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This project focuses on developing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent that may increase the detection of tagged cells by a factor of 10-100. The ability to noninvasively track specifically labeled (tagged) cells, enables a researcher or medical treatment professional to dynamically monitor the delivery and targeted application of medicinal and bio-reactive agents.

Standards and specifications are widely used in government and industry to define requirements for products and processes and insure interoperability, safety, and quality of industrial and domestic products. Specifications and standards documents almost always cross-reference other standards and specification. Taken together, the web of interdependent standards forms an immensely important knowled ...

APS has assembled a world class team to manufacture net shape light weight materials. The team will utilize Additive Manufacturing consolidation techniques to make larger parts. The focus will be on replacing Beryllium and Aluminum. Commercialization of these materials is a key element of the program.

Big Delta Systems (BDS) is commercializing an advanced, additive manufacturing technology for the production of superior Li-ion battery electrodes that push the performance envelope of todays batteries while significantly reducing costs. This additive manufacturing technology offers an unprecedented design freedom for battery manufacturers to micro-engineer the structure of electrodes optimized fo ...

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is interested in advanced technology demonstrations for affordability and advanced industrial practices to demonstrate the combination of improved part manufacturing and improved business cases. DLA is seeking to drastically lower unit cost of discrete parts through manufacturing innovations with commercial applicability. This innovation will greatly improve exis ...

Additive Manufacturing can be applied to realize investment casting cores and molds with cost reductions specifically applicable to shorter production runs than may be justified using traditional methods.The patent pending CoreCastTM AM process proposed herein leverages the strengths of additive manufacturing for freeform shape definition with the benefits of traditional slurry-based investment ca ...

Helios Remote Sensing Systems, Inc. proposes to develop and estimate the performance of innovative improvements to radar systems that will help defeat advanced countermeasures. Novel signal processing techniques for detecting and filtering objects will provide for improved radar tracking in dense raid environments. The proposed techniques will allow for rapid filtering of debris and advanced cou ...

The QuickFlex Q-Stealth FPGA Critical-IP Protection System provides an efficient and effective means to improve security for FPGA-based intellectual property (IP). Q-Stealth deprives would-be attackers of the essential ingredients needed to carry out a successful attack. Furthermore, Q-Stealth minimizes the effectiveness of other forms of analysis attacks. Thus, the Q-Stealth provides unique IP ...

Our objective is to develop and demonstrate an integrated capability to perform dynamic retasking of missile defense surveillance sensors. The goal of this effort is to develop an task scheduling algorithm that will allow the the earliest possible event detection and maintain the highest quality tracks throughout the entire engagement. Each sensor will have a unique motion history and possibly d ...

nBn Technologies proposes using our new absorber materials for dual color long wave infrared (LWIR) nBn FPAs. Our optimized nBn structure and devices show state of the art performance in the long wave infrared regime with greater quantum efficiency in top and bottom illumination due to to low dark current. Our main goal in this phase-II is to develop and demonstrate dual color nBn FPAs utilizing ...