Award Data

"A shock mitigating suspended seat which places the Special Forces Operator in an optimal ergonomic position will be developed for use in small Maritime Combatant Craft. It will feature an actively controlled shock absorber to optimize the suspension for abroad range of operator weights and sea states. In Phase I, a conceptual design of all the major components as well as the architecture for bo ...

Proposed is an investigation into the use of flexible, extremely strong and tough, superelastic Nitinol shape memory alloy as a means of dramatically improving puncture resistance for personnel body armor. The Nitinol material is proposed as a surface material or coating for reinforcement or organic fiber fabrics and/or composites or aramid and UHMW polyethylene used in the current body armor sys ...

"Development of detection and demodulation algorithms for selected DS spread spectrum emitters and perform laboratory testing of the algorithm against a simulated operational environment. Development of a software solution to the threat signals currentlyonly addressed with special purpose hardware. Incorporation planned into the DRT family of hardware receivers."

MicroDexterity Systems was founded by Steve Charles, MD to develop systems for dexterity enhancement for microsurgery; a concept he originated in the mid 80's. Dexterity enhancement is a subset of tele-operation. The MDS mission statement was broadened in 1994 to address the problem of non-ferromagnetic tele-operation for intra-operative magnetic resonance imaging frequently called image guided ...

A precision air-drop capability is required to allow the re-supply of Special Operations Forces (SOF) behind enemy lines. The covert nature of these operations makes it important that the drop occur with low visibility. Furthermore, a wide range of dropparameters will give the drop-aircraft the freedom to avoid detection. Creare proposes a novel AutoRotating Air Delivery System (ARADS) that wil ...

"Special forces personnel are often subjected to physically abusive conditions during transit to and from operation sites. At best, these conditions result in accelerated fatigue and reduced mission performance, and at worst, in injuries such as musclestrain or stress fractures. It is our hypothesis that by maintaining optimal body postures during transit, the net shock levels on muscles and bon ...

"The project can be described as a research effort that will result in a robust design of a next generation Portable Wireless Monitoring Station for SOF tactical users. The design will fully exploit current COTS equipment while new approaches will bedeveloped as needed. The phase one effort is a four-month effort. The work is divided into 5 major tasks: 1) Requirements Analysis - What do the us ...