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NASA#39;s lunar missions require innovative technologies to support increasing data volumes and performance enhancements of communication systems. 5G technology can provide the required support, but mission-critical and suit-to-suit communication necessitates the use of 5G Sidelink (SL). EpiSci and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute propose 5G-MOSAIC, a 5G Mission-Critical Sidelink for Autonomous ...

LongWave Photonics and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are proposing the development of high operating temperature terahertz frequency Quantum Cascade Laser for the detection of H2O and OH volatiles on the lunar surface.nbsp; The improvement in operating temperature to gt; 250 K allows for increased wall plug efficiency through the use of cryocoolers which operate with improved Carnot ef ...

ATAC and NCAR propose to develop a near real-time Wildfire Prediction Alerting Service (WPAS). WPAS addresses Subtopic A3.02rsquo;s need for providing wildland fire prediction for situational awareness that supports various stakeholders in the incident command structure. It develops automated near real-time wildfire predictions to alert stakeholders and provides applicable and timely information f ...

ATAC proposes ldquo;Traffic Pattern Integration for Autonomous Vehicles,rdquo; in response to Subtopic A3.02. Our proposal fulfills the goals of Subtopic A3.02 by creating a cyber-resilient, service-based architecture that can be used to integrate autonomous vehicles with legacy users around small towered and non-towered airports. A significant challenge for an autonomous vehicle flying into a sma ...

Electrified aircraft offer advantages in operating cost amp; maintenance, energy economy, noise, and emissions, and with the increased heat dissipation demands due to modern avionics, thermal management is more critical than ever. Fuel has been the traditional heat sink for aircraft, but its heat sink capacity has been stressed by increased heat dissipation loads. For electrified aircraft, this he ...

West Coast Solutions (WCS) and Sunpower, Inc. propose the development of a space-rated electronic controller for the Sunpower Robust Stirling Convertor (SRSC) in response to Topic S16.02 Dynamic and Solid-State Power Conversion. This controller will be called the Stirling Convertor Space Controller (SCSC). The effort will be led by WCS, who brings a proven track record developing and delivering sp ...

West Coast Solutions (WCS) and the Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) propose development of a Miniature 2-Stage Hybrid (M2H) Cryocooler in response to Topic S16.07, Cryogenic Systems for Sensors and Detectors. Extending from our prior NASA and ongoing Missile Defense Agency (MDA) SmallSat Stirling cryocooler developments, we propose to add a second stage to address the topic requirements for a ...

Motiv Space Systems (Motiv) presents the Low-Gravity Robotic Arm System (L-GRAS) to address the growing need for extremely lightweight robotics for low-gravity environments.nbsp; With both NASA and commercial entities targeting operations in low-gravity environments such as the Moon there is a robotics capability gap for low-gravity robotic arms that can scale for different use cases and vehicles. ...

To address the NASA need for enabling communication and navigation technologies for distributed small spacecraft beyond low Earth orbit, Intellisense Systems Inc. (Intellisense) proposes to develop a new Miniature Interferometric CubeSat-Ready Optical Sub-arc-second Telescope Array (MICROSTAR) Star Tracker for optical navigation of distributed CubeSats. The proposed high-accuracy star tracker for ...

NASA is seeking a sensor that provides in situ measurements of ocean particulate backscatter, depolarization, beam attenuation, and diffuse attenuation coefficients relevant for combined ocean-atmosphere active remote sensing. To address this need, Intellisense Systems, Inc. (Intellisense) proposes to develop an In Situ Depolarization, Attenuation, and Scattering (IDEAS) sensor. IDEAS is submersib ...