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The objectives of the Phase II effort are to demonstrate the safety of the developed obscurant device for use in US Navy aircraft as an airborne expendable countermeasure, to optimize performance and to make the obscurant device fully compatible with existing Navy countermeasure dispensing systems.

The proposal presents a camera, laser ranger and RF MIMO SAR mixed imaging-ranging sensor system for precise, automated position-keeping. The system does not need to install any instruments on SSBN, and works in all weather conditions and up to sea state 4. There are two combinations of camera and laser ranger (the camera is in charge of target detection, tracking and angle estimation, and the las ...

The overall goal of this Phase II project is to develop a motion compensating platform (MCP) technology for the 32MJ Electromagnetic (EM) railgun aboard the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV). Ship motion for the catamaran is significantly different from a monohull such as the DDG 51. Both its peak linear and peak angular accelerations will be higher than those for a monohull in high sea conditions. B ...

ATR proposes further development of a Robotic Mission Module Handling System (RMMHS) in the SBIR Phase II to provide a highly adaptable and mobile handling device that is common to both LCS seaframes. The RMMHS consists of a team of robots which work together to handle Mission Modules (MMs). This modular approach takes advantage of the structural strength of the TEU or flat rack to eliminate exces ...

Chesapeake Technology Internationals (CTIs) proposed solution for the Advanced Modeling and Visualization of Effects for Future Electronic Warfare Systems SBIR program is building new innovations upon its current Merlin capability to support the additional requirements for emerging and future Electronic Warfare (EW), cyber, and other non-kinetic weapons as well as emerging and future threats again ...

Surface enhancement methods, such as shot peening (SP), laser shock peening (LSP), and low-plasticity burnishing (LPB), can introduce beneficial near-surface compressive residual stress and significantly improve the fatigue resistance and foreign object damage tolerance of aerospace components such as superalloy turbine fans, disks, and integrally bladed rotors (IBR). Residual stress, however, rel ...

The proposed ocean thermal energy harvesting approach is applicable to Slocum gliders, fixed-site power plants, and drifting or moored UUV charging stations. The temperature-induced buoyancy changes are driven by high-surface-area Shape Memory Alloy material that undergoes crystalline structure changes (Austinite - Martensite) when warmed or cooled by seawater. SMA produces useful linear strains o ...

This research will show how data-capable laser communication retro-reflectors integrated with multispectral image processing can provide extreme reliability positioning suitable for full time automatic landing aboard ship of piloted fixed wing aircraft. The positioning system supports the SALRS long-term objective to reduce or eliminate pilot training to perform manual landing aboard ship includin ...

An innovative system called In-Water Container Lifting System (IWCLS) is proposed for lifting ISO shipping containers floating in the open ocean to the decks of Advanced Force Sea-Basings and other vessels of opportunity. It fills a gap in enabling technology for lift-on/lift-off heavy container transfer in high sea conditions up to sea state 4. The IWCLS is essentially a telescopic ramp based con ...

Food safety is a global problem, which costs the world billions of dollars and over a million lives annually. Access Sensor Technologies proposes to develop a rapid, low-cost, easy to use system for the measurement of food borne pathogens. The proposed kit builds off of patent-pending technology that will deliver exceptional ease-of-use as well as performance metrics (time, cost, labor) exceeding ...