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FLame-assisted Additive Manufacturing (FLAMe) is a new method of AM in which the desired feedstock material is synthesized in a high temperature gas-phase combustion synthesis reaction and the resulting high temperature metal particles are accelerated and deposited onto a substrate in a user-defined pattern to construct a component. Gas-phase phase precursors allow for no limit on the melting poin ...

The Advanced Composite Structures group at Physical Sciences Inc. has partnered with the University of Virginia to develop a high temperature, ceramic syntactic foam that can be fabricated using additive manufacturing (AM) techniques. The AM ceramic insulator is compatible for co-processing with other CMC components such as aeroshells, fins, and additional hypersonic flight vehicle control surface ...

Low-cost systems operating at video rates within W-band have remained elusive – especially for stand-off and remote applications. Real time video rate imaging requires parallel detection modalities that traditionally led to high costs and calibration challenges. Substantial advances in low-cost packaging and chip-level integration driven by commercial millimeter-wave applications can now be appl ...

The Phase 2 work would allow us prototyping and delivering a beam steering system for energy web by optimizing the materials, the components, and the architecture of the relay nod. the objectives of the work are: 1. Developing cycloidal diffractive waveplates (CDWs), the planar geometrical phase analog of a prism, with enhanced optical properties with respect to efficiency and functionality that ...

Behavior change through the use of messages is a common objective across the Defense community. The ability for analysts to craft effective messages is a challenge, and there are many features of messages that can be varied and that have moderating effects on sharing messages and creating effective behavior change. However, current research has not established definitive causal relationships betwe ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is swiftly integrating into the workforce and complementing the human as a teammate. AI imbued with social reasoning capacities, or artificial social intelligence (ASI), is posited as the next avenue of technological advancement. However, researchers have begun to note some of the pitfalls of careless or quick implementation of AI without proper consideration of the we ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2), with support from the Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC), proposes to accelerate optimization of its digital process for manufacturing printed, dual-sided capacitive sheets (C-Sheets).  The proposed effort will help to ma

A major focus for the USSF today is On-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (OSAM) in support of both ageing and future space assets. Of most immediate need is the servicing component, which includes refueling and orbital corrections to prolong the

Busek and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are developing a cathode electron source for spacecraft ion drives that are fueled by a variety of reactive and semi-reactive molecular propellants. The cathode may be fueled by ASCENT (AFM-315e), iodine (I2

Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) proposes a low-cost sensing device requiring no a-priori information for the perception of uncooperative and unknown on-orbit spacecraft pose and structural characteristics to support on-orbit servicing operations i