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Composites are increasingly used in components for defense applications as well as commercial structures. They are generally exposed to microstructural damage and thermo-mechanical loading, leading to physical property degradation. It is a very challenging task to predict all possible failure modes (matrix cracking, fiber breakage, delamination) because damage initiation and its progressive growth ...

As the demand for smaller, lighter, and more cost effective optical subsystems increases, many optical system designers see a growing application for advanced holographic lens technology. Having a lens whose thickness does not increase with increasing diameter or focal length is extremely beneficial for reducing size and weight in surveillance, UAV and satellite imaging applications. TIPD’s Phas ...

W5's N171-098 SBIR effort is to ensure information dominance by providing our warfighters with fast and reliable communication links ANYWHERE in the world. To achieve this goal, W5 has proposed augmenting the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) coverage with MUOS call processing payloads in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This is made possible by miniaturizing W5's Mighty MUOOS, the worlds first and only M ...

Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc. (TES) proposes a novel, dual purpose, solution to the Navy SBIR 2016.2 – Topic N162-086 Hardware Open Systems Technologies (HOST) Conformance Tool that reduces risk by building upon our existing proven toolset architecture (AWESUM®), Phase I efforts, and key personnel with considerable experience in standards conformance, model based engineering, conformance verifi ...

The assets of the US Navy are under constant threat of attack from small fast moving boats, such as the Fast Attack Craft (FAC) and the Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FIAC). These craft may be operated by forces from recognized adversaries such as Iran or North Korea, by “Rogue States” or by violent non-state actors whose ideology encourages violence against US interests. To counter this threat, t ...

The output of the traditional optics fibers produce a Gaussian-shaped output due to the internal mode structure. Moreover, the output from traditional optical fibers contains spatial non-uniformities that are undesirable for certain applications. Many advanced applications require a “flat-top” intensity distribution of the laser beam as it produces uniform illumination and minimizes speckle. T ...

Shipboard Dimensional Analysis Tool (SDAT) will enable transportability assessments of candidate vehicle designs aboard Naval ships prior to prototyping. SDAT will integrate three-dimensional (3D) ship and vehicle data, enable users to place and visualize vehicles and their path within ship vehicle stowage spaces and on ramps, enable collision detection based on a user-defined clearance, assess ph ...

Military divers are experiencing negative medical side effects from inhalation of cold air or mixed gas (HeO2) while diving with a closed-circuit breathing apparatus.Therefore, SOCOM is looking for an innovative device that will reheat a divers inspired breathing gas to prevent a diver from experiencing hypothermia.Paragon will apply relevant experience in the design and manufacturing of active an ...

The Navy requires a life raft that is small enough to fit within a front pocket on the body-worn survival ensemble. Having a pocket-sized raft at hand helps facilitate successful egress, inflation, and boarding. The required 12 cubic inches of stowed volume is a significant challenge, considering that a typical one-person raft compacts to about 700 cubic inches under vacuum. Safe, Inc. (Safe) has ...

We propose achieving high power mid-infrared arrays with interband cascade vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL). Unlike quantum cascade lasers, optical selection rules in interband cascade lasers allow vertical emission. The massive parallelism of a VCSEL array will allow small, low power lasers to achieve high total output power with no speckle due to spatial incoherence across the arr ...