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MDA is interested in developing single mode high power diode lasers with excellent beam quality and high efficiency and coherently combine them for high power output and use the coherently combined modules to build high power direct diode laser (HPDDL) systems capable of achieving upwards of 10-100 kW (dependent on the beam combining technique) of high output power while maintaining the beam quali ...

PolyMaterials App, LLC proposes to develop a prototype supercapacitor cell suited for MDA applications in Phase II after a very successful Phase I effort which addressed, topic number MDA19-007 titled,” Supercapacitor Nano-architecture Using Bicarbon-based Materials Derived From Plant Cellulose”. Specifically, the objective of the SBIR project is to develop a flexible prototype supercapacitor ...

Restoration of coral reefs is dependent upon an ability to adhere young corals, grown in tanks, onto inorganic substrates within the seas. The epoxies in current use do not provide a viable path to restoration owing to poor adhesion underwater, lengthy mixing of components needed, clouds of toxic epoxy precursors released into the water, and extensive diver time needed to clean the underlying cora ...

PolyMaterials and its collaborators propose to bring an innovative solution for obtaining high energy and high power with a supercapacitor prototype by identifiying a suitable cellulose based electrode, developing electrodes and designing and testing a supercapacitor. PolyMaterials has also partnered with the commercial company JABIL, which will help with deposition of supercapacitor electrodes us ...

This research will develop a 128x128 detector element radiation hardened camera for spaced-based long range imaging. The detector array, readout integrated circuit (ROIC), and camera will be designed and built using radiation-hardened techniques and materials. Approved for Public Release | 19-MDA-10270 (18 Nov 19)

Infrared (IR) windows operating in the environment experienced by endo-atmospheric interceptors are limited in performance by the high heat fluxes, temperatures, and pressures characteristic of these environments. Window temperature can exceed 900 C from exposure to the high heat fluxes and temperatures associated with hypersonic flight. Existing materials are limited by poor mechanical and optica ...

This research will develop a 128x128 on 30 µm pixel pitch radiation hardened Laser Detection and Ranging (LADAR) system for spaced-based long range imaging. This advanced LADAR system will be integrated with an InGaAsP-based linear-mode Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs) optimized for 1.06 µm operation. Studies will be completed to optimize the APD structure for radiation hardness, achieving gains ...

To satisfy the need for a radiation-hardened, 1064-nm laser sensitive, single-photon sensitive ladar camera, with pixel counts of 128 x 128 or more, a proven single-photon linear-mode InGaAs(P)/InAlAs avalanche-photodiode (APD) detector will be integrated with low-noise ladar readout integrated circuits (ROICs), and its performance will be shown compatible with missile defense mission requirements ...

This program is significant in that it represents a leap forward in electron beam (Ebeam) processes as well as liquid propellant tank designs. Mainstream will demonstrate the technical feasibility of Ebeam additive manufacturing (AM) for upper-stage liquid propellant tanks with Mainstream’s EBEAM facility by fabricating test coupons and subscale prototype components from novel materials. We will ...

SciTec, Inc. has extensive experience developing robust, signature based autonomous exploitation capabilities for data collected from Electro-Optic/Infrared (EO/IR) systems. These signature based capabilities are typically robust because they exploit features with known causal relationships to threat characteristics and behavior, and because they are constructed using rigorous mathematical framewo ...