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Ensemble intends to develop a proof-of concept Neutral Density Monitoring and Alert Service. To establish an innovative and accurate space weather analytics service, Ensemble has partnered with CU Boulder's SWx-TREC, who offer leading space weather research-to-operations support. Ensemble will create the foundational architecture for Neutral Density Alerts and Notifications for commercial satellit ...

Anthropogenic Radio-Frequency Interference (RFI), or interference from human-generated sources, continues to plague spaceborne microwave radiometer and sounder instruments. Unmitigated RFI adversely affects the quality and reliability of Earth remote sensing data used for determining water availability, quality, and risk. Proliferation of wireless technologies, Earth-orbiting commercial satellite ...

Integration of Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles has the potential to transform the landscape of short-range vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) flight.nbsp; Among the eVTOL aircraft under development for projected Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) missions are distributed electric propulsion (DEP) vehicles with multiple rotors often operating in combination with fixed wing and tai ...

For lunar (expandable to Martian) ISRU applications, a novel small SWaP LIBS suite, Fast Elemental and Molecular Interrogation Sensor (FEMIS), is designed to provide real-time identification of geochemical composition of lunar regolith using an innovative elemental + molecular LIBS technology. Having rapid and intense signal responses, obviating the need to physically touch the surface in order to ...

The recent upsurge in development and prospective applications of Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles has the potential to transform the vertical flight landscape.nbsp; Among the several classes of aircraft under development for projected Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) applications are vehicles with distributed multiple-rotor systems.nbsp; Such multicopters offer potential benefits ...

Silicon organic hybrid (SOH) EO modulators are a leading potential solution to the limitations of silicon pn junction EO modulators, including poor modulation efficiency, high optical loss, and limited EO bandwidth, which constrain the performance of silicon photonics (SiPh) PICs. In SOH modulators, the tight confinement of optical and RF fields inside the organic EO (OEO) material, combined with ...

The proposed innovation is thenbsp;development and validation of bulk regolith infrastructure for use in lunar surface construction. The focus is on designing and testing 2D and 3D rego-works, such as trenches, berms, and overburden structures, that can protect astronauts and mission assets from hazards such as GCR, SPEs, micrometeorite impacts, plumes, moonquakes, and extreme thermal swings. The ...

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) proposes to develop and demonstrate simultaneous H2 generation and compression with intermediate-temperature solid-oxide membranes. The innovation is based on a novel cell architecture and materials, and processing techniques recently developed at PCI. Proof of concept testing of the new cell architecture indicated potential to be to be lightweight and presents sev ...

The innovation in this proposed effort is to capitalize on existing knowledge, AME equipment platforms, processes, and working devices to enhance the durability and ruggedness of AME produced products. The extreme temperature variations study and optimization will establish the material and process set to make AME products reliable. We will specifically study the material mismatch between diverse ...

NASA is looking for advanced sensor technologies, especially wireless embedded sensor systems, to support rocket propulsion development. The enabling technology should provide a highly flexible instrumentation solution capable of monitoring remote or inaccessible measurement locations. This sensor system should substantially reduce operational costs and evolutionary improvements in ground, launch ...