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NIST Advanced Communications and Communications Technology Laboratory/RF Technology Division's focus area is on the next-generation wireless systems and recognizes the importance of mm‐wave communications for “key enabling technologies for 5G and beyond, including millimeter‐wave.” In response to this NIST CTL technology research program, the SBIR Phase I project will develop a high‐perf ...

Artificial intelligence-assisted detection and imaging technology can gather data on underwater, surface, and aerial threats to gain situational awareness over opposing forces, and aids in navigating dangerous marine and terrestrial environments. Successful and efficient use of intel is crucial for strategic information warfare, but many current technologies require active monitoring to identify t ...

Rincon Research Corporation (RRC) proposes assessing modern devices and techniques in the art of the possible that satisfy a number of key requirements. To reduce costs and shorten development timeline, RRC will focus on implementing the solution on low-cost, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software-defined radios (SDRs) which meet the low probability of interception/detection (LPI/LPD) waveform� ...

This project represents, to our knowledge, the first US commercialization of doped diamond (eg. PIN) diode-type structures offered with controlled quantum properties, enabled by phosphorous-doped diamond growth. Specifically, Advent Diamond proposes to develop novel doped quantum diamond materials for nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center-based sensors and other quantum technologies. The proposed innovatio ...

A cyber-physical trust anchor is an essential component of a secure additive manufacturing supply chain. Customer discussions show a strong need for low-cost trust anchors as well as high-security, more costly trust anchors. The concept underlying our trust anchor enables implementations that can be described as good, better, best. The two physical-digital components are first embedded digital cod ...

Intelligent detection and imaging technology hold considerable value for Department of Defense to attain situational awareness and advantage over opposing forces, and for aid in navigating potentially dangerous marine and terrestrial environments. Technologies obtain intelligence on underwater threats and can gather intelligence on approaching surface threats. Current sensor technologies require a ...

SOCOM is seeking to develop a capability to connect Radio Frequency (RF) transmitters/receivers to any antennas in the distribution system quickly and efficiently. The general requirement for this topic is to enable a series of receivers/transmitters to access various antennas, each designed to operate most efficiently in a specific section of the RF spectrum, using control software. There may be ...

Radio Frequency (RF) Fingerprinting is an important capability for the warfighter to identify threats and protect against malicious attacks on the RF spectrum. Most RF Fingerprinting techniques work by identifying small variations in a transmitted signal that are introduced by hardware components (capacitors, inductors, etc) of the transmitter within the non-linear regions of operation. Neural Net ...

Mechanical metamaterials are a class of advanced materials that use repeated three-dimensional geometric patterns to endow common materials with new, enhanced, and superior material properties. The “meta” in “metamaterials” refers to the geometric pattern, while the “material” can be a metal, polymer, ceramic, etc. Our expertise focuses on the design and production of mechanical metama ...

VAWD Applied Science and Technology is pleased to offer the following proposal in response to Phase II - SOCOM173-004 - "Handheld or Body-worn Hidden Chamber Detection". The Handheld Hidden Chamber Detection Radar will operate like a flash light and automatically detect, locate, and classify hidden compartments. The Radar will operate from inside a building for room to room operations discriminati ...