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This proposal addresses the development of a Command Post and Acoustic Listening Posts for performing detection and automatic geo-location and classification of transient acoustic sounds associated with the firing of weapons, especially rockets, mortars, and artillery and the corresponding munitions impacts. Key components of the system are rugged low-noise infrasound sensors, state-of-the-art aco ...

An SBIR Phase II program is proposed to continue the development of an innovative system called In-Water Container Lifting System (IWCLS).The IWCLS is to lift ISO shipping containers floating in the open ocean to the decks of Afloat Forward Staging Base and other vessels of opportunity.It fills a gap in enabling technology for lift-on/lift-off heavy container transfer in high sea conditions up to ...

The proposed effort will convert and existing air-dropped GARC hull and its mission elements from gasoline waterjet propulsion (Mercury Optimax) to unmanned diesel outdrive propulsion. This conversion will require: incorporation of a diesel engine and outdrive, hull internal structural changes to enable mounting of the engine and outdrive, exhaust and cooling system changes to accommodate the dies ...

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 ...

Most of the existing efforts fighting against cyber-attacks in critical cyber systems are focused on achieving resiliency and survivability. However, there are specific mission requirements for certain types of critical cyber systems that demand for the mission software to fail/crash, as soon as possible, when cyber-attack is successful and a program control is lost, rather than to operate in some ...

In Phase II of this research and development effort, we will leverage our existing REDHAWK-enabled SDR product line to build a prototype tactical manpack REDHAWK-enabled Cognitive Radio (CR) device. This CR platform will be the foundation for the implementation of our Phase I algorithms and the extension of these algorithms to include spatial processing (e.g. Direction Finding (DF), spatial filter ...

Intrusion detection and warning remains a high importance topic to OSD, Navy and Marine Corps. The Phase I and Phase II work focused on the operational concept of long-term unattended security for containers, cargo, and other assets. Under this program, IAI built a security-sensing system called Cognitive Ultra-low Power Sensor System (CUPSS). CUPSS had a wide variety of sensing modalities, includ ...

Technology Assessment & Transfer, Inc. and subcontractors propose novel, high performance additive manufactured (AM) heat exchangers for military systems. The AM process will allow for conformal, lightweight designs that optimize use of available space. Integrated computational materials engineering will be used to optimize the AM materials and process parameters, correlate material microstructure ...

Nutrient pollution caused by excess nitrogen and phosphorus in the water is a costly and challenging environmental problem with widespread negative health and ecological effects. During Phase I XploSafe successfully confirmed the technical feasibility of using its proprietary low-cost biodegradable sorbents to passively adsorb target nutrient ions (ammonium, nitrate, urea, and phosphate) from prim ...

Design and analyze a new approach for a compact integrated laser/modulator suitable for high performance Military RF/photonic links. Novel design and packaging techniques including hybrid integration of narrow-linewidth, low-RIN high-power laser and a wideband LiNbO3 modulator to form a compact analog optical transmitter capable of high performance, operational over a widetemperature range.