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Explosive devices are the preferred weapon in the majority of terrorist attacks and cause of major injuries to soldiers and civilians. Military medics and future first responders must be educated in the unique blast injury pathophysiology to make decisions in diagnosis, resuscitation, and treatment planning. The objective of this project is to develop high fidelity, multiscale, physiology-based mo ...

A large core optical fiber is desired that is capable of withstanding flame and smoke generation requirements as defined in military specifications for Naval applications and that maintains optical efficiency and mechanical flexibility similar to or better than current Large Core Plastic Optical Fiber (LCPOF) technology. In Phase I, Fiberstars will analyze and define the standards and test methods ...

Evaluate feasibility of exterior barrier coatings on remote source HID lamps. Coat lamps with prelimiary designs and measure thermal distributions. Detail likely design space (materials, coating methods, annealing methods) for large-scale success. In Phase II, develop detailed designs, coating process, annealing process and tooling design. Determine effect of using evenly applied coatings (low pre ...

Chemical weapons such as organophosphate (OP) nerve agents pose a deadly risk to both military and civilian personnel as exemplified by the use of nerve agents during the Iran/Iraq war and the Tokyo terrorist subway attack of 1995 which caused over 3,000 casualties. In addition, OP pesticide contamination of soils and water supplies is thought to result in 1 to 3 million cases of pesticide poisoni ...

Mobile Army commanders must frequently adjust their planned course of action (COA) in response to events and changes in the Battlespace. Advances in the battlefield information infrastructure and related technologies provide new opportunities for the development of human-machine collaborative systems to support decision-making in this context. The objective of this effort is to develop a "joint c ...

Special Operations Forces face a variety of scenarios that limit communications. Blockage by urban structures, urban and rural terrain obstacles, and a desire for over-the-horizon communication dictate the need for a tactical repeater. The proposed research will analyze candidate repeater architectures. Emphasis will be placed on cost, size, weight, power, functionality, time-to-market, ruggedn ...

There are a growing number of scenarios where remote equipment and vehicles must be operated in environments unsafe for human presence. Ideally the remote vision system should mimic physical presence as much as possible. Steadily, the demand for stereoscopic (3D) viewing increases, in order to preserve depth of field information, and to ‘immerse’ the operator as much as possible in the scen ...

Polaris Sensor Technologies proposes to combine an innovative crossover-free Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) sensor coil winding configuration, which is based on low cost single mode fiber and retains built-in thermal symmetry, with an opto-mechanical model of this novel device to enhance FOG capability. The cost and thermal sensitivity associated with current FOG sensor coils will be minimized throug ...

The overall objective of this project is to determine if Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Time of Flight measurement techniques can be used to enable Unattended Ground Sensors to self-localize. Self-localization would enable systems of ground sensors to provide geographically tagged alarm information thus greatly increasing the value of the reported data. In Phase I, Time Domain produced and field-verified a ...

Cell function and survival are dictated by the transduction of the appropriate signaling pathways within the cell. These signaling pathways regulate nearly every aspect of cellular function from growth and proliferation, to progammed cell death, and sensing the surrounding environment. Until recently, investigation of cellular pathways has relied on destructive or after-the-fact techniques, incl ...