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OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Human-Machine Interfaces;Sustainment;Trusted AI and Autonomy OBJECTIVE: Modernize Navy Shipyard facilities through three lines of effort: Drydocks, Infrastructure, and Industrial Plant Equipment. Digital technology to include digital twins, AI, and autonomy will bring these century old shipyards up to modern practices. Upgrading and modernizing shipyard ope ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Sustainment OBJECTIVE: Design and demonstrate the ability to provide a 1 megawatt (MW) solid state power amplifier system to integrate into existing very low frequency (VLF) communication equipment. DESCRIPTION: PMW 770 is looking to develop and install an affordable solid state power amplifier system to replace obsolete vacuum tube amplifiers at VLF trans ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Microelectronics;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 (EAR), 15 CFR Parts 730-7 ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Microelectronics OBJECTIVE: Design and demonstrate a Time Division Duplex (TDD) Radio Frequency (RF) beamforming chip that enables the ability to communicate with existing and future Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite constellations using a single Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) antenna for both receive and transmit. DESCRIPTION: PMW 770 i ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Military Infectious Disease OBJECTIVE: Develop a technical solution or device for the identification of an Invasive Fungal Wound Infections in a Military Treatment Facility or lower Role of Care within 24 hours. DESCRIPTION: Trauma-related invasive fungal wound infections (IFIs) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality (8-12% mortality). Ear ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Military Operational Medicine OBJECTIVE: Develop a fieldable, wearable device that detects microarousals during sleep. DESCRIPTION: It is well known that Soldiers consistently fail to obtain the 7-9 hours of nightly sleep that is recommended by National Sleep Foundation (Watson et al., 2015). In fact, more than 62% of Soldiers average less than 6 hours of ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Military Operational Medicine OBJECTIVE: Develop and demonstrate nonintrusive technology to monitor cerebral blood oxygen, pulse oximetry, pulse rate, respiration rate, and possible impact trauma of Army aviators during flight. DESCRIPTION: The Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program, which includes SOCOM, is developing aircraft with dramatically expan ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Military Operational Medicine OBJECTIVE: Invent and/or develop hardware and embedded software technologies integrated onto a self-powered on-body sensor. The wearable device should include physiological and environmental sensing, recording, and processing that should operate off a non-AC/DC power supply. The device shall be capable of a minimum of 60-day ru ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Combat Casualty Care OBJECTIVE: Develop a composite, or other, lightweight, low ballistic hazard oxygen cylinder/tank for medical grade oxygen in deployed environments. Meet/exceed D Cylinder volume; improve upon logistics by reducing weight and making cylinders self-stackable and interlocking. DESCRIPTION: The ability to store and deliver oxygen to patie ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Nuclear, Mission Readiness & Disaster Preparedness 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 P ...