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Infectious diseases can have a significant impact on operational readiness of military forces. This proposal describes a rapid immunochromatographic diagnostic test for gastroenteritis caused by Norovirus (NoV) infection.The test shall be used in combination with a portable reader (powered by rechargeable batteries) for automated reading and interpretation.The proposed solution is small, lightweig ...

"ABSTRACT: Bioassays employed to evaluate the diverse range of biomarkers associated with organ injury are time-consuming, costly and require multiple instruments/testing formats to reach a diagnosis (i.e. fluorescence-based capture, ELISAs, PCR, etc.). Individually, these platforms are incapable of predicting the onset of irreversible organ tissue injury (e.g. kidney, liver, heart and lung). If a ...

An opportunity exists for development of high density warhead material with performance criteria for which is unmatched by existing options. Two distinct sets of material deformation characteristics are required depending on warhead type. Tungsten holds p

Modern tactical environments exhibit a wide array of distributed cognition challenges, particularly with the proliferation of device types available to commanders and soldiers. The transition between desktop and handheld device profiles presents a difficult choice for application design, between costly custom development per-platform or scaling technologies that dont adequately address contextual ...

Kuma Signals, LLC (Kuma) proposes to produce and prototype a practical mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) wireless protocol that features interference alignment (IA), multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO), and single-user MIMO. While SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO is market-proven, IA is not. Many of the technical hurdles to accomplish IA have been overcome, including time and frequency synchronization and CSI distributio ...

The treatment of water with chlorine is an effective way to kill waterborne pathogens such as bacteria, parasites and viruses. This process, however, produces toxic byproducts from the chemical reaction between chlorine and natural organic matter usually referred as disinfection by-products (DBPs). The presence of DBPs in drinking water may not just cause an unpleasant organoleptic taste, but is a ...

Multi-point initiators used in modern explosive projectiles rely on high voltage capacitors which can deliver high power in a low inductance configuration. Current capacitors meeting the required performance specifications are based on dielectric ceramics in multi-layer configurations. These capacitors cost as much as $100 and have a volume of over 400 mm3. This translates to $200-400/J/cm3, conse ...

To protect the mounted warfighter from the effects of landmines, a LOw TRavel Isolated Floor (LOTRIF) system will be developed to reduce injures from the specified blast-generated vehicle accelerations, within a 2 to 4-in stroke. Maneuver accelerations, operational requirements, space claim, weight and cost will also be considered. To accomplish this goal, Protection Engineering Consultants, LLC ( ...

In Army SBIR II Management Sciences, Inc. has developed the EdgeWare edge-enabled system for soldiers on the move equipped with Nett Warrior End User Devices. EdgeWare is game changing because it pulls delivery of important information to the combat soldier and reflectively pushes information from the combat soldier to commanders and other support organizations such as medical, logistic, and intel ...

The goal of the present work is to develop high performance long-wave infrared (LWIR) detectors based on III-V type-II superlattice (T2SL) technology by realistic models of device structures incorporating epitaxial growth parameters. IntelliEPI IR will develop growth methodology for characterization and control of nonidealities impacting SRH dark current and lifetime. The GaSb-based epi materials ...