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DHS is preserving the safety and the security of America by preventing, foiling, and defeating attacks from a variety of adversaries. The increasing threats (both in terms of numbers and in terms of abilities) must be addressed successfully while facing an austere budget environment. In order to be able to "do more with less" having a capability for optimizing the resources and the assets which ar ...

Weight growth due to increased armor or added technology to existing platforms creates challenges in the form of increased strain on vehicle systems and components, as well as logistics challenges of transporting and supporting heavier vehicles. The AAV has the additional constraint that the vehicle must float, and therefore has very little tolerance for components which exceed their weight allowa ...

GLSV in conjunction with GDLS proposes to evaluate, by extensive trade study using FEM and CFD analysis the possibilities of track system weight reduction, and vehicle NVH signature improvement while maintaining ground mobility and track only water mobility characteristics of the AAV using advanced high strength aluminum materials as well as a new high hardness, high strength “Nanovate” coatin ...

This SBIR solicitation provides the opportunity to specifically look at AN/SSQ-53G sonobuoy subsystems, investigating how our community can miniaturize the existing and required subsystems to provide margin for the development of a new passive directional array. Within the scope of this proposal, we will discuss how SeaLandAire and USSI will systematically and thoroughly address the AN/SSQ-53G son ...

Icing conditions create significant safety concerns within the aircraft turbomachinery, and in surrounding nacelles, stators, and thrust vectoring surfaces. Icephobic surfaces could significantly reduce the accretion of ice within these components, allowing for safer operation. However, even after decades of research, there are no known icephobic coatings that can function in aircraft engine reali ...

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) proposes a simple, lightweight and regenerable system to detect and filter out contaminants in-situ via a concept originally developed and validated for NASA spacecraft life-support. It will be designed to permit drop-in integration with the OBOGS pilot breathing system and complement its operation. It will clean up pilot breathing air, protect OBOGS sorbent impair ...

Functional and information gaps have emerged in the systems that provide logistics support for U.S. Navy Food Service operations aboard ships and at shore galleys. These shortfalls have manifested themselves as inefficient workflows, extensive rework, unsatisfactory financial audit readiness, and can often result in a lack of available menu items on fleet mess decks. The Sonalysts Team proposes th ...

In response to the need for drastic surface finish improvement on additively manufactured metal components, Voxel Innovations Inc. has developed a novel manufacturing process termed: oscillatory pulsed electrochemical machining (O-PECM). O-PECM is a heat-free, stress-free, surface finishing technique capable of producing sub-200 nm Ra roughness. In O-PECM, a thin envelope of build material is prin ...

Within the increasingly contested undersea operational arena, the Navy needs a tactical and competitive advantage in undersea sensing and detection through improved situational awareness with respect to environmental parameters, such as sound speed profile (SSP) and bottom properties, that affect overall submarine sonar sensor performance. Current approaches for enhancing environmental situational ...

As foreign submarines become increasingly quieter, there is an ever-present need to improve the performance of passive surveillance systems to increase the probability of detection and ability to resolve critical signature differences useful for classification. Passive acoustic surveillance system such as sonobuoys typically employ arrays of hydrophones, configured to discriminate against backgrou ...