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The need for improved access and resiliency of energy storage is critical to all DOD missions. In this proposed Phase II project, SkyNano will demonstrate our novel multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) materials as an enabling component of Li-ion battery anode architectures for improved cycle life and energy density for critical Air Force Space Systems Command energy storage needs. This will be a ...

Statheros - a Tennessee-based small business specializing in artificial intelligence (AI), data fusion / analytics / visualization, mission planning, and real-time command and control (C2) software for Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) - proposes

We will develop a comprehensive approach to find RF-based side channels in complex heterogenous circuits, devise methods using active excitation to pull challenging signals out where passive mechanisms are infeasible and determine internal modes of operation in the target platform.  The system will make use of multiple advanced RF simulation techniques to predict the optimum side channel attacks ...

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Pressure gain combustion (PGC), such as in a rotating detonation engine (RDE), has the potential to increase combustor efficiency up to 10%. This improvement would be valuable to many DoD systems such as thrusters, engines, and power generation units. In an earlier AFRL funded Phase I effort, GTL designed and modeled conceptual liquid injection rotating detonation engine concepts.  By the end of ...

Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable combat mortality. Despite recent advances in care, sustaining adequate tissue perfusion remains a challenge. Current practice for determining fluid status to guide battlefield resuscitation and transfusion, including clinical assessment and surrogate markers, often lag symptomatic diagnosis or misdiagnose the severity of volume derangement. Care is fu ...

A dual/company team, SPEAR LLC and HEAR LLC, with deep R&D experience in hearing protection devices (HPD) and successful DoD contract and SBIR accomplishment, has evidenced strong feasibility for all required subsystems of SOCOM “Canine In/Ear Hearing Protection.” The centerpiece of the team’s ‘K9HPD’ is a dynamic membrane earplug, that unlike expandable foam, flanged/polymer, and custom ...

Additive Manufacturing (AM) offers the potential for 30-60% cost savings on complex, high-value parts in the aerospace industry by reducing machining costs and reducing part count in complex assemblies. Development of AM integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) risk prediction tools are necessary to help scale AM for the Air Force efficiently and with higher confidence.  VEXTEC’s p ...

Additive Manufacturing (AM) offers the potential for 30-60% cost savings on complex, high-value parts in the aerospace industry by reducing machining costs and part count in complex assemblies. However, despite the potential financial benefits, high testi

In order to move toward a future of cleaner and renewable energy, the hydrogen turbine industry is looking to increase its operations to 100% hydrogen. Due to the demand to improve energy efficiencies, higher temperatures and more corrosive environments will be created in the process for the internal turbine’s component materials. These materials, such as high strength steels, single crystal all ...