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Multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO) is a critical enabling technology for the design of complex systems such as naval aircraft. Using high-performance computing and modern analysis codes, many aspects of naval aircraft, and other, systems can be accurately modeled. However, the generation of the meshes analysis codes need as input is overly time consuming, while it takes su ...

This effort aims to deliver a novel ultra-thin flat lens optics with a large aperture and active zoom capabilities that is based on metasurface metamaterial technology while being mindful of the size, weight, power, and cost. The proposed approach will achieve zoom through a tunable metalens system that operates using micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) within a small and lightweight package fo ...

We propose to develop and transition CodeSurgeon: an adaptable, AI-guided, full-stack debloating system. CodeSurgeon is innovative and unique in the field because it produces high-quality debloated programs with improved security posture that are safe, reliable, and sound. Following the lessons learned from a broad comparative evaluation of debloating tools conducted by the PI , CodeSurgeon will i ...

Electrochemical machining has multiple benefits for manufacturing of turbomachinery including high quality surface finish, an ability to process advanced metal alloys, no imparted stress, and scalability to deliver production affordability. Unfortunately, ECM’s adoption is limited by the up-front time, cost, and risk to demonstrate an ECM solution. This problem is particularly difficult during n ...

BTech proposes a directional hydrophone for acoustic noise measurements for various host platforms including floats, gliders, and observation buoys. The BTech design is provided in Phase I report including sensing concept and configuration, mechanical packing, power consumption, communication interfaces, sensor (re)calibration methodology, algorithms to extract the information content of the ocean ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) increases the speed and flexibility of production and enables traditional part concatenation for advanced manufacturing capabilities. The ability for U.S. manufacturers to 3D-print advanced components in-house reduces reliance on traditional subtractive supply chains and bolsters national security readiness. While AM affords unique flexibility in design for manufacturab ...

Despite a large and growing set of available data sources across many domains, identifying and tracking developing threats in operational domains remains a critical unsolved problem. Extraction of relevant threat information and correlation across multiple modalities is required to take full advantage of the data available. VSI proposes TALON, a system for leveraging natural language descriptions ...

Corvid Technologies, LLC (Corvid) and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) propose developing a framework on a modern software architecture utilizing high fidelity, state-of-the-art modeling tools to provide an accurate, but efficient, prediction of the ablating TPS material response in real-time. Three different TPS modeling approaches will be evaluated during Phase I in terms of accura ...

The Thermal Protection System (TPS) materials for current hypersonic vehicles have limited structural capability in all-weather environments and a low level of manufacturing sophistication. Nanoshell Matrix Composites (NMC) are a class of materials being developed at United Protective Technologies to address the most difficult challenges faced in hypersonic environments. NMC materials allow the pr ...

The limited available space on the body of a hypersonic glide vehicle as well as the extreme aerodynamic and aerothermal environment it experiences presents a significant design challenge for mounting antenna systems. The surfaces of the hypersonic vehicle are subjected to extremely high temperatures (>1000 °C) and require aerothermal protection systems on top of the lightweight, high-strength st ...