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There is a need for a lightweight, high-performance, insulation to protect the internal systems in hypersonic vehicles. A passive thermal protection system (TPS) design would be simple and reliable. As designs evolve, there is a need for TPS insulation materials that can be additively manufactured. Our Phase I approach will additively manufacture pre-ceramic scaffolds that are used to create low d ...

The proposed effort will employ an array of broadband (W band) antennas, integrated with high-speed (subnanosecond) GaN HEMTs in an array, to detect potential threats to military personnel. The system will be low SWaP, low-cost, and will detect a NETD of 3 degrees or less, from at least 15 meters, with a pixel resolution of < 10 cm. Millimeter wave imaging has been shown to be a useful tool in the ...

Obscurants are materials that absorb, scatter, or emit radiation in the visible, infrared (IR), or millimeter wavelength regions of the electromagnetic spectrum to reduce the transmission of radiation. For military applications, this reduction of transmitted radiation interrupts the line of sight between the target and observer to provide a key defensive tool to protect US warfighters from detecti ...

Polaris Semiconductor has pioneered a voltage regulator technology that can raise and lower DC voltage with zero electromagnetic interference (EMI), an extremely compact footprint and high efficiency. This overcomes long-standing pain-points associated with incumbent solutions based on switching regulators, including drawbacks associated with conducted and radiated EMI, high component count, large ...

Barron Associates (Barron) proposes to develop the Wind Detection and Source Seeking (WINDSS ) system in response to the U.S. Air Force STTR solicitation AF21B-T003 Restricted SWAP-C Air Direction Sensing to Enable Single Vehicle Chemical Reactive Trackin

Implementation of machine learning/artificial intelligence (ML/AI) in the nondestructive inspection (NDI) field is in nascent stages and significant trust in this technology for assisted defect analysis (ADA) is not established.  One reason is the lack of

The C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft is subjected to a wide range of environmental severities, and schedule-based corrosion maintenance processes are insufficient to optimize corrosion management for individual aircraft.  Improved corrosion management ca

In a conflict against an advanced adversary, AOC planners are challenged by the cognitive workload to quickly plan a high-sortie rate COA that leverages all domain synergy.  Synchronized multi-domain COAs that meet commander priorities, while servicing hundreds of targets protected by advanced ISR and IADS networks is a complex task.  Metron has partnered with George Mason University to develop ...

This project aims to develop a decision support system for the strategic-level planning of humanitarian operations. The proposed decision support system will deploy an optimization model and an artificial intelligence (AI)-based solution approach to deter

Grinding and sanding are critical processes for many manufacturers, especially in aerospace. Solution are desired that combine the flexibility and agility of a manual process with the repeatability and safety of a robotic system. One of the robotic instal