NPS, Xerox CRADA Expands Operational 3D Printing Capabilities with Liquid Metal
March 1, 2021
In January 2021, the Department of Defense published its first-ever Additive Manufacturing Strategy to “provide a shared set of guiding principles and a framework for [additive manufacturing] technology development and transition to support modernization and Warfighter readiness” across the military. Additive manufacturing (AM) – more commonly known as 3D printing – is the computer-controlled process…
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Navy patent “illuminates” camera quality
February 17, 2021
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION, Patuxent River, Md. — Two scientists from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) recently earned a patent for an instrument and technique that tests the image-capturing sensor in digital cameras helping buyers determine the quality of the camera before purchase. “The acquisition and sustainment of capability is…
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NAWCAD Army, Air Force Shift5 for Cyber Resiliency
January 11, 2021
Shift5, Inc., a transportation data company, announces it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD). NAWCAD is headquartered at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland. The NAWCAD CRADA enables joint research and development in cyber resiliency to bring innovation to legacy systems.…
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NSWC Indian Head Division PIA Results in New Bomb Disposal Training Site
December 30, 2020
Through a partnership intermediary agreement (PIA), the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) and United States Bomb Technician Association (USBTA) established a multi-use site in Indian Head, Maryland, to be developed into a bomb disposal technology training campus serving military, law enforcement and other entities. USBTA’s mission is to train bomb technicians…
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NPS Creating Virtual Undersea Environments to Advance Underwater Autonomy
December 9, 2020
With undersea warfare remaining a key domain for U.S. defense strategies, the ability to map and navigate the depths of the world’s oceans becomes increasingly essential to maintaining an advantage. Responsive to the Navy’s emerging technological needs, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is partnering with private academia to do exactly that – develop a virtual…
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Navy Licenses Pilot Locator to Air Force Veteran
December 1, 2020
A small veteran-owned outdoors company in Ohio has signed a patent license agreement with the U.S Navy allowing it to finish the development of the polygonal asymmetric reflector. Airborne Outfitters and the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana, finalized the tech transfer deal on December 1, 2020. The geodesic device can passively transform radio…
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