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Non-traditional interior roof military vehicle impact injury prevention technologies address the challenge to provide warfighter survivability, allowing them to complete their mission, by preventing impact related injuries such as skull fractures and neck injuries, otherwise incurred during underbody blast, crash and rollover events. The solution accounts for the full range of occupants to include ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a novel process of fabricating components in a layer-by-layer method under the control of computer-aided design (CAD) information, rather than by the traditional use of casting molds and forming dies. Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) methodologies are effective tools to reconfigure the materials development process and accelerate implementation o ...

Detecting buried in road or roadside explosive threats is a major problem facing the Army on todays battlefield. Recent studies have shown that Long Wave Infrared (LWIR) imaging polarimeters can detect these threats; however, the implementation of the polarimeters has not been traceable to a ruggedized, field ready imaging system. Guidestar Optical Systems proposes to develop an imaging LWIR polar ...

The goal of this project is to develop a novel Surface Haptic feedback solution for geospatial 3D/4D visualization. Tangible Haptics LLC is proposing to apply a new technology that allows for control of both direction and magnitude of the in-plane forces felt by a users fingers while exploring a touch screen. Control over both the direction and magnitude of fingertip forces is important because it ...

Additive Manufacturing is a disruptive technology that has the ability to change how components are made, used and repaired. The past 10 years have seen a rapid increase in the availability of low cost 3d printers. The sophistication, quality and ease of use for these tools has been increasing rapidly while the cost is decreasing. There exists an emerging opportunity to combine printed electronics ...

Detection and neutralization of explosive hazards including Home Made Explosives (HMEs) and Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is an important problem for U.S. Army. IED attacks accounted for 62% of all U.S. casualties in Operation Enduring Freedom and are now accepted as a significant threat to homeland security and the U.S. forces all over the world. Hence, from a detection perspective, a capab ...

Electrochemical Machining (ECM) is controllable and scalable, harnessing corrosion to deliver the unique capability of machining complex shapes comprising very hard materials in relatively benign electrolytes. ECM tools have traditionally been designed by trial and error, which is time-consuming and expensive, making the process optimization and project management very difficult. The ECM process i ...

Recent research by the Army has indicated that silver-based alloys will serve as a superior replacement material for tantalum liners in EFPs.EFPs must have high ductility while experiencing very high strain rates (104-107 s-1) in order to form coherent jets.Strengthening Ag/Ag-based alloys will allow for complete replacement of tantalum for EFPs, providing for superior performance.Under this SBIR ...

Today, commercial and military wireless communications systems require high functionalities for microwave components and devices.Filters are critical components for radar, electronic warfare, and modern microwave communication systems.Traditional approaches using banks of fixed filters and waveguide cavity or a dielectric resonator loaded cavity filters are bulky and heavy and dont fully meet the ...

To enable the operation of Blue Force Tracking over the WGS satellite constellation, Envistacom proposes a phased array panel solution that is steered mechanically in the azimuth direction and steered electronically in elevation, giving full 360 degree azimuth coverage and -50 to 90 degree elevation coverage.Envistacom will use a combination of innovative panel design, filtering, and signal proces ...