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Developments in electronics have significantly reduced the cost of radios, computing power, and data storage requirements. The computer advances are obvious to anyone who has used a computer for more than a few years. The development of software defined radio (SDR) technology, together with low cost/low power microcontrollers, allows new devices in the sonobuoy form factor to be developed rapidly ...

Naval aircrews face a difficult balancing act. Hydration is important to performance; however, relieving oneself in flight can often be a challenge. Operational observations suggest that aircrew may limit their fluid intake leading up to and during flights. Whether intentional or not, when combined with increasing mission lengths, heavy flight gear, and the low humidity environment, they may place ...

Creare proposes to develop novel icephobic coatings for F-35 turbomachinery inlet components. Our baseline approach explores the use of two easily applied silicone-based coating technologies specifically engineered for challenging lift fan and engine compressor geometries. Our integration leverages Creare’s decades of advances in turbomachinery development with the advanced aerospace coating exp ...

To address the need to mitigate cooperative and noncooperative in-band interference in airborne anti-submarine warfare (ASW) systems, ARiA will develop and demonstrate the feasibility of signal and information processing algorithms for mitigating various types of in-band interference. ARiA will develop and evaluate (1) model-based adaptive signal processing in space, time, and Doppler to mitigate ...

In order to support operational objectives for readiness across the vast PACOM area of responsibility, Commander Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT) requires improved visibility into the availability of parts and other material. While a wide range of logistics systems from multiple DoD agencies provide data on material from supplier to on-hand inventory, critical gaps exist in tracking material while in tra ...

The Navy’s food logistics operations rival the largest commercial enterprises in scale and complexity, but the Navy has not been able to take advantage modern food service management systems. Current Navy processes are plagued by out-of-date vendor catalogs, manual/duplicate data entry, man-in-the-loop delays, manual data transfers, and non-compliant processes and systems. Business-to-Business ( ...

Recent developments in machinery and flame-resistant (FR) yarn blends provide an opportunity to improve Sailor comfort, reduce heat stress, and maintain protection while reducing manufacturing lead-times, costs, and waste by utilizing novel seamless knitting technologies. The proposed effort will evaluate the feasibility of using 3D knitting with FR yarns and analyze the strengths and weaknesses o ...

Hearing is critical to the warfighter: threats must be heard, identified, and localized; a squad leader’s commands must be heard and interpreted. All of this is challenged by battlefield noise, whether from continuous noise from one’s vehicle or impulsive noise from incoming or outgoing fire. ONR seeks new advances in battlefield tactical communications technology. Creare proposes to develop a ...

Within the increasingly contested undersea operational arena, the Navy needs a tactical and competitive advantage in undersea sensing and detection through improved situational awareness with respect to environmental parameters, such as sound speed profile (SSP) and bottom properties, that affect overall submarine sonar sensor performance. Current approaches for enhancing environmental situational ...

Makai proposes to address the small communications buoy mooring problem by developing a technology for small diameter fiber optic cable compliance. Makai’s solution will solve the issue of how a small diameter fiber optic cable can be used for the mooring of small retractable buoys and provide the needed compliance to protect the delicate optical fiber in sea state 3 or 4 conditions. The complia ...