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SOCOM needs powerplants that can combine the power density of gasoline fueled engines with the lowered fire hazard and logistical simplicity of Diesel fueled engines. The primary application is an outboard motor with a nominal rating of 55 hp. This engine also has applications for ultralight aircraft, marine and other platforms throughout the military. There are no commercially available produc ...

Q-Dot proposes to develop a wideband digital radar receiver outputting multiple simultaneous channels with 10 MHz bandwidth and 80 dB of spurious free dynamic range each. Q-Dot is teaming with Raytheon Electronics Systems to ensure the successful design of the Delta-Sigma Radar Receiver which meets the advanced specifications of Naval Research Labs' Future Surveillance Radar (FSR). The Delta-Sig ...

The feasibility of building small ultrasound imaging arrays with integrated electronics is explored. These arrays will ultimately be used to build laparoscopic, ultrasound imaging probes which can be used at forward military surgical locations or in emergency rooms and surgical suites. The methods for building miniature laparoscopic probes are described and arguments presented which indicated th ...

DFC, along with TSC and AIG, propose a Phase I effort to study the feasibility of subspace based signal processing algorithms for exploiting multi-spectral, multi-sensor data to detect targets concealed by foliage and/or man-made obstruction. Registration of dissimilar images is accomplished using geometric invariance.

Ultrafast imaging with concurrent signal processing in the IR and UV wavelengths is an important need for the development, control and evaluation of modern air-deliverable weapons systems. Unfortunately, current IR and UV detectors are relatively slow, have poor resolution, and are expensive. Similarly, conventional image signal processing equipment is relatively bulky, heavy and cumbersome. SM ...

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This Phase I Small Business Innovation Research proposal describes a means to develop extremely-affordable and high-performing multi-wavelength laser arrays for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) applications. The WDM transmitter module is based on vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers emitting in the 1530-1565nm region of flat gain in Er-doped fibers. Methods are described to produce preci ...

This project develops low-cost optical beamscanners using fast binary amplitude modulators. The modulators are solder-bumped to silicon drive circuits which have a programmable architecture for rapid, flexible array addressing. The multiple quantum well (MQW) based modulators operate at 850-860 nm with a random access speed over 100 MHz---faster than any known scanner. Preliminary simulation an ...

This proposal introduces an innovative robotic mechanism and control system designed to localize, track, and attach itself to a moving ground vehicle. Our proposed design is presented in detail, however the Phase I effort will evaluated a range of alternatives for all major components using a Kepner Tregoe analysis. This vehicle has many applications such as tracking and targeting enemy vehicles ...

A new approach to implementing self-routing switch for wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) fiber-optic network applications is proposed. This switch is based on an innovative wavelength router that divides the incident optical signal into separated spectral bands at two output ports. The wavelength router is insensitive to the polarization state of light signals, and has a low side-lobe cross ...