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Based on the success of the Phase I SBIR, Imperium is proposing this Phase II SBIR to build a small, portable handheld device for composite damage inspection in aircraft structures. The device will be light, battery powered, and won’t require a specialist for use. The inspector places the handheld probe up to the target in question and the device generates real time, clean subsurface imagery. Th ...

For Visualization Training Phase II, Intelligent Automation Inc. (IAI) and Lockheed Martin will construct training that helps technicians visualize the operation of the equipment they maintain. Phase I studies revealed that even though technicians use Electronic Technical Manuals (ETM), expert technicians use their visualization to understand the rationale of the procedures directed by the ETM. T ...

Based on the success of our Phase I SBIR, Imperium, Inc., with Boeing and Bell Helicopter, is submitting this proposal for the development of a field portable low cost ultrasound camera for the rapid, simple inspection for disbonds in helicopter rotor blades. As composites become more prevalent in programs such as the V22 or H1, the need for inspection of these structures is vital. Presently, ther ...

The primary objectives of this SBIR Phase II effort are: (1) offering reliable and robust control laws to enhance existing V-22 Flight Control System (FCS) via adaptive control augmentation and (2) extending the restricted operational envelope (e.g., ship motion, ship airwake, wind-over-the-deck) of rotorcraft operating in shipboard environment by implementation of the proposed adaptive control l ...

We propose to develop a small wind profiling lidar based on SESI and NASA technology that also produces boundary layer, cloud height, and cloud fraction data products. The wind measurements are based on the well established technique of aerosol structure time-lag correlation using a simple elastic scattering aerosol lidar. Accurate and timely cloud parameters (cloud fraction vs. altitude, ceiling, ...

The technical problem being addressed by Chesapeake Technology International (CTI) for this Phase 2 SBIR is to provide a helicopter (or fixed wing) pilot with a tactile (touch feeling) situational awareness (SA) system during periods of high mission tasking (landing or hovering) and low visibility (night, poor weather, brown-out due to debris blow-up). Helicopter pilots have a unique scan require ...

Intelligent Automation Inc. (IAI) proposes a novel ultra tightly integrated IMU/GPS system where two or more integrated IMU/GPS units send their raw observation as well as IMU measurements for relative positioning. In this proposed method we develop a new GPS receiver based on IAI’s Cooperative RAKE receiver that is capable of significantly reducing the effect of multipath induced error by track ...

A detector array with a low cost and high sensitivity across the IR spectrum that requires little to no cooling is desired. Triton Services, Inc. is proposing to develop a new class of microelectromechanical based IR imagers with a sensitivity that exceeds the current state-of-the-art by an order of magnitude and with properties that can be adjusted post production, even during the operation of t ...

Discrete Event Simulation (DES) can help U.S. shipyards reduce cost and schedule risks. A major barrier to employing DES in shipyards is the overwhelming task of modeling production facilities and work content. Another obstacle is large data volumes generated for shipbuilding can seriously degrade system performance. The goals of this project are to reduce manual data input for simulation by at le ...

Modern nuclear submarines deploy many distributed computing systems that comprise a sophisticated set of functions to deliver dependable solutions for mission critical capabilities. When considering the application domain, safety, dependability and system certification activities represent what can become a formidable task in each development spiral. As the system evolves and is maintained, the ...