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Creare proposes an Autonomous Habitat Filtration System (AHFS) that uses an electrostatic precipitator and autonomous regeneration system to effectively remove dust from habitable environments in long-duration space missions. Currently, HEPA style filters are a bulky consumable that have a large pressure drop across the filter that increases over time from particle loading. Human Lunar and Mars mi ...

Orbital refueling of cryogenic propellants is a key enabling technology that will extend the usable life of spacecraft around Earth and facilitate the next generation of advanced exploration missions. Propellant management on orbit requires advanced propellant tanks, liquid acquisition devices, propellant transfer pumps, space-rated valves, and other subcomponents compatible with common propellant ...

QmagiQ proposes to develop and deliver a small, lightweight, low-power 4-MEGAPIXEL (2Kx2K) multi-spectral infrared camera covering a broad spectral band from 1-14 microns.nbsp; A key feature is a broadband high-quantum-efficiency strained layer superlattice focal plane array (High-QE SLS FPA) with spectral filters deposited directly on the FPA ndash; a design that allows the camera to be very comp ...

Vendors (large and small) are being contracted to develop novel training applications leveraging the latest technologies. Because of the current siloed nature of acquisitions and program management many departments across the USAF are paying for models and training applications that have already been developed by other departments. Compounding this issue, there are serious limitations with confirm ...

DoD’s 2018 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy [1] noted that adversaries and strategic competitors such as China and Russia are making significant investments in AI technologies for national security purposes. Since 2018, DoD has made organizational changes and is investing billions of dollars to incorporate AI technology into its operations. However, there exists a potential for unintended c ...

Within three months, SHE BASH will conduct the research necessary to confirm the applicability of their Department of the Air Force Enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (DAF ePKI) solution to determine how the capabilities of the technology can address well-defined defense needs and conduct outreach with empowered and committed USAF Customers and End-Users to plan a SBIR Phase II prototype effort. ...

The United States Space Force (USSF) needs innovation in 3D scanning of Resident Space Objects (RSO) to effectively perform active management of orbital debris as well as On Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM) and defense-related missions. OSAM missions will require that a “service satellite” operate near a “target satellite” or RSO. Novel sensor fusion modalities coupled ...

HyperBlox is a platform for secure, reliable, and private Cellular (LTE/5G) networking that integrates seamlessly with Enterprise IT infrastructure to greatly simplify and accelerate the adoption of business-critical IoT applications. The HyperBlox platform is significantly more flexible than the legacy systems, enabling a significant reduction to both operational and infrastructure costs. The sco ...

Skypad Tech (Skypad) is proposing to take our Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) Mobile Optical System (M.O.S.) and modify it to enhance the US Air Force’s need for distributed operations. We have developed M.O.S. to take Heads Up Displays (HUDs) and the Augmented Reality (AR) associated with them to the next level. The increasing complexity and speed of operations required of our Airmen and Guar ...

As the number and capabilities of known and unknown space systems are expanding, the United States Space Force (USSF) needs to enhance and modernize space domain awareness (SDA). However, there are significant challenges to identify, track, and characteri