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Back-up power equipment, such as engine-driven generator systems, undergo performance degradation over time that can prevent them from functioning properly in critical situations. Ensuring the reliability of back-up power systems during power outages not only allows for the continuation of normal operations, but also can mitigate potential threats to national security. Improved diagnostic and prog ...

Feeding troops in the field is arguably the most critical component of force sustainment.The Army has been engaged in a multi-year effort to improve the fuel-fired appliances used in field kitchens for preparing UGR-A ration menus.This effort is primarily intended to improve the energy efficiency and environmental conditions of field kitchens.A range of different appliances are provided in field k ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop an unmanned aircraft system based bioaerosol detection capability that is cued to a region of interest using non-specific, persistent and wide area thermal imagers commonly deployed for surveillance.The detection capability, referred to as Bio-MAV, will fold into a recursive Bayesian classifier (RBC) processing module currently being developed by PS ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) proposes to design, fabricate, and test printed structures with embedded RF components.These components include traces, waveguides, antennas, and connectors.SI2s materials are printed directly from a computer file in an ambient environment without any tooling, masks, etc.SI2s extensive materials printing and RF design experience will be brought to bear, affording light ...

Physical Sciences Inc. and Q-Peak Inc. propose to develop and demonstrate a compact, LWIR Lidar based on a state-of-the art LWIR laser transmitter to supplement aircraft survivability equipment. A Lidar operating in the LWIR provides new capability in terms of ranging and tracking next generation surface-to-air missiles at enhanced ranges. In the Phase I program, the team developed a systems archi ...

US Army operations rely on air and missile defense (AMD) systems to provide fully integrated low altitude air defense against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and other low flying fixed and rotary wing targets, as well as tactical ballistic nuclear, biological and chemical warheads. Metamagnetics Inc. proposes to develop a cost-effective and compact auto-tune filter (ATF) that rapidly an ...

In this Subsequent Phase II SBIR proposal Physical Sciences Inc. outlines the continued development of its electronic infrared (IR) flare illuminator technology that meets the Armys specifications for the M-278 IR flare while overcoming documented safety and reliability issues with the current chemical (illuminant) based IR flare. Specifically, PSI will address remaining elements of technical risk ...

BlueRISC proposes a fundamental software assurance model upon which an automated tool will be built for inferring as to exploitability as well as malicious nature of the software under investigation. The proposed model enables a passive characterization of software that is able to drive an active testing framework complemented with machine learning. This reduces false positive and false negative o ...

This proposal details the design of key MMIC components architected in a phased array antenna to allow WGS compliance with the MIL-STD-180/164 specification. The proposal draws upon the extensive design experience with GaAs and GaN of Custom MMIC, coupled with the substantial system knowledge of Ball Aerospace. The proposal details how this knowledge of the key system parameters allows us to addre ...

MORSE Corp proposes to develop the Parachute Olefin-polysulfone Obfuscating Film (POOF) airdrop concept. POOF consists of a canopy constructed of transparent olefin polysulfone films that depolymerize into a benign gas when raised above a tunable transition temperature. The films depolymerization will be triggered by Joule heating, with a secondary transience mechanism utilizing free radical gener ...