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OBJECTIVE: Design, develop and demonstrate concepts for a material that acts as a spectral blocker, absorber and/or scatterer of light in the ultraviolet (UV) when dispersed in the atmosphere. DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this effort is to design, develop and demonstrate a material, aerosol or other form of material, that, when dispersed, evolved, sprayed, released or in any other manner deliver ...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this topic is to produce abuse tolerant, full LiCoPO4 based Li-ion cells of size greater than or equal to 1 Ah. DESCRIPTION: Li-ion batteries provide the most energy storage capability on a weight and volume basis and high energy dense batteries are needed to reduce the weight borne by the soldier. However, Li-ion batteries have been shown to be susceptible to abuse ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): MaterialsOBJECTIVE: To develop a methodology and a facility to measure attenuation and backscatter of a microwave-obscuring aerosol.In addition the system must be able to effectively disseminate small quantities.DESCRIPTION: Smoke and obscurants play a crucial role in protecting the Warfighter by decreasing the electromagnetic energy available for the functioning of sensors, se ...

The ability to compose existing interacting systems into a singlehigher-level system is essential to several emerging transformationaltechnology platforms, such as cloud services, the Internet of things (IoT),and cyber-physical systems (CPS). On a small scale, this has been achievedby data exchange formats, programming language interfaces, and algebraicspecification frameworks. However, a formal a ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Air Platform OBJECTIVE: Develop a technique that provides a controlled temperature profile to an adhesive bondline (under a nutplate) so as to cure the adhesive in 4hrs while meeting the same requirements as those of the adhesive cured for 24 hours at room temperature. DESCRIPTION: Nutplates are used on several military aircraft to secure fasteners when there is limited or no a ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Air PlatformOBJECTIVE: Develop and fully validate an accelerated burn-in process for high power continuous wave (CW) Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) that minimizes burn-in time.DESCRIPTION: Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) capable of delivering several watts of CW optical power in a high-quality beam in the emission wavelength range between 4.6 to 5 microns are of great interest to ...

TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Radiation detection, scintillators, Elpasolites, CLYC, technology developmentOBJECTIVE: Develop multi-mode gamma/neutron detector materials with simultaneous high energy resolution and higher efficiency, as well as good particle discrimination, and especially scale up these crystal materials to sizes of 3” diameter x 3” long right cylinders or larger. Such materials are key t ...

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

RT&L FOCUS AREA(S): Machine Learning/AI; General Warfighting Requirements TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Human Systems OBJECTIVE: Increasing complexity in many military roles may require increased cognitive agility in areas of situation assessment, strategic and tactical decision making and better skill interpreting information in order to evaluate the need for a change in plans. Significant research has s ...

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Info Systems OBJECTIVE: Develop a system for embedded real-time motion trajectory planning in novel environments and on diverse Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP)-constrained platforms. DESCRIPTION: There is a critical DoD need to develop fieldable technology to enable embedded real-time adaptive motion planning in one or more applications of industrial or DoD mission relevance. ...