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In this Phase II SBIR project, Daniel H. Wagner Associates (DHWA), with NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), MARK Resources, Inc. (MRI), and Spatial Integrated Systems (SIS) as our subcontractors, will develop a prototype lightweight, low-cost Wave Detection, Prediction, and Reaction System (WDPRS), and then test and evaluate its performance at-sea. The proposed WDPRS is designed to reduce the h ...

Combat units operating on foot in remote regions are highly dependent on electrical energy for communications, navigation and sensing. As the use of electronic devices on the battlefield increases, so will the need for electrical energy independence. At present, power is provided by carrying a large weight of batteries (as much as 20 lbs), which when added to their usual 80-lb packs, represents ...

The proposed system is a wide field of view helmet mounted system that will incorporate short wave infrared (SWIR) camera technology with dual imaging lenses placed just above the operator’s eyes, and fused with a thermal long wave infrared sensor (LWIR). The Sage Team will take a component approach (sensor, processor, and display) that offers the best leverage of commercial technology. The Sage ...

The CommLift Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is an alternate and novel approach to providing long range, over-the-horizon, communications for surface vessels; it uses a tethered electric UAV to carry a radio payload to suitable altitude, rather than an aerostat. The tether provides power from an unmanned surface vessel (USV) to the UAV and also bi-directional com ...

CTIs solution for the Maritime Airborne SOA Integration SBIR program provides a comprehensive Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) that will leverage the connectivity of the GIG to enable Network Centric interoperability and collaboration between Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Forces (MPRF) airborne platforms, sensor systems and authorized users. This SOA will provide a flexible, automatically ...

ABSTRACT:In this phase II effort we will commercialize the high speed, high power, modified uni-traveling carrier (MUTC) photodiodes (PDs). To this end, we will develop reliable packaging solutions for discrete PDs, PD arrays, balanced PDs and waveguide based PDs. We will also transition the chip fabrication process for continuous, high volume supply of quality MUTC PD chips. In the first six mont ...

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) continue to be the most significant threat affecting our troops today. Efficient electromagnetic capabilities that facilitate detection, identification, classification and geo-location of IEDs and associated subcomponents are critical. Nearly all IEDs utilized commercial electronic devices as triggering mechanisms. Examples include pagers, handheld radios, ga ...

ABSTRACT: Some military aircraft engines utilize fuel as the working fluid in engine nozzle actuation systems. RCT proposes a prototype design, build and test effort resulting in a high temperature, high reliability class of an electromagnetic actuator with minimal/no heat load on aircraft cooling systems. Size and weight are consistent with aircraft engine limits and are applicable to manned a ...

Certification of systems with Information Assurance requirements is challenging and expensive due to the lack of powerful abstractions that permit separation of concerns. Current methods consider systems in total at the implementation level and the resulting complexity leads to expensive an inaccurate system characterizations. A need exists to provide representations of diverse, yet coordinated, ...

A compact, rugged, mobile, integrated automated-identification-technology warehouse system will be designed, built and demonstrated for use in military environments. The system will be scalable and able to provide management and visibility in local, regional and global environments. The system will employ a variety of technologies including active and passive RFID tags; agile scanners able to r ...