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This innovation proposes the use of a thin film stratospheric balloon to lift a launch vehicle with a payload to an altitude above most of the Earth's atmosphere, then ignite the launch vehicle rocket motor. It will have the capability to carry the payload to its final destination, either into Earth orbit or to the mission design goal. This launch system will eliminate the first stage rocket thr ...

AbTech Corporation proposes to apply its unique Statistical Network ModelingTM technology to develop a non contact prognostic assessment tool that 1) acquires, processes, and analyzes electronic radiated signal data, 2) learns the expected characteristics and patterns of specific radiated signals measured from microelectronic semiconductor devices using AbTech's statistical network modeling techno ...

INNOVATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SOLVE MANY COMPLEX AIR FORCE PROBLEMS. ADVANCES IN COMPUTING SPEED AND EXISTING SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY ALONE ARE UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN REAL-TIME AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF MEETING THE COMPLEX REQUIREMENTS OF THE AIR FORCE MISSION. RATHER, AN ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY SUCH AS ABDUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY, A NEW TECHNOLOGY PRESENTED IN THIS ...

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Maintaining a high level of visibility through aircraft transparencies is very difficult under harsh operational conditions.  Luna Innovations proposed the use of Gentoo™-Aerospace, an easily applied permanent coating for this application.  This technology addresses the Air Force need for improved protection on helicopter transparencies using an abrasion resistant protective coating with impro ...

Nahsai is accelerating the transition of patented multifunctional ceramic material technology for commercial applications. Use cases include wireless self-powered sensors operating in extreme environments within a localized and secure network for sectors that include fuel cells, nuclear power, industrial turbines, and high performance mobility. Target use cases have strong equivalence to the hyper ...

Nahsai is advancing breakthrough materials and manufacturing techniques for commercial non-Defense sensing applications in extreme environments. Solutions are based on patented polymer-derived ceramic materials and fabrication techniques that enable electrical and mechanical property tailoring of devices that survive in conditions of extreme heat, pressure, and oxidative environments.  These tech ...

  The Aceso Plasma Generator (APG) is a patented wound care device that accelerates healing while disinfecting and decontaminating the wound site.  This technology achieves every aspect of the Air Forces current strategic priority for Biotechnology to include disease prevention and mitigation, rapid emergency medical response and trauma management, environmental remediation, and advanced ma ...

The Aceso Plasma Generator (APG) is a patented wound care device that accelerates healing while disinfecting and decontaminating the wound site. This technology achieves every aspect of the Air Forces strategic priority for Biotechnology to include disease prevention and mitigation, rapid emergency medical response and trauma management, environmental remediation, and advanced materials. The devic ...

There is a substantial body of evidence demonstrating that biofilms growing inside the water lines of dental units pose a significant risk as a source of infection. The problem has been recognized by practitioners, regulators, manufacturers, and the ADA, with the ADA proposing a set of guidelines for water quality that include a limit of 200 colony forming units per milliliter for the year 2000. ...