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A number of civil sectors, including energy, transportation, emergency, communications, and banking, use GPS to perform critically important functions. This is a concern due to the fragility of the GPS signal, and vulnerability to attacks or disruptions. The problem has been studied to greater or lesser degree by sector. At this point however it remains unclear exactly how vulnerable these sectors ...

The technical problem addressed is implementation of a device called the Burn Saver Device (BSD) that can be attached to a firefighter's helmet to provide an early detection system to warn the firefighter of rapidly developing and/or unsafe thermal conditions in his/her immediate environment that might not be immediately evident inside protective gear. The specific innovation and the focus of the ...

Title: Portable Imager for Stand-off Detection of Person-borne Bulk Military and Homemade Explosives. The overall goal of this SBIR proposal is to develop a portable system for stand-off detection of concealed explosives. The system will produce images positively identifying the presence of explosives and have the ability to detect and identify different types of military explosives (like TNT, C ...

Many protein-based drugs have limited efficacy due to a short half-life or require intravenous delivery because of low bioavailability when given subcutaneously. Extend Biosciences is developing proprietary carrier molecules that will allow proteins to access a transport pathway for efficient delivery to the vascular space and then maintain a sustained presence in circulation. This would be of par ...

Busek Co. Inc. and Ionic Research Technologies, LLC propose to develop a novel carbon dioxide and water removal technology using ionic liquids for closed circuit self-contained breathing apparatus that will extend its operating lifetime, while simultaneously reducing overall weight and logistic burden. Ionic liquids offer unique characteristics including high capacity CO2 capture, tunable gas sel ...

In the event of an intentional or accidental release of ionizing radiation, it will be critical to have rapid triage assessment tools to evaluate the health of mission-critical personnel and to make effective use of available medical and emergency resources. However, assessment of whole body radiation dosage is challenging and established methods rely on visual manifestations, blood sampling and s ...

The ability to reliably track and recognize individuals inside a security perimeter is a critical component of next-generation distributed security systems. While state-of-the-art surveillance systems can reliably track pedestrians in sparse, static environments with minor occlusions and few moving subjects, performance degrades rapidly as scene complexity and crowd density increase. The problem b ...

Mitigation and recovery from an attack with a chemical or biological agent remains an important challenge for the US Defense and Homeland Security. Solicitation topic CBD13-101 envisions a multifunctional sequestration coating that once applied to a contaminated surface will sequester the contaminating agent, disclose the location of agent contamination, detoxify the agent and be removable so as ...

Chemical warfare agents, such as nerve and mustard agents, pose serious threats to our soldiers and civilians. An efficient barrier coating which can sequester and deactivate chemical agents is urgently needed. We propose a broad spectrum responsive nanocomposite gel coating that can irreversibly sequester and deactivate a variety of chemical agents. Our base material is a fast curing gel modified ...

Current CB garment systems such as Joint Services Lightweight Integrated Suit technology (JSLIST) and Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology (JSLIST) Chemical Biological Coverall for combat vehicle crewmen (JC3) use a layer of absorptive carbon and selectively permeable membranes respectively offering protection against chemical and biological threats. It is not uncommon for garments ...