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Elemental boron has one of the highest volumetric heat of combustions, yet because it is usually used as a metal powder its use as a combustion fuel is hampered by various factors that inhibit its complete combustion, including oxide passivation and formation of HBO2 instead of B2O3. Current methods to treat and alter boron and boron-based materials have not yet overcome these issues. TDA Research ...

The Department of the Navy (DON) has a national security related need for highly compactible deployable structures for air-deployed canister sonobuoys. These systems must stow compactly within the confines of a A-type sonobuoy canister, deploy and position a volumetric array of sensor nodes that acoustically detect submarine engine noise. As submarines continue to reduce noise outputs to enhance s ...

Digital twins can be imagined as virtual, continuously-learning digital representations of physical assets. Such simulations have the potential to marry virtual and physical understanding of assets such that analog data from the physical product and its surrounding sustainment ecosystem is converted into digital data that is stored, analyzed, modeled, and learned by artificial neural networks (NNs ...

In this program, Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) will team with Professor Ali Adibi’s group at the Georgia Institute of Technology to develop a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) spectrometer that can simultaneously achieve high-resolution over wide-bandwidths using a scalable and foundry-ready approach. While a PIC-based spectrometer is a key component for on-chip Raman, fluorescence, and absorptio ...

The US Marine Corps needs a portable, hydroelectric generator to provide electrical energy to recharge batteries and power equipment. Electrical energy used in the field today is primarily generated using diesel generators. Having the option to use an energy source present in the environment, such as a river or stream, reduces the need to transport and store fuel. In order to meet the Marine Corps ...

We will integrate the Phase I demonstrated physics, modeling, simulations, nondestructive evaluation and Materials Identification Reflectivity Kernel (MIRK) discrimination technologies into a prototype for detecting Special Hull Treatment (SHT) delamination in water for significant cost savings and risk mitigation for the Navy. The resultant technology transition will focus on VIRGINIA and COLUMBI ...

Triton Systems, Inc., in partnership with Vanderbilt University, will design, build, and test the Triton Sensor for Autonomous Identification and Location of Opposing Resistance (SAILOR), a hostile fire indicator mountable to Group 1 unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) and self-guiding target munitions. The Triton SAILOR uses a combination of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) optoelectronic components, CMO ...

Row upon row of simple-looking metal capsules are lined up on the deck of a USMC landing craft. One by one, they roll up a ramp and over the side, tumbling into the waves. Sinking to the bottom, each SPAMR rights itself and gets its bearings as its two massive, wraparound wheels propel it across the seabed under command from a central swarm controller. Rolling in formation with its peers to breach ...

Light absorption by aerosols is a key component to atmospheric extinction, and affects a number of processes relevant to the Navy. Satellite and other remotely sensed measurements can be strongly impacted by aerosols, obscuring targets and/or confounding interpretation of data products. Directed energy applications, including weapon and communication systems, are also impacted by absorption, which ...

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