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OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Advanced Materials; Sustainment OBJECTIVE: Develop the capability to additively manufacture large, high-complexity, high-criticality metallic parts using wire-fed directed energy deposition (DED) electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) and establish a qualification approach for these parts. DESCRIPTION: Traditional manufacturing techniques used to prod ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Microelectronics OBJECTIVE: Develop new methodologies (or improve existing methodologies) to determine the reliability of silicon Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) devices and identify failure mechanisms with an emphasis on determining the influence of neighboring intra-chip devices, input/output components, and packaging. DESCRIPTION: PICs provide a treme ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Military Operational Medicine OBJECTIVE: To develop a reliable, rapid, sensitive, multiplex method to quantify the levels of small RNA molecules such as exosome and circulating microRNAs (miRNA) in biological samples to explore their potential as diagnostic and prognostic tools. DESCRIPTION: The volume of in vitro diagnostics continues to grow steadily due ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Military Operational Medicine OBJECTIVE: To meet an innovation gap in rapidly detecting multiplexed multi-omics library of gene-epigene-protein-metabolite from single input of minimally invasive biomatrix in austere condition. DESCRIPTION: High throughput multi-omics readout and Systems integration galvanize our understanding about the molecular interplay ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Military Operational Medicine OBJECTIVE: Develop a means to detect the onset of seizures due to CNS-OT for real-time monitoring of divers immersed underwater. DESCRIPTION: Divers breathing hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) are at risk for developing Central Nervous System Oxygen Toxicity (CNS-OT), which can manifest as symptoms that might impair a diver’s perform ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Microelectronics OBJECTIVE: DTRA seeks to significantly reduce the size, weight, and power (SWaP) of battery-powered Deuterium-Tritium (DT) neutron generators to less than 10 pounds (stretch goal: less than 5 pounds) with as small a volumetric footprint as possible, while operating on CR123 or standard power tool lithium-ion batteries. DESCRIPTION: Curren ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Network Systems-of-Systems 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 cont ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Hypersonics; Network Systems-of-Systems; Trusted AI and Autonomy 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 ( ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Hypersonics 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 i ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Hypersonics 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 i ...