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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 ...

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 address the performance degradation of fixed scheduling policies used by TDMA-based tactical networks in contested and congested environments, a distributed cognitive TDMA scheduling and anti-jamming protocol is proposed. Technical approach consists of: 1. Developing a deep learning (DL) classifier for jammer/interference identification and automatic detection of network congestion that exchang ...

Prototypes of ultra-flexible, high efficiency photovoltaic power generation units will be fabricated and tested in two campaigns. Initial batch of 15 units will provide the processing, fabrication and characterization data necessary to evaluate the initial designs. Based on the results of the first batch, a second batch of 20 units will be fabricated and tested. Detailed process, tool and manufact ...

Verus Research is pleased to respond to the A16-123 Army Phase-II SBIR solicitation. To meet the Army’s Phase-II requirements in a risk-mitigated fashion, Verus Research will leverage its innovative “Ferengi” family-of-antennas technology which was conceived, designed, and experimentally demonstrated by Verus Research under the previous Army-funded Phase-I Base A16-123 SBIR effort. For the p ...

The Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD) Program requires advanced standoff sensor technology that can provide more comprehensive threat information to enhance situational awareness and improve force protection. Historically, CBD and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) sensors have been developed with a focus on the individual missions, with little effort applied to developing int ...

"A military combat unit must "see" the battlefield better than the enemy, decide sooner than the enemy what to do, "move" to fight effectively and "shoot" to destroy the enemy. As the US Army moves toward weapons systems for the digital battlefield, newer,lighter weight and more capable hardware is emerging. These digital systems may not realize better "seeing", that is, situational awareness. Co ...

"In response to Small Business Innovative Research solicitation A01-207, 21CSI is pleased to propose the development of a proof-of-concept software decision aid that aggregates space objects into a single, integrated space picture. Our decision aid,SituSpace, will be built from the bottom up to support the theater commander and his staff with a visual depiction of the space portion of the battles ...

"The goals of an enhanced mobile infantry, a weapons system that leaves the warrior with his whole mind free to handle his weapons and notice what is going on around him, as expressed in Heinlein's timeless Starship Troopers is becoming a reality todaythrough the innovative progress being made by the U.S. Army's 21st Century Land Warrior program. However, the current Land Warrior system does not ...

"Magnetic field-enhanced electrocatalysis at the hydrogen and air electrodes of PEM fuel cells have reported improved power densities, three-fold over conventional PEMFCs. Leddy, et al. used micron-sized polymer-encapsulated beads of permanent magnetsplaced in conventional inks of carbon-supported platinum electrocatalysts to enhance MEA performance. Their work showed a qualitatively improved CO ...