen as a means of increasing safety and production for a variety of purposes. These vehicles are used in a diverse range of applications (e.g. military, mining, agriculture, automotive). Many control parameters scale nicely with the size and type of vehicle. However, performance requirements also vary based on accuracy and smoothness of control per cus ...

The US Army and Marines rely significantly on fossil-fuel based tactical power generation to provide electrical energy to deployed troops in small camps and forward operation bases. These generators are sized to support the expected maximum power but are often operated far below rated power due to the dynamic nature of electrical loads. On average, the generators are loaded less than 50% of the ...