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The Phase I project demonstrated feasibility of novel insensitive nanoparticle based solid fuels to achieve high combustion efficiencies and regression rates in comparison to conventional fuel baselines. These fuels have the potential to meet the program requirements for future Navy solid fuel ramjet (SFRJ) systems. For the Phase II project, fuel formulations will be optimized, production will be ...

Military instructors need instructional competencies and domain expertise in order to adequately train warfighters for mission readiness. However, they are not often afforded the time, resources, or computer-based, self-guided learning opportunities to fully develop teaching skills prior to instructional duty. Design Interactive, Inc. will develop the Interactive Military Instructor Training and A ...

Low cost and high capacity make lithium sulfur batteries (LSB) the next generation of lithium ion batteries. Practical application of LSB technology remains limited by low utilization of sulfur and fast capacity fading of sulfur cathodes. The root causes are poor electronic conductivity of the cathode combined with high solubility of intermediate polysulfide products formed during cycling. To over ...

During the Phase II effort we will build an Experimental Noise Measurement System designed to measure vibration, waterborne, flow and flow induced noise. The sensor suite will be comprised of six accelerometers, five pressure sensors and nine omni directional hydrophones. The heart of the system is a low power electronics module which will perform signal conditioning and digitization using an FPGA ...

As technology continues to drive changes in Naval operations, warfighters increasingly must exercise strategies in complex team-based environments. A key to successful completion of mission operations in teams is communication. In domains where performers have highly specialized skills, the curation of shared mental models amongst crew is critical. However, current individual training capabilities ...

The GLSV team has developed an innovative, reliable, modular buoyant kit (MBK) that will allow the EPF/JHSV stern ramp to allow splash-off launch and recovery of amphibious vehicles during Sea State 3 conditions. The MBK will be deployable off the end of the stern cargo ramp, and will be augmented by a dynamic compensation system to mitigate damaging ramp motions due to wave action and vehicle mov ...

Phase II of this SBIR research effort fosters the next step of introduction and application in the development of a bistatic capability for surface and submarine Mid-Frequency (MF) active sonar systems. This development will enhance anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability in strike group or coordinated surface and submarine ASW operations. Phase II builds on progress made in Phase I to develop and ...

State-of-art, simulation-based training environments are representative of real world situations and tasks, and they provide motivating practice in a form that is inexpensive and portable. However, the situations encoded for training are sometimes artificial and incomplete, leaving a gap between simulation training and transfer of training to operational settings. Further, significant instructor/o ...

The Navy’s Fleet-Class Common Unmanned Surface Vessel (CUSV) demands associated subsystems function with robust reliability and minimal operator intervention in order to operate at peak effectiveness. Mine Warfare’s (MIW) inherently hazardous nature requires particular focus on reducing manning requirements and simplifying operator machine interface (OMI) in order to minimize danger to personn ...

Building on the designs developed and analysis performed in the Phase I effort, Energy to Power Solutions (E2P) proposes the use of a novel hybrid cable design that can handle 100% electric power load under normal operating and battle conditions (i.e. fully/partially functioning cryogenic cooling system operating at cryogenic temperatures ~50-60K), and capable of handling 30% of the rated power pe ...