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Physical Sciences Inc. and Q-Peak Inc. propose to develop and demonstrate a compact, LWIR Lidar based on a state-of-the art LWIR laser transmitter to supplement aircraft survivability equipment. A Lidar operating in the LWIR provides new capability in terms of ranging and tracking next generation surface-to-air missiles at enhanced ranges. In the Phase I program, the team developed a systems archi ...

As Soldiers experience a buildup of fatigue and stressors, they can experience performance decrements that may have catastrophic effects on complex missions. For analysts to understand the causes and effects of fatigue and the supporting data that characterizes fatigue, they must accurately represent and assess the cognitive effects of fatigue on decision making and physical activities. Understand ...

A pilots ability to maintain situational awareness during flight is critical to both mission success and crew and passenger safety. Loss of spatial orientation and overall situational awareness is a critical challenge for the DOD. This is especially the case for helicopter pilotage during tactical maneuvers in stressful conditions such as Degraded Visual Environments (DVE) scenarios. Accidents due ...

TIAX LLC proposes to continue the successful development in Phase I of the modular refrigerator (MORF) into Phase II. The design that has resulted from the Phase I effort will operate in ambient temperatures up to 135oF and combines low energy consumption with large interior volume relative to the external dimensions. State of the art, commercially available components are used, so that high perfo ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) proposes to design, fabricate, and test printed structures with embedded RF components.These components include traces, waveguides, antennas, and connectors.SI2s materials are printed directly from a computer file in an ambient environment without any tooling, masks, etc.SI2s extensive materials printing and RF design experience will be brought to bear, affording light ...

In this Subsequent Phase II SBIR proposal Physical Sciences Inc. outlines the continued development of its electronic infrared (IR) flare illuminator technology that meets the Armys specifications for the M-278 IR flare while overcoming documented safety and reliability issues with the current chemical (illuminant) based IR flare. Specifically, PSI will address remaining elements of technical risk ...

MORSE Corp proposes to develop the Parachute Olefin-polysulfone Obfuscating Film (POOF) airdrop concept. POOF consists of a canopy constructed of transparent olefin polysulfone films that depolymerize into a benign gas when raised above a tunable transition temperature. The films depolymerization will be triggered by Joule heating, with a secondary transience mechanism utilizing free radical gener ...

BlueRISC proposes a fundamental software assurance model upon which an automated tool will be built for inferring as to exploitability as well as malicious nature of the software under investigation. The proposed model enables a passive characterization of software that is able to drive an active testing framework complemented with machine learning. This reduces false positive and false negative o ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop an unmanned aircraft system based bioaerosol detection capability that is cued to a region of interest using non-specific, persistent and wide area thermal imagers commonly deployed for surveillance.The detection capability, referred to as Bio-MAV, will fold into a recursive Bayesian classifier (RBC) processing module currently being developed by PS ...

Operational Energy (OE) is the energy, associated systems, information and processes required to train, move, and sustain forces and systems for military operations (Scholtes, 2013). Efficient OE requires effective management of energy and supply resources, including energy used by tactical power systems, generators and weapons platforms. Army Secretary Jon McHugh stated that leaders and individua ...