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Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna systems have a strong potential to improve spectral efficiency, communication rate and connectivity over single antenna systems through diversity and multiplexing gains. This capability has been extensively studied for point-to-point MIMO systems and further extended to multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) that offers significant performance improvement relative ...

In recent military conflicts, protection against vehicle underbody blasts has been a key survivability issue. Underbody blasts from buried mines and Improvised Explosive Devices have resulted in significant casualties. Despite the variety of occupant protection devices that have been, or are in the process of being, developed, significant injury risk still remains as a result of blast events. As s ...

The shape of a parachute changes during the deployment of the canopy due to control inputs by the paratrooper/guidance system and environmental effects. However, there are currently no effective ways to measure the shape of the parachute and the airflow around the parachute from a realistic jump. This has limited the ability of developmental testers to assess hazards to the paratroopers and airdro ...

This project team will fully develop and test AlphaBear 2, a vocabulary learning game for grade 4 to 7 students. Vocabulary is a prerequisite for academic success, as it is linked to stronger performance across academic subjects and improved reading comprehension. It is more difficult for students to participate in educational activities without understanding the key vocabulary associated with tha ...

The key innovation of this work (both Phase I and Phase II) is the design and development of enhanced Adaptive Service Discovery (ASD) Framework to support efficient and reliable service discovery in mobile networks. In general, service discovery in mobile environments is a complex challenge. The lack of infrastructure and unpredictable nodes movements complicate discovery and use of needed servic ...

JEM Engineering proposes a program to prototype and demonstrate the technology found feasible in our Phase I SBIR program entitled “Armor Embedded Metamaterial Antenna”. The object of the proposed program is to develop antennas that are embedded in vehicle armor, which provide ballistic performance equal to the vehicle baseline armor, along with high RF (antenna) performance that is to ...

The Army is constantly striving towards improved weapon effectiveness with minimum collateral damage, with constraints on costs. Embedded canard actuation systems are one of the most costly components in spinning projectiles and there is a need to design new actuation mechanisms that are scalable across multiple caliber systems as well as applicable to new projectile designs. The design of such sy ...

Multiple classes of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) are required to complete many modern, complex missions. Just as with humans, UGVs typically specialize in a small subset of critical tasks. Most work with UGV systems is based around the principle of making a platform optimally perform its tasks. However, this approach will never yield a "sum is greater than the parts" solution because it lack ...

Multiple classes of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) are required to complete many modern, complex missions. Just as with humans, UGVs typically specialize in a small subset of critical tasks. Most work with UGV systems is based around the principle of making a platform optimally perform its tasks. However, this approach will never yield a “sum is greater than the parts” solution because it ...

Based on promising results obtained under Army Phase 1 SBIR funding, nLight proposes a Phase 2 continuation toward the development of high-power, cryogenically-cooled 1532-nm eyesafe laser diode arrays for use in resonant pumping of Er-doped gain media. Cryogenic cooling of diode lasers can provide great benefit to performance arising from the dramatic reduction in the threshold current and the i ...