This effort is directly aligned with one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) six focus areas: In-time System-wide Safety Assurance (ISSA). ISSA is discussed in detail in ‘In-Time Aviation Safety Management: Challenges and Research for an Evolving Aviation System (2018)' and would "...provide a continuum of information, analysis, and assessment that supports awareness and action to mitigate risks to safety..." This technology establishes what is essentially an ISSA...
Asymmetric Technologies developed the IronClad Secure Flight Controller (SFC), which is a cyber-secure, robust open-architecture flight controller with advanced-computational capabilities available for additional high-level intelligent autonomy functions.
Objectives
The IronClad SFC directly addresses the following Round 4 SOARING AOIs: AOI #2: Field Swappable Aircraft Variants, AOI #7: Onboard Protocols for Non-Traditional Systems, AOI #8: Computational Efficiencies and Onboard Heat Management, AOI #13: Detect and Avoid, and AOI #14: Security...
Commercialization may be possible first for light-weight, aerodynamic antennas that also serve a structural purpose and later for the radio circuitry, fully embedded in 3D plastic or ceramic and simultaneously being structurally functional. This work concerns the design, simulation, fabrication, evaluation, and demonstration of novel 3-D printed antennas for use in the air collision avoidance and information system known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast or ADS-B. These antennas double as...
This OFRN project combines GhostWave’s RF Noise radar technology with long range cameras for perimeter monitoring. The product is a system looking for a typical group 1 UAS out 3km, 360O in azimuth using stealthy radars from The Ohio State University patents, exclusively licensed to GhostWave. The radars are stealthy with Low Probability of Jamming or Intercept.
Objectives
At the end of the 18-month contract, the team will have a mast...
The innovative aspects of CHIRP2C include approaches that are unique and novel while at the same time employing proven scientific principles and methods, thereby reducing technical risks in the development of the CHIRP2C testbed. CHIRP2C is revolutionary in seven aspects.
CHIRP2C is:
Configured as low SWAP-C.
Adaptive and modular within a plug-n-play architecture for scaling and future-proofing.
Employs an open architecture for seamless integration with any legacy, current and...
The Ohio State University (OSU) teamed up with Safran Electrical & Power in Ohio and the University Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) to develop high-speed brushless doubly-fed machines (BDFMs) for aviation propulsion application using a direct current distribution power system. OSU leads the electromagnetic design of the electric machine, power converter design and drive system control algorithm design. Safran leads the mechanical design and thermal design of the machine and builds the machine prototypes. UDRI...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) have continued to receive attention from corporations and governmental agencies due to their wide range of potential applications and hybrid nature. More Electric Aircraft (MEA) promise many benefits (e.g., reduced weight, decreased fuel consumption, and high reliability) and their development continues to be the trend. Hybrid UAVs are an ideal prototype to implement concepts of aircraft electrification due to their small size and the direct current nature...
Adaptive structures actuated by shape memory alloys (SMAs) have generated significant interest at NASA Glenn Research Center (High Temperature & Smart Alloys Branch) and two Ohio-based Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) directorates (Aerospace Systems and also Materials & Manufacturing).
Objectives
The team collaborated with colleagues at NASA and AFRL to address the fundamental research questions to realize these structures. More specifically the team created the building blocks to develop bio-inspired articulating...
