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The Navy seeks to develop a cryogenic temperature retaining material that can maintain its cryogenic temperature, around 30 Kelvin, for a time period of 2-4 hours without substantially increasing the final system weight. The application is to maintain cryogenic temperatures on superconducting DC power cables in the event that cooling is interrupted. Most materials lose their specific heat capacity ...

Triton Systems proposes to develop a vacuum-processible, conjugated polymer coating for oriented monolayer conductivity, highly-uniform coverage, and anti-stiction performance. Such a coating is critical to the reliability of advanced Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) devices that malfunction if their micro-sized features become stuck. Stiction can occur from opposing surfaces being charged, ...

Triton Systems, Inc., in partnership with Vanderbilt University, will design, build, and test the Triton Sensor for Autonomous Identification and Location of Opposing Resistance (SAILOR), a hostile fire indicator mountable to Group 1 unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) and self-guiding target munitions. The Triton SAILOR uses a combination of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) optoelectronic components, CMO ...

Triton Systems and partners who are deep area experts will continue to develop a contemporary Higgins boat that can serve as littoral transport for personnel, manned vehicles, and unmanned autonomous systems.  The contemporary Higgins boat will support expeditionary advanced base operations with flexible and modular mission packages. This role variant vehicle will allow manned operation, remote o ...

Triton Systems, Inc. is proposing an innovative, low cost method for the delivery of sensor payloads to specific locations for oceanographic, environmental, and biologic data collection in various depths of water. The DART System (Deployment using Acoustic and Ranging Transmission) will be capable of delivering a payload to a predetermined location within a 33 ft radius. The DART vehicle will be c ...

Triton Systems, Inc. and partners will develop an autonomous anchoring system for the U.S. Navy aboard USVs that can conduct routine anchoring operations without human intervention. The current anchoring solution is manpower intensive requiring a user in the loop to both choose the location as well as execute and monitor the sequence of actions such as, but not limited to, the lowering and securin ...

Triton Systems proposes to continue development of a novel corrosion and abrasion resistant solution to extend the service life of carrier Type VIII (five bar) aircraft tie-downs. Our solution utilizes a novel coating process that results in improved coating adhesion, impact resistance, allows weldability, reduces cost, and retains strength. The novel material selection and process will improve th ...

Hypersonic vehicles require thermal protection systems (TPS) for protection from high temperature, strongly shocked air. Carbon-based ablative TPS have received particular attention for Navy applications. Physics-based models of gas–material interactions are needed for hypersonic vehicle design, since ground-based testing at flight-like conditions is limited and costly. In the proposed effort, S ...

There is an urgent need for a radiative transfer testbed that can accurately synthesize hyperspectral imagery to support the design of remote sensing instruments, development of new retrieval algorithms, and quantification of uncertainties.  Remote sensing of the ground, ocean, and atmosphere requires RT models that predict the signatures sensors measure given a known atmospheric state, including ...

A non-towed low frequency broadband acoustic source is presented that is capable of replacing the current towed system. The design reflects the goal of being integrated with an 11 meter unmanned surface vehicle and producing the desired output in the band of interest. It will provide reduced drag and be easier to implement than the legacy approach.