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The need for long submerged durations and more power-hungry mission packages in unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) applications has spurned the development of advanced energy storage systems that can achieve energy densities greater than current battery chemistries. Hydrogen/oxygen fuel cells, while demonstrating good efficiency and system simplicity, are constrained by the volume requirements of h ...

Training-related injuries are a leading cause of preventable service member hospitalizations and outpatient visits. Aptima proposes FitForce Planner, which aims to research, develop, and design a capability for sensing, addressing, and acting to combat the musculoskeletal injury challenges facing Navy and Marine Corps personnel through optimization of physical fitness training. FitForce Planner ai ...

Monolithic surface-emitting (SE) semiconductor lasers hold promise for significant advantages over edge-emitting lasers in terms of both reliable operation, scaling the CW single-mode output powers into the multi-watt range, and manufacturing cost. Grating-coupled (GC) surface emitters offer a path to achieving single-spatial-mode, single-frequency CW operation, with the added advantage that relat ...

In the Base program of the Phase II SBIR, we will construct a breadboard fiber-to-fiber prototype Faraday Isolator based on the design and risk reduction performed in the Phase I program. We will also construct an Alpha unit at the full key performance parameters The Option I program will focus on further refinements to the design yielding a Beta and Gamma unit that will be used for thermal, lifet ...

Photonwares Inc. proposes to develop a new fiber optic isolator configuration with improved performance in forward and backward optical power handling exceeding 50W and reduced size/weight. The new design incorporates several novel technologies that leverage the company’s production experience and understanding of the high power properties in fiber components by fundamentally addressing key aspe ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) will construct and demonstrate a high power primary battery for sonobuoy applications that can be stored in an inert state and rapidly activated on demand to provide >3500W/L, 450Wh/L and 150Wh/kg. This battery will increase the available energy and operating duration for active and passive Navy sonobuoys. During the Phase II, PSI will deliver two full scale prototype ...

With MEDUSAE, our world class team proposes to leverage our extensive experience, existing technology, and a unique approach to lightweight, long lasting, self-recharging jellyfish-inspired floats to fill an oceanographic sensing capability gap for the Navy. Our experience in bio-inspired robot (including jellyfish), nonconventional actuation, and energy harvesting development promises to provide ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) will construct and demonstrate Li-ion cells for Naval Aviation applications using solvent free additive manufacturing techniques. Lithium-ion batteries simultaneously offering high energy and power density will be demonstrated using novel solvent-free electrode feedstocks. PSI will work with the Complex Fluids Lab (CFL) at the University of Connecticut to optimize the ...

The Submarine Force is phasing out conventional optical periscopes in favor of digital sensor masts that electronically transmit video to the Control Center. However, digital imagery suffers from distortions due to atmospheric turbulence caused by humidity and temperature gradients near the ocean surface. Existing systems for turbulence correction focus mainly on static scenes and rely on precise ...

In this program, Scientific Systems Co., Inc. (SSCI) is building TIMPS (Total Infrastructure and Mission Planning Suite), a software suite for automated theater-level ASW (anti-submarine warfare) mission planning that incorporates AUSs (autonomous unmanned systems) into theater-scale plans that are mission-aware, infrastructure-aware, adversary-aware, and integrated with manned assets. TIMPS’ au ...