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To address DARPAs need for a more efficient group-to-group communication technology for low size, weight, and power (SWaP) sensor ensembles or swarms, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Inter-ensemble Coherent Distributed Communication (ICDC) technology based on a coherent distributed beamforming from a map-based, deterministic signal transmission and reception. Specifical ...

Vadum will develop and simulate a new communications protocol for Distributed Coherent Beamforming (DCB) that will implement bi-directional distributed TX and RX beamforming algorithms between two or more groups of wireless nodes with no prior spatial awareness (i.e. GPS not required). The Vadum approach uses an innovative Master-Slave architecture to implicitly achieve frequency and timing synchr ...

Wireless communications have become ubiquitous for the last two decades, especially with the advent of affordable cellular communications. While cellular systems utilize base stations to ensure connectedness of the network, many situations can arise wherein wireless nodes form a disconnected network. Examples include communication in infrastructure-less regions or in emergency events, with a sudde ...

Tactical networks need to support high data rate communications, situational awareness and connectivity over long distances possibly between disaggregated groups of communications nodes, e.g., in airborne networks. Therefore, it is essential to design a coherent communication solution to achieve high power gain and improve signal quality at receivers. Since communication nodes are not physically c ...

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is becoming prevalent in the hospital, especially in the treatment of critically ill patients where pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles are compromised due to severe illness. The ability for doctors to evaluate how much active drug is being delivered in real time can enable adaptive treatment options that will result in better patient outcome while reduci ...

Optimization of the prescription of antimicrobials is required to improve clinical outcome from infections and to reduce the development of antimicrobial resistance. Maximizing the effectiveness whilst simultaneously minimizing the toxicity of antimicrobial agents is the most important step in any effective treatment regimen, however, escalating antibiotic resistance, lack of novel antibiotics and ...

In this SBIR proposal, ProbiusDx aims to develop a non-invasive point of care diagnostic technology for detecting and monitoring blood concentrations of antimicrobial drugs. The ability to measure drug concentrations in a patients blood provides valuable information for individualized optimal dosing, maximal efficacy and reduced potential for undesirable side effects. Our ground-breaking work at ...

Phelps2020 proposes a low SWaP solution, ARRIS, to the improvement of the range and resolution of the MX-15 turret so they equal or exceed the capabilities of the MX-20 turret. We chose to keep the MX-15 turret as is and append to it a low SWaP accelerated processor that performs real-time FMV enhancement. A multi-layer software application addresses illumination, weather, and environmental limita ...

Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (CRG) proposes to build on its successful Phase II demonstration of an engine-based, hybrid electric power system and integrated control architecture for SOCOM TALOS to develop and demonstrate an Integrated Battery Power Unit (IBPU) based solely on advanced battery technologies (LiPo, Li-Sulfur, Li-Air, etc.) and CRGs custom electronic control system CRGs IBPU will ...

We are prototyping a helmet-integrated system for personal hostile fire detection (HFD). The system detects small arms fire and geo-locates the shooter(s). This project to develop a Mark 1 prototype is conceived as the first of three efforts to create a mature system that meets the sponsors objective specifications.