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In this Phase II effort, FIRST RF will demonstrate array technology enabling highly directive multi-beam TCDL communications using phased arrays integrated on the Fire Scout UAV platform. Phased array systems allow for dynamic beam steering with graceful degradation. These arrays also have the benefit of a narrow azimuth radiation pattern conducive to point-to-point communications and networking w ...

This project will achieve a mobile application called SleepFit that enables users to track their sleep habits and receive feedback that promotes positive behavior change to improve sleep quality. The SleepFit app will: (1) unobtrusively collect accurate s

The U.S. Navy requires a new Environmental Wideband Acoustic Receiver and Source (EWARS) sensor to facilitate the gathering of environmental data from Navy ASW platforms. The newly developed EWARS sensor will deployable in shallow and deep environments, and be capable of operating over a broad spectrum of frequencies. EWARS will also provide calibration accuracy, digital uplink format/precision, a ...

Systems, LLC proposes to develop a hardware and software capabilities for Pre-Processing Logic (SPP) and Main Processor (SMP) for the sonar signal processing. Our approach includes a broad range of power saving measures in software and hardware to greatly improve power/performance ratio over the current baseline system. Our approach was validated in Phase I by demonstrating a potential 30x gain in ...

QorTek and Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors (LM MS2) are together proposing a new low noise integrated converter architecture that would significantly improve both low frequency noise rejection and the high frequency switching noise content and still fit within the confines of the design envelope. As the prime contractor for the MK48 CBASS torpedoMS2 is uniquely positioned to work with ...

In this Phase II SBIR project, Daniel H. Wagner Associates (DHWA), with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and Spatial Integrated Systems (SIS) as our subcontractors, will develop a high definition Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) and Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) modeling and simulation (M&S) system, initially focused on the DARPA Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Ves ...

ADA Technologies proposes to advance the development and certification of a novel ultra-high-pressure scuba capable of supplying Navy divers with vastly increased breathing air capacity without volume or weight penalty to allow longer submersion time. The system employs one or more composite cylinders and an innovative first-stage regulator coupled with commercial-off-the-shelf scuba parts. With t ...

Corrosive environments together with cyclic loading can lead to the formation of localized corrosion pits and corrosion fatigue cracks which can significantly deteriorate the structural integrity of aircraft components. The exact nature of corrosion fatigue damage is dependent on the competing multi-scale processes resulting from complex interactions between the structural material, its environmen ...

It is critical to the safe use of ceramic matrix composite components that information on the fracture toughness of these materials be available in order to allow an assessment of the likelihood for crack growth. Although Military Standards and American Society for Testing and Materials both serve as resources for room and elevated temperature test methods, there are no standards to obtain the int ...

The Department of Defense (DoD) is supported by a vast global network of computers, sensors, and equipment that is continually at risk of being breached by adversaries. Such cyber elements comprise an important part of the DoDs military readiness and the loss or degradation of such elements would reduce key advantages in communication, intelligence, and organization. Despite heavy investments in s ...