2023
Aerospace & Defense
Background:
Though not 'sexy,' all machinery perform more efficiently with lower costs using transmissions/gears. Our revolutionary FrictionLess Gears© [FLG] and High-Torque Infinitely-Variabe Transmission [HT-IVT] technology best solve shortcomings in previous inventions without use of conventional spur gears.
Overview:
The FLG provides absolute minimum product size/weight/friction/cost/NVH [noise, vibration,
It is often desirable to deliver extremely high power laser output by fiber optics rather than free space, e.g., for surgical, welding, spectroscopy, yet coupling very high optical intensity into even ‘larger silica core’ fiber is replete with challenges.
This revolutionary repulsive gravity toroidal generator/motor uses a ferrofluid at low temperatures to shield the force of gravity in its range.
It is part of the study of "magnetohydrodynamic thrusters" (acronym MHD), which concern the physics of magneto-fluid dynamics, known for the study of the movement of electrically conducting fluids,
As industry and defense gradually shift to a modular space architecture, a reliable, autonomous process to assemble and integrate individual satellite modules in space needs to be developed. Due to the high cost of launching medium to large satellites, interest has developed for servicing and refueling satellites on-orbit.
PBI deployable parabolic antenna systems present a new paradigm in satellite communications enabling (very) large aperture antennas used even with cubesats.
The antennas are based on shape memory materials ‘married’ to heat pipe technology.
Significant innovations in Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, On-Orbit Servicing, and small satellite docking are required to enable the booming space economy. These technologies enable small spacecraft to trade goods and services with each other in their relevant working environments, whether Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Cislunar Space, or Deep Space.
Project Proposal: Third Generation Precision Space Flight and Landing Systems
Our project aims to explore and evaluate a novel third generation of flight systems that go beyond the concepts of birds and airfoils, enabling precision space flight and landings using collapsible thruster-foils. By combining nature-inspired systems and morphologies with large area addressable array microthrusters,
Hands free human-powered propulsion in weightlessness inside a pressurized spacecraft is possible, wearing a pair of soft slippers shaped like a diver's swim fins.
Since the cramped cockpits of early space missions, crew cabins have grown in volume. The Skylab station was so large crew somersaulted through its airy center.
An unmanned aerial system (UAS) that is worn on a person and can collect intelligence through video and other mounted sensors while projecting power through lethal or less than lethal means.
The most important components that determine the high combat readiness of military units are the maintenance of full serviceability and readiness for immediate combat use of military equipment, in particular artillery guns (howitzers).
Howitzer rods belong to the damping and recoil control system.
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