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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 ...

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 ...

Navy aircraft use complex cable harnesses to transfer data and provide power to avionics, weapons, sensors, control surfaces, and landing gear. The cable harnesses and the aircraft must be designed so that interference to an electronics unit does not occur. Design approaches must address the cable harness packing, separation, shielding, and layout to avoid crosstalk between conductors within an in ...

Vescent Photonics, in collaboration with The Aerospace Corporation, proposes to develop a low size, weight, and power (SWaP) erbium (Er) fiber mode-locked oscillator (FMO) with ultra-low timing jitter for the demonstration of a photonic radio frequency (RF) receiver.  The RF receiver will utilize the technique of compressive sensing in a photonically integrated multi-mode waveguide to detect ultr ...

Navy boost vehicles require hardening and operate-through capability to nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) effects. The Navy requires a new generation of cable harness Electrical Wiring Interconnect System (EWIS) connectors and cables designed to perform in the EMP environment. The requirements include protection from System Generated Electromagnetic pulse (SGEMP) and High-altitude Electromagneti ...

One of the biggest challenges in developing structural insulators for hypersonic vehicle thermal protection system (TPS) applications is to devise a sufficient thermal insulation that is also adequate structurally. Established commercial insulation products are not typically intended for structural load bearing applications and their manufacturing processes tend to be complex, slow, and expensive. ...

Organophosphorus nerve agents are extremely toxic, and even small amounts can be rapidly fatal. Due to the manner in which nerve agents are used, the DOD must be prepared to respond to poisonings of multiple individuals at once. The current standard of care is to first deliver a drug cocktail of three compounds: atropine sulfate, 2-pyridine aldoxime chloride (2-PAM), and an anticonvulsant (typical ...

Current navigation systems are heavily reliant on GPS for both commercial and military applications. While GPS provides high accuracy, it is subject to denial in a contested environment. Under this effort, NAVSYS shall deliver an alternative navigation (ALTNAV) solution that utilizes signals of opportunity (SoOP) from a combination of commercial and military space systems. This will heavily levera ...

American Energy Technologies Company, a woman-owned small business concern out of Arlington Heights, Illinois will conduct the modeling, technology development and prototyping of the specialized carbon-based ram jet nozzle inserts aimed at maximizing the combustion performance of new-generation solid rocket fuels. The primary objective of the inserts will be to prevent condensation of oxide phase ...