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TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Air Platform OBJECTIVE: Produce validation data for transient aerothermoelastic effects in high-fidelity coupled fluid-thermal-structure CFD modeling and simulation tools from a ground test of a full-scale curved panel in hypersonic flow. DESCRIPTION: The extreme environmental conditions experienced in hypersonic flight can cause structural deformations and unsteady responses. ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Materials/Processes OBJECTIVE: To produce a lower cost molecular beam epitaxy machine and transfer chamber that will allow significant materials development and dissimilar materials integration prior to material down selection in a development scheme. DESCRIPTION: Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) has become a standard technique for producing high quality material reproducibly for e ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Materials/Processes OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate a preceramic polymer yielding a refractory metal boride and/or carbide to be used in the manufacture of ceramic matrices for the processing of ceramic matrix composites that can withstand temperatures in excess of 1600 degrees Celsius. DESCRIPTION: Silicon carbide fiber-reinforced silicon carbide ceramic matrix composites (SiC/SiC CMCs ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Air Platform 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 items. Offerors must ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Sensors 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 items. Offerors must discl ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Sensors OBJECTIVE: Develop theoretical models that quantify and characterize the individual information contributions from multiple sensor modalities. Address diverse sensing modalities involving texture, color, materials, and geometry within the fusion problem. DESCRIPTION: Increased complexity, high bandwidth trends in addressing the automatic target recognition (ATR) problem ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Electronics OBJECTIVE: Develop components such as optical isolators, modulators, switches, amplifiers, collimators, couplers, fan-outs for use in fully integrated, high-density, wide-bandwidth, space-division-multiplexing optical fiber links and infrared sensing systems. DESCRIPTION: Space-division-multiplexing (SDM) fiber links can provide a significant enhancement in the fibe ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Biomedical OBJECTIVE: To develop a preliminary framework for a bio mathematical model to explain how human tissues interact / behave at their boundaries; develop a mathematical framework for translating this tissue interaction / behavior into predictive mathematical / biomechanical models able to represent tissue property transitions (e.g. muscle to tendon/ligament), aggregated ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Weapons The technology within this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), which controls the export and import of defense-related material and services. Offerors must disclose any proposed use of foreign nationals, their country of origin, and what tasks each would accomplish in the statement of work in accordance with section 5.4.c.(8) o ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Weapons The technology within this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), which controls the export and import of defense-related material and services. Offerors must disclose any proposed use of foreign nationals, their country of origin, and what tasks each would accomplish in the statement of work in accordance with section 5.4.c.(8) o ...