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OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Advanced Materials 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 dua ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Microelectronics, Biotechnology TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Sensors, Chem Bio Defense OBJECTIVE: Develop, demonstrate, validate, and produce aerosol particle collectors which are Size, Weight, and Power + Cost compatible with microsensor platforms and capable of being produced using advanced manufacturing techniques. DESCRIPTION: Small, low-power, low-cost, netwo ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Integrated Network System of Systems, Trusted AI and Autonomy OBJECTIVE: Develop an innovative methodology to utilize satellite observations of weather-related atmospheric variables within the analog ensemble (AnEn) technique for environmental predictions, when no in-situ observations (i.e. field data) are available. DESCRIPTION: Uncertainty in weather pre ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Directed Energy, Microelectronics OBJECTIVE: An active, variable transmission eyewear on a ballistic substrate with ultrawide transmission range that can switch reversibly and automatically between high (≥70%) and low-transmission states. DESCRIPTION: Soldiers are subjected to quickly changing light conditions, such as inside a dark building versus outsi ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Directed Energy OBJECTIVE: A lightweight and wearable Soldier PPE able to neutralize high energy laser threats upon impact and, incidentally, able to alert the wearer of the presence of such threats DESCRIPTION: High energy laser (HEL) threats are expected to be deployed in the future battlefield. They exhibit many compelling features including speed-of-li ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Directed Energy, Microelectronics, Integrated Network System 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 Regul ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Biotechnology OBJECTIVE: Develop a multiplex detection system that can be used by an expeditionary force for the detection of pathogens in food and water using shelf-stable nanotechnology enabled assay DESCRIPTION: U.S. troops are deployed worldwide to places where commercial food sanitation standards may be inferior with poor enforcement. Survey data of ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Integrated Sensing and Cyber OBJECTIVE: Develop mission capability of secure free-space mid-wave infrared communications that optimize data transfer rates and bit error rate (BER) while achieving physical-layer security such that eavesdroppers cannot decipher intercepted messages. DESCRIPTION: Free-space optical (FSO) communication in the mid-wave infrared ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): FutureG; Integrated Sensing and Cyber; Trusted AI and Autonomy OBJECTIVE: Design and develop a fully autonomous robotic solution where a multi-robot team in a communication-degraded and GPS-denied environment can complete a mission with minimal human supervision under extreme environmental conditions. DESCRIPTION: It is well known that the future battlefie ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Sustainment; Trusted AI and Autonomy OBJECTIVE: Design and develop a data access tool that can determine if a part could be and should be produced via additive manufacturing (AM). These disciplines can include, but are not limited to the following: engineering design, manufacturability, producibility, testing, and machine learning to develop expert-guided a ...