Small caliber weapon system barrels operate in a high temperature, chemically corrosive and high mechanical wear environment.
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Hexavalent Chrome Replacement for Small Caliber Barrels
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
additive manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing for Protective Eyewear
Businesses must develop materials and an approach to manufacturing ballistic protection eyewear lenses with integrated prescription correction suitable for point-of-need additive manufacturing.
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Biosynthetic PFAS Alternatives to Provide Omniphobicity
Vendors should develop and scale the production of biosynthetic materials for environmentally-friendly, omniphobic technologies for Department of Defense clothing and equipment without the use of fluorine or perfluorinated compounds.
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Phase Change Materials for Enhanced Warfighter Survivability
The U.S. Army seeks innovative solutions utilizing phase change materials tailored for thermal regulation within a Closed-Circuit, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus that reduces the thermal burden, enhances operational longevity and improves Soldier efficiency.
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Multisystem Mobile Corrosion Unit
The U.S. Army seeks to create a deployable solution that can repair equipment corrosion in harsh mission environments.
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Electromagnetic Skins and Smart RF Radomes for Spectrum Camouflage
We define an Electromagnetic (EM) skin as a thin layer of radio frequency (RF) components and/or periodic structures conformed to an Army platform that manipulate radiation or scattering parameters. Thin EM skins will occupy areas designed and shaped primarily for mechanical and environmental functions.
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Sustainable Building Materials and Technologies
The Army CONUS and OCONUS ubiquitously use building materials and technologies. They account for a significant percentage of the overall Army carbon/climate footprint. This Sustainable Building Materials and Technologies topic seeks to address this carbon intensive aspect of military operations through disruptive materials, logistics and technologies from a life-cycle assessment (LCA) perspective to meet the goals of the Department of Defense Climate Adaptation plan and Army Climate Strategy.
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Metal Powder Based Additive Manufacturing for use in Portable System in an Expeditionary Environment
The current state of the art utilizes conventional manufacturing technologies such as computer numerical controlled (CNC) machine tools such as mills, lathes, and plasma cutters, which are augmented by various manually operated metal working machines to fabricate metal components.
Improving the Thermal Conductivity (TC) of Enhanced Performance Coolants (EPC) with inorganic additive nanotechnology
Develop an advanced Nitrate Free Organic Acid Technology (OAT) based coolant with improved thermal efficiency of at least 50% to reduce coolant needed or improve heat rejection/reliability of affected systems.
Solid-State Large Aluminum Additive Manufacturing Replacements
As the need for sustainment of aging US armed forces aircraft continue to rise and will continue to rise with the introduction of Future Vertical Lift (FVL) [1], there is a growing necessity for supplementing the supply chain for long logistic components to maintain fleet readiness.
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