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OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Trusted AI and Autonomy; Integrated Sensing and Cyber The technology within this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), 22 CFR Parts 120-130, which controls the export and import of defense-related material and services, including export of sensitive technical data, or the Export Administration Regulation (EAR), 15 ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Military Infectious Diseases OBJECTIVE: Develop and validate a high-throughput psoralen/ultraviolet A(UV-A) based pathogen inactivation device capable of inactivating pathogens at a wide range of volumes (from 0.01 L to 50 L). The solution can facilitate rapid development of vaccines against any emerging infectious threats to protect civilian and militar ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Trusted AI and Autonomy OBJECTIVE: Develop a robust artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) based numerical weather prediction (NWP) system capable of generating skillful high resolution forecasts globally at the medium range (5-14 days) and subseasonal (14-90 days) timescales. System should meet or exceed conventional NWP metrics for skill and ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Microelectronics The technology within this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), 22 CFR Parts 120-130, which controls the export and import of defense-related material and services, including export of sensitive technical data, or the Export Administration Regulation (EAR), 15 CFR Parts 730-774, which controls du ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Trusted AI and Autonomy OBJECTIVE: Develop a precision sensing system capable of providing real time relative positioning and orientation between a submarine and its tender in open water during resupply operations. DESCRIPTION: Submarines are typically resupplied in port, or under benign sea state 2 conditions typically found in sheltered waters that ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Advanced Materials OBJECTIVE: Develop a craft that is easily manufacturable in theatre to allow more assets to arrive at the Expeditionary Advanced Base (EAB) within the same shipping/logistic footprint for forward deployments. DESCRIPTION: More craft available in theater would support reduction in refuel, rearm, and resupply times allowing on demand ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Integrated Sensing and Cyber; Trusted AI and Autonomy OBJECTIVE: Develop forward-deployed portable analytics to automate initial stages of cyber attack investigation in connectivity-disadvantaged tactical platforms. The technology is needed to reconstruct attack stories, distilling the most important related events from vast quantities of low-level syste ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Directed Energy (DE); Integrated Sensing and Cyber; Trusted AI and Autonomy OBJECTIVE: Develop polarization-based techniques to improve target detection and identification and scene clutter characterization at long-range and over a wide field-of-view. DESCRIPTION: Detection and identification of small targets at long range on the ocean surface is cha ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Hypersonics; Sustainment OBJECTIVE: Develop, demonstrate, and validate a novel Plasma Assisted Combustion (PAC) device that can be integrated into future naval air platforms and weapons propulsion systems. DESCRIPTION: The Office of Naval Research seeks development and demonstration of an innovative PAC system to improve the performance, efficiency, ...

The objective of this topic area is to enhance crop production by creating and commercializing engineering technologies that enhance system efficiency and profitability and protect crops from pests and pathogens in economically and environmentally sound ways.