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According to the Iraq Study Group, US Forces must continue to support Iraq to prevent the government from falling and being influenced by neighboring countries (Syria and Iran) and to prevent a propaganda coupe for Al Qaeda and the spread of radical Islam. Our soldiers, marines, and sailors are regularly subject to IED attacks by Shi’a militia, Sunni insurgents, and Al Qaeda. Improvised explosi ...

Developing low cost, lightweight materials with high stiffness, that are environmentally safe, low risk/liability, and corrosion resistant is extremely important for the Department of Defense in the current climate of reduced spending and desire for increased performance. Reducing program life cycle costs for new materials in a program is also important, but additional desirable benefits for a ne ...

Crossfield proposes an innovative approach to re-engineer legacy ASIC and gate array devices based upon using a mechanical/plasma-etch (dry etch) and a novel 3D tomography process to extract transistor characterization and metal interconnect data. Exploiting the device performance improvements available in the latest generation of silicon technologies, Crossfield expects to generate an equivalent ...

Echo Technical proposes to develop an innovative Littoral Electric Arc Discharge Environmental Reporter (LEADER) to support NAVY ASW tactical mission requirements associated with subsurface battlespace environmental characterization. The solution proposed is based on the experience that Echo Technical has with the development and validation of acoustic propagation algorithms in broad ocean areas ...

Echo Technical proposes to develop an innovative Miniaturized Impulsive Discharge Acoustic Source (MIDAS) to support the conduct of multi-static Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) missions. The solution proposed is based on a capacitive discharge acoustic source that produces high amplitude impulsive acoustic signals in response to a coded interrogation signal. The MIDAS package incorporates a GPS recei ...

This Phase I Navy SBIR effort will examine the design and development feasibility of an underwater biomimetic swimming structure resembling a jellyfish. The proposed underwater biomimetic swimming structure or artificial jellyfish will be fabricated with electroactive ionic polymer Platinum nanocomposites capable of underwater distributed sensing, transduction and actuation. The proposed artificia ...

The DoD has funded a number of nanotechnology based obscurant projects. Recent studies have shown the potential health and environmental risk associated with nanoparticle exposures. Development of biologically based obscurants could eliminate these shortcomings by providing multi-spectral capabilities, environmental-friendly (i.e., biodegradable), non-pathogenic constituents and non-toxic by-pro ...

A system is proposed for high-performance wireless data acquisition in high-impact environments, specifically the launch environment of Naval payloads. The High Impact G-Loading Data Acquisition System (HI-G-DAS) is a miniature, low power instrumentation system designed to maximize flexibility by combining precision data gathering capability, user programmability, and long battery life. HI-G-DAS ...

Parasitic Power Pack (P3) is a modular power generation device that will fit into a 3-inch diameter free floating buoy on the ocean surface. P3 will not interfere with the antenna on the upper portion of the buoy and will not occupy more than 20 inches in length producing a steady power output of at least 4 milliwatts with a capacity to store at least 60 joules of energy. Of the different energy h ...

We propose to research and design a System for MARitime Targets Recognition and Retrieval. SMART will significantly advance ISAR/Electric-Optics-based ship detection and identification. Unlike existing solutions which focus on the image processing techniques only, the proposed solution integrates image classification, data simulation, and data fusion to achieve reliable and accurate target recogni ...