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To address U.S. Navy needs, Sentient proposes to establish a Design Framework for reliability assurance of additive manufactured (AM) parts using their DigitalCloneTM Component (DCC) software. The framework will be tailored to metal components built through AM processes with complex geometries. Sensors are embedded during AM component build to allow for exploitation of sensor data, physics-based m ...

As U.S. military emphasizes Information Dominance and advanced Command, Control, Communications & Intelligence capabilities in its operation, smart lighting control for specific applications and environments, including lighting for surface aviation and amphibious assault ships launch and recover aircraft whose pilots typically use Night Vision Devices for night operations, becomes increasingly imp ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will be to accelerate the adoption of data intensive precision agriculture, increasing yields while decreasing farm inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides. This projects removes the software bottleneck (time and labor) in processing large aerial surveys taken by Unmanned Aerial Systems, ena ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project has several facets. From the standpoint of scientific understanding, using a reverberation chamber with time-varying and non-homogeneous reflection from the walls is a new concept, and successful understanding of this technology may impact a variety of applications. More specifically for wireless device testing, the fact that the most accurat ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is (1) the significant improvement in fertility rates among infertile couples and especially for patients suffering from non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), which is found in 1% of the male population and in up to 20% of male infertility cases and is associated with non-measurable levels of sperm in the ejaculate. Automated systems to collect ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project lies in an ability to provide information regarding human movement in a way that is less expensive, more robust, and more accurate than existing methods, in order to improve human health and performance. The project advances several technology areas including ?smart? wearable sensors, mobile assistive technology, and multi-sensor networked de ...

In the near future unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) will be utilized for many societal and commercial applications. However, the hurdle of operation safety in the form of avoiding airborne collisions must first be overcome. UAVradars LLC is proposing a small, lightweight, and low-power radar system designed specifically to give small UAS (< 55 lbs) airborne collision-avoidance sensory capability. ...

Idaho Scientific proposes to design and develop, SPUD, an irrefutable tamper logging protocol.During the course of this Phase I effort, Idaho Scientific will implement the core of the logging protocol and develop a set of unit tests designed to evaluate properties of that protocol that uphold its irrefutable claims. During a Phase II effort, Idaho Scientific would propose to encapsulate this proto ...

Thermal batteries are single discharge reserve batteries that provide very long shelf life, minimal self-discharge, wide storage temperature range, fast activation under sudden power demand, and also wide range of temperature operating conditions. Such unique properties among electrochemical power systems are provided with application of molten salt electrolyte, which is in solid form under normal ...

Unmanned automated convoys provide an efficient means for transporting the cargo of many vehicles across the same terrain to reach a desired location. As more vehicles are added, the efficiency of the convoy can increase; however, if each successive vehicle uses the previous vehicle for path following, the convoy accuracy will gradually degrade. In order to improve the path following of successive ...