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"SSSC is pleased to propose the development and delivery of a Hostile Fire Indication Sensor (HFIS) based on the Phase I design concept. The resulting system will limit the number of circuit card assemblies to two: one for the short wave infrared (SWIR)

Boron carbide (B4C) ceramic is one of the hardest materials available and, in the form of a fiber composite, it is expected to improve ballistic performance of personal armor and armored vehicles. Due to the nature of its covalent bond, it is very difficult to manufacture full density boron carbide. Commercially, boron carbide is produced by reacting boron oxide (B2O3) and carbon in an electric ar ...

Use of data from multiple sensors provides the opportunity for improved ballistic missile defense search and tracking. Algorithms for combining multi-sensor data are required. Ballistic missile defense sensor data fusion is a challenging problem because of incompatibility in coordinate systems for different sensors, which makes it difficult to transfer variance and covariance information, and beca ...

Thermal batteries are a power source for most MDA weapons systems. Some of these applications place severe constraints on battery weight and size. The key components of thermal batteries are typically made by hydraulically pressing powders into"pellets". The pellets must be greater than a minimum thickness to avoid breakage, and for batteries that must supply high current for a short time this ...

The overall goal of this Army SBIR program is to develop innovative solutions for mitigation of high-frequency rotor induced whole body vibration of seated occupants in helicopters while providing failsafe adaptive crash safety that surpasses the limited protection provided by the current seat-mounted passive shock absorbers. To meet ARMY's immediate needs, in this SBIR program Materials Tech ...

In Phase I, NTI conceptualized, designed, and demonstrated an enhanced Army Cognitive Readiness Assessment (ACRA) system that contained several innovations likely to revolutionize the way neurocognitive testing is carried out in the future. The initial effort expanded the number and range of ACRA tests, allowing application to all jobs and missions in DoD. A"test battery generator"was designed t ...

Neuroscience is rapidly expanding beyond its traditional role in the clinic to a practical method of evaluating cognitive performance in the field. The transition of clinical neuroscience tools into operational environments is of particular interest to the military due to the need for soldiers to perform increasingly complex tasks under extremely difficult conditions. Successful transition into op ...

Hydrothermal vents emit large amounts of hot water, which has the potential to produce electric power. This type of power source can enable remote sea sensors, recharge autonomous underwater vehicles, and facilitate a variety of deep sea activities. Developing a power system for this application is challenging because the environment is extremely corrosive, mineral precipitation and biological act ...

In an effort to facilitate and further expedite the integration of the JTRS MUOS waveform to a large diversity of hardware platforms, GIRD Systems seeks to define and develop a methodology, including necessary tools and artifacts, needed to assess and improve the waveform portability effort. The developments are intended to be hardware agnostic and will provide the necessary artifacts to reduce th ...

An advanced rotorcraft induced velocity software module has been developed for enhancing the fidelity of real-time piloted simulations of rotorcraft shipboard operations. This software module is built upon real-time solutions of the full-span, free-vortex rotor wake combined with fast panel models. An innovation of the modeling approach is an approximate method for including rotorcraft wake intera ...