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In response to Army SBIR Topic A12-057 entitled Launch-able Tagline and Remote Anchor System, Triton Systems, Inc. proposes to develop an anchor system that when launched across a river or upstream can proof-load an anchor with a tagline running back to the launch site. Semi-permanent tactical bridging operations often require anchor points to be established to maintain a bridge position. These ...

This effort will focus on developing new SAL signal processing approaches and algorithms for pulse discrimination in dirty battlefields and active EOCM environments. This will be accomplished by identifying specific candidate approaches and algorithms, and evaluating them to select the most promising. Subsequent phases of this effort will design and prototype the selected algorithms and demonstrat ...

The objective of proposed work is to demonstrate the feasibility of obtaining AlGaN films of any composition with dislocation densities below 1x106 cm-2 on native nitride substrates either by sustaining a pseudomorphic state or by reducing the number of threading dislocations by specific stress relieving schemes at the interfaces or within the thickness of the layers.

A need exists within the Nett Warrior program to wirelessly charge soldier mounted electronic devices. Currently soldiers either carry extra batteries or dismount their electronics and deal with the logistics of a variety of cords to charge their electronic devices. Current wireless inductive chargers suffer from range limitations, and require complex control electronics to properly couple the t ...

The overall objective of this program is to enhance significantly charge transfer from biological molecules to nanostructured electrode surfaces. To achieve this objective, we plan to use combination of three approaches: 1) Develop an effective means for integrating the biological molecules onto the anode and cathode surfaces of the nanostructured electrodes, 2) Reduce the distance between the act ...

The main limitations in the use of conventional sensor arrays for acoustic reconnaissance are its required size and its rigid structure. In order to overcome these limitations without compromising the array sensitivity, it is of crucial importance to develop new concepts and techniques allowing sound concentration in small areas, directivity values beyond the conventional limits related to the tot ...

Our objective is to develop a novel method for structurally orienting enzymes onto an electrode surface. The technology will significantly increase the electron transfer efficiency of the electrode and thereby enable a state-of-the-art energy source for low power military and commercial systems. The proposed enzymatic fuel cell (EFC) will leverage ongoing research at both CFDRC and the Universit ...

Torch proposes the development of an efficient, high fidelity approach for the development of terrain models suitable for use in high fidelity electro-optical and infrared scene rendering applications and simulations. Torch will decrease developmental complexity and timelines through the development of characterization, artifact rectification, discrete and scene element development algorithms to ...

The Army is interested in developing conductive polymer materials that have a very high conductivity, but are also processable into a range of particle shapes and sizes. These anisotropic particles will be tuned to provide obscuration properties in broad portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. PSI, and its partner Prof. Jennifer Irvin at the Texas State University, will develop two parallel pa ...

The overall objective of this work is to develop whole-body anthropometric models (containing both skin and interior anatomy) to cover individual body shape variations in the design of protective equipment as well as to identify critical fit and form issues and their associated impacts. Starting from a Template Body Model with Interior Anatomy (TBMIA), this work aims to develop automated algorithm ...