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The proposed SBIR program will employ Physical Sciences Inc.’s (PSI) unique ground-based high altitude plume signature simulation facility to examine the interactions of hyperthermal oxygen atoms with specific plume constituents believed to contribute to plume emission in the ultraviolet and visible spectral regions. These reactions will include the multi-step O + CH4 reaction predicted to produ ...

Poor air quality represents a major public health risk, contributing to an estimated one of every eight deaths worldwide. Low-cost air quality sensors have developed rapidly over the last few years and offer the opportunity to make air quality monitoring widespread at an affordable price. However, low-cost sensors are currently unable to deliver accurate, reliable data due to a lack of understandi ...

Triton Systems, Inc. proposes development of the Open-Source Oceanographic Asset Recovery Beacon (OpenORB) that will allow the deployment of coastal instrumentation moorings with affordable protection against loss. This open-source kit would significantly reduce the purchase price of a commercial location beacon by allowing the end-user to assemble a customized system with minimal time and effort. ...

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 ...

Spectral Sciences Inc. (SSI) in collaboration with SRC Inc. proposes to develop a Counter UAS Electro-optical Sensor (CUES) to address the need for an intelligent, multidimensional, compact, tripod-mounted system that can search, detect, identify, track and determine the intent and threat level of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). CUES provides an innovative combination of SSI’s four-dimensional (4 ...

Emerging missile threats to Army assets often fly through and maneuver at higher altitudes. In addition, Army interceptors launch from the ground and will likewise need to fly through / maneuver at higher altitudes to engage such threats. The associated changes in flight conditions cause threat and interceptor signatures to change substantially from those usually observed by Army sensors and seeke ...

Corvid Technologies is pleased to offer this Phase II proposal in response to Army SBIR topic A17-010, “Ballistic Missile Defense Weather Management.” In the proposed effort, we will continue to develop Corvid’s computational capability for shock layer distortion due to hydrometeor impact on high-speed missile systems, demonstrated during our Phase I program. We will also formulate and execu ...

Vadum will design and demonstrate Hearing Protection and Active Communication (HPAC) system. The HPAC system will provide clear and reliable audio communication from the handler to the canine, and protect canine hearing from loud external sounds. The HPAC system will enhance the capabilities of the working dog and handler team. The headset will preserve canine situational awareness of ambient envi ...

The Department of Defense has a large inventory of spy aircraft and battlefield sensors, platforms which generate avalanches of data of all types. Access to more data seems useful; however, every piece of data is not actually useful “information.” Operationally, intelligence analysts are drowning in data. When they seek to define normal patterns of life, and identify when deviations occur, the ...

There is a need to replace toxic obscurant smokes with non-toxic alternatives, without sacrificing the efficacy of the obscurant. The non-toxic visible obscurant formulations identified in Phase I will be further optimized in Phase II to produce aerosols that are high mass extinction, high mass yield obscurants. The efficacy of these formulations will be determined in various environmental conditi ...