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Small arms fire is still one of the greatest threats to military personnel on the ground in theater of operation. Existing acoustic body-worn gunfire detection units can provide some protection, but acoustic signals can be unreliable in highly echoic environments such as urban spaces. The single sensor modality systems currently deployed do not provide sufficiently reliable detection and localizat ...

We propose to detect and track each member of a large flock of birds or other flying objects using Geiger-mode 3D imaging lidar. Lidar provides 3D positions of each object at specific times. The depth coordinate enables robust disambiguation of objects whose tracks would appear to cross in 2D camera-based systems. The high measurement rate and extreme sensitivity of Geiger-mode lidar enables safe, ...

Triton Systems, developer of field-deployed military cold-chain technologies, proposes to create a system for just-in-time delivery of whole blood by UAV. Triton has partnered with industry leaders to create a system that can deliver whole blood in the field using UAS.

Cyber attacks continue to be a growing concern for the US Army—tanks and other vehicles rely heavily on commercial computer and electronic systems, many of which were not designed with cyber security in mind. One vulnerable protocol is the Controller Area Network (CAN), ubiquitous in military and commercial vehicles. CAN has little built-in security (it has neither confidentiality nor authentica ...

Based on our MEMS fabrication and optical system production experience, Photonwares proposes to realize a novel beam scanner that holds the promise of meeting all the program required performance. The proposed scanner is based on the same mechanism as the conventional back and forth moving magnet galvanometer, but with an entirely new planar configuration. Its rotating rotor is made of a low mass ...

Triton will demonstrate the feasibility and maturation of an autonomous and remote fuel agitation and certification approach that is needed to determine the feasibility of executing an autonomous fueling mission with no human-in-the-loop. The Autonomous and Robotic Remote Refueling Point (AR3P) concept is a project addressing the range and on-station time limitations and mission risks faced by cur ...

The Army’s Autonomous and Robotic Remote Refueling Point (AR3P) requires remote and autonomous agitation, filtration, and certification of aviation fuel to execute fueling missions with no human-in-the-loop and still meet all fuel delivery requirements, such as those in ATP 3.04.94 and ATP 4.43. FTL’s “Autonomous Filtration, Agitation, and Certification Technology (AFACT)” uses Commercial- ...

Opioids are a class of drug compounds that pose lethal threats to the warfighter even in small quantities. However, the rapid identification of opioid intoxication in individuals before the onset of more deleterious and lethal effects remains a foundational gap in clinical diagnosis and sensing technology. Current diagnosis in the field relies almost entirely on buddy aid, leaving a strong need fo ...

All US Armed Forces personnel are trained on using auto-injectors (AIs) such as the ATNAA (Antidote Treatment – Nerve Agent Auto-Injector) and CANA (Convulsant Antidote for Nerve Agent) for use against nerve agent poisoning. Although effective, these AIs have many shortcomings, including risk of nerve and bone damage, accidental injection, and are not designed to provide rapid sequential doses o ...

Triton Systems, Inc, will develop a novel point-of-care (POC) diagnostic device for use in therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). The proposed system will consist of low cost, easy-to-use devices that can perform quantitative analysis of immunosuppressive dru