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Photonectrsquo;s novel technology described in this proposal permanently attaches an optical fiber to a silicon chip using fusion splicing with methods and components that are scalable to high volume manufacturing, tolerant to mechanical and thermal stress, and limit loss. NASA has conveyed their need for coupling approaches and components resulting in low misalignment tolerances, which is directl ...

Incomplete, noisy, or otherwise uncertain data is the way it is, no purely computational method can magically fix it. Numerous techniques developed by the database and programming languages communities exist to help users cope with uncertain data. Specifically, these tools allow users to define business logic over uncertain (i.e., incomplete, possibilistic, or probabilistic) data as if it were ide ...

The proposed project aims to use ultrafast laser inscription (ULI) technology to improve the fabrication flexibility and versatility of a critical photonic component, arrayed waveguide grating (AWGs). The fabricated AWGs can be directly integrated with other ULI-based photonics devices, such as waveguide lasers, photonic lanterns, and modulators, realizing monolithic transmitters. This direct on-c ...

Aloft Sensing Inc. (Aloft) proposes to adapt and establish the feasibility of our scalable Radar Vision Systems (RVS) for operation on solar system bodies. RVS consist of state-of-the-art multichannel mm-wave radars coupled with our patent-pending position, navigation, and timing algorithms (AloftPNT). Demonstrated through simulations and field experiments, these systems achieve both accurate self ...

Circle Optics proposes a NASA SBIR Phase II project to build, flight test, and deliver, a 7-channel visible DAA visor system. This system would use Sony IMX530 sensors and provide staring type imaging over a plusmn; 112-degree horizontal FOV, with a plusmn; 15-degree vertical FOV, to support a detection range of ~ 3.8 Nm. At the beginning of the Phase II project, Circle Optics would confer with th ...

The Collaborative Tradespace Capability (CTC) prototype proposed by the SSI team is designed to address critical areas of interest to NASA, such as improving model interoperability, managing varying levels of fidelity/uncertainty, and rapidly and iteratively operating across a distributed collaborative environment to characterizenbsp;and selectnbsp;optimum candidates. The goal of the Phase I proje ...

Safe Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) operations and airspace management depend on accurate weather data to make critical decisions, plan fleet asset tasking, schedule cargo or people movements, reduce flight uncertainty and meet client expectations. Accurate weather data requires a robust, autonomous and reliable sensing platform capable of detecting multiple weather hazards across urban, suburban a ...

The NASA Science Mission Directorate has a critical need for advanced deployable antenna apertures operating at millimeter-wave frequencies from CubeSat platforms. This proposal is to fulfill the technology gap and develop a novel type of ultra-low-loss millimeter-wave metasurfacenbsp;holographic antennas to support a wide range of passive remote sensing applications beyond Ka-band up to 200 GHz. ...

Apech Labs is offering NASA a Regolith Immune Linear Actuator Family (RILAF). Lunar dust is extremely abrasive and contains particulate sizes that range from tens of nanometers to multiple microns.nbsp; In addition, it exhibits magnetic and electrostatic adhesion. To date, viable solutions have only been identified for rotary joints. The solution achieves full immunity to the lunar environment usi ...

In the NASA SBIR 2022 Phase I Solicitation documentation Z1.05 Lunar and Planetary Surface Power Management and Distribution, it stated that there was an interest in ldquo;near-field wireless power transfer in the 1 to 10kW rangerdquo; for the subtopic Z13.02 Mechanisms for Extreme Environments. Furthermore, in the recent NASA SBIR 2023 Phase I Solicitation documentation, there continues to be a d ...