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The Navy wants the capability of firing over twenty missiles with Mark 72 boosters compared to about a dozen today, which will require a different ablative material than what is currently used. A solution to this problem is needed to get ahead of the curve for the future fleet operations. There is an opportunity to develop new ablative materials for the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) with th ...

The proposed effort aims to develop technologies to improve the acoustics performance of abrasive blasting nozzles for paint and surface coatings removal. The objective is to investigate the noise generation mechanisms of abrasive blasting operations and develop a quiet, effective and efficient nozzle. This development is to optimize the acoustics and productivity performance of blasting nozzles a ...

This project will focus on developing, constructing, and demonstrating operational readiness of a combined compact Active Headrest(AH) and a lightweight Acoustic Meta Material(AMM) curtain for reducing noisein submarine bunks environments to specified DON sound levels. Both AH and AMM have been developed as products by SMD, team member FTI, and commercialization partner Harman International forhos ...

The Navy’s Next Generation Surface Search Radar (NGSSR) system simultaneously supports the primary missions of surface search, precision radar navigation, and periscope detection and discrimination (PDD). The NGSSR system achieves these multiple missions through the uses of programmable waveform modes, unique waveform design and scheduling, and software programmability that take advantage of var ...

Texas Research Austin (TRI-Austin) will continue to partner with the University of Texas, Austin, to use additive manufacturing for fabricating and optimizing the lithium ion and electroactive metal electrode systems for which the team established proof of concept in the Phase I base period. The Aerosol Deposition Method (ADM) is a broadly applicable additive manufacturing technology that has been ...

Hearing is critical to the warfighter: threats must be heard, identified, and localized; a squad leader’s commands must be heard and interpreted. All of this is challenged by battlefield noise, whether from continuous noise from one’s vehicle or impulsive noise from incoming or outgoing fire. ONR seeks new advances in battlefield tactical communications technology. Creare proposes to develop a ...

In this Phase I SBIR proposal, SandBox Semiconductor™ proposes to develop an Advanced Manufacturing and Material Measurements software tool called Weave ™ for accelerating and automating SEM image analysis for the semiconductor industry. During the development of a new manufacturing process line for a semiconductor device, tens of thousands of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images are take ...

The goal of medical simulation-based training such as high-fidelity manikin simulators, part task trainers, and screen-based virtual patients, is to approximate real-life treatment experiences without risk to live patients. While the use of sensors has ma

The Advanced Submarine Control (ASC) project is a pivotal technology development effort which will revolutionize how current and future US Submarines conduct surface maneuvering, ice piloting, station-keeping and automated positioning of the submarine to support an extensive range of missions. For its initial application, ASC has been developed as a new independent secondary propulsion technology ...

CURRENT SHIPBOARD AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT HAS INADEQUATE CAPABILITY TO RESIST EXPECTED SHOCK LEVELS IN HEAVY WEATHER AND COMBAT OPERATIONS. CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE STATE-OF-THE-ART INDICATES THAT MANY CURRENTLY USED PROCEDURES FOR SHOCK RESPONSE PREDICTION OF SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT AND FOR SHIP GIRDER RESPONSE TO SHOCK LOADS ARE INADEQUATE BECAUSE OF THE MANY ASSUMPTIONS AND THE OVERSIMPLIFIED MODEL ...