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ORBITEC proposes an innovative Modular Intelligent Hydrogen Transfer System (MIHTS) to meet USAF vehicle fleet needs for hydrogen-fueled transportation applications. It is widely anticipated that a hydrogen energy economy will evolve and become the standard source of fuel for transportation, and other energy requirements, in the US and abroad. Hydrogen offers the promise of a renewable energy so ...

The Cyber Defense Agency (CDA) has developed a requirements and a preliminary design for the Automated Testing with Adversarial Knowledge (ATAK) framework. The CDA proposes to create a virtual "Red Team" to make CDA's expert knowledge and experience with Red Teaming and approach to applying the adversary perspective, available to a large number of clients and customers. The objective of this pro ...

Improvements in the speed and efficacy of enterprise strategic, operational and tactical decision and control (e.g., military command and control) require application of sophisticated automation. Such automation, particularly in support of collaboration among distributed autonomous entities, must provide for the dynamic engagement of individuals from allied enterprises into freely-associative com ...

A LOX/Hydrocarbon rocket engine using an array of self-sufficient independent propulsion units (IPU's) or modular combustors, clustered in an altitude-compensating nozzle offers a promising avenue for reliable low-cost access to space. Combustor redundancy provides high fault-tolerance, achieving robust mission assurance. Combustors include integral feed systems, and are capable of independent o ...

CompuTherm, LLC proposes to develop a tool that integrates thermodynamic and kinetic models for the simulation of the formation and growth of undesired phases in turbine engine component parts during heat treatment and service. The proposed innovative tool will enable calculation of the amounts of detrimental phases accumulated after each heat treatment cycle. This information is crucial for assis ...

Algal blooms, caused by cyanobacteria, are increasing in frequency, duration, geographic extent, and severity in the coastal and freshwater ecosystems of the United States and other countries. One-third of the 50 genera of cyanobacteria can produce toxins and approximately 60 percent of these are toxic. Because these toxins represent a significant hazard to humans, livestock, and wildlife, it is ...