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REEs have grown in importance over the years because of their applications in electronics (smart phone, high definition display), rechargeable batteries, renewable/green energy, and defense industry. The United States consumes around 16 thousand tons of REEs annually. However, China produced roughly 97 percent of the world’s supply of REEs, and will likely continue to dominate the global supply. ...

There is constrained domestic availability of strategic metals, superalloys or titanium for example, unacceptably exposing the US military to dependency on foreign sources. A near-term solution is found in the nation’s boneyards, MRO facilities, and machine shops. End of life parts, machine shop scrap, or used powders, represent an untapped source of strategic metals that can provide the US mili ...

Volans-I operates a fleet of VTOL, autonomous logistics UAS, capable of autonomous navigation and delivery of mission critical supplies (20+ lbs) over the horizon and from distances in excess of 500 miles. Their systems are able to conduct fully autonomous deliveries in numerous austere conditions including moving target ship-to-ship operations as well as GPS and communications denied environments ...

High-purity germanium (Ge) is manufactured into infrared (IR) lenses for most DoD night sight IR optics, thermal imaging systems, and IR tracking systems in combat vehicles. A recent report by Umicore (ADA’s partner for this proposed project) identifies several current and future needs for Ge, showing growing needs in the middle of severe shortfall. These applications are essential for tracking ...

We propose an ambitious plan to create an open standard method of tracking the “chain of custody” of technical artifacts in a distributed ledger called CustodyChain. CustodyChain: A Blockchain of Authoritative, Tracked, Verified, and Discoverable Technical Artifacts, will facilitate the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)’s mission to aggregate and fuse science and technology data to ...

Leveraging a shared blockchain platform, the LEDGEr-based Network for Document Distribution (LEDGENDD) solution promotes effective document publication and sharing within the Defense Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) community. In addition to high availability and confidentiality, LEDGENDD enables easy document authentication and integrity verification, traceable document delivery ...

Essential to supporting the requirements from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy nuclear communities, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Nuclear Enterprise Support Office (NESO) provides essential support to aging nuclear systems that are expected to remain in service for the next 20 to 25 years. Challenged by part obsolescence, company mergers and sales, loss of technical data, and aging technologi ...

This project will result in the creation of a Technical Data Package (TDP) based on the Aft Drive Shaft Assembly (NSN 3040-01-486-0496). This TDP will form the basis of a Source Approval Request (SAR) that will qualify CEPEDA Associates as an approved vendor for this item providing the Navy with an additional reliable, competitive supplier. CEPEDA is a qualified Navy vendor for critical components ...

Parts Life, Inc. is proposing to improve product availability and increase competition through the development of a Source Approval Requests (SAR) for Tool Set, Dome Nut NSN 4920-01-284-0198 with government provided technical data through our Reverse Engineering (RE) Process. Upon contract award, if DLA has adequate technical data available, Parts Life, Inc. will utilize the technical data to deve ...

Chromium is used in the hottest part of a jet engine as an alloying element is superalloys. None metallic impurities generally cause performance degradation and they have to be controlled. The existing chromiums used in supperalloys have C+S+O+ N+H>900 ppm according to specification. We are proposing to develop methods of refining that produce C+S+O+ N+H1400 C. Another method is using hydrogen at ...