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Advanced new and upgraded synchrotron X-ray beamlines and sources are being constructed worldwide, and these facilities require fast new X-ray detectors to complement them and foster new scientific applications. In particular, new detector capabilities are desirable in the time domain, for the study of fast material and molecular kinetics, in the intensity domain for keeping up with brighter X-ray ...

This proposed SBIR builds upon Fibertek#39;s NASA-funded Laser Communications Terminal (CLCT) heritage to develop new ultra-low SWaP-C technology to create a CubeSat/SmallSat Lunar Network Optical Terminal (LNOT). The LNOT will offer similar capability to state of the art Lunar lasercom systems but at a fraction the size, mass, power and cost making the technology affordable and accessible to NASA ...

Motiv Space Systems (Motiv) proposes a novel integrated, distributed actuation system which operates in extreme environments of the Moon and Mars.nbsp; The Distributed Extreme Environments Drive System (DEEDS) is a complete drive actuation system for use across a broad spectrum of use cases including ISRU systems, robotics, payload off-loading systems, and mobile vehicles on the Lunar and Martian ...

In today’s Urban-Warfare Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C2ISR) environment, current sensor platforms have a limited operational capability due to power consumption and recharge times. Many times these sensor packages are found to be unsuitable for many battlefield environments due strictly to their endurance limitations. Much of the research done to date has ...

A methodology based on dynamic electron beam imaging of beam-component interactions for in-situ metrology and closed loop real time process control of electron beam wire printing and welding applications in space has been demonstrated at the proof of concept level with hardware, controls and software developed by COSM in Phase I and II programs.A new Electron Beam Delivery Unit (EDU) that has both ...

CCRIs Phase I research efforts on Modeling and Prediction of Asymmetric Threat Learning Processes have shown the potential for learning models to improve predictive accuracy. The methodology developed proved to be robust and provides improvements in prediction, even when parameter estimation for the structural equation models was not significant. The Phase I results suggest that the development o ...

Many airborne vehicles require thick polymeric coatings on complex, concave and convex surfaces, which may be metallic, composite, or ceramic. The common method for applying these coatings involves spraying many individual layers, and allowing solvent flash and drying between each layer. A coating which is built up to 0.250” thickness, may require more than 100 layers of sprayed on coatings. Thi ...

Terrorist attacks involving the use of proliferated radiological and special nuclear materials pose a potential threat to U.S. citizens and service members. Early detection of such materials and devices made from them is a critical part of the U.S. strategy to prevent these types of attacks. DARPA’s SIGMA program is developing smaller, lower-cost and more sensitive detectors, along with innovati ...

ABSTRACT In response to the emerging COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, this supplement proposal to R44 AI138733- 01 will leverage our cutting-edge nucleic acid vaccine strategies, some of which that were developed under this parent grant. Here, we request supplement funding to develop candidate COVID-19 DNA and RNA vaccines expressing optimally designed immunogens for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. N ...

In the parent Phase II project (R44DC016247; PI: C. Pavlovic) we successfully developed a portable platform for developing and testing new hearing aid technology. This Portable Hearing Laboratory, or PHL, has now been acquired and is being used by a number of leading university laboratories and other research centers and their feedback has been extremely positive. The device features a central uni ...