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A critical need for the military is the development and fielding of robust distributed wireless sensor networks (WSN’s) that aid the U.S. forces to accurately detect, localize and identify commonly occurring battlefield sources. A versatile, scalable and easy to use distributed WSN development platform for high fidelity data acquisition and testing is needed that allows the developers to test o ...

The ability to detect, assess and resolve ambiguity in the measurement- or feature/attribute-to-track association process is fundamental to the success of correct fusion of information and to the robustness of combat identification algorithms that depend on the correctness of this association process. To address these issues, Numerica has developed a Bayesian Network Tracking Data base (BNTD) that ...

There are many hardships associated with lengthy deployment. Isolation from your primary medical specialty degrades skills and adds to the burden. This proposal attacks the problem by giving surgeons a method to practice surgery while deployed. The use of a common platform workstation collocating grahics and haptics produces and environment in which multiple specialties can practice.

RNI with team member Technical Solutions, Inc. (TSI/TERI) is proposing a unique integrated solution to this problem. An innovative effort to design, develop and demonstrate Multi-Modal Interfaces for Synthetic Training Environments for effective training. The system will allow live humans as team or squad leaders to utilize a suite of interface devices to control and interact with automated forc ...

As military vehicles support ever-growing RF functions, there is a need to develop systems to address the mutual interoperability of these capabilities. Specifically, there is an urgent requirement to address this challenge for two essential RF capabilitie

In the event of a terrorist attack, the ability to measure the extent and location of the attack and rapidly notify first responders will be critical to saving lives. If the widespread use of cell phones could be harnessed with an ability to detect chemical threats and immediately notify authorities of the scope and location of the attack, public safety would be significantly enhanced. Synkera pro ...

In the event of a terrorist attack, the ability to measure the extent and location of the attack and rapidly notify first responders will be critical to saving lives. If the widespread use of cell phones could be harnessed with an ability to detect chemical threats and immediately notify authorities of the scope and location of the attack, public safety would be significantly enhanced. Synkera p ...

Virtual Aerosurface Technologies, Inc. in collaboration with Georgia Tech proposes a Phase II SBIR program for the adaptation of combustion powered actuation (COMPACT) actuators to the task of fuselage drag reduction on rotorcraft. COMPACT uses a small-scale combustion process to produce pulsed jets with a wide range of strengths and has demonstrated capability to reattach separated flows over ai ...

Uncooled focal plane array (FPA) technology has evolved such that good performance can be achieved in the long wavelength infrared with 17 micron pixel pitch if noise is not limited by readout circuits. Improved bolometer bias and signal processing readout circuitry was demonstrated by design and analysis on Phase I to achieve high performance in small pixels. These circuits will interface with hi ...

The current emphasis on SSTR and COIN operations often places a soldier in close, interpersonal roles while building schools, training police, etc…. Many operations involve establishing rapport and discerning intent in close proximity to friendly and possibly dangerous individuals. Unfortunately, the typical American Soldier not only deals with unfamiliar, non-Western environments, but has lit ...