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Job related hearing loss is a growing issue with active and retired military personnel. Ear protection is critical to prevent such injury, but personnel in variable pressure environments, such as pilots, often cannot use the best hearing protection due to pressure changes risking barotrauma. Current physiological monitoring systems can measure in-ear pressure levels, but require customized ear pie ...

Boston Engineerings proposed project significantly increases the Navys capabilities by providing a technology that performs superbly in tactically critical littoral and VSW applications currently unaddressed. We propose to advance the existing technology readiness level (TRL) by combining our GhostSwimmer AUV with actuation, sensing, payload, and processing technology as applicable. Our proposed p ...

The Phase 1 SBIR project addressed a significant vulnerability of the SeaLancet RT-1944/U Communication System: its susceptibility to jamming. This vulnerability can affect the ability of the Navy to provide Mine Countermeasures because the SeaLancet is being used as part of the Mine Countermeasures Mission Package in the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program. The overall objective of this Phase II e ...

Retractable mooring fixtures are a critical component on the flight deck of a DDG51 class Navy ship. The chocks and bitts must be recessed below the deck level for helicopter operations, while reliably and easily deployed for mooring situations. The current mooring fixtures do not stand up to the highly corrosive environment of the flight deck and the lack of maintenance reduces the reliability of ...

Carrier aviation is dependent on the ability to recover aircraft expeditiously and safely aboard ship. The system that arrests the aircraft, the Arresting Gear system, utilizes slippers or bearing materials between moving components. A major shortcoming of the current slipper material is its swelling when exposed to ethylene glycol, which causes clearance issues in the operating equipment, resulti ...

Physical Sciences, Inc. (PSI) has developed a nanoparticle chaff that yields an ultraviolet (UV) light absorbing cloud upon dissemination from a center burster cartridge. During the Phase I program we utilized UV extinction data, Mie Scattering calculations and cloud radiance models to optimize both the chemistry and particle size for the UV absorbing material. We have demonstrated chaff cloud for ...

Phase 2 contract will result in the development of a C-band PA and LNA with enhanced performance over existing products. The use of innovative topologies and lumped element layouts will result in a 50% reduction in die size. This reduction coupled with the use of yield enhancing current mirrors will drastically reduce the cost of the elements needed for these phased arrays.

In the proposed Phase II enhancement, SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) proposes to build on our Phase I and II efforts and continue to develop a wideband conformal antenna suite for incorporation into and employment on small tactical unmanned aerial systems (STUAS) in support of various and selected radio payloads. The research, development, acquisition, and support of the conformal antenna suite will ...

In this Phase II effort, FIRST RF will demonstrate array technology enabling highly directive multi-beam TCDL communications using phased arrays integrated on the Fire Scout UAV platform. Phased array systems allow for dynamic beam steering with graceful degradation. These arrays also have the benefit of a narrow azimuth radiation pattern conducive to point-to-point communications and networking w ...

Future high-speed heat seeking missiles require aerodynamic infrared dome shapes that reduce drag and provide a larger unvignetted field of view. These shapes require new fabrication methods and tools as well as new metrology techniques to accurately measure physical attributes and optical performance. Significant progress has been made in all aspects of producing an optical ogive dome from CeraNo ...