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The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) and other Department of Defense (DoD) agencies use geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) derived from motion imagery to support U.S. national security. Full motion video (FMV) captured from airborne platforms is subject to multiple distortions and noise due to atmospheric disturbance, obscuration (dust, haze, smoke, and mist), and transmission defects s ...

Smart Diagnostics Systems has successfully developed a diagnostic system, which utilizes sensor particle reagents, a detection instrument, and software to rapidly and accurately identify the presence of dangerous or harmful analytes in food, water, and environmental sources. SDS’s developed detection system reduces total testing time by 80% (4-6 hour total detection time), eliminates false ...

Aqua-GEN® units are scalable, automated, clean energy powered, and is designed to be housed in readily deployable 40-foot shipping containers, or custom built to fit a variety of needs. Water is generated 24/7. At night, automated water generation may idle to allow for maintenance and to reduce system wear. Aqua-GEN® has two designed modifications: Agra-GEN™ and Eco-GEN™. These m ...

Energy security and resilience is a paramount concern for the Air Force and the DoD. Zeno Power Systems is developing a next-generation radioisotope power system (RPS) that will be able to provide always-on, resilient power for years at a time. RPS have the ability to provide consistent and reliable energy, but their use has been limited in the past due to their low specific-powers and/or high cos ...

The development of a modular, scalable battery system designed to support the Army’s 6T program will substantially reduce life cycle costs to the Army and DoD at large. Spear’s VoltFlex permits 6T lithium ion batteries to operate in either 24V or 48V modes. Spear’s novel switching mechanism identified in Phase I, will be further refined in Phase II and used in conjunction with the 24V and 48 ...

This Sequential Phase II effort will demonstrate the micro-loop oscillating heat pipe heat spreader technology (m-Loop-OHP-HS) for solid state power amplifiers in a real-world spacecraft structure to advance its technology readiness level for near-term insertion into programs of record. Additionally, the m-Loop-OHP-HS technology will be prototyped in novel materials and form factors to create mult ...

The overall technical objective of the phases of this effort, as stated in the solicitation, is to design and construct compact non-explosive power supplies that can be used to power HPM systems, and to conduct proof-of-principle demonstrations of those supplies. The main goal of our Phase I effort is to determine the technical feasibility of each of our proposed concepts early in the Phase, and t ...

Nuclear batteries have enormous potential as power sources and have many benefits over other types of portable power sources. Nuclear batteries can provide power for at least as long as the isotope half-life and the energetic nature of nuclear radiation means that only a small mass of radioisotope material is required to achieve a high power output and therefore they can have power densities that ...

Throughout the SBIR Phase I, it was shown that it is possible to develop a solution which was capable of procedurally identifying and generating the support structures necessary for powder bed additive manufacturing (AM). In addition, it was shown that this new combination of support structures greatly increases the likelihood of a quality build. Upon this body of knowledge, the Phase II base will ...

The computational framework designed to meet the technical requirements of Simulation Governance with the goal of enabling reliable predictions of damage accumulation caused by cyclic loading in metallic airframe components that have small initial flaws, will be validated at the component level. The predictive performance of the model to determine the remaining fatigue life of mechanical component ...