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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 ...

The ResilienX team is proposing to develop a multi-modal sensor performance and health monitoring capability as part of the ResilienX FRAIMWORKTM (Fault Recovery and Isolation, Health Monitoring frameWORK) software platform to determine when surveillance sensors (radar, acoustic, EO/IR, etc.) have degraded accuracy or sensitivity. This capability enables quality assurance and facilitates trust in ...

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 ...

The GLSV and MTU team are proposing a novel acoustic method using carbon nanotube (CNT) thin film as a thermophone embedded into the tip and trailing edge of advanced unmanned aerial vehicles to actively reduce propeller noise.  The of CNT thermophones in active noise cancellation has been demonstrated by the team in engine exhaust applications as well as fan applications to date.  The applicati ...

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 ...

Today, predictive analytics solutions provide workflow automation and data connectivity to enable maintenance recommendations. There is a USAF-identified defense need for explainability of the resultant recommendations for decision support, enabling human users to understand, appropriately trust, and effectively manage the emerging generation of machine learning outputs. Questions to explain predi ...