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To increase the energy capacity, reduce the weight, improve the cyclic lifetime, and shorten the recharging time for batteries for use in future handheld radio applications, we need advanced energy storage technologies that perform better than current Li-ion batteries. TDA proposes to develop batteries based on Lithium-ion/Sulfur (Li-S) battery chemistry. To increase the energy density, rate capab ...

In manned aviation environments – both military and commercial – AI support is being developed and researched for ground-based planning and operational decision support. Using AI in real-time with crews poses additional questions and issues. This research will provide the means to understand the measures and requirements to architect potential AI-Agent solutions before implementation. This fea ...

Non-warhead debris from a typical anti-ship or air-to-air missile can comprise as much as 70% of the total striking mass, which makes it a crucial component of any lethality or survivability assessment and increasingly important as stand-off missile programs are rising in demand.  Many current LVS modeling tools in use by the government do not address residual non-warhead missile debris at all, a ...

In recent years, the nuclear power industry has been exploring the use of conventional powder metallurgy and hot-isostatic press technologies to fabricate large, near net shape components for high pressure components and other applications pertaining to the generation of electric power. Powder metallurgy has many manufacturing consistency and reliability advantages over other large-scale manufactu ...

Assured Information Security, Inc. (AIS), in collaboration with Colorado State University (CSU) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), proposes a second (or sequential) Phase II of the Byte-Taint Resonance Imaging (ByteRI) STTR effort. This iteration of the ByteRI program will expand upon the binary analysis and program behavior analysis concepts identified in the original effort and ...

In the proposed program, we will develop and implement a secure framework for low-power acquisition, processing and analysis of physiological and environmental sensor signals from wearable devices. The multi-parameter signals will be used to effectively monitor the warfighter’s health and operational readiness at the edge. We will accomplish the program objective by leveraging the advancements i ...

The main objective of this effort is to provide a secure and lightweight framework for real-time analysis of sensory data from wearables. Our goal is to continuously monitor warfighter health and readiness at the edge in real-time while consuming less than 5% of the wearable battery over 10 days. Our system enables the provisioning and instantiation of different edge-deployed algorithms to address ...

The project aims to create a framework for real-time wearable sensor analysis that can be used to monitor warfighter health and readiness. There are two parts to the work: Framework and Model. The framework will be built on a smartphone and provides the flexibility to add any number of Bluetooth Low Energy wearable sensors and/or internal smartphone sensors while maintaining low energy consumption ...

Critical minerals are essential components in many modern technologies used by modern society and the global economy. Finding new sources of critical materials depends on having accurate data regarding the geology of potential sites. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has an extensive collection of geological maps containing detailed information about various geological features, such as r ...

Asymmetric proposes to develop software and firmware to optimize data exfil throughout Whisper devices. This includes making the Whisper system have additional, tuneable capabilities to increase LPI/LPD characteristics. The current methods utilized by Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel to maintain secure, covert and reliable data transmission in hostile environments is difficult and mission ...