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Crossfield Technology LLC proposes to develop an innovative implementation of HOST hardware that incorporates HOST-defined 6U electrical profiles and interfaces with the addition of an electrical and optical System Communications Transmission Interface (SCTI) in the Data Plane. To implement this architecture, Crossfield will develop HOST payload modules, a HOST switch module, a HOST Power Supply M ...

To meet all Navy requirements of a pocket-sized flotation device, we will integrate our rapid, safe, on-demand foam and CO2 gas producing system directly into the current aviator survival vest. Our secured, segregated plural component materials package will mix and react through a single ripcord activation system. The released liquid system will expand up to 500% of its original volume, and instan ...

The TB-16 sonar tow cable serves a towing function and also contains sensor communication lines. The Light Weight Tow Cable (LWTC), which contains high-performance polymer fiber reinforcement, has significant advantages over the alternative heavy weight tow cable (HWTC) that is reinforced with steel fibers. The LWTC provides enhanced capabilities in shallow towing and long scope lengths for ideal ...

The use of additive manufacturing on board Navy ships offers the potential to be able to replace defective parts at a lower cost and timelier manner. There are three main issues in regard to using fusion deposition modeling (FDM) on Navy ships, including, the current inability of any FDM feed stock materials to meet the NAVSEA fire, smoke, and toxicity (FST) requirements for materials used aboard ...

Carbon dioxide (CO2) removal is essential to maintaining a breathable atmosphere inside closed systems such as that in a Navy submarine. However, current systems use corrosive materials, are energy intensive, prone to complications, and have relatively short lifetimes. Space constraints within these environments call for a maximization of the amount of CO2 to be captured for a given volume. Thus, ...

Several factors (such as overcharge, impact, manufacturing issues, etc.) can produce a failure in lithium batteries used by the U.S. Navy. When a fault occurs, the Li battery can release toxic and flammable gases which can start and feed a fire, cause significant equipment damage, and present catastrophic hazards to personnel safety. Early signals of a battery issue can occur internally. If detect ...

Traditionally, SAR has been deployed on aircraft that use linear flight trajectories to image large areas (i.e. strip map mode) and to obtain one or more high resolution snapshots of a small area (i.e. spotlight mode). While such imaging modes are suitable for: 1) performing wide-area surveillance, 2) periodically monitoring facilities such as airports and motor pools, and 3) performing tasks such ...

Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) is the standard method utilized by the U.S. Navy for the corrosion protection of hulls of fleet ships and submarines in seawater. This control system responds to the electrochemical polarization demand of these surfaces, and employs feedback voltage from silver/silver chloride reference electrodes, measured against the voltage of the ships hull. Evoluti ...

RDRTec proposes to study the feasibility of an innovative maritime automatic target recognition (ATR) system concept called Physics Inspired ISAR ATR System (PI2AS) that enables large scale target recognition on low-power mobile computing platforms while dramatically improving probability of correct classification (Pcc) and probability of false classification (Pfc). We have performed an initial de ...

The RDRTec team proposes to study the feasibility of an innovative maritime traffic model based tracker (M-TMBT) that integrates our maritime traffic flow model with our state-of-the-art multiple hypothesis tracker and self-learning technology to capture the complex interaction between the vessels and their environment, and achieve dramatic improvement in track life and accuracy. The resulting tra ...