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Magnesium alloys offer an attractive combination of good mechanical properties with very low density, making these materials strong candidates for structural applications such as gearboxes for rotary wing aircraft, as well as finding strong interest in the automotive industry for engine and transmission components.  Repair of such structures by additive manufacturing, as well as manufacturing of ...

The development of a burn-in process for high power MWIR and LWIR Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) is proposed. The new burn-in process will be rooted in extensive statistical experimental data to be collected in Phase I and Phase II of this program. This will allow us to extract all the critical empirical parameters required for mean-time-to-failure (MTTF) projections for high power MWIR and LWIR de ...

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 ...

A Gaussian-Pareto Overbounding (GPO) software toolset will be developed for the verification and validation (V&V) of safety-critical Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) sensors, including Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) and Collision Avoidance Systems (CAS) sensors using time- and data-efficient overbounding solutions. V&V remains a critical attribute of safe operation within active airspace for ...

Creation of a  second generation of carbon nanotube aluminum metal matrix composite powder for use in powder based manufacturing processes such as Additive Manufacturing, die casting and metal injection molding.  The product is  a blended carbon nanotube and metal powder and works through the transfer (bonding) of electrons between the carbon nanotubes (SP2 hybridized) and valence electrons of ...