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As autonomous vehicles become more prevalent in day-to-day military and industry operations, the technology surrounding functionally-safe autonomous subsystems must become increasingly reliable. A vehicle’s kinetic energy must be safely dissipated during a stop. Steering and braking must be done intelligently to maintain vehicle control and mitigate vehicle wear and tear. There are many factors ...

According to Jane’s, “High Frequency (HF) communication systems are witnessing a resurgence as forward deployed and small unit teams seek to overcome emerging challenges associated with operating in Command and Control Denied or Degraded Environments (C2D2Es)”. According to senior service personnel from across the NATO special operations community, HF communications are being considered by m ...

We propose developing a small pitch probe card with a pitch down to 5 µm that will have minimal thermally induced deformations over an operational temperature range of 77 to 300 Kelvin. The probe card design will contain eight probe points initially, but the number of points can be increased or decreased as needed by the customer. The pitch can also be specified anywhere from 5 µm and up. The pr ...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this SBIR effort will be to design, build and demonstrate an experimental coolant pump capable of continuous operation in an engine compartment while pumping coolant at 105°C Programs such as the Advanced Powertrain Demonstrator (APD), the Combat Vehicle Prototype (CVP) and the Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV), as well as other Technology Insertion programs such a ...

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. is seeking to develop a sensing architecture that fuses information from both deterministic and machine-learned algorithms to provide a sophisticated world model for autonomous vehicle road-following and obstacle detection. This architecture allows for safe and efficient navigation through road networks to accomplish a mission, both in military applications such as AGR a ...

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In order to address the improvised threat to U.S. Forces created by enemy drones, IMSAR proposes to use its Commercial, Off-The-Shelf (COTS) NSP-3 Ku-band radar as the foundation for a system architecture capable of detecting, tracking, and neutralizing enemy drones. With low Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) requirements, the NSP-3 can provide high capabilities to even small Unmanned Aircraft System ...

Silicon Technologies’ will design and simulate in Verilog-AMS and Cadence Spectre an ADC, two DACs, a serial interface and other circuits to be built on a single chip in a ITAR complaint manufacturing process. The ARMY is interested in this development for use in a SWAP-C ASIC for next generation fuse proximity sensors and other programs. STI proposes to use an existing pipelined ADC that has be ...

IT IS PROPOSED THAT NEW CERAMIC MATERIALS WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS RETENTION TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURES WILL BE FABRICATED AND CHARACTERIZED. THESE NEW CERAMIC MATERIALS EXHIBIT A PHENOMENON KNOWN AS FERROELASTICITY. THE PHENOMENON OF FERROELASTICITY IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF FERROELECTRICITY AND FERROMAGNETISM. THE FERROELASTIC STATE IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE EXISTENCE OF AT LEAST T ...

IF A SERIES OF MATERIALS CAN BE ENGINEERED HAVING METAL TO INSULATOR OR METAL-TO-SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSITION AT A SPECIFIC DESIRED TEMPERATURE, THEN THESE MATERIALS WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR A VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS. ONE SUCH APPLICATION IS A HIGH CURRENT, SOLID STATE, RELIABLE SWITCH. IT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP SUCH MATERIALS USING TIO2-VO2 SOLID SOLUTION. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE RUTILE STRUCTURE OF VO2 IS ...