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Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a modern and increasingly popular manufacturing process for metallic components, but it suffers from well-known problems of inconsistent quality of the finished product. The US Navy is interested in addressing this problem by developing a digital twin-based machine control tool for in-situ AM process monitoring and healing. Therefore, sensor fusion monitoring, machin ...

The goal of this topic is to produce low density and high stiffness space mirrors. 3DFlexible has developed a new additive manufacturing process which incorporates fabricating parts via layer-by-layer printing using glass bubble paste (GBP) and sintering the parts into cellular solids. Cellular solids are structures that are composed of a network of solid struts forming the edges and faces of cell ...

The proposed system consists of two types of antenna arrays, a low frequency vector sensor for coverage below 300 MHz and a high frequency circularly dispersed array with coverage to 20+ GHz. Both arrays are omni directional  with enhanced response across their entire operating frequency range. Both antenna arrays can handle horizontal, vertical or elliptically polarized waves. The low frequency ...

Air-launch weapon system store separation dynamics need to be fully characterized to ensure safety and weapon controllability during the separation phase. The current 6-DOF store separation used by the NAVAIR’s Store Separation Branch is NAVSEP. As a legacy FORTRAN-based tool, NAVSEP lacks commercial-grade software development, documentation, support, and upkeep, nor can it take full advantage o ...

The proposed modeling and simulation approach aims to bridge the gap in terms of accuracy and cost between 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics solvers and currently available design tools. The Hypersonic Flow Analysis Tool (HyperFAT) will combine 3D Euler simulations using a higher-order immersed boundary method with viscous corrections to account for boundary layers. The use of the immersed boundary ...

Titan Systems proposes a systems approach to solving the "ALT-PNT" problem for navigation in GPS-denied operating areas.  This includes use of a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) SATCOM system, miniaturized Signal of Opportunity geo-location receivers, a wideband SOO antenna, a Honeywell Embedded GPS Inertial - Modernization  (EGI-M) unit, and a Magnetic Variation sensor input to "bound" the f ...

A novel approach to moving Minotaur data (with its unique data model) across Line-of-Sight networks using UHF radios and across SATCOM networks using Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO), such as, emergent Starlink, MUOS for IP based low data rated links, and emergent S-Band.  The approach includes development of API translators for Minotaur data model to UHF radio data protocols.

This effort will demonstrate using the ARC-210 radios to support the transit of native Minotaur Remote communications in relay, LOS, BLOS, and EMCON scenarios.  Effort will include analysis of ARC-210 capabilities to inform a roadmap to full integration in Minotaur to enable JADC2 capability via remote communications.  Minotaur Remote communications supports full target data exchange, sensor rem ...

The US Navy seeks an innovative process for fastening carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) for military aircraft and target drones.  A single aircraft may have many fastener locations necessitating a robust, rapid fastening process. To address the critical need, X-wave Innovations, Inc. (XII) proposes to develop a rotary plus axial and elliptical vibration ultrasonic drill (RAE UD).  The prop ...

An autonomous domain control system for US Navy surface ships that deconflicts, decomposes, and triages tasks in Hull, Mechanical, & Electrical (HM&E) control systems may reduce operator burden related to the monitoring, operation, troubleshooting, and recovery of HM&E systems.  A domain control system in operation that can automatically adapt to novel environments from actual experience operatin ...