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A system to covertly communicate in underwater acoustic shallow water environment for Naval applications is described. Techniques for clandescent and directional communication are evaluated. Broadband underwater communications are developed.

Hemorrhage remains a largely unsolved problem and a leading cause of preventable deaths in both civilian and military arenas. Component blood therapy constituting of equal ratios of pRBCs, fresh frozen plasma and platelets have been shown to decrease mortality in hemorrhage patients. Platelet units are currently unavailable at forward operating military treatment facilities due to their short shel ...

The objective of the proposal is to reduce the cost of fabrication of sapphire optical hyper-hemispheres for submarine masts. Due to the nature of sapphire, deriving complex geometries from grown boules using current conventional fabrication techniques is one of the major contributors to cost. Removing excess material requires long diamond tool grinding cycles. New advances in ultrasonic technolog ...

The objective of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project is to develop a comprehensive RF link analysis tool for modeling air-to-air, air-to-ground, air-to-surface and air-to-satellite tactical communications in a multi-node, physical network environment. The proposed tool will be equipped with a very fast, state-of-the-art, 3D polarimetric ray tracing solver, will interface with co ...

A computational fluid dynamic module for the simulation of small (1-10 µm) reactive solid and molten volcanic particles in gas turbine engines has been proposed. Volcanic ash experimental data is used as a basis for the material properties. A first principles based particle framework has been described that will account for the various physical phenomena in the system. A dual approach has been co ...

Modern aviation platforms and systems must be able to provide sustained operations in a wide variety of environments. These systems must be able to operate for extended periods in severe weather and marine environments, undergo large temperature extremes (desert to arctic conditions) and dust environments, and are subject to high vibration and shock environments. The systems are often required to ...

We propose to develop Cyber RAMPART as an extensible and customizable training delivery tool with near-term transition potential. It will offer shipboard operations personnel the opportunity to develop foundational cyber awareness knowledge and skill that prepares them to participate in their ship’s cyber defense mission and to hit the ground running in future fleet-level exercises that include ...

United States Special Operations Forces (SOF) are called upon to operate anywhere in the world at any time, in extremis. Often these SOF operators must deploy using undersea vehicles such as the Seal Delivery Vehicle (SDV) or, in the near future, the Shallow Water Combat Submersible (SWCS), DCS/UEOS 3, etc.. UHF satellite communications are a major component of the SOF’s ability to operate anywh ...

The purpose of the Autonomous Cargo Handling System (ACHS) is to provide the means to autonomously move cargo on and off of Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) equipped aircraft (helicopters). AACUS provides the means by which a conventional aircraft can be converted to a fully autonomous aircraft through the use of an applique kit. The ACHS is a fully autonomous robotic system designed ...

SoarTech proposes DeepAgent, a system for automatically learning and improving multiple, realistic behaviors in diverse, complex environments using observations of human gameplay. On the Phase II effort, SoarTech will transition the DeepAgent system developed on Phase I to a more realistic first-person shooter training environment. The base period will focus on addressing challenges introduced by ...