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Topic 17B-005 calls for a new process for supplying medical grade O2 without the use of O2 bottles or pressure (or vacuum) swing absorption (PSA) technology. This is significant to the military for several reasons, because these two sources currently interfere with logistical supply of O2 to where it is required, namely field hospital units. PSA units reportedly have limited shelf life and supply ...

Advanced Materials and Devices, Inc. (AMAD), in a 12-month TRL Booster Pilot effort, will move the development and manufacturing of a wearable, wireless, in-air and underwater sensor from TRL 5-6 to a TRL of 6-7. At the end of the TRL Booster Pilot effort, the wearable sensor will be ready for qualification testing and manufacturing via Phase III funding. At the end of the current Phase II effort ...

This project will demonstrate a proof-of-concept Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) equipped with chemical sensors for plume tracking and source detection in a realistic outdoor environment.  The project will first develop designs for incorporating chemical sensors onto Group 1 fixed wing and quadcopter SUAS, then make SUAS-performance-enhancing improvements to the Molecular Property Spectromete ...

Hypersonic vehicles offer promise as a platform to support rapid response missions worldwide.  However, hypersonic vehicles lack the ability to produce onboard power with traditional generators due to their use of supersonic combusting ramjets, which do not have rotating shafts from which power can be extracted. Therefore, hypersonic vehicles lack significant electrical power production for suppo ...

Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) technologies provide the most accurate imaging method for detecting and classifying remotely-sensed Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT).   Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing/Urban Air Mobility (eVTOL/UAM) platforms provide the most cost-effective, rapid response, and easy to use data collection platform to support Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HADR) scena ...

PolyMaterials App, LLC (henceforth PolyMaterials), in collaboration with Dr. Sagar Pandit, Professor of Physics, and Dr. Arash Takshi, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering from University of South Florida (USF) and Dr. Steve Marantz from Biotech, presents an innovative proposal to construct a supercapbattery (SCB) prototype with high energy and high power. This innovative concept has the ...

Advanced Air Mobility, Unmanned Traffic Management and Swarm operations all have large numbers of semi-autonomous aircraft operating in close proximity and within confined airspace. Each aircraft, or orb, needs to coordinate with its neighbors for safety,

Near peer competitors and adversaries increasingly hold fixed overseas U.S. military installations at risk, and the U.S. Air Force is adapting with new mobile and distributed basing and operations strategies. Rapid movement of personnel and supplies using aircraft that are not beholden to large, improved airfields is a critical enabler for such strategies. In addition, these agile, short-field or ...

Technical feasibility – Phenix Solutions Heavy Vertical Lift Rotary UAS is a Multi-Mission Autonomous Vertical Lift UAS developed to lift, transport, and deliver heavy loads Beyond Visual Line of Sight. This innovative technology gives access to demanding, extreme, and remote areas.  This platform and associated mission equipment delivers a diverse set of capabilities that require heavy li ...

Using Asymmetric’s IronClad Secure Flight Controller as a centralized hub, the team will implement a multi-copter-focused onboard health monitoring capability that is directly tied to adaptive, autonomous flight control and mission planning. This capability eliminates the need for slower, ground-based decision-making: if an airspace conflict is detected, the UAS can autonomously re-route itself ...