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This Phase II SBIR proposal presents a new platform for development, validation, and deployment of health and status assessment and decision support applications. At the core of this platform is MSI’s Collaborative Bayesian Application Engineering Environment (CBAEE) for developing models supporting signature recognition, condition assessment, and decision support. This Collaborative Engineering ...

The use of Multistatic/Multi-platform ASW capabilities are needed to counter the improvement in capability of enemy submarines deployed by potential adversaries. The need exists for systems that provide a wide area search capability while at the same time providing sufficient standoff distances for friendly forces. The use of Multistatic receivers for active sonar sources can significantly incre ...

The development of a high pulse repetition rate (PRR) Marx generator, and the coupling of the Marx generator to the appropriate antenna system, will enable the development of a new series of radiation sources that not only have a high peak power output, but can be operated at high PRR. Such a pulsed power source will address the limitations of many current sources and provide a solution for many ...

Military and Law Enforcement groups are increasingly relying on small robotic Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) to perform a number of tasks. Many currently fielded UGVs perform admirably on the narrow set of tasks for which they were designed, but are generally unsuitable for tasks that vary too widely from the core competencies. Our Small Robot Infrastructure Tookit (SRIT) design, validated in P ...

Effective Naval warfare depends on accurate estimates of sensor performance in complex environments, which provides a force multiplier by allowing friendly forces to optimize their tactics while avoiding counterdetection. The shift in emphasis from open ocean to littoral operations has increased the demands on models of sonar performance because data must be sampled at an order-of-magnitude finer ...

In Phase II, Daniel H. Wagner Associates will build a full-scale prototype Multi-Sensor Data Fusion System (MSDFS) using a modular approach to allow for a straightforward transition of the innovative MSDFS technologies into the DD(X)/Open Architecture Track Management (OATM) architecture and also into other Navy combat and command and control systems, especially Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and To ...

There has been considerable research on noninvasive devices to collect physiological data from the body of soldiers. However, the performances of these devices are often limited due to lack of direct access to organ systems. One powerful solution is to implant, using advanced minimally invasive techniques, a millimeter or sub-millimeter size, but highly intelligent device within the body. Resent ...

TRS Technologies has developed high energy density components for Ferroelectric Generators (FEG's) and Capacitive Discharge Units. Our technology is based on advanced materials and processing resulting in high quality ferroelectrics with high mechanical and electrical strength. For Phase II, we will use these advantages to develop pulse power components for counter IED devices, directed energy w ...

This project will extend TerraTools(R), our COTS visual simulation database generation product, to generate material encoded databases with attributions containing relevant thermal and spectral parameters for each object in the scene to support non-visual, physics-based modeling. The output database will be formatted to support both government owned polygon-based systems, such as IRMA, and texel- ...

The performance of the JSF can be improved by reducing the weight of the propulsion system. The JSF is powered by either Pratt & Whitney’s (P&W) F135 engine or General Electric’s F136 engine. Both engines use a common exhaust system produced by P&W. One attractive approach to reducing the weight of the JSF propulsion system is to replace high density metal nozzle compo-nents with CMCs. In f ...