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Orbital Research Inc in collaboration with NASA Glenn Research Center (NASA GRC), Kent State University (KSU) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will design and test the second generation, Pilot Physiologic Assessment System (PPAS-2) as part of the Phase I option and Phase II SBIR program funded by the U.S. Navy. The system will be a comprehensive bio-monitoring suite that acquires ph ...

The current manufacturing processes used for restoring corrosion protection on F-35 aircraft composites panels are time consuming and wasteful. The goal of this Phase II program is to demonstrate and deliver a low-energy-cure, epoxy-fiberglass prepreg that can be used to restore the galvanic barrier on the F-35 fighter aircraft. Ultraviolet (UV) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) cure resin systems re ...

Edaptive Computing, Inc. (Edaptive) presents our Phase II proposal for a unique and commercially viable solution to the problem of developing software user interface components that are required to support simultaneous heterogeneous platform technologies and/or operating systems, and that are directly traced to and validated against operational requirements. Our Common Configuration Management Int ...

Military aerospace structures require that a fiberglass galvanic corrosion isolation layer be used between any graphite composite parts in contact with aluminum. Adding a layer of fiberglass prepreg onto the aluminum-mating side of the composite laminate is a simple way to meet this requirement. Rapid curing resins and prepreg initiated using UltraViolet (UV) or Light Emitting Diode (LED) energy a ...

The overall objective of this proposed effort is to build a gearbox system life simulator that is capable of estimating loads and life of components (e.g., recommended removal time) based on the users’ drive system design parameters (dimension, weight, diameter, number of teeth, material, loads, gear ratios, etc). This VEXTEC SBIR Phase II will take advantage of several previous DoD technology d ...

The objective of the proposed work is to further develop the erosion-resistant damping coating technology to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5 & 6 and to demonstrate TRL 5 & 6 by testing a coated IBR via a bench test and by testing in a relevant environment engine test, respectively. The efforts will be carried out by a team of investigators at Herman Advanced Engineering and several other instit ...

We propose to implement a platform based on the .NET Micro Framework (MF) for mote-scale Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and Active Tag Networks (ATNs). The resulting middleware would significantly simplify the development of applications on these systems, both by providing a hardware-independent, high-level, development environment and by providing standard implementations for essential services ...

There is no Sense and Avoid (SAA) solution for small UAS such as Scan Eagle, Raven, or BATMAV, which represent by far the greatest number of UAS. Equipping small UAS with SAA capability is problematic, mainly due to the very small size, weight and power (SWAP) resources available. The SAA system must compete for critical SWAP resources with fuel and payload sensors. Small, low-power EO and sens ...

To prevent gas turbine engine blade failure, the excited resonant response needs to be attenuated to an acceptable level. Under our recent Navy SBIR Phase I and Phase II (Free Layer Blade Damper by Magneto-mechanical Coating) efforts, a novel free layer blade damper has been developed in order to enhance vibration damping and fatigue strength, without diluting surface properties associated with re ...

Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (CRG) proposes to develop the next generation of vaneaxial fans through extensive aerodynamic study coupled with state-of-the-art motor and controller technologies. Analytical tools to aid in the development of the next generation vaneaxial fans will be implemented to provide rapid tradespace assessment for new fan designs, which will be followed with computational ...