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To fully understand the combustion dynamics when chemical warfare agents are detonated, fast time-scale diagnostics are needed. While computational modeling may provide insight into the different processes, experimental measurements are needed to verify and validate these models. Since the detonation or combustion of chemical agents can result in optically thick fireballs, innovative techniques mu ...

The detection of radionuclide aerosols is a critical indicator of a nuclear detonation. Existing sensors as part of the International Monitoring System operate in a batch process and typically have a 48 to 72 hour delay between aerosol sample collection and measurement activities due to limits of instrument sensitivity. The continuous, instantaneous measurements of atmospheric aerosol radiation le ...

Today, the Army utilizes multiple radar systems with overlapping areas of responsibility to provide RF sensing for battlefield Air Surveillance (AS), Air Defense (AD), Counterfire Target Acquisition (CTA), and other missions. While each mission has unique challenges and requirements, enhancements in sensor hardware technology, including digital beamforming (DBF) and arbitrary waveform generation, ...

The nature of complex combat operations must now include adversaries that have peer-level capabilities, such as the ability to locate friendly troops by their transmissions and jam their radios so they can’t call for help, setting them up for attack. However, critical to all combat scenarios, regardless of adversary capability levels, is the need to command, control, communicate and exchange inf ...

Communication and hearing are critical to the warfighter: threats must be heard, identified, and localized; a squad leader’s commands must be heard and interpreted. Hearing and communication are both challenged by battlefield noise, whether by continuous noise from one’s vehicle or by impulsive noise from incoming or outgoing fire. The Army seeks new advances in battlefield tactical communicat ...

Exoskeletons promise to improve the lethality, mobility, and survivability of modern dismounted warfighters by augmenting strength, increasing endurance, and providing protection. However, this promise and potential has yet to be fully realized. One of the major challenges with exoskeletons is the interface between the exoskeleton and the human user – how can the (often rigid) exoskeleton be eff ...

Pixel sidewalls of antimony-based type-II strained layer superlattices (SLS) with infrared energy bandgaps have electron accumulation (in n-type SLS) or electron inversion (in p-type SLS) surface layers that contribute leakage current that affects detector performance. These conductive surfaces are a consequence of surface Fermi level pinning in these materials and have to be prevented to address ...

AQUILA proposes adapting a commercially available nanodot technology to embed a small Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dosimeter into a Common Access Card (CAC), or some other military ID card. The nanodot dosimetry approach can be adapted to the size of a CAC, which is approximately 8.6 cm (3.37 in) high by 5.4 cm (2.125 in) wide. The typical thickness is about 0.8 mm (0.03 in). The OSL re ...

To fulfill US Military Expeditionary Concealment System requirements to enhance maneuverability, the Warfighter needs a support structure for camouflage netting that can be rapidly deployed and managed by 2 persons. Warwick proposes a post and beam assembly that is both modular and flexible. The structure is lightweight, cost effective, will deploy quickly, save labor, and easily support the load ...

Power generation and delivery systems in advanced combat vehicles are increasingly being designed to operate at higher power densities and in higher temperature environments. The critical technology need to allow widespread application of these advanced technologies is a rugged, compact coolant pump rated for the extreme environment within a typical engine compartment. Creare’s proposed pump has ...