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Torsion bar systems are simple and rugged suspension solutions that have served the heavy combat vehicle community well for many decades.Although newer systems exist, they come at the expense of complexity and cost, a trade-off that, to date, the programs have been reluctant to accept.Corvid Technologies seeks to conceive, develop, and mature a simple torsion bar upgrade solution that extends the ...

AURA Technologies proposes to continue the development of key components of the next generation tactical power grid. Our innovations allow for the grid to provide far more than reliable, stable power.

Over a decade ago, security practitioners highlighted threats posed by memory corruption exploits subverting systems through manipulation of security-critical non-control-data — without ever corrupting application control-flow. Since that demonstration, however, the full power of data-oriented attacks went largely unnoticed until very recently. One reason for this recent emergence is that exploi ...

Lulaza Aerospace LLC proposes to study the design and rapid manufacture of a “Flying Missile Rail,” an autonomous UAV carried beneath a fighter that can release an AIM-120 missile from captive carry, or alternately can fly away from the fighter to maneuver and/or extend the range of the missile. This air-launched UAV can also carry and launch the Small Diameter Bomb or special payload pod. Thi ...

Primal Space Systems (PSS) will prototype the GPEG.MIL (Geometry Pump Engine Group) protocol for efficient 3D geospatial data streaming over constrained tactical networks. The Phase I effort will demonstrate that the unique method of encoding and streaming this 3D data as visibility event (VE) packets could provide a >5x reduction in bandwidth requirements for streaming large urban canyon data set ...

A pulsed high voltage DC power supply will be used drive an atmospheric pressure plasma reactor with the goal of developing a conceptual design for the purpose of depositing extended solids. The reactor falls within the category of a dielectric barrier discharge where a dielectric barrier covers at least one of the two parallel plate electrodes. It is a non-equilibrium reactor where electron tempe ...

Leveraging previous efforts, Vadum will develop a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to track, manage and improve the performance of trainees in a Basic Combat Training (BCT) environment. The architecture is composed of a number of services: A data collection service logs trainee data (activity, location, performance) from Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) wearable sensors under a variety of traini ...

Vadum will implement and test a novel Nonlinear Automated Measurement System (NAMS) instrument package designed in Phase-I to perform very high dynamic range RF two-tone measurements.The NAMS will be an integrated instrument with software for performing rapid, automated linear and nonlinear large signal RF measurements.The prototype instrument utilizes an active feed-forward canceller to achieve a ...

Vadum will develop the canine Hearing Protection and Active Communication (HPAC) system. The HPAC system will provide clear and reliable audio communication between the handler and the canine, and provide at least 30 dB of noise reduction for loud external sounds. The HPAC system will facilitate high-quality canine situational awareness of ambient environmental sounds, at a settable, limited sound ...

Paratroopers and air-dropped supplies play a critical role in rapid deployment of Army manpower, firepower, and supplies almost anywhere in the world.Typically, a squad or platoon and their supplies are involved in an operation, with the intention that once on the ground, they can regroup (locate each other, locate the supplies) and then execute their mission. This regrouping of the team can be di ...