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NanoSonic has recently developed non-conventional metal-free, ultra-high pressure (burst strength > 33,000 psi) hydrogen (H2) dispensing hoses via additive manufacturing (AM) techniques for use at ultra-high pressures (> 875 bar) and over an extremely harsh service temperature range. We have since scaled our AM technique to demonstrate a 26-L leak-proof cryotank (the Chill Pill) for use with ...

Grid Logic proposes to develop a solution for additively manufacturing and qualifying non-critical beryllium-replacement components using a material specified by Raytheon Missile Systems. The solution will be based on new additive manufacturing technology from Grid Logic that permits a wide range of metallic powders to be rapidly deposited and sintered to form near net shape parts. Grid Logics tec ...

Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. (KBSI) will design and demonstrate an Advanced Cyber Threat Intelligence and Vulnerability Analysis Training Environment (ACTIVATE) framework that directly targets the need for advanced cyber network defense training. The proposed new enabling capability will support cyber training against an intelligent red team to enhance cyber operator trainee cyber-attack recognit ...

Big data analysis is a critical component of product and process evaluation in the commercial sphere. The explosion of online advertising, social networks, and streaming media has led to the need for analysis techniques suited to generating insights from extremely large quantities of data. The object of this research project is to adapt data mining techniques, including machine learning, which hav ...

Preliminary definition and analysis of Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) requirements in an isolated, manual, and loosely controlled change environment shows significant overlap in effort, resulting in a major increase to cost, schedule, mission classification, subsystem propagation, and trace of system impacts. To assist MDA with movement of BMDS mission objectives to mission requirements, ...

For this Phase I SBIR proposal, Vcom3D proposes to design advanced medical moulage that accurately simulates the progression of an injury or pathology by morphing through a series of clinical states to enable learners to confirm the progression of the wound and to determine whether iatrogenic errors or pathologies occurred duing treatment. The physical morphing moulage may be applied to medical m ...

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

We propose a hyperspectral imager for aft-looking wake and plume characterization. The payload is designed to operate with existing COTS components and has no moving parts. The high spectral resolution will provide atomic and molecular emission lines, and the spatial resolution will produce a spatial map of these excitations. Approved for Public Release | 16-MDA-8917 (15 November 16)

This proposal outlines a plan to develop an innovative and effective laboratory based method to support first-principles modeling of structural material responses under a range of energetic loadings, including explosions and high velocity impact. The range of strain rates posed by these dynamic loadings is similar to that experienced in metals in advance of a cutting tool. This provides a low-co ...

Bennett Advanced Research of Raleigh, NC propose to demonstrate the procedure for validating, qualifying and predicting part quality and allowing for the certification of parts made via additive manufacturing (AM). We will focus on non-critical parts for affordable missile defense applications. Approved for Public Release | 16-MDA-8917 (15 November 16)