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In this effort, Physical Sciences Inc. will develop and implement algorithms and hardware to perform the fusion of information obtained from multiple LWIR passive hyperspectral sensors to provide the capability to determine the extent, absolute geo-location, and 3-D concentration distribution of chemical threat clouds from mobile platforms. The effort will be conducted in conjunction with Professo ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Electrochemical Home Monitoring System for Lithium Blood Level Lithium in the form of lithium carbonate is an important pharmacological treatment option in bipolar disorder (BD) and other conditions. However, lithium has a narrow therapeutic treatment range and its use requires careful monitoring of a patient's lithium blood level, particularly during the ...

In Phase I of this SBIR, Diversified Technologies, Inc. (DTI) developed a design for a compact, rugged, capacitor-charging converter for the Navy Electromagnetic Railgun (EMRG) program. Evaluation and testing of critical design elements were completed, and prototype subassemblies are planned under the Phase I option. This development will allow production of two prototype units in Phase II. To dat ...

The use of composite materials in Naval structures continues to expand as the materials systems along with their engineering design and analysis capabilities advance. To that end, it is becoming paramount that real-time assessments be made of these materials while they are in-service to ensure decreased life-cycle costs and allow the designers to fully realize the benefits of these material system ...

Boston Engineerings Advanced Systems Group is collaborating with Prof. Holly Yanco at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell to develop a design science for robot-operator interfaces under a DARPA Phase I STTR program. Our program, called Robot Linked User Control and Interface Design (R-LUCID), is aimed at distilling and understanding the components of interaction including robot capability, ...

This SBIR aims to develop a novel method for detection of bondline damage in composite joints. The implementation of structural health monitoring (SHM) into aerospace applications has been hindered by component quantity, including sensors, cables, and acquisition/computation units, as well as data quality. Particularly for large-area applications such as wing skins, complexity of the implied syste ...

This SBIR aims to develop an efficient approach for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of submersible Navy composites. This research leverages hardware previously developed by Metis Design Corporation (MDC), including distributed digitization hardware, piezoelectric-based damage-localization sensors, and a data accumulation hub. Collaborating with Goodrich EPP (now UTC Aerospace), during Phase I M ...

Triton Systems, teamed with a major US manufacturer of optical glass and night vision components, will further develop an innovative manufacturing process for anti-reflection coatings on the front lens surface of soldier optics of all kinds. The new process will significantly improve the glint reduction atlarge angles of incidence compared to current methods. The new anti-reflectance technology wi ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Bacterial contamination of platelets is considered the greatest infectious risk of blood product transfusion today at about 1 in 2000 platelet units, which is several orders of magnitude greater than that of HIV. Bacterial contamination at high levels can lead to severe morbidity or mortality in transfusion recipients. The American Association of Blood Banks is ...

ABSTRACT: MATSYS proposes to develop high energy density reactive materials to enhance the performance of Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT). We propose to develop the technology for small fragmentation warhead with high lethality and low collateral damage (LCD). We plan to achieve our goal using a powder metallurgy (PM) approach to fabricate a high reactivity, self consuming, controll ...