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Boots are an important part of aviation garment systems, as they provide protection from operating environment risks and natural conditions. They must meet weather condition ratings for their corresponding garment system, be flame resistant and slip resistant, and meet standards for integration and safety. As part of a broader system, the boots must be compatible with the balance of equipment comp ...

TDA Research, Inc. (TDA) proposes a photocatalytic oxidizer which interacts with ultraviolet light to destroy organophosphate and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in engine bleed air. We will determine the optimal wavelengths for the destruction of bleed air contaminants, including the organo-phosphorous contaminants such as tricresyl phosphate (TCP). In Phase I, we will evaluate the performance o ...

The United States Navy’s radar systems provide essential missions in contested environments spanning from long range air surveillance to air marshalling and weapons queuing. Performance and affordability of these radars is paramount. Performance encompasses the inherent ability to execute the mission and overcoming sophisticated threats and adversarial tactics: technical capability and system av ...

Knowledge of the thermospheric neutral wind remains perhaps the most elusive and yet most important parameter to understanding the complex feedback interactions that take place in the near space environment of the Earth. The lack of understanding of the interactions between the neutral atmosphere and ionosphere currently hampers efforts to predict Earth’s daily ionospheric and thermospheric cond ...

The USMC is seeking an innovative solution to develop a Scalable Compact Ultra-short Pulse Laser Systems (SCUPLS) weapon system comprising two USPLs: 1) femtosecond (fs) USPL that can initiate the Plasma (igniter laser), and 2) nanosecond USPL to flash heat the ignited plasma to create enhanced non-lethal effects such as flash bang effects, thermal ablation for pain, and delivery of intelligible v ...

Conducted Energy Weapons, like the TASER X-26, currently have insufficient effective operational range and duration of incapacitation effect to meet Warfighter needs. These limitations unnecessarily put Warfighters in close proximity to potentially dangerous persons and limit the time the Warfighter has to safely neutralize the threat. We are proposing a fuzed, extended range, long-duration, human ...

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 ...

Stratom will develop an Autonomous Pallet Loader (APL) that meets the USMC future needs for handling 463L pallets in remote locations without traditional material handling equipment. The APL will be capable of picking up and transporting fully loaded 463L pallets from dunnage on the ground to the cargo area of the CH-53K and C-130. 463L pallets can either be transferred from the APL to the cargo r ...

Numerica proposes to develop and demonstrate JANUS, an innovative and technically-sound tool that generates track predictions in the absence of sensor observations that synergistically combines elements from physics based and artificial intelligence models. JANUS provides informed predicted track states that take into account adversarial behavior and provides associated probability metrics in real ...

Directed Energy systems have a variety of applications in the US Navy, but are affected by particles in the atmosphere; therefore, accurate measurements of particle-induced light extinction are critical to the development and deployment of DE systems. However, no commercial instruments exist capable of measuring ambient extinction at DE-relevant wavelengths. Here we propose an accurate, robust sys ...