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Type II superlattices (T2SL) represent a promising material system capable of delivering very producible, large-format broadband MWIR and LWIR focal plane arrays (FPAs). High temperature operation of current MCT based FPAs is limited by inherent defects in the II-VI material and strong Auger recombination. T2SLs are based upon mature III-V materials and would provide high material quality, lower s ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to develop an oxygen nanobubble platform technology to treat ischemic diseases of the eye, specifically Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO). The projected market for CRAO is an estimated 6,400 cases/year or $64 million, annually. The immediate goal of this project is to secure an Inves ...

There is a clear need to improve weather forecasting especially in remote areas to provide better planning for numerous air missions and satellite launches.  Also, the ability to better predict the pathway of incoming hurricanes provides valuable informat

There is a clear need to improve weather forecasting especially in remote areas to provide better planning for numerous air missions and satellite launches. Also, the ability to better predict the pathway of incoming hurricanes provides valuable information to better support and target relief missions. The Air Force Weather Systems Program Office at Hanscom AFB seeks to advance terrestrial and spa ...

CU Aerospace (CUA) and team partner Lockheed Martin Space (LMS) propose to develop a low-cost and more efficient cryocooler cold head designed for 5 W cooling at 77 K, and to begin the process of certifying CUA’s innovative approach to provide CUA-built cold head subassemblies to LMS in order to reduce cryocooler costs. Materials and materials processing expertise at CUA will be used to investig ...

The unexpected improvement in thermal conductivity of thermal grease has been further developed and improved upon.  The objective of this program is to develop and commercialize a grease that will increase device and equipment performance by better matching grease properties with the application. It was found that the most value can be provided through the development of a thermal grease for avio ...

The proposed work of this Phase II STTR is hardware demonstration and system application of the digital tools and controls developed in Phase I. The technology package extends the performance range of electrified powertrains under highly transient loading conditions, such as those experienced by eVTOL vehicles, by taking advantage of finite thermal rise times seen by embedded electric motors/gener ...

Environmental monitoring and forecasting for marine, coastal and terrestrial environments plays a critical role in informed decision making for a wide range of stakeholders in government and regulatory agencies, private industry, and the scientific community. The need for high-quality rapid data and analytics is becoming increasingly important in the face of a changing climate, which threatens to ...

There is a clear need to improve weather forecasting accuracy. The greatest contributions to forecast uncertainty is a lack of meteorological observations over remote areas and areas experiencing pronounced convective activity. StratoSolutions’ new high-altitude balloon (HAB) platform with mini-dropsonde is a disruptive new uncrewed meteorological observation data source able to collect data at ...

Across the nation, school buses drive our kids to and from school, in rural, suburban, and large cities – all having the same problem: safely transporting school children. This proposal calls out (1) there is no school bus V2X solution that exists in any meaningful scalable way today (2) there is no readily available solution to solve for school children being struck during evening hours when vi ...