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The current steam based sterilizers of US military has a number of shortcomings including lack of portability and high use of water. It is highly desirable to develop a high portable, efficient and water independent sterilizer for Navy applications. The proposing team will develop a field-ruggedized medical device for providing field sterilization of surgical instruments, tools, trays, and other r ...

Sequent Logic is proposing a fiber-optic condition-based management platform that addresses the Navy’s need for an intelligent, adaptable, reconfigurable, scalable, expandable, reliable, compact, and affordable means of passively and actively monitoring temperature, strain, vibration, and acoustic emissions, and that is capable of characterizing material anomalies and fatigue to predict time-to- ...

The need for wireless data transfer through the pressure hull of a submarine is presented. A method to achieve high rate data transfer wirelessly is proposed. Such a method uses a transmitter and receiver featuring innovative characteristics. It can be retrofit into vessels with no additional penetrations in the hull. In Phase I, RF simulations will be developed, along with prototypes of key eleme ...

Rigid Wall Shelters (RWS) are an integral building block for Marine Corp operations and support a multitude of operational needs from maintenance and repair operations to command posts and medical operations. There are several critical operational deficiencies with metal RWS. The weight of legacy systems and lack of insulation result in a high cost to transport and difficulty heating and cooling i ...

The objective of the efforts being proposed is to develop high energy density and power density batteries with long cycle life by high-speed additive manufacturing technologies.

Develop innovative methods and associated tools to support the definition of Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) capabilities and their individual instruments using an Open Architecture (OA) approach, to allow for precise understanding of the ATE, interoperability across Navy and DoD electronics maintenance, and improved utilization of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) tools to support ATE operations. Th ...

The objective of this Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project is to develop a novel process for fabricating nanocrystalline ceramic powders for infrared windows. Nano-grained ceramic materials are expected to have sufficient mechanicalproperties to operate efficiently under the harsh operational environments experienced by infrared window materials on aircraft and missiles. In our propo ...

The objective of this Small Business Innovation Research Phase IIproject is to develop an innovative, cost-effective ceramicmaterial (CERCANAM) and technique for fabricating fiber-opticconnectors. Connectors fabricated using current connectortechnology have difficulties operating in harsh environmentsexperienced by military and commercial aircraft and above 300 Cdue to materials limitations in the ...

The objective of this Small Business Innovation Research Phase IIproject is to develop an innovative, cost-effective ceramicmaterial (CERCANAM) and technique for fabricating fiber-opticconnectors. Connectors fabricated using current connectortechnology have difficulties operating in harsh environmentsexperienced by military and commercial aircraft and above 300 Cdue to materials limitations in the ...

The need for a ship-launched tactical reconnaissance mini UAV is presented, to support fleet/force protection and perimeter defense goals. A cohort of such vehicles could gather situational awareness data to provide early detection and indication ofassymetric threats on a round-the-clock basis. A low-observable, highly survivable platform design is presented. Aero, propulsion, structures, nav/comm ...