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Since World War II, normal aircraft braking is achieved through a system of hydraulically activated carbon brakes located on the main wheels of the aircraft. These friction-based systems offer limited performance and reduced braking capabilities due to brake fade, overheating, thermal loading issues, and generally higher operational, maintenance, repair and overhaul costs over the life cycle of th ...

TiER1’s proposed SCYTHE (Simulate CYber Threats using Hybrid Entities) system will advance the state-of-the-art in cyber operator training technologies. SCYTHE combines proven technologies and gameful learning design with innovative advances in intelligent agent authoring capabilities. SCYTHE leverages your training sandbox where trainee cyber defenders interact with SCYTHE’s advanced attacker ...

Leveraging our experience and expertise in robot development and system integration (hardware and software) as well as deep learning for agricultural applications, Hitron Technologies Inc. (HTI) proposes to develop an Intelligent Remote Egg Oiling System (IREOS), with the collaboration of University of South Carolina (USC). The IREOS allows for effective nuisance bird management by performing auto ...

Innovative Advanced Materials (IAM), Inc., founded by Dr. W. Alan Doolittle, proposes to demonstrate new betavoltaic fuel source innovations and to utilize recent materials advances (last two years) that facilitate a new geometry betavoltaic energy convertor that circumvents many of the previous power limiting bottlenecks. The proprietary IAM “TJ LEG” architecture will allow for: a) efficient ...

As submarine threats from adversary countries continue to rise, the U.S. Navy must maintain and expand its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities. Warfighter readiness is the linchpin of the Navy’s ASW strategy, but the complexity of the ASW domain necessitates time-consuming training, and practical experiences to transfer those skills to the operational environment. Innovative training appro ...

As the nature of Naval warfare changes due to increasing technological innovations and adversarial capabilities, the US Navy must maintain its edge by continuing to invest in and develop sailor training. One technology area that is integral to the Navy’s future success regards the capability to enhance its distributed lethality by aggregating disparate sensor networks to create a common situatio ...

Installation of fasteners and bushings is a perennial problem for the FRCs and remote detachments, since wet-install failures and installation of bare bushings leads to rapid galvanic corrosion.This program will develop a wet-install approach based on Al-rich primer for galvanic corrosion inhibition on bushings and fasteners installed in aluminum airframes. Electrochemical modeling developed under ...

Current Class 1 UAS technology relies on Line of Sight (LOS) Wi-Fi which operates across unlicensed wireless bands. Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) technology represents a huge advancement to the already widespread commercial UAS global community. BVLOS uses the mobile cellular network to provide command and control to the devices, removing the cost and technical barriers for near global cover ...

The Holloman Maglev Track (HMT) was developed by the Air Force in order to magnetically move a rocket sled system which allows the Air Force to test missiles, ejection seats and other mission critical systems that must be demonstrated and validated at the high speeds at which these important systems would be deployed. The HMT system consists of a rocket propelled sled that is affixed with low temp ...

Despite the abundance of free online resources and increased research into innovative training techniques, the shortage of cybersecurity skills in the workforce continues. Recent reporting estimates that there may be up to 3.5 million unfilled jobs in the cybersecurity industry by the year 2021, and unfortunately, the skills gap in the specific area of cybersecurity for industrial control systems ...