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OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Combat Casulty care; Biotechnology 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, wh ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Nuclear; Integrated Sensing and Cyber; Emerging Threat Requirements OBJECTIVE: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) seeks technologies that can provide Department of Defense (DoD) personnel with the ability to pre-emptively identify and react to situations with potential nuclear criticality concerns. Events involving nuclear reactors or associated fa ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Integrated Network Systems-of-Systems OBJECTIVE: DTRA seeks the development of a compact, ruggedized, all-in-one network routing solution for tactical use of the CBRN Plug-In within a local Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) Server that is compatible with the existing MANET radios currently employed by OI-CO and SOCOM. For DTRA, this will enable Technical Su ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Biotechnology 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 dual use ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): General Warfighting Requirements (GWR); Emerging Threat Requirements 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 Regulati ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): General Warfighting Requirements (GWR); Emerging Threat Reduction OBJECTIVE: The objective of this effort is to develop, calibrate, verify and validate a standoff ground-based optical system capable of measuring aerosol plume density and particle size distribution. DESCRIPTION: In order to quantify the inadvertent release of hazardous material associated w ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Quantum Science OBJECTIVE: Develop an application-specific photonic integrated circuit to serve a specific quantum system (e.g. Rydberg sensor, clock transition). The device should integrate into and be demonstrated with an already existing quantum sensor. DESCRIPTION: Quantum sensors have demonstrated the ability to surpass classical sensors in areas such ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Biotechnology; Quantum Science 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 ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Quantum Science OBJECTIVE: Development of a foundry-compatible, direct growth in a Silicon on insulator (SOI) stack, second-order nonlinear material that can be that can be used for photon conversion and low loss waveguides. DESCRIPTION: Silicon on insulator (SOI) has been a growing standard platform for foundry-scale (300mm) integrated photonics. In that ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Quantum Science OBJECTIVE: This project will demonstrate the operation of a single-axis gravity gradiometer with a noise floor below at approximately 10 Eotvos (or similar performance if already demonstrated) on a moving platform in environments where vibrations, accelerations, rotations, and temperature swings cannot be neglected. DESCRIPTION: Atomic grav ...