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The Forensic Memory System (FMS) addresses a critical need for wideband sensor systems. Wideband digitizers produce copious data samples that need considerable interface bandwidth to transport and distribute real-time data to heterogeneous compute resources performing signal analysis. The initial signal analysis component, signal detection for example, will indicate a signal of interest (SOI) is p ...

The MAI team is developing a solution for a portable expeditionary AN/UYQ-100 USW-DSS unit that will have standalone and integrated Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Services (CANES) capabilities to further enhance individual unit and watchteam team ASW & ASUW capabilities. The MAI team will incorporate a robust embedded interactive training curriculum applicable to operators and supervisors. ...

In a business where collaboration and rapport is critical, having Hokkien speakers may make or break a relationship with a partner nation. The military has linguists and contract translators, in addition to organic foreign language speakers; however, resources are extremely limited, so it is critical to invest in technologies that can enhance, enable, and complement existing resources. To address ...

Service Robotics & Technologies (SRT Labs) was competitively selected for the Department of Navy’s SBIR ADAPT Phase II Program for Facility Health Monitoring and Prioritization, where SRT Labs worked with the objective of determining the parameters of a successful smart facility deployment in improving workflow, reducing machine and shop downtime, and establishing the needed criteria to uptake a ...

Towed array hydrophones have long been commonplace among the world’s major navies. They are a key sensor in a naval vessel’s capability to detect, track, and classify other vessels.  Towed array hydrophones provide numerous advantages over hull-mounted sonars such as variable depth, greater detection ranges, and a reduction in the effect from one’s own ship noise (i.e., towing the array far ...

Spectric Labs and Motorola Solutions (MSI) present, ATHERIS, a novel low probability of intercept/low probability of detection (LPI/LPD) waveform to facilitate high data-rate terrestrial and SATCOM communications on a low Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) system. Our solution utilizes the proven COTTONMOUTH radio platform (TRL-7) from MSI to host the secure LPI/LPD capability. The COTTONMOUTH radio i ...

Mine countermeasure (MCM) operations employ neutralizers with a small explosive charge to engage naval mines. During the engagement, the neutralizer approaches a targeted mine and detonates its explosive charge, which can cause a sympathetic detonation or lower-order reaction in the naval mine. Battle damage assessment (BDA) to determine the outcome of the attack currently requires a follow-on mis ...

To address the challenges automatic target recognition (ATR) algorithms face when operating in complex environments and meet the Navy need to perform mine countermeasures (MCM) operations against known and novel targets in complex and often novel littoral environments ARiA will develop and demonstrate the feasibility of Domain-Adaptive Multiple-Sensor Online Learning (DAMSOL). The Phase I effort w ...

Warfighters need batteries capable of operating power hungry devices for longer missions while reducing the weight they must carry. USSOCOM’s 16Ah / 500 Wh/kg goal in a PRC-148 sized pack is ambitious — approximately double the existing options on the market. Thankfully, there are several cell technologies that exist at the lab/prototype level, and a handful that will be mature enough in the s ...

Expedition Technology, Inc. (EXP) is developing Osiris, a modular suite of complementary radio frequency (RF) spectrum awareness applications that simplify and accelerate the way electronic systems adapt to novel, threatening and evolving uses of spectrum. Osiris embodies a new approach to spectrum sensing and signal processing based as much on learning as from expert engineering. This approach en ...