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Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), in collaboration with Stanford University, will develop an electromagnetic simulation package used for the development and optimization of large-scale meta-optics, and demonstrate the functionality of the package in the long-wave infrared (LWIR). Our team will combine recent progress in physics-augmented deep learning neural networks with rigorous far-field diffractio ...

Forward Photonics proposes to develop a high brightness multi-band direct diode laser using its proprietary wavelength beam combination (WBC) technology. Direct diode lasers using WBC will have significant benefits compared similar laser technologies. These include higher efficiency, a robust construction with respect to wavelength and temperature, and wavelength selectability over a large range. ...

Satellite-based atmospheric soundings are extremely valuable in remote regions lacking nearby radiosondes. They provide a depiction of temperature and water vapor structure to improve prediction of clouds, storms, and rainfall, and massively contribute to numerical weather prediction (NWP) via data assimilation. However, satellite profiles are too smooth and under-determined, thereby suffering fro ...

STTR topic N22A-T012 seeks to develop a compact, survivable “black box” mission module to collect UUV mission data prior to a mine detonation. This data module must preserve the data and allow system operators to retrieve the data post-detonation. Areté, along with our academic partner Applied Research Lab – Penn State University, propose a hardened EDEX-BB (Expendable Data Exfiltration Bla ...

The Navy requires a low-cost, industrial microwave system for curing aerospace composite materials. In this Phase I STTR proposal, Physical Sciences Inc outlines the development of a microwave applicator that uses low-cost RF sources and can be installed in heritage autoclaves for curing large aerospace composite parts. This technology has the potential to improve cured mechanical properties, and ...

Attollo Engineering will develop a zoom capable ultra-compact lightweight MWIR camera based off its commercial MWIR Griffin-HD8 camera with a zoom capable Metalens optic. The imager format is 1280 x 720 on an 8 micron pitch, among the smallest size in industry weighing just 240 grams without the optical lens, and was designed for small battery-operated Group 1 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The ...

Development of hypersonic aircraft and weapon systems has become a critical focus for the Department of Defense to maintain global strike and projection of force capabilities. Despite decades of research, traditional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods are either incapable of adequately predicting complex features in hypersonic flows or too expensive to be of practical use for vehicle desig ...

We propose to develop high-power, broadband, visible to near-infrared (VNIR) integrated laser source based on SiN platform capable of high-power, single beam output with high beam quality.

Turbulence modeling for compressible flow is essential for accurate modeling of heat transfer, skin friction, and pressure surrounding hypersonic vehicles to correctly predict vehicle survivability. High fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approaches are too computationally demanding and require faster, workhorse methods such as Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations for compu ...

Sophisticated high-fidelity Computational Electromagnetics simulation tools, such as HyPerComp’s HDPhysics-RF software toolset, allow for performance analysis of very complex antennas on full aircraft configurations for Navy applications. Many different antenna types such as passive phased array (PESA), active electronically scanned array (AESA), hybrid beam forming phased array, and digital bea ...