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Military operations in cold environments require warfighters utilize protective garments, such as boots, to reduce heat loss and prevent numbness, clumsiness, frostbite, and hypothermia. Current state-of-the-art flight boots do not meet extreme cold protection requirements, due to shape and size limitations imposed by restricted foot space in and around aircraft. Powered limb heating systems can i ...

AN/SSQ-53G Directional Frequency Analysis and Recording (DIFAR) sonobuoys are a critical asset to the Navy and have been in use since the 1970s. With the advancements in technology, it is now possible to miniaturize and more efficiently implement the upper portion of the sonobuoy to create space for additional sonobuoy capabilities without increasing the sonobuoy’s physical size. To address this ...

In response to the need for drastic surface finish improvement on additively manufactured metal components, Voxel Innovations Inc. has developed a novel manufacturing process termed: oscillatory pulsed electrochemical machining (O-PECM). O-PECM is a heat-free, stress-free, surface finishing technique capable of producing sub-200 nm Ra roughness. In O-PECM, a thin envelope of build material is prin ...

AURA Technologies proposes an innovative method of using an ultra short pulsed laser to create a plasma at a distance.

Leveraging our experience and expertise in robot development and system integration (hardware and software) as well as deep learning for agricultural applications, Hitron Technologies Inc. (HTI) proposes to develop an Intelligent Remote Egg Oiling System (IREOS), with the collaboration of University of South Carolina (USC). The IREOS allows for effective nuisance bird management by performing auto ...

Large aerospace composite structures currently require autoclaves and ovens to achieve desired performance which are expensive to purchase, costly to operate, and often limit part size and production rate. Ovens and autoclaves rely on convective heating which is inefficient, consumes large amounts of energy, and can be difficult to predict. Alternative cure processes using external heaters or hot ...

Next-generation munitions require new materials able to withstand extreme operational environments while maintaining RF performance. Hypersonic missiles and hyper velocity projectiles traveling in excess of Mach 4 generate surface temperatures of 1500°C or greater and may see up to 30,000g at launch. These flight vehicles still require communication, targeting, and guidance systems which must be ...

Unmanned Systems, such as Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), have become an essential element of US military operations. The rapid advancement of unmanned systems technologies and missions are requiring systems to evolve quickly. While techniques such as rapid prototyping can rapidly field new capabilities, the complexity of the software that controls these unmanned systems makes cybersecurity hardeni ...

Asymmetric Technologies, with our partners at The Ohio State University Advanced Aerospace Laboratory, proposes to develop the Secure and Open UAS Architecture (SOUA) that includes highly capable, modular flight control hardware developed from the ground up with embedded cybersecurity features, as well as an open architecture software solution that allows for the rapid development and assessment o ...

As the hypersonic flight regime becomes more strategically important, designing robust flight vehicles becomes more important. Maintenance of a laminar boundary layer on hypersonic vehicles is highly desirable, as heating rate and viscous drag both increase dramatically in a turbulent boundary layer. BLT delay via ultrasonically absorptive materials (UAMs) will allow vehicles to fly further and be ...