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Creative Microsystems Corporation (CMC) proposes to develop the Holographic Enable Display System (HEDS) for force-on-force Marine training. The system will leverage several CMC technologies, such as the holographic imageguide display and small form factor low light cameras, to produce a high resolution, foveated helmet mounted display for augmented and virtual reality in training exercises. The s ...

Marines Maintainers using the Electronic Maintenance Support System (EMSS) to perform logistical support are currently constrained to the small liquid crystal display (LCD), which is ruggedized Panasonic CF-19 Toughbook known as the electronic maintenance device (EMD). Though it is very useful, the human factors of reading schematics optimized for presentation on paper sizes up to 22 in x 34 in (A ...

The AMXDmax is a fully automatic, hands free bladder relief system designed for use in fixed and rotary wing aircraft. The system was designed to allow pilots to be hydrated during mission (in accordance with mandatory regulation for aircrew of military aircraft) and to remain fully clothed and secure in their seat harness at all times. Omni Measurement Systems, Inc., holds the US Patents for this ...

A major barrier to the widespread adoption of wireless sensors for structural health monitoring is the requirement to power the network of wireless nodes. Batteries have a limited lifespan, adding significant size, weight, and costs to the wireless sensor network,and may represent a long term environmental problem. Battery maintenance can be eliminated by harvesting energy from the environment. Fo ...

Structural monitoring of Navy aircraft is of critical importance as the fleet ages. One critical area includes the control surfaces, which are subject to intense, dynamic buffet loading which can lead to structural cracking. The highly transient nature of buffet loading makes it difficult to measure using conventional sensors. We propose to solve this problem by combining a network of time-synchro ...

This Phase-I SBIR program will investigate novel techniques for the efficient delivery of signal power to reactive loads such as are required in sonar systems. Class-D and class-S power amplifiers with very fast switching offer a theoretical efficiency of100 percent. Maintaining high efficiency with a reactive load is achieved by very fast switching, achieved by a new type of complementary MOSFE ...