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Agile RF Systems in partnership with the University of Oklahoma (OU) propose to develop and test an impulse radar (IR) based on a new, low cost, commercially available chipset. This chipset was originally developed and is used in medical radar devices. The radar incorporates an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) array antenna with correlation-sampling electronic scanning in the time-domain, to achieve a scalabl ...

Dissecting missile motors for the analysis of the chemical and physical properties of the propellant is indeed an inherently dangerous process. Ignition of the propellant during the dissection process would surely result in the catastrophic loss of facility and personnel. The process of dissection must perform with a bare minimum of well understood, monitored and managed risk factors all while max ...

This proposed effort will establish the ability to observe global upper atmosphere dynamics at the vertical and horizontal resolutions required to dramatically advance weather forecasts and predict upper atmosphere turbulence. We will show this can be accomplished with simple static thermal DSGF imagers looking in both the limb and nadir. The limb measurements, with a sensor called the Doppler Win ...

In Phase I, Shear Form, Inc will apply a severe plastic deformation (SPD) processing technology to ultra-high strength steels (UHSS), specifically 4340M and AF 9628, to enable penetration improvement for munitions casings. Equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE), a fully scalable SPD method, will be used to process the steels under ausforming conditions. This will facilitate microstructural enginee ...

The Small Payload Precision Air-Launched Inexpensive Delivery System (SPPAIDS) is a low-cost air-deployable system designed to improve small-payload precision delivery capability at long standoff ranges. The purpose of this proposal is to develop, build, and demonstrate a functional prototype aircraft. Technology development will include the aero design and prototyping of the glider vehicle, mecha ...

This SBIR delivers two optical ground stations, based on commercial design, to support experimentation and laser communication with AFRL spacecraft.  These assets facilitate research in flexible space operations, secure low probability of intercept (LPI) communications, and management of shared resources with disparate commercial networks.  The standards based design supports day and night opera ...

High-power, high-efficiency, broadly-tunable coherent sources in the mid-wave infrared (MWIR, λ=3–5 μm) spectral band are coveted for applications relating to infrared (IR) countermeasures, remote chemical sensing, and free-space optical communication. MWIR sources based on optical nonlinear frequency conversion can generate broadly-tunable kilowatt-level coherent radiation over the e ...

Atmospheric optical turbulence reduces the capability of free space optical communication systems and directed energy systems to achieve their missions. The optical turbulence forecasts will allow the users of these systems to plan their missions to ensure success. Guidestar Optical Systems (Guidestar) has developed an optical turbulence forecast technology that uses commercially available Numeric ...

The objective of this SBIR Phase II is to test the hypothesis that virtual reality (VR) training content is better than 2-D, flatscreen based training in terms of content realism, trainee immersion, and the variety of outcomes, while also allowing more rapid content creation and distribution. Street Smarts VR is already serving multiple non-defense clients by providing VR-based content. This propo ...

1. Produce AdVLP 55 to address the ongoing epidemic of Adenovirus type 55 causing severe pulmonary infections and death in Asia. 2. Establish analytical methods to monitor in-process production control, characterize the final vaccine product, conduct Ad