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As autonomous vehicles become more prevalent in day-to-day military and industry operations, the technology surrounding functionally-safe autonomous subsystems must become increasingly reliable. A vehicles kinetic energy must be safely dissipated during a stop.Steering and braking must be done intelligently to maintain vehicle control and mitigate vehicle wear and tear.There are many factors to co ...

Silicon Technologies will design and simulate in Verilog-AMS and Cadence Spectre an ADC, two DACs, a serial interface and other circuits to be built on a single chip in a ITAR complaint manufacturing process.The ARMY is interested in this development for use in a SWAP-C ASIC for next generation fuse proximity sensors and other programs.STI proposes to use an existing pipelined ADC that has been bu ...

In order to address the improvised threat to U.S. Forces created by enemy drones, IMSAR proposes to use its Commercial, Off-The-Shelf (COTS) NSP-3 Ku-band radar as the foundation for a system architecture capable of detecting, tracking, and neutralizing enemy drones. With low Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) requirements, the NSP-3 can provide high capabilities to even small Unmanned Aircraft System ...

Various NATO entities are interested in developing a next generation of the NATO Reference Mobility Model (or NG-NRMM). MotionPort LLC recommends that the feasibility study of this Phase I effort consider a NG-NRMM capability that is built upon a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), open architecture, multibody dynamics software. This approach will reduce the risk of NG-NRMM development and enable the ...

The U.S. Army is interested in the development of innovative materials, films, coatings and technologies or manufacturing techniques which allow current U.S. Army airdrop related hardware and equipment to survive fresh and salt water operations with increased reliability and without damage and significant maintenance impact. Resodyn Corporation proposes for development a durable, moisture-impermea ...

The current process for setup and configuration of autonomous ground vehicles is a time consuming process which can often require a skilled engineer. This process includes measuring key sensor parameters and also tuning control parameters so the vehicle will operate properly. This proposed research will develop techniques for self-calibration of sensor parameters and automatic tuning of control sy ...

The overall goal of this effort is to quantify the system-level response of structure/shelters to fires.Proposed is a physics-based, multi-dimensional simulation software to quantify the system-level response during fires and to reduce the amount of full-system experimental testing required to ensure personnel safety.An existing REI-developed user interface designed to offer a full suite of tools ...

Currently available supercapacitors offer relatively low energy densities compared to other energy storage devices. One strategy to improve this situation is to use liquid electrolytes with wider electrochemical windows, high ionic conductivities, low viscosities, and low melting points that can function over a broad temperature range.Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) have recently been identified as ...

Robotic autonomous systems (RAS) are currently being used for many different applications using a wide variety of vehicle platforms. The environments in which RAS are being used are becoming increasingly complex. Vehicle path planning and control is challenging in environments with many obstacles and uneven terrain. This proposed research will develop and compare multiple techniques to improve veh ...

Recently, fiber/yarn-based energy-storage systems have attracted enormous attention due to their remarkable promises in smart textiles and high-tech sportswear etc., mainly as more pliable energy-storage units being truly wearable. Storagenergy Technologies Inc. proposes to develop graphite fibers (GFs), which are fabricated by a scalable and cost effective wet spinning approach, and later chemica ...