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This DOD Phase I SBIR program would develop high-frequency, surface-mounted nanomembrane based strain sensors for non-intrusive pressure measurements. Such non-intrusive pressure sensors will be implemented using a series of surface-mounted high frequency nanomembrane strain sensors and supporting data acquisition and signal processing electronics, that are applied to existing gun tubes for dynami ...

The Army has a need to catch and recover projectiles after launch without damage to assess internal ballistics, design strength, and the function of the critical munition components (e.g. deployable fins and fuzes) . There is currently no system that can catch and recover large munitions traveling at high speeds without damaging the projectile. Current materials used to soft catch projectiles cons ...

Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) cross-cuts fires, aviation, other operations, and many aspects of Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and education, Personnel, and Facilities (DOTMLPF).  Knowledge of the interdependencies is critical to CEMA planning and executing a combined arms effect inside cyberspace.  This integration is a new concept and the transition is still i ...

Increasingly capable Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) have made the accurate identification of such threats an important aspect of battlefield situational awareness. Army Counter-fire Target Acquisition (CTA) radars, including the man-portable AN/TPQ-50 and larger long-range AN/TPQ-53, provide the greatest opportunity to incorporate more advanced air target classification techniques because they are ...

Modern GMTI radar systems can detect the movement of unwanted clutter, including wind-blown foliage, waves, and rotating objects. The resulting false alarms create a distraction for radar operators who can miss critical information or improperly allocate resources. Machine Learning (ML) techniques provide a means of classifying detections and discarding these false alarms. In doing so, radar sensi ...

Modern AiTR approaches can be significantly improved by understanding how DoD training doctrine can be incorporated into the AiTR problem.  DoD training enables persons with limited a priori knowledge of different military actions to reliably classify potential threats based on some simple rules about the relationships between entity components (e.g., wheels, wings, rotors, windows). Most modern ...

U.S. Army sensor systems are complex and include many optical elements of different infrared lensing materials (Ge, ZnS, GaAs, and CaF2) to fully compensate for the optical aberrations over the broad 3-12 micron band.  Typical anti-reflective (AR) interference coatings are employed on the infrared optics to reduce Fresnel reflections.  However, broadband AR (BBAR) interference coatings for 3-12 ...

The objective of this effort is for Enginuity to develop a Ruggedized Integrated Hybrid GenSet (RIHGS) 2-5 kW load following variable output power/energy system into a lightweight JP-8 fuel burning engine. The First Phase of this effort will include the use of a model / simulation tool and analysis to evaluate alternative electro-mechanical and hybrid technologies to incorporate into the Enginuity ...

The development of dual band imager lens assembly designs through the application of new Calcium Lanthanum Sulfide (CLS) materials and by utilizing additional degrees of freedom such as a curved image plane.  The goal is to advance the state of the art of dual band optics by both improving performance and reducing complexity.  These performance improvements and potential for reduced system cost ...

We propose to study the feasibility of novel high fidelity background clutter generation approaches, tuned specifically toward dual-color IR clutter generator including all the IR wavelength regimes (SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR). Special attention will be paid to component availability and operational readiness of projector hardware, firmware and software components. The exit criteria for phase I is a ...