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The objective of this research program is to develop an ultra-lightweight carbon nanotube-lithium metal (CNT-Li) hybrid anode to enable high energy density lithium ion cells. These CNT-Li anodes will be paired with carbon nanotube enhanced high areal loading (mAh/cm2) cathodes to achieve cell-level energy densities that exceed 400 Wh/kg at the cell-level and have the potential to exceed 500 Wh/kg. ...

A growing number of electronic applications within the Air Force, such as devices for power conditioning and distribution, RF power amplification, and high power lasers have been identified for increased heat transfer requirements to maintain operational temperatures at acceptable levels while increasing the performance through higher power. However, this same target research that requires increas ...

This proposed Phase I STTR effort will be a collaboration between OmniScience LLC and the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) Vision and Security Technology (VAST) Lab. The primary objective of this Phase I effort is to demonstrate feasibility of a brain computer interface (BCI) controller for augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) and conventional screen displays, referred to herein as an A ...

Our proposal is focused on determining the need and feasibility for integrated quantum systems design and fabrication technologies to enable rapid research and development prototyping, and subsequent production, and an industrial base for integrated quantum machines and systems. We focus on the problem of field-able quantum systems for communication networks to support the Air Force as a use case ...

Small Satellites are a rapidly growing technology and of great interest to both commercial and DOD customers. With the increased access to space and the maturation of small satellites, the mission capabilities have expanded significantly. Along with these expanded capabilities are a need for new approaches to satellite communications with increased capabilities. Blue Cubed is working on developing ...

The PI has worked on a design concept for a wind turbine blade with adaptive twist transformation. The design improves wind capture and reduces loading on the system drivetrain turbine by adapting the twist distribution in relation to wind speed. Structural adaptability is enabled by actuating a series of compliant segments that are mounted on a relatively rigid spar. The segments are assumed to h ...

A Virtual Reality for Multi-Int Deep Learning modeling and simulation environment is proposed which draws from proven advances in modeling and simulation, Big Data technologies and industry leading machine intelligence platforms. RF Physics-based models and simulators focus the environment in the RF domain. A design model emphasizes Big Data control, archive, management, and analytics maintaining ...

Through simultaneous control of the polarization and frequency modulation of an outgoing continuous-wave (CW) sodium guide star laser beam, demonstrate a new concept to maximize the resonant backscattered flux per watt of projected laser power, taking advantage of enhancements from both optical pumping of mesospheric sodium atoms to a trapped transition and alignment of the atoms with the geomagne ...

The DoD lacks an multi-level security (MLS) cyber information management (CIM) system capable of collecting, sharing and disseminating cyber information containing threats, system vulnerabilities and mission impacts and risks for systems operating at multiple security levels. A system that can securely collect and persist this information from various systems operating at various security levels i ...

The Alphacore team will develop new advances in onboard processing hardware to enable the Air Force to consider the revolutionary benefits of computational imaging systems for space, e.g., computational imaging systems that combine both optical and computational elements in ways that have the potential to outperform traditional (all-optical) imaging systems. The resulting computational imaging sys ...