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Xerion Advanced Battery Corp (XABC) proposes Advanced Battery Manufacturing Techniques for High Performance, Low Cost Lithium Ion Batteries. XABC has developed a 3D battery electrode called StructurePore that allows for rapid ion and electron transport, enabling 5 minute charge times at 280Wh/kg on a positive + negative electrode basis. StructurePore batteries utilize a novel manufacturing metho ...

Manufacturing technologies for Li-ion batteries have not kept pace with the rapid innovation of high energy Li-ion chemistries, inhibiting battery performance and compromising safety. Recent studies have shown that one of the major reasons for Li-ion battery failure (self-discharge, catastrophic failure etc.) can be attributed to manufacturing defects caused by mechanical (metal) die cutters, whic ...

TDA Research and the University of Colorado at Boulder will team together to develop a responsive sequestration temporary coating for chemical warfare agents. The coating will be easily applied to surfaces where it will cover and contain chemical warfare agents on tactical vehicles, planes or other hardware known or suspected to be contaminated. A color change of the coating will indicate location ...

It is challenging to detect CBRN weapons production facilities that are hidden in residential and industrial neighborhoods. Once the weapons are manufactured, they will be sealed and removed from the site of production, so developing techniques to reveal the presence of the weapons will likely be fruitless. In this project, we will develop indicators that can be applied covertly around suspected w ...

SATCOM On-The-Move (OTM) is one of the greatest operational and tactical advantages our troops have. The SATCOM terminals available pose a number of practical constraints resulting in less than universal usage. Traditional reflectors are high profile and difficult to integrate on aircraft and ground vehicles. The ability to maintain link during high-g maneuvers such as travelling over rough terr ...

The proposed Complex Realization Generator (CReG) provides a real-time and software-based functional alternative to the Antenna-Complex Impulse Response Function (ACIRF) code. CReG generates fading channel realizations for the entire range of channel models represented by DTRA's Generalized Power Spectral Density (GPSD).

The Forward Resuscitative Surgical System (FRSS) provides an expeditionary surgical capability for the surgical stabilization of injured warfighters. For Marine Corps expeditionary medical applications, Portable Oxygen Generation (POG) is used to produce on-demand medical-grade oxygen from air for patient ventilation, anesthesia, and to refill oxygen bottles. The power demand for current POG syste ...

In response to the need for high G-force resistant foldable patient litters, Roccor proposes to develop the Packable Airworthy Combat Stretcher (PACS). PACS utilizes an innovative structural design coupled with advance composite materials that results in an advanced military patient litter that will survive all crash and acceleration testing required for military transport airworthiness certificat ...

HF Designworks (HFDW) describes an approach for developing a Human System Integration (HSI) module to the existing Framework for Assessing Cost and Technology (FACT) tool. The HSI module, working within a SysML format, will hold implications for hardware design in terms of the eight HSI domains: Human Factors Engineering (HFE), Personnel, Habitability, Manpower, Training, Safety, Occupational Heal ...

Plastics and petroleum-based foams are a conventional solution for the material needs of many industries. Today these non-biodegradable, fossil fuel derived products compose 13 percent of all municipal solid waste streams, as opposed to 1 percent in 1960. This waste stream is associated with a number of environmental concerns, including greenhouse gas generation from incineration, as well as land ...