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TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Materials/Processes OBJECTIVE: Develop techniques and processes for scale up and production of high performance electro-optic (EO) organic material systems with sufficiently large Electro-optical Coefficient (r33>150pm/V). DESCRIPTION: Recent interest in the development of high performance electro-optic devices that enable critical military systems has led to a demand for l ...

TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Electronics OBJECTIVE: Develop a wide-bandwidth (DC to 2 GHz) receiver utilizing two-dimensional arrays of high-transition-temperature (HTS) superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) DESCRIPTION: Large bandwidth communication systems are needed for the handling of high data throughput, while at the same time they should be capable of reducing size, weight and po ...

TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Space Platforms OBJECTIVE: Advanced game-theoretical frameworks and hybrid approaches for spectrum sensing and management in wideband space communication systems and hybrid space-terrestrial systems as well as countermeasures for adaptive RF interference & adversarial jamming. DESCRIPTION: Space vehicles and air-/space-borne sensors are essential components for improved war ...

TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Materials/Processes, Weapons OBJECTIVE: Develop techniques for detecting and modeling the evolution of damage in composite materials such as plastic bonded explosives or concretes using nondestructive means. DESCRIPTION: In hard target penetration, the onboard energetic material may be subjected to severe environments of both pressure and shear loading. Damage to this mate ...

TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Sensors OBJECTIVE: Develop proof-of-concept printing technology for the design, modeling and manufacture of integrated photonic devices at low dimensions. DESCRIPTION: Printable electronics and photonics are emerging technologies that have attracted a lot of attention over the last decade. Traditionally, CMOS processes have been used to fabricate electronic and photonic dev ...

TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Air Platform, Information Systems OBJECTIVE: Develop computational tools to compute response sensitivities of parametric multidisciplinary systems that exhibit nonlinear, dynamic behavior for use in gradient-based optimization, smart sampling, uncertainty quantification, and risk analysis. DESCRIPTION: Much progress has been made in the development of algorithms for the eff ...

TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Air Platform, Materials/Processes OBJECTIVE: Develop high efficiency (>70%) electrodes for electrochemical conversion of CO2 and water to syngas for JP-8 production. DESCRIPTION: The efficient conversion of CO2 into storable liquid fuels would help create a secure and sustainable source of carbon-neutral transportation fuels. Two approaches to this are to convert CO2 direc ...

TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Information Systems, Space Platforms, Weapons OBJECTIVE: This topic seeks to develop robust unified plasma simulation software that encompasses single-fluid through two-fluid models and that is widely applicable to the large parameter space of Air Force needs in a single software package. DESCRIPTION: This topic seeks to develop robust unified plasma simulation software tha ...

TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Chemical/Bio Defense, Biomedical, Sensors OBJECTIVE: For the defense of toxic chemical and biological agents, the objective is to develop a broad-based biosensor, with “off” to “on” functionality that will allow for sensing of potential hazards. DESCRIPTION: Many sensors exist for detecting chemical and biological agents in non-biological environments. However, low ...