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Low temperature superconducting electronics have the potential to revolutionize digital communications from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), but must operate at cryogenic temperatures. Commercial cryocoolers are large and inefficient and are unable to meet size, weight, and power requirements for UAVs. Our approach and the innovation is a reverse turbo-Brayton cryocooler that provides refrigeratio ...

Safe efficient operations on the flight line or on the deck of an aircraft carrier require effective communications between members of the crew and between members of the crew and the aircraft pilot. Maintainers working on the flight deck or flight line are often subject to extremely loud noise fields (110 to 140 dBA), which makes natural voice communications challenging or impossible. Missed comm ...

A low power COBPTD node will be used to automatically detect and classify targets of interest. We will use target derived kinematics and a rule based classifier to classify high interest targets.

Fighter jets use dual starter generators that provide dc power in two channels, and also provide the mechanical power during start mode for starting the propulsion engine. A current application of the dual starter generator has two generator channels each capable of providing 80 kW power at 270 Vdc. This proposal offers application of a different generator technology to support the growing power n ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of this project is to create a system to conduct research with the assistance of a andapos High Throughput Multifunction System for Neurophysiology of Behaviorandapos This Phase II application to the Omnibus Solicitation is based on the Phase I for PA that was funded by NIAAA R AA The advanced system will provide capabilities for m ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Burn injuries and chronic wounds present a significant burden to patients and the US healthcare system Each year in the US there are burns that require medical treatment and burn patients that require hospitalization The mortality rate associated with severe burns can be as high as with of patient deaths arising from infection In add ...

Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) operation represents a stressful, cognitively challenging domain where operators are routinely subjected to both occupational and combat stressors and performance failures can have catastrophic effects. Effective performance in such conditions has many dimensions, including technical proficiency, probability of catastrophic failures, mission productivity, resistance to ...

This Phase 2 proposal seeks to reach TRL 6 for the single camera passive optical ranging technology by upgrading it and evaluating it against real data from a submarine photonics mast. The single camera algorithm and concept of operations will be modified to account for wave slap, water droplets, fog, other visual obscurants. The technology will be modified to enable ranging convergence in the pre ...

Kyma Technologies will develop a cost-effective technique to grow high-quality gallium nitride (GaN) by developing a high growth rate process for creating crystalline GaN boules, which are used as a starting material for semiconductor device manufacturing. Currently, growing boules from GaN seeds is slow, expensive, and inconsistent, which negatively affects manufacturing yield and electronic devi ...

Automation improvements are needed to reduce the dependency on human reflexes and unreliable data links. Modern autopilots are capable of detecting loss-of-GPS and loss-of-communications. There is no mechanism for the aircraft to autonomously return to a safe landing zone under these conditions. Furthermore, experience has shown that existing controllers are not good at detecting bad position data ...