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Sweat contains biomarkers that give an indication of human cognitive levels. In this SBIR project TDA Research is developing a modular sweat sensor patch that has the capability to not only carry out real-time monitoring of select biomarkers, but also to

Currently, deployed medics are required to transport, maintain and be resupplied with liquid-based medications and materials that are heavy, expensive to transport, perishable and may require refrigeration. Many medications and materials are or will soon

Across the United States (US) Department of Defense (DoD) there is growing concern about the US’s ability to counter emerging air and missile threats from peer and near-peer adversaries. The coordinated use of all available sensor and weapon assets may serve to reduce the advantages afforded to our adversaries by these new threats. The Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) program s ...

The goal of this program is to develop a conformal solid-state Li cell enabled by a flexible solid state laminated stack. The solid state electrolyte is a polymer composite which balances trade-offs between facile charge transport and practical mechanical properties. The proposed approach scales readily to high volume production and benefits cycle life through managing interfacial strain and imped ...

PME proposes to extend the successes of the Phase I work with a Phase II prototyping effort which will demonstrate the feasibility of the approach on an actual vehicle with the controls running in real-time as well as corroborate the simulation results seen in Phase I. An existing vehicle will be up-fit with a preview sensing and active suspension system to characterize the combined system perform ...

Major benefits in performance, reliability, and sustainment cost have been demonstrated for a decade with a ‘new’ class of piston coatings that by their nature, improve the fit of mating piston to bore surfaces in the race and remanufacturing engine industries. Reliable high output engines are fundamentally limited by thermal and tribological performance of cylinder kit piston-ring-bore materi ...

The efficient design and evaluation of Army vehicles requires accurate simulation of the factors that affect the vehicle’s infrared signature and thermal conditions inside the vehicle. The model must account for all the transient heat transfer within and outside the vehicle, including heat from the engine, air flow within the engine compartment, exhaust system, ventilation inside the vehicle, th ...

The seL4 microkernel provides significant cybersecurity benefits, mainly due to its formal proof and the fact that it is open source software. The formal proof ensures that the microkernel behaves exactly as expected, which results in a much higher basis for security. An open source license provides seL4 users with a much less expensive solution and many eyes focused on the development. One limita ...

High Energy Laser (HEL) systems provide many benefits on the battlefield, such as speed of light engagement, precision engagement with limited collateral damage, graduated response (lethal and non-lethal effects), and low cost per shot. Recent developments in phased array HEL technology is enabling the integration of HEL systems on small ground-based platforms. To support these HEL systems, a high ...

Multi-purpose canines (MPCs) attached to Army Special Operational Forces (ARSOF) units play pivotal roles in small unit tactics as a force multiplier. The ARSOF canine handler’s inability to effectively communicate with the MPC in non-line of sight (non-LOS) scenarios limit ARSOF Soldier maneuverability, survivability, lethality and unit tactical advantage. Current techniques for off-leash direc ...