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The Bottom Feeder project is designed to prove out the research done in Phase I using a prototype platform. The prototype will be a full size version of the platform designed during Phase I. The Phase I platform was designed to work in two operational configurations, a highly efficient mode and a highly maneuverable mode, with the ability to switch between them while submerged. The platform is equ ...

Hemorrhage remains the number one cause of death on the battlefield and is a leading cause of preventable death in military and civilian trauma. Rapid identification of clinically significant blood loss and detection of ongoing blood loss are critical combat casualty care requirements. Objective BV determination is a promising diagnostic tool that could accurately direct resuscitation and triage d ...

In this Phase I SBIR, Oceanit will build a novel, localized, intrusion detection system for the vehicle control area network (CAN) bus.

The objective of the CTP Adaptive Translator Module is to support the goals of the COE Implementation Plan. The CTP will reduce the development time and lower the development costs associated with introducing new protocols into an environment. The reduction in cost and time will be achieved by introducing a modular, embeddable framework that maintains a local common track database which can scale ...

The emerging class of epsilon-near-zero materials (ENZ) is a promising candidate for use in non-linear optical applications including optical limiting. The Army is soliciting proof-of-concept efforts to investigate whether limiting devices can be fabricated based on this novel class of materials. Third Floor Materials, Inc. proposes a feasibility study of such a limiting device, based on its exper ...

Automated Flight Safety Systems (AFSS) are capable of monitoring vehicle flight path and terminating powered flight when pre-programmed mission rules are violated. Current state of the art AFSS continuously predict the impact point of the forward edge of the debris field based on vacuum propagation. This allows for simplified mission rules that exclude the public from the test area. To allow testi ...

Current military deployable shelters require soldiers to spend large periods of time on setup and take down rather than focusing on their combat missions. With the Army moving to a more expeditionary focus, existing shelter systems have significant disadvantages that make them unsuitable for high-tempo operational missions. Navatek will advance the state-of-the-art for rapidly-deployable shelters ...

Cross-wind speed is a key factor in computing a ballistic solution, particularly at long ranges. Reading cross-wind is one of the most difficult jobs of a marksman. Current automated cross-wind sensors are too large and expensive for large scale deployments. This effort focuses on developing a passive-optical-imagery-based software application for computing the cross-wind speed. Being software bas ...

As autonomous vehicles become more prevalent in day-to-day military and industry operations, the technology surrounding functionally-safe autonomous subsystems must become increasingly reliable. A vehicle’s kinetic energy must be safely dissipated during a stop. Steering and braking must be done intelligently to maintain vehicle control and mitigate vehicle wear and tear. There are many factors ...

Vadum will design a millimeter-wave transmitter architecture that employs an innovative Time Domain Sub-Band (TDSB) technique to improve linearity while maintaining or improving efficiency. Linearity and efficiency enhancements in high power systems directly reduce SWaP. Vadum will demonstrate TDSB feasibility to improve the linearity by at least 20 dB for QPSK and QAM modulations, setting a new b ...