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The HH-60G/W combat rescue helicopter is a valuable asset to the US military.  In many cases, people’s lives depend on the operation of the HH-60G/W.  Current corrosion- and wear-resistant coating systems fail to adequately protect expensive, mission-crit

Evolution of the war-fighting environment combined with advancements in automonous technologies have increased interests in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Existing platforms currently operating this space are running up against growth limits while futur

Homogeneous software applications employed throughout NORTHCOM and Platform One pose a huge opportunity for adversaries to scale exploits within the defense ecosystem. Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) applications specifically pose a huge attack vector due to

Self-contained “RApidly Deployable computer numerical control (CNC) AM–modular container building (MCB) (RAD2 CAM-MCB)” with field of view (FOV) capabilities to bring unprecedented additive manufacturing (AM) capability to front-line munitions personnel,

The Air Force needs new, innovative small engine technology to provide propulsion for small unmanned aerial systems (SUAS). Improved propulsion technology is needed to support Group 2 and Group 3 UAS for DoD’s global Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. Innovative propulsion technology is needed that provides quiet operation, increased specific power, improved specific f ...

TayCo Brace, Inc, has pioneered the TayCo External Ankle Brace (EAB) to solve the military’s ankle bracing needs. Born from real-life experience treating injured collegiate athletes, the TayCo EAB is a pre-fabricated, custom-fitted, lightweight, functiona

Learn to Win Inc. (L2W) proposes utilizing SBIR funding to research the effectiveness of a mobile platform for "flipped classroom" instruction at the Medical Education and Training Campus with the 59th Training Group. L2W's learning platform offers a powe

Using modern additive manufacturing technology, GTL proposes to develop a geometry based thermal management system to enable the development of a Morphing Rocket Throat. With this capability, rocket motors will be able to achieve the same type of throttling provided by pintle nozzles, but without the complexity and mass of a pintle. In the Phase I effort, GTL and UTK will develop a conceptual desi ...

Our team has produced composite thin films with the highest reported tensile strengths.  These films have been produced using roll-to-roll manufacturing techniques that can be adapted to current manufacturing lines. Small amounts of thermally reduced graphene oxide (tr-GO) particles (1% by wt) can be added to a ultra high molecular weight polyethylene matrix to produce thin films with tensile str ...

All solid-state welding methods employ some variation of heat and deformation to accomplish bonding. Heat and deformation are key to bringing working surfaces into intimate contact, displacing surface oxide-based contaminants, and allowing solid state bonding of the substrates. Friction welding methods accomplish this through relative motion of the materials under force. Implicit in traditional fr ...