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In the past several years, a number of large-scale prototype electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft have been flight tested by aircraft manufacturers to achieve their commercial product development goals for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market. Owing to intellectual property and propriety information concerns, however, relatively few large-scale eVTOL aircraft have been flight t ...

We propose to develop resistance welding (RW) technology for carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFR-TCs) based on innovative heating element technology. A proposed target for these innovations is repurposable aerospace applications. Historically, CFR-TCs were not considered as the material of choice for aerospace applications despite their excellent specific strength and modulus. In ...

Generation of quantum light deterministically and at telecommunications wavelengths has been an insurmountable challenge for execution of quantum networking protocols in a scalable manner, as telecom photons can travel with minimal loss through optical fiber networks, distributing quantum entanglement over long distances. Semiconductor quantumnbsp;dots have emerged as the most promising platform t ...

Team ITA proposes a model-based, decision support digital twin, capable of guiding NASArsquo;s investment decisions at system level across the entire facility enterprise. The key elements of this innovation are investment optimization models and scenario modeling that leverage system degradation models and investment response models:Investment optimization models ndash; a set of global prescriptiv ...

In this program, we aim to pioneer a chip-scale packaged platform to enable efficient coupling from single-mode photonic integrated circuits (PICs) to a large-area (several millimeters in diameter or larger), diffraction-limited beam in response to Topic T8.07 Photonic Integrated Circuits. We further aim to leverage this technology to realize a chip-scale optical engine for light detection and ran ...

NASA is seeking instruments for monitoring in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) process gases. To address this need, InnoSense LLC (ISL), in collaboration with the University of Virginia (UVA), proposes an innovative process gas monitoring (PROMON(TM))nbsp;device. PROMON builds on ISLrsquo;s proprietary single‑walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) ndash; based interdigitated electrode (IDE) devices. This ...

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 current state of the art for production computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations in both the Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) communities and modeling of hypersonic vehicles is the solution of steady-state problems on fixed computation grids. However, the majority of relevant challenge problems are unsteady. Accurate simulations of such unsteady phenomena currently require computational g ...

Quantum Sensors have use in a wide variety of applications including microscopy, positioning systems, communication technology, electric and magnetic field sensors, as well as geophysical areas. Significant gains from Quantum Sensors include technologies important for a range of NASA missions including efficient photon detection, optical clocks, gravimetry, gravitational wave sensing, ranging, and ...