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Both military and law enforcement are showing increasing interest in a wider array of Non-Lethal Weapons such as Active Denial Technology (ADT). Such systems require electrical power for their high power millimeter-wave generating RF sources. Currently not available, a compact efficient prime power system is an enabling technology as future ADT systems look towards new, more compact solid state RF ...

While supporting critical operations, service members need the confidence to know when their assets will arrive. Too often, when our countrymen are deployed, they are left guessing when and where their stuff is located. This makes it near impossible to adequately plan a mission, when the commander cannot be sure that they will be able to deliver a capability. The Transportation Exploitation Tool ( ...

A primary obstacle that newly certified instructors face is the rapid transition to instructing military classes without previous extensive training in instruction and curriculum design. Existing training initiatives on teaching strategies are scarce and insufficient in identifying specific instructional strategies and competencies required to improve student learning outcomes. To accelerate the d ...

To address the Navys need for a high-G mechanical shock- and temperature-shock-tolerant oscillator as a replacement for quartz temperature-compensated crystal oscillators (TCXOs), Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Ferroelectric Resonator Oscillator (FEROS). This proposed solution is based on a new design that utilizes mature POC-developed and commercial off-the-shelf (COT ...

To address the Navy need for a fast initializing, real-time, precision ship-relative navigation (PS-RN) system, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a novel Airborne Vision Insect Optic Nautical Precision Landing (AVION-PL) sensor for the Sea-based Automatic Landing Recovery System (SALRS). AVION-PL is based on a novel compound-eye insect optics that is low in size, weight, and po ...

In this SBIR effort a small business company Torrey Pines Logic proposes to develop and implement a novel Ship Relative Instant Multispectral Positioning System (SHRIMPS) for rapid initialization and real time acquisition of relative pose for navigation inputs to the flight control system based on infrared multispectral guidance and novel electrooptic sensors with the goal of meeting the challengi ...

Military instructors do not have the time or support necessary to achieve mastery or even ensure continued professional development during their tenure as instructors. Teaching skill must develop to adequate levels in the early months of the typical three-year tenure and continue to grow and progress after initial formal training. Each formal school in the Marine Corps has a unique method of initi ...

OKSI proposes to design an optical system to support automated landing of fixed wing aircraft on carriers. The Carrier Automated Beacon Landing Enhancement (CABLE) system will utilize augmented beacon lighting located on the ship and optimized imaging system on the aircraft. Automated software will extract observed light positions combined with onboard INS to produce aircraft relative position and ...

Military operations and logistics are inextricably linked. The importance of In-Transit Visibility (ITV) capability for reliable tracking and delivery of logistical items has well been recognized across Department of Defense (DoD) logistics programs. The current state-of-the-art solution to ITV employs a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) network, which comprises a large number of read-and-writ ...

Continuing development and integration of high power electronics devices with smaller footprints, higher power densities, electronic propulsion, weapon, and sensor systems, requires efficient thermal management strategies. The US Navy has identified two-phase cooling systems as a viable candidate approach for heat removal from for such devices that can experience high power electronics loads durin ...