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Heat dissipation requirements have become the critical limiter of performance, efficiency, lifetime, and lifecycle costs as performance demands on electronics increase. This is especially a challenge in naval systems, including phased-array radar, smart weapons, electronic countermeasures (ECM), directed energy weapons, and electronics counter-countermeasures (ECCM). High performance passive cooli ...

A new type of thrust vector control (TVC) system is proposed to enable a high-performance, low-cost defense against ballistic threats. Approved for Public Release 19-MDA-10203 (4 Sep 19)

This proposed effort will establish the ability to observe global upper atmosphere dynamics at the vertical and horizontal resolutions required to dramatically advance weather forecasts and predict upper atmosphere turbulence. We will show this can be accomplished with simple static thermal DSGF imagers looking in both the limb and nadir. The limb measurements, with a sensor called the Doppler Win ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) has rapidly evolved into a valuable technique for making parts which, at times, cannot be fabricated through conventional machining methods, or for fabrication of small quantities of complex parts. One challenge in the area of AM is the lack of real-time feedback on the fabrication process and the quality of the part being made. This is especially critical given the rel ...

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The objective of this SBIR Phase II is to apply the research that was conducted during SBIR Phase I to develop a software solution that consolidates performance data from multiple sources to ensure that data collection and assessment processes are accurate, efficient, and effective. The solution leverages the processes used by NAVAIR’s Training Analysis Project (TAP) and provides a tool that can ...

The Human Systems Integration (HSI) Engineering Analysis Tool, or HEAT, provides advice for engineers using material-design software, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools, on how their design choices affect HSI domains. While there are nine HSI domains: Human Factors Engineering, Survivability, Manpower, Personnel, Training, Environment, Safety, Occupational Health, and Habitability that HEAT ...

This SBIR Phase II project proposes a probabilistic approach to determine a vehicle’s location using onboard video and Lidar sensors and foundation map data in GPS denied environments. The proposed system does not rely on only one type of information source, instead it combines proposals from a variety of location estimators to find a vehicles location in GPS-denied environments. The system take ...

Barron Associates proposes development of the INSIGHT technology that will apply statistical learningmethods to achieve robust classification and/or estimation of pilot workload (PWL) based on pilot physiological and activity measures. PWL is reflective of both pilot stress and task difficulty, both of which are affected by aircraft handling qualities. INSIGHT consists of a suite of sensors custom ...

The Small Payload Precision Air-Launched Inexpensive Delivery System (SPPAIDS) is a low-cost air-deployable system designed to improve small-payload precision delivery capability at long standoff ranges. The purpose of this proposal is to develop, build, and demonstrate a functional prototype aircraft. Technology development will include the aero design and prototyping of the glider vehicle, mecha ...