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In the Phase I project, Ultramet designed, modeled, fabricated, and tested a compact foam-based cryogenic heat exchanger for use as part of a superconducting degaussing system. Several heat exchanger cores were tested, thermal efficiencies in excess of 99% were achieved, and the pressure drop was always

Ballistic Devices will develop a capacitor that utilizes Cubic Zirconia, a single crystal high-K dielectric material. The single crystal design approach is expected to enable orders of magnitude improvement in energy density over conventional ceramic capacitor designs. It is expected that these components will be able to operate at near the theoretical dielectric breakdown field strength and enabl ...

Chesapeake Technology Internationals (CTIs) proposed solution for the Expeditionary Cyber Network (X Net) SBIR program is to leverage an existing CTI product capability named INVADER (Intelligence Video, Audio, and Data Environment). INVADER is a small, light-weight, rugged, tactical, embedded computer that was developed through internal research and development for exactly the type of application ...

Intelligent Automation Inc. (IAI) proposes to design, develop and implement a complete dynamic spectrum access (DSA) system operating with single transceiver (ST) radios on a cognitive mobile ad hoc network (MANET). Addressing the single-transceiver requirement along with additional restrictions on channel availability, and other sensing spectrum access capabilities (e.g., due to national policies ...

To address the Navys need for a man-packable, wireless microserver with clustering to support company-sized units and below, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Man-Packable Expeditionary Tactical Server (METS). METS is based on a multiprocessor design with software defined radio (SDR) for tactical communication and data distribution, solid-state disk storage for speed and ...

The Osterhout Design Group (ODG) has considerable time and effort invested in the design and preliminary development of micro cloud server technology, and is proposing to fully develop the technology through the SBIR process to provide the US Marine Corps the robust remote user data processing device they require. The ODG Micro-Cloud Server (MCS) is a man-packable server technology currently unava ...

This proposal presents a low SWAP spectrum monitoring system covering from 100MHz to 14GHz. The system sensitivity is -120dBm with 1kHz bandwidth. It has a SWAP of 10cm12cm1.5cm, 2lB, and less than 2.8W. It is much smaller than any available USB spectrum analyzer plus a small PC. The system divides the covered frequency band (100MHz ~ 14GHz) into three sub-bands (sub-band I - 100 ~ 800MHz, sub-ban ...

Makai proposes to complete a parametric analysis of candidate sonobuoy components for a conceptual deep drifting sonobuoy system. These results will enable the Navy to perform a tradeoff analysis of the sonobuoy system to meet their operational requirements and form-factor constraint. Using Navy-supplied location data, Makai will characterize the ocean environment in the area of operation and us ...

PolyPlus Battery Company has identified that by transitioning its PLE based Li-Seawater Battery Technology to a more optimal circular geometry, battery length in a Type A sonobuoy can be decreased by as much as 50% compared to a square form factor, and by this expedient provides sonobuoy battery component flexibility and the potential for enhanced power and overall sonobuoy performance.

To address the Navy need to provide existing and emerging single-transceiver radios with the capability to autonomously and dynamically access and manage spectrum, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Single Transceiver Radio Efficient Dynamic Spectrum Access for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (STREAM) system. This system will allow single-transceiver radios in a platoon-sized mobil ...