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The overall goal of the Phase II work is to advance novel tissue-integrating lactate sensors towards human testing as rapidly as possible (proposal does not include human testing itself). A single sensor injected subcutaneously can provide months of continuous physiological monitoring data transmitted wirelessly through near-infrared light for remote monitoring. This proposal includes activities s ...

The Advanced Electronic Development Program (AEDP) will develop prototypes of photonic and digital components. Under AEDP, electronic equipment will be developed and prototyped, with components integrated for a capability demonstration. This work will be performed under the Phase II SBIR program.

Low resolution quality of operational data, size of objects of interest, view occlusions, and crowded scenes degrade the performance of state-of-art region saliency and object recognition approaches when applied to overhead sensor data. We have developed a technology to automatically detect and recognize multitude of objects of potential interest providing an object recognition decision with a hig ...

ABSTRACT:Current space COMSEC units are quite large (not suitable for NanoSats or CubeSats), are based on 1980s technology, and do not take advantage of modern protocols or data standards.They are also predicated on unique communications equipment and built to only meet the Space-Ground Link System specification, which is not at all designed to be compatible with modern interfaces or networking so ...

Arete Associates has developed a compact lightweight lidar system for precision bathymetry and topography suitable for operation from a small tactical unmanned aerial vehicle. The subject of this Phase 2 SBIR is to adapt this existing system to perform submarine detection, classification, and localization. System adaptations include hardware upgrades to optimize ASW performance, implementation of ...

CAMX Power is proposing to develop a real-time early warning fault indication system for Navy Li-ion batteries to significantly enhance the safety of these batteries and hence allow them to be deployed in a wide range of applications. Our Phase I effort showed that the CAMX Power Early Warning Fault Detection Technology for Li-ion batteries is well suited to redundant implementation for added secu ...

In 2010, ES3/USAF qualified LHE Zn-Ni electroplating process to replace cadmium plating on Landing Gear components. Hill AFB implemented an LHE Zn-Ni plating line in 2013 to replace all cadmium plated components with follow-on plans to terminate all cadmium plating. The F-16 has many components that are coated with cadmiuma known carcinogen. The F-16 Program office has identified the wing attachme ...

Spark proposes to develop a transformative heat-to-electricity conversion device based on thermionic energy conversion for portable power, unmanned systems and other military / commercial applications. Thermionic energy conversion has the potential to leapfrog competing solid-state conversion in efficiency and power density, but has been largely neglected for decades. The proposed research is a un ...

We propose to develop a lower body exoskeleton device that will enable the wearer to perform super-human running with a reduced metabolic cost. As the carry load and protective gear of the modern war fighter increases, the soldiers agility is significantly limited and their metabolic cost of movement increases. The proposed exoskeleton will allow the soldier to perform dynamic movements such as ...

ABSTRACT: The U.S. Air Force has a need to develop a new class of advanced, wide field of view (WFOV) imaging sensors that sample the radiation field in multiple modes: spectral, temporal, polarization, and detailed object shape. These multimodal sensors are to be deployed on high altitude drones to enhance their intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. Smaller versions o ...