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In this Phase II proposal, we present a detailed research plan to deliver a complete and tested prototype Nanoxene® radiant heating system. During Phase I, we carried out a comprehensive set of experiments, summarized in this proposal, which confirmed the feasibility of implementing Nanoxene® technology in a radiant heating system for expeditionary shelters. System-level considerations have been ...

Small, lightweight and affordable UGVs are crucial to military physical security and homeland defense. The program will develop, demonstrate, test and deliver the Phase I JAUS compliant planning system for agile cluttered environment traversal on 2 low cost prototype UGVs. The first prototype will be based on the Omni-Directional Inspection Vehicle (ODIS) and will emphasize low-cost and ruggednes ...

Unmanned automated convoys provide an efficient means for transporting the cargo of many vehicles across the same terrain to reach a desired location. As more vehicles are added, the efficiency of the convoy can increase; however, if each successive vehicle uses the previous vehicle for path following, the convoy accuracy will gradually degrade. In order to improve the path following of successive ...

PRA proposes to mature to TRL-5 the existing hardware and software for the Orthogonal Interferometer (OI) radar and Precision Pulse Positioning System (3PS) guidance capability developed under previous Phase I, Phase II and Enhanced Phase II contracts. The OI radar uses waveform diversity for enhanced radar tracking and endgame guidance performance to support the IFPC2 mission, achieving enhanced ...

The purpose of this SBIR is to develop software for assessing a Commanders performance with respect to mission command metrics. The effort involves identifying metrics, assessing the feasibility of each metric with respect to data sources, developing the metrics tracking software, and creating user interfaces. The nature of this SBIR requires both domain and technology expertise.

New generations of smart munitions are more critically dependent on electrical power. Past power supply concepts are inadequate due to increasingly difficult requirements. A hybrid power supply combines energy generation with storage. It exhibits the advantages of both component technologies. The purpose of this work is to develop a reconfigurable, miniature hybrid power supply. It will employ e ...

As the military undergoes significant changes the need to find new methods to aid in the selection, training, and deployment of medically cognitive ready teams becomes more emphasized than in the past. Our research activities employ state of the art techniques in Cognitive Engineering, Decision Making, Team Performance and Instructional Design to develop comprehensive medical cognitive readiness ...

The Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) methods will be developed for solving three dimensional nonlinear dynamic problems, with large plastic deformations, to simulate metallic and brittle materials under high-speed impact loads. The general MLPG approach will be applied to the system of governing equations, including the equilibrium equations and energy conservation equations, over the local ...

Current airborne and ground vehicular antennas cannot meet the Army's needs in Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) wideband networking waveform (WNW), secure wireless local area network (SWLAN) and flying local area network (FLAN) applications. This SBIR topic A03-120 addresses this problem by developing smart beamforming antennas covering JTRS bands over 1-2.5 GHz. The difficulties in developing ...

In Phase I, KVH Industries designed and prototyped a micro-machined all-fiber optic phase modulator and subsequently measured the modulator performance in a Sagnac interferometer gyroscope to prove feasibility of the approach. The micro-machined D fiber phase modulator is an enabling device to allow a robust and low cost effective rotation sensor for a diverse range of rotation rate sensor applica ...