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Naval wireless communications systems can be made to support higher IP throughputs by incorporating Performance Enhancement Protocols (PEPs) such as traffic shaping, quality of service, caching, compression, acceleration, proxies, channel access protocols, and forward error correction (FEC) techniques. Trident will identify and investigate candidate PEPs and to analyze how they improve and impac ...

The objective of this proposal is to develop and implement methodologies for new bulk thermoelectric materials that incorporate nanostructural elements to significantly increase the thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT, by way of phonon boundary scattering providing enhanced fuel economy via waste-heat to electrical energy conversion as well as provide stand-alone power from either intentional fuel ...

Nomadics proposes to implement its proven Fido explosives detection system to produce a system specifically designed to identify the trace chemical signature of explosives on personnel who may be involved in the fabrication or transport of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), including suicide bombs. The system can further be used for forensic purposes in connecting detected explosives to specifi ...

Ceramic matrix composites have potential to meet many of the high temperature structural requirements for advanced military aircraft. One new material made from CG Nicalon fiber and polymer derived SiNC matrix may provide a preferred option for some applications. However, it has not been evaluated for hot corrosion for Navy applications. This program addresses the need to understand how it behaves ...

When the call comes in to respond to a time critical target, there is little time for the watchstander to weigh the myriad factors that go into targeting decisions. We know where the target is now, but where will it be when the weapon system arrives to engage it? In order to plan for an effective mission, the planner and watchstander must have an effective movement prediction on known surface vehi ...

VPT proposes a high efficiency, high density, low cost, 270Vdc input, power converter that can support the requirements of new high power shipboard Radar applications. The power converter will be modeled after VPT's existing 270V, half brick, 200W, 85% efficient design but will demonstrate significantly higher power density and efficiency by incorporating several new technologies demonstrated in ...

The objective of this SBIR Project is to establish ship design guidelines for ship hull and onboard equipment that prevent or limit ship motion profiles that adversely affect acceptable human performance. The product is the Ship motion and Human Accommodation, Readiness and Performance (SHARP) tool that will (1) support the creation of models of shipboard human performance in a specified motion e ...

The need for autonomous unmanned vehicles is becoming more evident. Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) provide benefits ranging from manpower reduction and force multiplication, to performing missions too dangerous for manned platforms. One of the most critical challenges is the avoidance of obstacles. 21st Century Systems, Incorporated (21CSI) is in the right place at the right time with regard to ...

Currently, tracking systems cannot accurately determine when to switch algorithm classes of motion models: one for maneuvering targets and one for non-maneuvering (constant velocity and acceleration) targets, which results in tracking errors. These errors from the estimate target position relative to the targets absolute position can be very large when an incorrect motion model is applied. Howev ...

Mathtech will investigate the feasibility, unique requirements, and testing necessary to upgrade our existing digital intercommunications system into a wireless bus architecture, specifically by interfacing the AICS to the AWICS. We will specifically investigate human factors issues including speech recognition as an adjunct to wireless use in the E-2C. We will investigate and propose solutions ...