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The Outerlink IRIS system is a commercially successful, real-time flight data processing system that includes a satellite-based data link. The system records voice, video, and aircraft flight data while at the same time Interrogating the data for informat

Lasers can have disorienting and vision impairing effects when directed at the human eye—when directed at an aircraft, the effects can be mission- and even life-threatening. Immediate symptoms can include disorientation, blurred and double vision, headach

Metasurfaces have advanced the field of optics and ushered novel "flat optics” technologies. Making metasurfaces reconfigurable add versatility and tunability to optical technology, enabling programmable photonic integrated circuits (PICs)- the cornerston

High speed vehicle engines including rotating detonation engines and scramjets comprise multiple components. These components must be joined together with seals (o-rings, gaskets) to ensure that gas does not leak from one region of the flowpath to another

Vertical landing of space systems presents a number of challenges. While landing rockets on flat surfaces has been achieved by multiple groups, landing on irregular surfaces still proves challenging on a number of fronts. Among these challenges is the plu

On-chip high-power and high-bandwidth laser transmitters can be a cost-effective solution to the problem of equipping our distributed national defense network with the hardware needed for secure communications. The large size, weight, power and cost (SWaP

The US Air Force has identified a need for development of pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) that can adhere to difficult-to-bond substrates and meet air platform specific requirements and improve the bond strength by a factor of 2 compared to the incumben

In this project, Akita will develop methods and materials to increase the size of dye-containing optical elements, specifically sol-gel glasses, to diameters of at least 3” and thicknesses of at least 1 cm.  This will involve modifications to both the mat

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) and The ExOne Company propose to design and develop an Additively Manufactured (AM) catalyst structure to replace state of the art catalyst beds in ASCENT thrusters. This porous catalyst structure is based on two key innovatio

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop a novel optical sensor capable of providing aircraft paint thickness measurements, which can be integrated within the current laser robotic systems used for aircraft paint removal. Currently, such robotic s