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One of the major benefits of tactical cloud computing is improved net-centric capabilities and operations with the objective of information dominance. The reassign-able pools of computing resources and efficient information across operational boundaries can produce a more accurate and up to date common operational picture for warfighters. Instead of individual platforms pulling data from sensors t ...

To address the limitations of underwater acoustic wave propagation, we propose a paradigm shift in how information is carried over short-range (tens of meters) acoustic links. We suggest the study -and then development- of a novel carrierless ultrasonic transmission and multiple access technique. Short, properly designed/shaped pulses are transmitted in the ultrasonic spectral regime following an ...

Poseidon Systems, LLC, in collaboration with Impact Technologies (Sikorsky Innovations), Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce, proposes the development of an integrated online oil debris and oil condition sensing system. The proposed device will perform inline health monitoring of the lubrication system of fixed and rotary wing aircraft propulsion systems. It will determine the Remaining Useful Life o ...

The Navy has invested significant resources in constructing, maintaining and updating various information systems/databases that contain data/information that needs to be manually filtered to detect/remove anomalies prior to transforming it to perform useful analyses. The proposed approach will automate this process by: 1. Parsing the data/information needed and detecting its source 2. All ...

a novel family of proximity switchs is proposed based on EM technology field perturbation.This technology enables the proximity switch to be low cost, light weight, highly accurate and meets all MIL_PRF_24711B requirements. The proposed switch can be used in new NAVY vessel design as well as retrofit for end-of-life mechanical limit switches and exhibits EMC immunity to 200V/m.

Poseidon Systems, in collaboration with Rochester Institute of Technology proposes to develop and demonstrate a novel sytem for estimating vehicle gross weight and center-of-gravity location using an innovative nonlinear real-time filter based method. The proposed algorithm uses known physics-based kinematic relationships between vehicle states for the estimation process and requires minimal set o ...

The objective of Phase II effort described in this proposal is further development and testing of technology prototype LINCARBOHEAT-53 for effective treatment of Pyrowear 53 steel alloy used in manufacturing of high-aspect-ratio (HAR) helicopter gears (5:1 and greater) with deep internal splines. In this Phase II of the project SANOVA intends to demonstrate (on the representative specimens) protot ...

JTRS tactical networks that employ mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) protocols, while providing new network centric capabilities for the warfighter, also present challenges for real-time cyber defense and cyber situational awareness. The JPEO JTRS therefore identified the need to protect tactical networks from cyber threats that can compromise a mission. To address this need, the ATC-NY team is dev ...

Stationary movers (wind turbines, etc.) adversely affect the interference rejection, detection and tracking processes of airborne radars. This impact is more severe for surveillance of difficult targets (stealth aircraft, slow moving drones, and surface targets). Wind farms are comprised of multiple wind turbines with rotating blades reaching to heights of 500ft. These turbine blades have large RC ...

To ensure constant reliable operation of mission-critical hydraulic actuators, the actuators are completely overhauled on a set schedule, which often means significant system downtime plus labor time and effort is expended overhauling perfectly functional actuators. To address these and other issues, IEM will create the Wireless Hydraulic Actuator Monitor (WHAM), a miniature wireless sensor node-b ...