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To address this HSARPA need, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Visor-Enhanced SCBA Transparent Armor (VESTA) lens, based on a transparent metallic-oxide material system, and serving as a drop-in replacement lens in current mask systems. VESTA possesses improved thermomechanical durability (compared to existing polycarbonate lenses) with 5x greater service temperatures and ...

VIPMobile has developed an inter-cargo tracking and monitoring system for shipping containers that provides a modular, plug-and-play, scalable architecture for container monitoring either afloat or ashore. The VIPMobile solution incorporates state-of-the-art data transfer technologies and provides a flexible architecture that allows shipping operators and seaports to plug-and-play different modali ...

In this abstract the development of vertical power transistors utilizing bulk GaN substrates with breakdown voltages of 1200V or higher, normally-off operation, and a drain current rating of 100A is proposed. These devices will feature vertical current flow, avalanche ruggedness, and a wide operating temperature range (-55 to 150°C). The target specific on-resistance for the transistor is 30x low ...

SixPoint Materials will create low-cost, high-quality vertical gallium nitride (GaN) substrates using a multi-phase production approach that employs both hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) technology and ammonothermal growth techniques to lower costs and maintain crystal quality. Substrates are thin wafers of semiconducting material needed for power devices. In its two-phase project, SixPoint Mate ...

To address the need for combined vapor and particulate trace explosives sampling and collection, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Versatile Trace Explosives Sampling and CollecTion (V-TEST) system. This noncontact system will agitate and sample air near the test object, and then condense vapor and particulate trace explosives on/in a highly functional nanostructured poro ...

To address the DHS Vehicle Infectious Disease Protection (VIDP) requirements, Karagozian and Case, Inc. (K&C) proposes to develop a VIDP Conversion Kit (VCK) which includes: 1) all parts needed to convert a vehicle, 2) detailed installation instructions, and 3) operation manual. A kitted solution is a cost-effective approach which allows K&C or DHS to hire local shops to perform the required vehic ...

Applied Physical Sciences Corp. will develop a distributed buoy detection system using an advanced acoustic receiver. The sonar array will consist of a vertical line of vector hydrophones to maximize gain against unwanted ambient noise and provide 20+nm detection ranges for targets of interest. Additionally the single vector vertical line array will provide target bearing and tracking data that ca ...

To address the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) need for overhead imagery analysis algorithms that provide uncertaintymeasures for object recognition and aggregation, Intellisense Systems, Inc. (ISS) proposes to develop a new Variational Object Recognition andGrouping Network (VORGNet) system. It is based on the innovation of implementing a Bayesian convolutional neural network (CNN) ...

In this Phase I project, Syagen will demonstrate the feasibility for a vapor/particle sampler for explosives de-tection consisting of a collection probe and a concentrator. We will demonstrate the interface of the sampler to mass spectrometry (MS), however, it can also be used for ion mobility spectrometry (IMS), gas chromatography (GC), and essentially all forms of optical spectroscopies that mea ...

The long-term objective is to develop a statistically sound rare variant (SNPs) detection and SNP profile comparison method, based on high throughput sequencing (HTS) and advanced bioinformatics, that is capable of detecting a mutations present in as low as 1/5000 bacterial cells in the sample. This will be accomplished in five tasks: (1) Develop and test a statistical model to predict sample cove ...