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In this Phase I SBIR project, Fluid Ride will model, simulate, and virtually demonstrate their patented TRL5 Compressible Fluid Active Suspension Technology CFAST ability to improve soft soil mobility and mitigate road breakaway rollovers on 10-37 ton wheeled vehicles. Soft soil and road breakaway rollover are two of the largest mobility issues for military wheeled vehicles. Fluid Ride's CFAST has ...

In response to the A13-004 Remote Triage of Combat Casualties solicitation, MaXentric proposes the VitalWave system. The VitalWave system uses Doppler radar and radar imaging to assess the vital signs individuals. The use of Doppler radar allows for a system that can measure vital signs with no direct contact required. This allows first responders the ability to assess the vital signs of multiple ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes the development of a laser-based secure electronic component identification system which specifically addresses the risk of counterfeit parts at all points along the supply chain. The proposed approach non-destructively, covertly, and uniquely identifies each electronic component produced, allowing for retrieval of production time, location, batch/lot number, ...

The unique electronic properties of periodically-arranged indium arsenide/gallium antimonide (InAs/GaSb) mesas in the type-II strained layer superlattices (SLS) make them a superior alternative to the conventional HgCdTe sensors for longwave infrared focal plane array (LWIR FPA) detectors. However, despite the highly promising quantum features of SLS, its performance is currently limited by high ...

There is an urgent need for improved coating methods that increase protection while not impacting the weight and thermal performance of electronic boards. Current protective coatings are too thick and heavy, and prevent adequate heat dissipation of underlying electronics. To address this need, GVD Corporation and its team proposes to develop an ultra-thin, highly conformal coating. This coating ...

Combatant Commands (COCOMs) around the globe develop, evaluate, and refine courses of action (COAs) due to changing operational environments. Decision-support tools are needed to enable (1) flexible scenario creation to support the breadth of potential assets, threat conditions, and situational variations across the full spectrum of integrated air and missile defense, (2) quick COA evaluation at ...

Triton Systems proposes to leverage its extensive experience in developing lightweight, electrically conductive materials to develop weight-optimized solutions to mitigate direct effect of lightning strikes on missile bodies. Our design will accommodate for the expansion of composite rocket motor pressure vessels and various missile skin structures of large missiles. We will work closely with ou ...

FCO is representative of a fuel fire scenario which is a clear danger to solid rocket motors during logistical and operational scenarios. Fuel fires carry a high risk of inducing violent reactions which exceed the safety envelope of the munitions and cause significant collateral damage. Current methods of alleviating this risk such as Thermally Initiated Venting Systems (TIVS) have had difficult ...

The use of the heat of vaporization of the coolant can significantly reduce the required flow rate, and this reduction flows down throughout the thermal management system. Two-phase systems, however, are subject to buoyancy effects which can make them vulnerable to high-g maneuvers of military aircraft. Two-phase microchannel coolers can be designed such that surface tension effects dominate buo ...

Debris mitigation for both RF and EO/IR sensors is necessary for improving the BMDS against raid scenarios. The time and length scales important to debris mitigation span a large range, and are dependent upon engagement conditions. To address the problem of debris mitigation, accurate debris fields must be modeled for all potential engagement conditions, that is validated to the best sources of ...