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The US Navy executes a diverse range of UUV operations across the globe. While UUVs have become common place for ISR, MCM, and bathymetric sensing, they’re often limited in payload delivery. These commonly cylindrical systems would benefit significantly from devices attached as needed by Navy personnel without significantly impacting UUV performance, detaching payloads on UUV commands without pe ...

Physical Sciences, Inc. will develop a Gigahertz LIDAR Imaging Receiver (GLIMR) to address the need for high resolution imagery from small mobile unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).  The key innovation of the proposed approach is the use of a compressive sensing (CS) single pixel architecture.  This approach drastically reduces the required data rates, memory requirements and cost over competit ...

Jet fuel is currently used as a heat sink for the engine oil system, but its cooling capacity is limited by a temperature constraint necessary to preclude the formation of coke deposits. Therefore, it is essential to develop a method to suppress or slough off coke formation that will permit extended utilization of the fuel for system cooling in advanced aircrafts for high Mach numbers. RMD propose ...

The efficient and reliable operation of military aircraft is vital to maximize force projection in current and future combat space. As the performance of aircraft is pushed beyond current limits, the aircraft runs faster and more efficiently; as a result, the operating temperature of engines rises. Innovative cooling mechanisms have been developed that use jet fuel as coolant before it is combuste ...

The IRIS-Popoto Depth Capable System (DCS) brings the open-architecture versatility of the IRIS Platform and the proven undersea communications capability of the Popoto modem to any platform that must operate at full ocean depth. The IRIS and Popoto electronics are encapsulated in a small, lightweight, mechanically simple and relatively low-cost protective system that does not require large, heavy ...

The adoption and effectiveness of UUVs has grown exponentially in the last decade, however there are many technical and operational hurdles before their full potential can be realized. The navy has identified several critical areas for improvement; reduced size and weight, increased efficiency/performance/endurance, ability to operate effectively at abysmal depths, and Improved stealth. E-Circuit ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) will develop Sealed Complete Vacuum Equipment (SeaCoVE) as a supporting technology for portable atom-based sensors (clocks or inertial systems) based on measurements of a vapor of laser-cooled atoms.  The single volume ultra-high vacuum (UHV) system of the SeaCoVE provides the lowest size, weight, and power vacuum solution and will passively maintain favorable conditi ...

The complex interplay between turbulent high-speed aerodynamics and thermo-chemical nonequilibrium in the hypersonic regime has a significant impact on optical sensors. This includes unsteady distortions like image blur from turbulence, steady distortions like image tilts from shock waves, and  signal-to-noise-ratio degradation from background radiation/emissions. Currently, no stand-alone tool e ...

Autonomous systems play an increasingly critical role across the DoD and Navy operations. To successfully execute such missions, a variety of functions must be managed and properly prioritized, including flight operations and navigation, self-protection, maritime picture gathering, and data transmission and communications. Artificial intelligence- (AI-) based approaches have high potential in auto ...

Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) in conjunction with our academic partners at MIT, propose the Intelligent, Fast Reinforcement Learning for ISR Tasking (IFRIT) system, to provide sophisticated autonomous end to end ISR mission execution capability. The IFRIT framework will enable real time adaptive mission planning that responds effectively to dynamic environments, leveraging reinforcement ...