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Shared Spectrum Company and HS Owen LLC propose a program to develop and demonstrate innovative methods to increase the predictability and realization of long link distance maritime communications to support mission planning and enable new mission capabilities. Anomalous propagation (i.e., ducting) leads to significantly increased link ranges. The project purpose is to develop the Anomalous Propag ...

Optimization of the prescription of antimicrobials is required to improve clinical outcome from infections and to reduce the development of antimicrobial resistance. Maximizing the effectiveness whilst simultaneously minimizing the toxicity of antimicrobial agents is the most important step in any effective treatment regimen, however, escalating antibiotic resistance, lack of novel antibiotics and ...

Breakthroughs in the development of neural interface technologies have been prevelent over the last decade, in large part due to the success of DARPA-funded technologies under the Reliable-Neural Interface Technology (RE-NET) program. These advancements have included state-of-the-art prosthetics controlled by neural interfaces as well as implementation of sensitization using interfaced prosthetics ...

We will demonstrate penetrating peripheral recording and stimulating devices using engineered low cure stress softening polymer substrates. Polymers can be implanted at moduli of more than 1 GPa and soften toward the modulus of tissue. Neural interfaces allow for delivery of a large amount of information, but current microstimulators or microrecorders fail chronically or are poorly suited for inte ...

The midwave infrared (MWIR) and longwave infrared (LWIR) spectral regions provide important operational capabilities including the chemical fingerprint region, visibility through fog and obscurants, thermal imaging, and detecting directed energy weapons and projectiles.State-of-the art detectors that operate in the MWIR/LWIR (e.g. HgCdTe or strained-layer InSb) require expensive epitaxial wafer ma ...

Exploitation of new chip-scale optical frequency comb sources demands improvements in the performance of MWIR/LWIR detectors. These detectors must meet the following specifications: High speed ( < 5 GHz), high-sensitivity (NEP < 1pW/Hz^1/2), broad spectral response (Octave), all at TEC operating temperatures. At present, no single detector exists that meet these demanding performance parameters. I ...

Modern day close-in missile defense systems such as the Navy Phalanx CIWSand its land-based counterpart: the Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM)consist of a mechanically gimballed 20 mm Gatling gun linked to a microwave radar system for detecting and tracking targets. Long-range engagement of diverse, maneuvering targets places significant accuracy requirements on the radar and gimbal, a ...

We propose a plan sentinel prototype consisting of three components. The first component is the development of a plan mining tool which identifies and computes false or missing assumptions and deviations to plans and time phased tasks. The second component, the annotated database, computes plans which the plan mining tool access and parses into a logical annotated rule set. Finally, MAVIS, a to ...

This Phase I project has two primary objectives. The first objective is to develop an engineering model of Resonant Tunneling Devices (RTD) to be implemented in AIM-Spice, a commercial software package running under Windows 95/NT. The development of a reliable device model is a prerequisite for the design and production of any semiconductor device technology. The RTD model will be a semi-empiri ...

Arca Systems proposes to initiate the design and development of an intrusion detection system for the GCCS LES (and similar environments). Many current intrusion detection tools are Unix-based, focused on a single host or on a generally homogeneous distributed environment. The notional GCCS LES environment makes extensive use of distributed architecture, using support from the COTS technologies ...