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The U.S. Army has a critical need for the development of low cost, high performance isolation systems that benefit weapons and mission critical components onboard helicopters and aircraft. Such developments will result in a significant reduction in thetransmission of excess vibration and shock loads to helicopter and aircraft airframe. An effective isolation technology will have applications for ...

FastVDO LLC will research and develop advanced mathematical algorithms for electro-optical and infrared sensor-fusion based target recognition. We will further investigate the value of acoustic sensor ATR and information fusion with thevideo sensors. The objective is to develop a helmet-mounted sensor-fusion ATR system. The suite of algorithms developed on this contract will exploit ...

The primary objective of the SBIR effort proposed herein is to investigate the feasibility of significantly improving the near infrared (NIR) imaging quality by using a novel 3D image device to provide accurate three-dimensional (3D) geometric boundaryconditions in nonlinear reconstruction process.NIR imaging has re-emerged as a promising imaging modality and dramatically improved our ability to l ...

This proposal details an innovative ammunition monitoring system based on Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology. Our approach is to seamlessly integrate sensitive detection of intruders, communications with friendly forces, and tracking of ammunition units.Sophisticated algorithms for the analysis of radio and radar scans show great potential to limit false alarm rates due to small animals, etc. Due to ...

Noisy enclosures present a problem of great importance to the Army's Command and Control Operations On-the-Move for Future Combat Systems. Examples of these noisy enclosures are Command and Control communications shelters and vehicles. Fully equippedcommunication shelters are extremely noisy. A unique and effective solution to the noise problem in both fixed and mobile shelters is offered. The ...

The overall technical goal of this Phase II project is to develop single, broad area, interband cascade (IC) semiconductor diode lasers emitting in infrared countermeasure (IRCM) Bands II and IV (near 3.8 and 4.3 microns, respectively) that individuallydemonstrate sufficient power and brightness for inclusion into an all semiconductor-diode-laser-based IRCM source module. The performance objective ...

The drive to develop the Future Combat System requires improved methods for bonding SiC armor to Ti-6-4 structures. Current methods that utilize epoxy adhesives provide limited strength and ballistic performance. Reactive multilayer joining offers thenovel ability to form strong metallic joints between SiC tiles and Ti-6-4 plates, at room temperature and in air. We have demonstrated this abilit ...

The objectives of the Phase I program were successfully met with the development of a wireless breadboard communication system demonstrating that data acquisition recorders could be precisely and synchronously triggered with an RF connection. A selfcontained miniature, distributed data acquisition system with its own wireless local area network (LAN), based on the IEEE 802.11b specification, will ...

Development of an Obstacle Avoidance System (OAS) and its flight demonstration for miniature rotary wing UAVs navigating unknown urban environments are proposed. The OAS utilizes the Game-theoretic Optimal Deformable Zone including Inertia with LocalApproach (GODZILA) algorithms for autonomous path planning which were developed and validated by simulation during Phase I. Accomplishment of this w ...

The Armed Forces of the United States have become increasingly dependent upon the use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) for a myriad of functions including precision targeting, navigation, and time synchronization. The GPS infrastructure permitsseamless integration of GPS functionality to a wide range of devices and weapons systems, providing them with an extremely accurate source of targeti ...