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The major challenge in constellation-wide deployment of tactical payloads in low-Earth orbit (LEO) lies in achieving the performance requirements that are imposed by constellation dynamics while maintaining a design simplicity that is compatible with large-scale production, along with typical constraints on size, mass, and power consumption. Cesium’s proposed solution is a small reconfigurable p ...

AVX Aircraft proposes to define and develop a concept for a new gearbox for ship-to-shore connector (SSC) that meets or exceeds the stated baseline requirements for PMS377 LCAC lightweight gearbox that reduces fuel consumption and improves maintainability. AVX will capitalize on the companies experience designing and developing lightweight reliable drive systems for multiple rotorcraft application ...

Phoenix merges current state of the art inflatable soft structure technologies with extensive marine experience to demonstrate the Sea Water Inflated – Launch and Recovery System (SWI-LARS) concept as an enabling technology for the use of soft inflatable structures as components to undersea payload launch and recovery (L&R) system used in 21-inch diameter by 25-foot long tube. Based on experienc ...

The technical objective is to enhance sailors’ restful sleep so they are at peak performance by using cost effective and easy to use sound damping materials to reduce excessive noise in submarines berthing areas to a continuous acoustic level below 30 dBA. The sailors must still be able to hear sounds associated with any urgent situation. The solution must pass the Navy’s fire, smoke, and toxi ...

New Columbia-class submarine steel preheat requirements will introduce larger operational environment demands on naval welders. Novel heat reduction methods integrated within existing ergonomic textiles used by welders as heat shields will be needed to provide a “cool” suit capable of extending productivity and mitigating medical concerns associated with heat exhaustion. To meet these challeng ...

Kalsi Engineering designed prototype flow straighteners/conditioners (patent pending) using three distinct design approaches. The designs can be generally classified as standard pipe turns (e.g. elbows) with integral (internal) conditioner, non-standard cross-section elbow with integral conditioner, and downstream conditioner. The principle of design for the non-standard elbow with integral condit ...

Although patient simulators have demonstrated improved learning outcomes in medical training, there are significant limitations in cost, ease of use, portability and realism. These issues significantly hinders their educational value to the Air Force. To address these significant limitations of the current medical patient simulators, the PI has developed PerSim®, a provisionally patented patien ...

Additive manufacturing has delivered enormous advantages in rapidly producing prototype designs for both the industrial and military sectors. However, the true promise of transitioning from prototype to production of essential 3D printed components using high-performance materials has remained untenable. The High Speed Extrusion (HSE) process developed by Essentium flips this longstanding paradigm ...

Topographic features found in ground-based natural images contain information that is useful for a variety of applications including geolocation estimation and navigation. Traditionally, these features have been manually labeled by analysts which is costly and time consuming, especially considering the volume of readily available data. During Phase I, we have demonstrated a novel TOFENet framework ...

Additive manufacturing offers tremendous benefit for rapid prototyping, mass customization, and low-cost fabrication. However, for defense & aerospace components, field-ready solutions are dependent on material choice & optimum print settings that maximize the potential for durability & functionality. 3D printing is not easy. To reliably obtain quality parts from this manufacturing process, the op ...