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Alanthus and its partner Brayton Energy, LLC proposes to develop the engineering design for a rugged, collapsible solar concentrator to support tactical alternative energy production. This integrated system will use a number of Alanthus and Brayton innovations and will have the following characteristics: Use of a lightweight, low cost, mobile, easily fabricated Cassegrain collection unit t ...

Terrorist organizations and other covert groups operate in independent units dispersed throughout the battlespace. Their structure and continuously adapting tactics present a complex and subtle profile that can be difficult to detect and track. In operations against such enemies, detailed depictions of friendly and enemy social networks become as important as maps of the physical terrain in conve ...

OV proposes a mobile device which can help the warfighter search through large volumes of available ISR data and provide alerts to changing battlefield conditions in spite of the bandwidth and attention challenges of field operation. The device will use a state-of-the-art smart platform (Intel Atom Moorestown) and operating system (Android) to provide high power computing in a small, low-power pa ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will design a flexible and scalable system capable of ingesting data from disparate media sources, application of complex workflow and mediation processes, and serving of transcoded media to multiple subscribers. The proposed system will utilize a modular plug-in framework enabling first-party and third-party developers to create custom modul ...

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is pursuing high-performance aluminum castings for structural components of the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV). Aluminum alloy A206 has been considered for these applications; however, this alloy is susceptible to hot tearing during casting, and has inferior stress-corrosion cracking (SCC) resistance. Under this proposed SBIR program, QuesTek Innovations ...

The Techshot Autonomous Battery Management System (ABMS) is the ideal solution to the stored battery problems experienced today. The Techshot ABMS reduces operating costs via an automated battery management system. The ABMS is suitable for both smart and dumb rechargeable batteries, as well as a myriad of battery types commonly used across the Department of Defense. The Techshot ABMS is an automat ...

Reduce the logistical costs associated with the deleterious effects of long term storage of rechargeable lithium based batteries. The self discharge characteristics of rechargeable batteries necessitates monitoring to prevent permanent damage and attendant replacement cost. Utilize RFID technology to build a wireless system to monitor individual battery"s charge condition. Develop a portable integ ...

InScope Solutions proposes to develop an intelligent battery management system for the Marine Corps that is capable of fully autonomous maintenance, management, charging and testing of rechargeable batteries. Two derivatives of this system are proposed, one designed for maintenance only functions for use in storage facilities and one with bulk charging, testing and catastrophic battery fault handl ...

This proposal aims to develop a comprehensive, dynamic, web-based Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) framework for data mining, diagnostics, prognostics and maintenance trends. This framework will translate the data into information and will integrate and combine information from multiple models and model types (e.g., physics-based, probability-based, reliability-based, and data-driven) to ex ...

Develop analytical and empirical formulations based on critical test data for reliable fatigue and crack growth life predictions of long spectrum histories involving high frequency small amplitude vibratory loading cycles. Extend these formulations to account for surface conditions, treatments and finishes, and residual stresses. Incorporate these analytical formulations in Navy programs such as F ...