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An algorithmic approach for estimation of encountered turbulence intensity for UAS platforms is proposed for development, that leverage prior experience in development and testing of an icing detection scheme for tiltrotor aircraft. The methodology borrows from Fault Detection Filter design approaches, and uses a model-based scheme that is sufficiently general to permit its adoption onto a host of ...

Modern hearing protection devices (HPDs) often include electronic “hear-through” technology that helps to preserve or enhance the user’s auditory situational awareness (ASA). Restoration of ASA has removed one of the largest barriers to HPD adoption. However, because HPDs alter the shape of the ear or ear canal, they distort the acoustic cues used by the brain to localize the source of a sou ...

Improved head and hearing protection is required for aircraft maintainers working on a carrier flight deck during launch and recovery operations. Legacy Flight Deck Cranials are inadequate in many aspects including hearing protection and impact protection. In previous work, Creare has developed a Flight Deck Cranial (FDC) that offers unparalleled hearing protection and industrial standard head pro ...

The Navy requires a life raft that is small enough to fit within a front pocket on the body-worn survival ensemble. Having a pocket-sized raft at hand helps facilitate successful egress, inflation, and boarding. The required 12 cubic inches of stowed volume is a significant challenge, considering that a typical one-person raft compacts to about 700 cubic inches under vacuum. Safe, Inc. (Safe) has ...

Infrasound and seismic measurements are used by DTRA and the DoD for nuclear test monitoring, terrorist blast forensics, battle damage assessment, and environmental monitoring. However, these long wavelength physical signals are typically recorded through single-point sensors or sparse low density arrays. As a result, the critical signals of interest are often corrupted or masked by noise or inter ...

Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc. (TES) proposes a novel, dual purpose, solution to the Navy SBIR 2016.2 – Topic N162-086 Hardware Open Systems Technologies (HOST) Conformance Tool that reduces risk by building upon our existing proven toolset architecture (AWESUM®), Phase I efforts, and key personnel with considerable experience in standards conformance, model based engineering, conformance verifi ...

The objective of this study is to define and architect a subsea optical mesh network to enhance the resilience and availability of data flow.

Aircraft carrier control systems rely upon many sensors and signal processors to ensure safe and efficient aircraft launch and recovery. As one example subsystem, Digital End Speed Indicators (DESI) use reluctance sensors mounted within the catapult trough to determine aircraft end speed during launch. The DESI was developed in the 1980s, and recent reliability problems have highlighted the need f ...

The objective of this SBIR is to develop a prototype T-SCAN algorithm to be hosted on WAMS to form and manage multiple simultaneous point-to-multipoint sessions over a transponded satellite for non-networking capable Wideband Anti-jam Modern Systems (WAMS) waveforms. To reduce integration and certification risks, the prototype T-SCAN algorithm is intended to be hosted on the General Purpose Proces ...

As the demand for smaller, lighter, and more cost effective optical subsystems increases, many optical system designers see a growing application for advanced holographic lens technology. Having a lens whose thickness does not increase with increasing diameter or focal length is extremely beneficial for reducing size and weight in surveillance, UAV and satellite imaging applications. TIPD’s Phas ...