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The DLA and Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) require procedures for acceptance of repairs and replacement parts made with additive manufacturing (AM). Tools for monitoring and control of AM processes are vital to that acceptance procedure. Vibrant Corporation provides process monitoring and control and nondestructive evaluation (NDE) services with its Process Compensated Resonance Testing (PCRT ...

Submitted at the invitation of the contracting office, this proposal details the Phase II Base and Phase II Options planning and costs for the development of the Interferometer for Neutral-Thermosphere Dynamics Imaging (INDI). The recently completed Phase I effort resulted in the design of a cubesat compatible sensor for measuring altitude profiles of the neutral wind speed and direction by measur ...

This research program will demonstrate the feasibility of enhanced approaches to unmanned aircraft weather avoidance using a combination of organic weather radar and electro-optics. In manned aviation, the pilot with his eyes in the cockpit complements Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center - provided weather products by considering visual cues along with the information provided by t ...

Musculoskeletal pain and discomfort are prevalent issues for naval pilots and aircrew, particularly within the rotary wing community where a combination of poor seat ergonomics and cockpit design result in airframes that actively promote poor posture and induce high rates of musculoskeletal fatigue. There is a critical need for a functional solution that can be rapidly implemented to reduce the in ...

Michigan Aerospace Corporation proposes to develop an inexpensive system to sense nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from agricultural fields using laser-based sensors mounted on drones. These sensors include an optical absorption cell, a wind sensor, and a camera for plant health and ground assessment. The measurements from these sensors will be combined and processed with artificial-intelligence-enab ...

The U.S. Marine Corps are organized and equipped as a "force in readiness” and their ability to operate with agility and efficiency often depends on armored tactical vehicles. One portion of this readiness is the ability of the transparent armor (TA) in these vehicles to operate effectively. TA is a laminate system of integrated, optically clear materials that provides ballistic protection while ...

In phase I, RDRTec studied the feasibility of applying innovative ISAR imaging and associated Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) approaches to provide classification of maritime targets suitable for autonomous verification of a missile’s target during the end stages of the missile’s flight.  This includes techniques that minimize the time required to detect, track, and classify a target of in ...

Introducing advanced analytics to aviation sustainment improves fleet readiness by aiding problem diagnosis and predictive maintenance. Mosaic’s Automated Logistics Environment Analytics Application (ALE AA) enables the use of high-end predictive analytics by analyzing data collected from aircraft in-flight performance monitoring systems to provide insight into fleet-wide aircraft performance. E ...

Propose development of Automated Interface Middleware Service (AIMS) solution to solve the federation integration problem. AIMS is devised to be a flexible simulation architecture messaging middleware that enables distributed, modular development of models, so modules may be integrated without modifying the simulation’s underlying software. The framework will integrate multiple models located at ...

In the Phase II effort, TDA is proposing to develop a comprehensive and unified set of tools and methodologies to make reliable assessment of remaining useful fatigue life of aircraft components. A number of related and interconnected state of the art technologies will be utilized and extended to meet the objectives defined for this effort. Big data frameworks running over a cluster of computers w ...