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The MAI team is developing a solution for a portable expeditionary AN/UYQ-100 USW-DSS unit that will have standalone and integrated Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Services (CANES) capabilities to further enhance individual unit and watchteam team ASW & ASUW capabilities. The MAI team will incorporate a robust embedded interactive training curriculum applicable to operators and supervisors. ...

Cornerstone Research Group proposes to develop a computational framework for optimization of turbine engine blades with cooling flow paths enabled by additive manufacturing. This framework will be driven by mechanical, thermal, and fluid responses produced using coupled finite element models as well as a machine learning based defect prediction model. The defect prediction model will be trained us ...

Mine countermeasure (MCM) operations employ neutralizers with a small explosive charge to engage naval mines. During the engagement, the neutralizer approaches a targeted mine and detonates its explosive charge, which can cause a sympathetic detonation or lower-order reaction in the naval mine. Battle damage assessment (BDA) to determine the outcome of the attack currently requires a follow-on mis ...

In contrast to the limitations and tradeoffs of current ESA technology, Novaa has developed both 1) extremely low-profile UWB antennas, capable of operating across multiple bands, and 2) a new beamforming architecture based on ultra-low loss phase shifting, capable of realizing 10–100x reductions in size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) over conventional TRMs. In this effort, we propose to comb ...

The perceived objective is to generate a method that enables low-cost lightweight airframes produced in a way conducive to high- rate manufacturing. The production of air vehicles must rapidly increase in order to prepare for a war of attrition and increase the United States’ air superiority. As the desire for rapid development and production of composite air vehicles increases, the need for fas ...

One million eighty-five thousand five hundred and seven (1,085,507) barrels of hazardous liquids spilled in the US between 2003 and 2022. Accidents involving tankers, barges, pipelines, refineries, drilling rigs, and storage facilities cause these hazardous chemical spills. Careful management of these sites is vital to prevent hazardous materials from causing harm to humans, wildlife, or ecologica ...

Two key aspects that make hypersonic weapon systems desirable are their speed and maneuverability. These aspects make them incredibly difficult to counter. They fly low and fast making detection difficult and fly unpredictable trajectories making it difficult if even possible to predict its path. As such, the Navy is seeking tools to model the maneuvers of hypersonic weapons. Current tools, such a ...

This proposal outlines tasks and deliverables in order to assess the usefulness of full-polarization scattering matrices to discriminate aircraft with similar physical characteristics. Specifically, this work will address air-to-air collection scenarios where the target of interest is non-cooperative. The ability to collect full-polarization returns in air-to-air systems is a recent advancement. F ...

Propel proposes to conduct research in order to determine the performance level of a seamless cold weather mesh undershirt and drawers as compared to the existing undershirt and drawers.  Propel shall develop initial concepts and evaluate their technical feasibility.  Comparison to conventionally sewn seams using internationally recognized standards and test methods, as well as novel test method ...

A solution is needed that can stop zero-day cyber-attacks, provide capabilities for multi-level security on a single device without removing the hard drive, and provide resilience for critical system resources in the event of a cyber-attack. Redwall  Mobile Resilient Resilient takes Redwall Technologies’ commercially available multi-level mobile security solution, Redwall Mobile (RwM), to a n ...