Technical Highlights
Sensing Systems and Technologies
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R&D 100 Award Winner
A remote-controlled radar system mounted on a robotic vehicle peers through rubble and debris to detect the breathing of a trapped disaster survivor.
Autonomous Systems
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R&D 100 Award Winner
A unique propeller design enables a drone to operate more quietly than drones using traditional propellers.
Space
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Communications and Information Technology
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R&D 100 Award Winner
This technology applies novel techniques to reduce the volume and weight of active electronically steered antennas critical to systems for satellite communications and environmental sensing.
Space
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R&D 100 Award Winner
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Communications and Information Technology
Optical communication technology that enables fast, error-free transmittal of data from low Earth-orbiting satellites to ground stations.
Communications and Information Technology
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R&D 100 Award Winner
A novel phased array antenna architecture achieves high-data-rate transmission by simultaneous transmitting and receiving on the same frequency.
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
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Sensing Systems and Technologies
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R&D 100 Award Winner
A custom neural network architecture interprets imagery from standoff scanners to automatically detect threats on people or in bags.
Cyber Security
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R&D 100 Award Winner
A network-layer policy prevents unauthorized users and cyber attackers from gaining access to data on a computer network.
Communications and Information Technology
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R&D 100 Award Winner
A unique single-photon-sensitive receiver simultaneously supports optical communications from multiple spatially separated users while producing context imagery of the scene in the field of view.
Energy and Climate
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Sensing Systems and Technologies
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R&D 100 Award Winner
Software that scans internet-connected devices in a targeted region is used to identify decreased responsiveness indicative of power outages.
Communications and Information Technology
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Space
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R&D 100 Award Winner
A technique that harnesses the ability of a photonic lantern enables laser-based communications capable of meeting the demand for high-speed transmissions from space.