Award Data

The S-351 mini-sub is a prototype of the Dry Combat Submersible (DCS). This prototype was established as a means of risk reduction prior to a full commitment to the DCS program. Both of these platforms have an operational need to transit with minimum operator fatigue safely to a pre-defined point and covertly deploy and retrieve SEALS. To meet these operational needs, these platforms require upgra ...

Optical detection of objects hidden behind opaque layers is a challenging problem. As such, Person-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (PB-IEDs) underneath clothing continue to be a persistent threat to the military and law enforcement communities. Safe stand-off detection in crowds is needed for the confirmation, identification, and neutralization of PB-IEDs. Technologies previously investigated i ...

Advancements in thermal/infrared imaging can potentially permit improved detection of assets critical to the U.S. Warfighter, potentially affecting mission outcome. In other situations, improved heat trapping/thermal management may also be beneficial, especially in cold environments. To meet thermal management needs like these, Luna Labs proposes to develop a high-performing but more occupational ...

Military obscurants effectively absorb, scatter, or emit radiation in the visible, infrared and millimeter wavelength ranges to disrupt the line of sight between the target and observer. These aerosolized materials play a crucial role in preventing the detection of the US Warfighter by enemy sensors including seekers, trackers, optical devices, and the human eye. Recently, the Army has expressed i ...

Ultra-fast measurements of the frequency of a microwave transmission is a vital task for many military applications including interception and jamming of signals used in communications, radar detection and remote control of weapons. The rapid tracking of adversarial frequency-agile microwave signals allows one to swiftly identify threats, such as radar-guided anti-tank missiles, and undertake appr ...

Potomac Research LLC and the Ohio State University have developed the Hybrid Boolean Network Physical Unclonable Function (HBN-PUF) technology under STTR Topic #A18B-T001, which has revolutionary security and performance attributes compared to existing hardware authentication proposals.  The HBN-PUF provides hardware authentication as a firmware upgrade to Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) pro ...

The U.S. Army and other U.S. military agencies have made significant investments developing and demonstrating the use of distributed coherent beamforming techniques for tactical communications systems. Distributed beamforming provides scalability to communications, allowing a network of small size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) transceivers to cooperate their RF emissions and reception to enabl ...

Coherent Technical Services, Inc. (CTSi) and the University of Texas at Austin Radionavigation Lab (RNL) propose developing prototype modules that exploit Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) mega constellations to provide Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) data to mounted and dismounted troops. These prototypes will be compatible with the Mounted and Dismounted Assured PNT Systems (MAPS and DAPS, respective ...

Today’s soldiers and vehicles are equipped with sensors and devices that are ‘connected’ through boards, processors/chips, transceivers, and micro mechanical systems.  To design, fabricate and embed sensors and devices on the warfighter and to connect them efficiently is going to require multiple advanced manufacturing technologies: Subtractive Manufacturing (CNC), Additive Manufacturing (A ...

NATO is currently developing the Next-Generation Reference Mobility Model (NG-NRMM), which is used to determine terrain strength properties for mobility. The NG-NRMM relies heavily on in-situ measurements, which is a significant limitation for traversing unknown areas and combat zones. The MTRI Inc. and MTU team recently competed the A21C-T021 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) proj ...