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In this Phase II SBIR project, Daniel H. Wagner Associates will develop a full-scale prototype Optimized Data Management Services (ODMS) for Tactical Environments and its primary service oriented components: the Enterprise Information Acquisition Service (EIAS) and the Information Flow Optimization Services (IFOS). Our main goal is to transition CMA service oriented components into current and eme ...

In Phase II, PiAC and CMU plan to develop and demonstrate an operational prototype of a VERTREP Object Proximity Warning System (OPWS) sensor and software. The prototype will be evaluated in a subscale demonstration using the actual sensor package and a surrogate mechanical system to simulate rotorcraft motion to land on a scaled ship deck undergoing pitch, roll, and heave motions. The operator wi ...

The U.S. Navy requires a new Environmental Wideband Acoustic Receiver and Source (EWARS) sensor to facilitate the gathering of environmental data from Navy ASW platforms. The newly developed EWARS sensor must be deployable in shallow and deep environments, and be capable of operating over a broad spectrum of frequencies. EWARS also requires calibration accuracy, digital uplink format/precision, an ...

A novel yet mature technique will be used to assimilate coherent-source multistatic ASW data obtained from drifting acoustic sources and receivers. We will demonstrate the technique's ability to correctly estimate the locations of drifting buoys from acoustic data only even when the buoys may drift significant distances during a mission.

Satellite RF components suffer from an additional design limitation that does not concern their terrestrial counterparts: multipaction, an electron avalanche effect that can reduce performance or permanently damage devices under certain conditions. To avoid the onset of this effect, the traditional options are increasing the component size (more specifically, gap widths) or reducing operating powe ...

TRS proposes to develop an extremely low frequency sonar projector transducer miniaturized through specific designs that allow incorporation into an array on the large diameter underwater vehicles. Piezoelectric single crystal growth technology based on PMN-PT has advanced the acoustic transduction capabilities and has revolutionized various sonar platforms and TRS will utilize second- and third-g ...

This program is to develop a compact, portable refrigeration and heating system for the Marines that interfaces with existing gear, including a MOPP suit worn under full battle dress. This system will effectively cool the user in the most demanding high-temperature environments while alternately acting as a heating system for both cold-weather operations and to prevent hypothermia (a particularly ...

The noise from the turbulent, hot, supersonic jets at take-offs and landings dominates noise emanating from other powerplant components and has significant safety implications for launch personnel, as well as by the integrity of the structural components of the deck itself. With the impending induction of the JSF/F-35B into the US Navy in the near-future, concerns regarding noise emissions have ta ...

Kutta Technologies proposes an effort to integrate mission planning services with the BYG-1 graphical user interface through a service oriented architecture (SOA). Kutta"s SOA will provide common control across heterogeneous vehicles with a focus on vehicle interoperability, shared area management, and collaborative mission views with standardized data interfaces such as Joint Architecture for Unm ...

An innovative approach for incorporating the coupled interaction between a ship airwake and rotor downwash in real-time dynamic interface simulations is proposed. The approach employs a database of high-fidelity ship-alone and coupled rotor-ship airwake CFD simulations to train an artificial neural network (ANN) based model of the recirculation effects due to the rotor downwash interaction with sh ...