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Electronically Dimmable Protective Eyewear

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Further development of electronically dimmable protective eyewear started under a 2020 Air Force Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant from Wright Patterson Air Force Base to production level product. The goal of the current Phase II is to advance the relevant material and drive electronics of the current e-Tint system. Funding from OFRN is requested to advance the program from a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6-7 to a TRL 8-9...

Electronically Dimmable Protective Eyewear

Mined XAI – REACT-X: Resilient Explainable AI for Casualty Triage with Logistics Awareness Using Deep Topological Modeling

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Area of Interest (AOI): 2. Health and Human Performance 

Innovation: REACT-X introduces a predictive eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) platform that can change the future of battlefield medical triage, en route care, and medical logistics. By integrating multimodal datasets (physiologic signals, injury data, supply utilization records and other metadata), REACT-X provides a framework for identifying critical features to enable medics in resource-constrained, contested environments to triage casualty patients. The innovation...

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Casualty Triage

The Ohio State University – Gas-insulated Cable with Integrated Partial Discharge Detection for Aerospace Systems

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Area of Interest (AOI): 3. Aerospace Power Management, Materials, and Distribution 

Innovation: This project introduces a compressed-gas-insulated high-voltage cable system with integrated partial discharge (PD) smart detection capabilities. It leverages hybrid passive-active sensing circuits and a physics-informed neural network (PINN) for real-time PD detection and localization. The use of CO₂ as the primary insulation medium, combined with sensor-embedded smart connectors, represents a novel approach to improving reliability, safety, and altitude...

Gas-insulated Cable

AsterTech LLC – HERCULES: Hypersonic Engineered Reusable Ceramic Ultra-Lightweight Enduring System

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Area of Interest (AOI): 1. Hypersonics 

Innovation: The HERCULES Project (Hypersonic Engineered Reusable Ceramic Ultra-Lightweight Enduring System) is redefining the future of reusable hypersonic flight. By combining breakthrough materials science with cutting-edge engineering, HERCULES enables next-generation ultra-hightemperature coatings capable of withstanding extreme aerothermal environments exceeding 3,000°C. This innovation unlocks new frontiers for defense, aerospace, and energy systems, powering the development of faster, lighter, and more enduring vehicles capable of...

HERCULES

Kairos Research LLC – Validated Indicators for Selective Trust in Autonomy

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Area of Interest (AOI): 6. Autonomy 

Innovation: VISTA’s operator-defined trust metrics leverage research on expert decision models to optimally fuse inputs from human experts to create dynamic, interpretable measures of machine trustworthiness. Bi-directional trust is achieved by integrating real-time assessments of the human operator’s cognitive state, utilizing and expanding on algorithms developed under Kairos’s OFRN Round 6 OPTICS project. Additionally, we will leverage our access to Sinclair’s specially configured Beta...

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Laser Fusion Solutions LLC – Joining of ODS Additive Materials

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Area of Interest (AOI): 7. Advanced Materials Technology – Critical Materials Supply for Aerospace

Innovation: This proposal combines the leading experts on one specific ODS material of interest (GRX-810) and the leading experts in advanced welding technologies. The team will advance the technology readiness level of the material by utilizing advanced sensing capabilities combined with the LPBF and advanced welding equipment. This will allow the team to track the cooling...

ODS Additive Materials

The Ohio State University – Photonic Interfaces for Atom-based Quantum Processors

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Area of Interest (AOI): 5. Quantum Technologies 

Innovation: A primary challenge in realizing quantum networks is the manufacturing and commercialization of efficient light-matter interfaces for atomic qubits. This proposal addresses this challenge by developing efficient fiber gap Fabry-Perot cavities (FFPCs) that robustly couple single photons from atomic qubits directly into optical fibers. This direct fiber interface enables immediate compatibility with standard telecommunication technology for the development of scalable quantum...

Photonic Interfaces

The Ohio State University – Space GUIDE: Spaceborne Gain-enabled Ultra-sensitive Infrared Detector with Event-based sensing​

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Area of Interest (AOI): 4. Commercial Space in Low Earth Orbit

Innovation: The specific challenge that our team will address in the proposed project is to develop and integrate a state-of-the-art event-based sensor (EBS) that combines readout integrated circuit (ROIC) technology developed by SenseICs with high performance infrared (IR) detectors developed by Ohio State and SK Infrared. These will be tested for space domain awareness applications by AFIT, who will...

Space GUIDE

Quantum Sensor System using Rydberg Atoms

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AOI: Quantum Sensing Technologies

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In this Ohio Federal Research Network proposal, Team GhostWave will demonstrate a quantum sensing system, based on the integration of Rydberg atom quantum RF electric field sensors with telecommunications band wavelength converters and RF noise radar systems. The team will quantitatively characterize system levels of quantum advantage from the integration of state-of-the-art quantum technology with state-of-the-art-classical technology. The team anticipates that the improved sensitivity of...

Quantum Sensor System

Structural Materials Joining in Space

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AOI: Commercial Space in Low Earth Orbit

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The proposed work will focus on the understanding and quantification of the challenges associated with materials joining in space conditions. This work includes developing and using an autonomous welding system that reproduces the vacuum, temperature, and gravity conditions encountered during manufacturing, maintenance, and repair in space. 

This work will advance the technology readiness level (TRL) of laser beam welding (LBW) of metals...

Space Materials Joining