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Advancements in electronic warfare driven by sophisticated sensors and weapons are pushing shipboard power distribution systems to higher voltage, more power dense solutions. Reduced cost and increased flexibility necessitate solutions that are rapidly scalable and are characterized by longer life and lower maintenance. These objectives are in conflict, as increased power density reduces life and ...

Rising demand for electrified equipment in next-gen naval systems is increasing the pressure on power systems to achieve high power densities. To improve modularity, scalability, and size, weight, and power (SWaP), the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has pursued the development of Power Electronic Building Blocks (PEBBs) for over 25 years. ONR is currently attempting to develop SiC-based DC-DC powe ...

Intelligent information dissemination will be a critical weapon in future warfare, since it will enable warfighters to reduce sensor-to-shooter information delivery time, quickening the “kill chain” execution as a result. The future combat cloud mesh network must be agile and able to adapt to dynamic information delivery methods, formats, sources, languages and media to ensure tight coordinati ...

Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. (GEM), along with its team members, Professor Jinhui Yan at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University, Professor Dianyun Zhang at Composite Manufacturing and Simulation Center at Purdue University (PU), and Professor Yuri Bazilevs at Brown University, proposes to develop an inte ...

Areté proposes to develop the REMORA payload carrier system. REMORA provides the ability to rapidly attach and deploy a payload externally from a cylindrical unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) without the need for vehicle modification or additional launcher hardware. The expendable system uses a high-strength vacuum force to adhere to the vehicle while remaining neutrally buoyant. A custom vacuum ...

Currently, the Navy does not have a lightweight and reliable system that can perform characterization, integrity checks, vulnerability discovery/detection and verification upon entry into 5G networks in an expeditionary setting (vehicle-mounted), so that users can use these networks safely. Our Phase I research confirmed it is possible to develop a portable, automated, efficient device usable by n ...

Jet fuel is currently used as a heat sink for the engine oil system, but its cooling capacity is limited by a temperature constraint necessary to preclude the formation of coke deposits. Therefore, it is essential to develop a method to suppress or slough off coke formation that will permit extended utilization of the fuel for system cooling in advanced aircrafts for high Mach numbers. RMD propose ...

Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. (GEM), along with its team members, Professor Hang Yu at Virginia Tech (VT) and Professor Rajiv Mishra at the University of North Texas (UNT), propose to develop a multiphysics based PSPP (process-structure-property-performance) approach and its associated toolkit for tailoring of additive friction stir deposition (AFSD) repair of aluminum components for impr ...

Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. and Professor Jinhui Yan at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign propose to develop an Integrated Computational Materials Engineering simulation toolkit for optimal tailoring of gas flow in laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) and direct energy deposition (DED) to reduce defects (e.g., porosity and spatter) and surface roughness improve quality (e.g., mi ...

Currently, the Navy uses a Double Vacuum Debulk (DVD) process to repair damaged graphite/epoxy and fiberglass/epoxy composite components. This process is done by impregnating dry fabric with resin, manually laying up the plies, and debulking in a separate piece of support equipment. The debulked ply stack is then placed on the repair area and cured. This process, which limits the size of the repai ...