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As a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Energetics Center, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) is a leader in the Navy's Energetics Enterprise. Its mission is to provide research, development, test and evaluation and in-service support of energetics and energetic materials for propulsion systems, ordnance & pyrotechnic devices and fuzing for Navy, Joint Forces, and the Nation. Capabilities include research, test, and engineering of chemicals, propellants, explosives, related electronic devices and associated ordnance equipment.
In short, the U.S. Navy and other Federal Government agencies and allied nations come to NSWC IHD for energetic systems solutions — the organization supports the warfighter of today, anticipates their future needs, and makes discoveries for the next generation.
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2017
15 Feb 2017
New metamaterials could improve energy absorption and harvesting
The team is looking forward to leveraging these topological mechanical metamaterials for various applications, optimizing them, and carving devices out of them for applications in soft robotics, prosthetics and energy harvesting.14 Feb 2017
Tiny DNA walker harvests energy from RNA
Researchers have introduced a new type of "super-resolution" microscopy and used it to discover the precise walking mechanism behind tiny structures made of DNA that could find biomedical and industrial applications.13 Feb 2017
Agility Robotics aims to revolutionize robot mobility
Legged locomotion may revolutionize robot mobility and enable robots to go anywhere people can go.8 Feb 2017
Perpetual drones
Nothing lasts forever: things wear out. However, there is a huge pent up demand for "perpetual" autonomous drones for everything from security to surveying, meteorology and even power generation.2 Feb 2017
Transparent, gel-based robots can catch and release live fish
Engineers have fabricated transparent, gel-based robots that move when water is pumped in and out of them. The bots can perform a number of fast, forceful tasks, including kicking a ball underwater, and grabbing and releasing a live fish.27 Jan 2017
GlySens
David Pugh interview Mr Tony Butler, Principal Product Manager at GlySens. They are developing a long-term glucose monitoring system for the management and treatment of diabetes.23 Jan 2017
Greater speed, accuracy in recognizing brain injury
Modern body armor better protects warfighters against shrapnel from explosive blasts. However, they still face a hidden threat—the resulting blast pressure and shock wave that could cause traumatic brain injury.20 Jan 2017
US Army flies hoverbike prototype
The Army Research Laboratory and industry partners demonstrated the flying capabilities of a unique rectangular-shaped quadcopter.20 Jan 2017
Advanced Robotics Manufacturing innovation hub
The use of robotics is already present in manufacturing environments, but today's robots are typically expensive, singularly purposed, challenging to reprogram, and require isolation from humans for safety.16 Jan 2017
The death of conventional buses
The recent developments of the bus industry have led to impressive advancements: batteries with two different chemistries have been demonstrated to be capable of retaining 90% of the capacity after 10,000 deep cycles in ultra fast charge up to 400kW.13 Jan 2017
Carbonics introduces first ZEBRA carbon-on-silicon solution
Carbonics, Inc has launched its ZEBRA carbon-on-silicon technology for radio frequency components and devices in the rapidly expanding wireless, communications, defense and aerospace markets.9 Jan 2017
Researchers design one of the strongest, lightest materials known
The new configurations have been made in the lab using a high-resolution, multimaterial 3-D printer.5 Jan 2017
Army researchers demonstrate 3-D printed drones
Soldiers witnessed the innovation of Army researchers recently during flight testing of 3-D printed unmanned aircraft systems that were created on-demand for specific missions.2016
30 Dec 2016
Wearable revolutionizes whale research, makes them partners in science
A sophisticated new type of "tag" on whales that can record data every second for hours, days and weeks at a time provides a view of whale behavior, biology and travels never before possible.20 Dec 2016
Silatronix
Silatronix is a Wisconsin-based firm that has developed flame-retardant additives for Li-ion batteries based on organosilicon. All major battery makers are testing their compound at the moment.13 Dec 2016
Optodot Corporation
Optodot is a US-based company that produces boehmite coatings for Li-ion battery separators. In 2016, LGChem signed a patent licensing agreement with the company.7 Dec 2016
Wall-jumping robot is most vertically agile ever built
Roboticists have designed a small robot that can leap into the air and then spring off a wall, or perform multiple vertical jumps in a row, resulting in the highest robotic vertical jumping agility ever recorded.2 Dec 2016
Industry/government group for safe operation of space robotics
Recent technological advances have made the longstanding dream of on-orbit robotic servicing of satellites a near-term possibility.30 Nov 2016
AquaHarmonics wins wave energy prize
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced AquaHarmonics as the winner of the Wave Energy Prize - which comes with a $1.5 million grand prize.28 Nov 2016
Researchers improve production of thin, efficient solar cells
Researchers are making strides in material development that may open up new possibilities for thin, wearable electronics and other vital power applications.