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The object of this project is to develop a Nomadic Router that enables rapid deployment as a communication network in any environment with little or no fixed infrastructure. The Nomadic Router is a device which adaptively supports heterogeneous military-specific and Commercial Off- the-Shelf (COTS) host computing devices, terminals, and communication devices with various multimedia traffic capab ...

Events including the Oklahoma CIty bombing and the Sarin attack in the Tokyo subway have emphasized the vulnerability of personnel, both military and civilian, to unexpected attack with conventional explosives and chemical substances. To combat this threat requires portable, low cost sensor systems capable of detecting a variety of dangerous materials at extremely low concentrations. Such a tech ...

Fieldable chemical sensing instruments must meet a variety of stringent specifications which are typically a function of the specific detection scenario. In many cases, meeting certain specifications can degrade the high performance characteristics originally identified for the chosen technology. For the majority of the fieldable instruments in use today, it is the size of the battery which dic ...

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We propose to develop an ultrasensitive threshold photoionization mass spectrometer (TPI MS) system for explosives detection that has the following attributes: (1) simultaneous multispecies detection of parent molecules, (2) real-time response at the part-per-trillion (ppt) level, (3) compact, rugged, field deployable instrument that can be remotely operated. The key components of the detection s ...

This project is intended to purpose a fractal dimension based object detection approach for man-made objects in the ultra-wideband foliage-penetrating (FOPEN) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. Since man-made objects are significantly different from natural ones from the point of view of fractal dimension, fractal dimension estimates can be used to characterize images and distinguish man-mad ...

There is a need for simple, light-weight practical instrumentation for rapid characterization of chemical and biological analytes in the modern battlefield. Recently, a surface-sensitive diode laser (SSDL), having over 1% of the mode power in the region extending 40 nm from the laser surface has been designed and fabricated. The SSDL was capable of monitoring the deposition of absorptive films a ...

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The world is already littered with 100 million mines in more than 60 countries, and mines are still being laid at the rate of 2.5 million per year. Mines contributed a significant percentage of total troop and equipment losses in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam; and mines and other exploded ordnance (UXO) continue killing civilians long after the conflicts themselves have ended. The lack of effective de ...

Improved magnetic and electromagnetic sensors covering a wide range of frequencies, 0 to 10kHz, and with extremely high sensitivity are proposed for broad area detection and characterization of underground targets. The sensors can be used for a variety of applications and for different e.m. sources. They can be configured as gradiometers, as vector or scaler sensors and can be used as internette ...