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The Ka-/Q-band satellite systems offer potential for transportable and mobile communications through the effective use of the wide bandwidths available while requiring that adequate linearity performance be maintained. In environments where size and power conservation is of high importance, power consumption and heat dissipation in the power amplifier (PA) must be minimized. However, it is widely ...

There exists a need to develop a control actuation system to impart course correction for spinning rounds. Orbital Research proposes to design and develop a novel low-power scalable control actuation system capable of imparting persistent course correction for spinning, gun-fired munitions. The novel Miniature Control Actuation System (MCAS) will be based on active flow control concepts. During th ...

SRICO proposes to combine metamaterial narrowband absorbers and SRICO-proprietary thin film pyroelectric thermal detectors to produce ultra low size, weight, power and cost (SWAP-C) room temperature stand-off chemical sensors. Metamaterial narrowband absorber elements are integrated into the thin film pyroelectric detector process to provide conversion of radiation to heat, which is then sensed by ...

Because the data products generated by modern imaging ladar systems are inherently large in information content, there is currently a severe bottleneck in the communications of these products to end users, particularly when full-waveform recovery is desired. During the Phase I effort, Bridger demonstrated that their 3D imaging system architecture was ideally suited for seamless integration of high ...

This work proposes ruggedized, microporous membrane-based sensors for detection of multiple inorganic and organic analytes in the environment based on a modification of voltammetric techniques. It leverages ongoing work at this firm for the Army in voltammetric electrochemical sensors for field sensing of CW agents based on unique membranes having microchip Controllers with Android cellphone contr ...

In the burgeoning field of quantum information science, the states of individual photons, or entangled photon pairs, are used for storage, processing and secure transmission of information.The single photon sources and detectors used in this field perform best in the near-infrared (750-1000 nm) wavelength range.However, for long-distance transmission over optical fiber, it is necessary to take adv ...

Current methods of species-specific bacterial detection and identification are complex, time-consuming, and often require expensive specialized equipment and highly trained personnel. There is a growing need for developing fieldable devices to combat both naturally occurring, and deliberate outbreaks of biothreat agents. Building upon Guild BioSciences previous research on phage-mediated pathogen ...

Light, maneuverable, fast, and fully protected vehicles are needed on today's battlefields. The current fleet of military vehicles is not equipped with sufficient interior trim protection. In a field of operations, US Army vehicles often encounter blast events such as landmines, improvised explosive devices (IED), and other explosive threats toward the underside of the vehicle, pushing the vehi ...

This DoD ARO SBIR 2012 Phase II Project is aimed at the development of a micro-optical ultra-sensitive, room temperature detector for the far infrared (FIR) and terahertz (THz) bands of electromagnetic radiation. The sensor relies on monitoring optical resonances commonly known as Whispering Gallery Modes (WGM) of dielectric micro cavities. In Phase I, an operational model for this WGM radiation ...

Accurate flow calculation is crucial to the development and support of air platforms, and CFD has been successful at predicting aerodynamic performance for a variety of flows. The accuracy of CFD is governed by the quality of the surface mesh, and much work has been undertaken to automatically generate surface grids from CAD. Unfortunately, quality is quantified in terms of conformance to the su ...