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To address the SOCOM need for an integrated system for enhancing the situational awareness of combat swimmers, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Situational-Awareness Enhancing Adaptive Lightweight Head-Mounted Display (SEAL-HMD). This proposed system is based on conformal diffractive optic waveguide retrofitted into existing full facemask (FFM) visors or designed into ne ...

The proposed Phase II SBIR Program aims to develop and test a compact, integrated system suitable for conducting RF direction finding (DF) and geolocation in near-real time from a small airborne platform. QUASAR Federal Systems will produce a system suitable for integration into Unmanned Aircraft Systems as small as a MEUAS (e.g., Boeing ScanEagle) or an aerostat and provide both signal intercept ...

Sand flies are carriers of Leishmania infection (leishmaniasis), a disease common to tropical and subtropical countries. Millions of people are infected every year, and thousands of fatalities are attributed to this disease. American military personnel and their allies currently stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan are being infected with leishmaniasis. An effective strategy to prevent the spread of ...

Mimosa Acoustics will develop a portable binaural audiological device, based on our successful HearID system. HearID is a clinical system for otoacoustic emission and middle-ear power analysis testing; it is FDA and CE-marked. The new system will have the ability to conduct a variety of audiological tests especially for use in hearing-conservation programs, including: flexible otoacoustic emission ...

Farus, LLC proposes to develop a novel burn assessment tool based upon THz imaging that will be aid in determining severity and boundaries. THz is ideally suited to burn wound imaging because it is extremely sensitive to water, robust to scattering, non-ionizing, and does not require contrast agents. A complete THz imaging system developed by a UCLA research team successfully scanned skin burns o ...

To address the OSD-DHP need to enhance the user experience in the virtual environment for rehabilitating and supporting wounded veterans, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Enhanced Immersion Virtual Support (EIViS) system. The proposed EIViS system is based on novel integration of real-time facial, head, and body tracking and morphing software and a new wearable haptic b ...

Accurate assessment of burn size, depth and the compromise of normal tissue physiology, as well as the tracking of wound response, is essential for successful treatment of burns and one of the major problems that face clinicians and surgeons. The primary method of burn wound assessment is subjective clinical evaluation which is neither accurate nor consistent between care givers. For this propose ...

We propose to develop a swift, non-contact imaging-based solution to objectively assess variable depths of injury in burned soldiers while suggesting appropriate standardized treatment plans. Currently, determination of burn depth and healing outcomes has been limited to subjective assessment or a single modality, e.g., laser Doppler imaging. Such measures have proven less than ideal. Recent devel ...

To address the SOCOM need for a micro weather station with the accuracy of current larger fielded systems but small enough to fly on a micro unmanned aircraft system (UAS) or to be handheld for field and tactical use, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) is developing the Optical Wave Guide Integrated Weather Sensor (WAGIS). This system is based on novel POC sensing and imaging technologies combined ...

To address the OSD need for web-based, Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM)-compliant, photorealistic, virtual medical training tools in a serious medical game, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Serious Medical Online/