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The objective of this Small Business Innovation Research project is to develop a visual CAD software tool for the design of large-scale active radio frequency antenna arrays. A circuit-based global modeling strategy is proposed that can integrate theanalyses of spatially distributed electromagnetic structures, linear passive networks and nonlinear active circuits within a unified framework that ca ...

The Phase I work demonstrated real-time recognition and automatic learning ofgestures used by the Army. The proposed Phase II effort is focused on enhancingthis system by:1.Enhancing the Gesture Recognition System and creating a Software Development Kit(SDK). The gestures to be recognized include the Army gestures developed in thePhase I effort. This system will be integrated with the untagged ...

Continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic composites (CFCCs) are inherently wear and oxidation resistant, retain strength at higher temperatures and have lower specific densities than competing metal systems. The hot sections of gas turbine engines and relateddevices are exposed to aggressive gaseous species at high temperature. Because of their thermochemical stability and oxidation resistance, continu ...

We propose building an open architecture, JAUS-compliant, bolt-on controller for unmanned ground robots that provides autonomous operations in collaboration with the human operator. This will be delivered in two ways: First, as a “black box” that can be mounted on any JAUS-compliant platform and take control to provide autonomous capabilities. Second, as a suite of C++ packages with document ...

"Amain proposes to develop a large staring array monolithic visible light camera with extremely low power analog to digital conversion, A/D, at each pixel. The approach is based on oversample A/D techniques developed for audio applications, generally knownin the industry as delta sigma A/D. Each pixel of the focal plane array will contain a patented converter named MOSAD, Multiplexed OverSample A/ ...

"The objective of this Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project is to develop a compact, portable electro-optic electromagnetic/thermal imaging system. The proposed EM/thermal imaging system can be directly utilized for thecharacterization of various RF structures such as complex integrated circuits and large-scale antenna arrays. The compact EM/thermal imaging system can provide ...

The objective of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project is to develop a prototype compact, portable electro-optic EM/thermal imaging system. The proposed electromagnetic/thermal imaging system can be directly utilized for thecharacterization of various RF structures including complex integrated circuits and large-scale antenna arrays. It provides near-field and thermal profiles of ...

"In order to facilitate all weather communications in areas with dense foliage, we propose to develop an "instant" wireless local area network (WLAN). The WLAN will be deployed into the area where the dismounted team will operate. Nodes combine as relays ina communications network. Each node is an independent transceiver, able to receive and send data to neighboring nodes. Physically, the nodes ar ...

The objective of the proposed research is to develop a new lightweight composite hybrid structure armor using a combination of three major subsystem modules for tactical ground vehicle ballistic protection. The three modules are an advanced ceramic composite face plate, an optimally designed composite back plate module with the BTR (Bio-mimetic Tendon-Reinforced) material developed at MKP Inc., an ...

While explosive munitions are quite effective at causing damage due to blast and fragments, their radius of damage is somewhat limited. We seek here to introduce a method of increasing the damage radius by adding an RF weapon system to the munition,consisting of an impulse source and a broadband antenna. By this technique, additional damage will be created in the area by upsetting computers and co ...