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Vadum will develop and simulate a new communications protocol for Distributed Coherent Beamforming (DCB) that will implement bi-directional distributed TX and RX beamforming algorithms between two or more groups of wireless nodes with no prior spatial awareness (i.e. GPS not required). The Vadum approach uses an innovative Master-Slave architecture to implicitly achieve frequency and timing synchr ...

Trusted Platform Module(TPM) devices provide the core root of trust for modern computer systems. These devices add trust in secure systems by supporting device identification, authentication, encryption, measurement, and device integrity. However, many sy

We propose to develop the Quality Cost Value Calculator (QCVC) to automatically evaluate the value of cycles of care by measuring the cost and quality (in terms of outcomes defined from the patients perspective and the commanders perspective) of care. QCVC will enable DoD health care providers to achieve higher reliability of care and will enable leadership and decision makers to guide process imp ...

Injuries to the chest occur in about 60% of all trauma cases and roughly 90% can be treated without surgical intervention. With rib fractures or lung damage, blood often accumulates in the pleural space between the lung and the chest wall. Current treatment guidelines suggest that a tube be placed through the chest wall to drain the collection. Unfortunately, in about 15-20% of these patients, the ...

Abstract:Warfighters are being pushed further and further afield, leaving them outside the range of medical experts. Existing Virtual Interactive Presence and Augmented Reality (VIPAR) systems have shown great potential in making medical expertise available in the field, but require network and hardware performance characteristics that are typically unavailable in combat scenarios. Expensive and s ...

As microgrids have become a viable solution for reliable, resilient power at military installations, a larger focus on the existing infrastructure has emerged.Installation microgrid equipment must operate efficiently and effectively for a microgrid to be successfully implemented and operated.Through our participation in the Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Securi ...

The DoD desires prognostics and diagnostics tools to proactively address the degradation of microgrid equipment legacy infrastructure for installation energy. Specifically in this SBIR, the tools should be able to identify long-term generator and power distribution performance degradation.It is not cost-effective nor is the data available to develop physics-based performance models on the myriad o ...

The proposed project covers manufacturing improvements in the production of specific high volume batteries of interest to DLA as specified in their SBIR Proposal Submission Request noted above, with the exception of the PRC-154 and PLM-4 Batteries. Bren-Tronics proposes to go directly to Phase II because we have already demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed manufacturing improvements on the ...

Low cost integrated transceiver solutions eliminating the bulk of analog preprocessing are extremely attractive for Satellite Communications (SATCOM), and other wideband RF applications. Building upon the digital-RF transmitter development using 32-nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS, we propose to develop a digital-RF transceiver IC that will have an analog RF interface from 290 MHz to 3 GHz and a ...

One of the most important infectious diseases affecting the health of military recruits is adenovirus, which causes acute outbreaks of respiratory disease in military facilities incapacitating personnel, burdening hospitals, disrupting military operations and increasing medical costs. We propose to continue the development of a new generation of adenovirus vaccines based on adenovirus-like particl ...