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A combined transducer capable of bone conduction audio and inertial haptics would enhance situational awareness, but this need has not been met by current technical solutions.Vibrant Composites proposes extending its nonlinear resonant actuator (NLRA) haptics technology towards creating such dual-use component.Initially developed to enable the most precise haptic communication components, NLRA tec ...

Integration of RF ferrites on printed circuit boards (PCBs) is highly desired for realizing compact, lightweight and low-cost systems in package (SiP) integrated with different RF components, including compact antennas and antenna arrays, tunable filters, phase shifters, isolators, circulators, etc. However, it has been challenging to integrate ferrite materials on PCBs. Spin spray deposition is a ...

Metamagnetics addresses the Armys need for a new spin-spray deposition capability of uniform high crystalline quality, low-loss ferrite and thick ferrite/insulator multilayer films onto large surface area PCB panels by developing an innovative extension of the spin-spray system to larger substrates (up to 24x36). These films will be optimized for RF/magnetic properties, such as dielectric constant ...

Our proposal provides the opportunity to develop a brand new process for the manufacture of additive manufacturing powder.Our project will combine induction heating and Lorenz force levitation to create and suspend a molten charge.This charge will be shaped as it leaves the melt chamber to form a stream.This stream will then be accelerated using Lorenz forces to a speed at which the cohesive force ...

Covert and robust recognition of individuals is a goal for military check points and entry control points overseas and for law enforcement and border control domestically.Face recognition in the visible spectrum is an important biometric modality and while it has increased in maturity, there are situations in which imaging in different spectral bands are desirable.Thermal polarization has been sho ...

The Department of the Army has identified long wave infrared (LWIR) polarimetry as a means for enhanced detail of human imagery for facial recognition. In addition, polarimetry has been shown to improve image contrast, detect anthropomorphic objects in high clutter scenes, and provide 3D shape information. However, many polarimeters operate using rotating polarization filters or retarders, which r ...

This proposal details the design of key MMIC components architected in a phased array antenna to allow WGS compliance with the MIL-STD-180/164 specification. The proposal draws upon the extensive design experience with GaAs and GaN of Custom MMIC, coupled with the substantial system knowledge of Ball Aerospace. The proposal details how this knowledge of the key system parameters allows us to addre ...

In recent years, Augmented Reality (AR) technologies have supported users in a variety of domains to enable enhanced situation awareness (SA) and improved decision making. To date, however, no AR approaches have been developed to support Mission Command (MC), despite the importance of MC to all Army missions. To apply AR in support of MC, Charles River Analytics proposes to research, define requir ...

ISR collection management planning requires data from a variety of sources spread across a large disconnected, intermittent, and latency challenged networks. As a result, collection management planning relies heavily on the cognitive abilities of the Collection Manager to decide on the best coverage and application of ISR sensor platforms.Intelligent software agent technologies have the ability to ...

The U.S. Army has long recognized the potential of carbon based microfibers and nanofibers for use as obscurant materials.However, while base materials such as carbon nanofibers have demonstrated some of the most promising performance, a need exists to refine key aspects of the material to make it suitable for use as a broadband visible IR obscurant sought by the U.S. Army.Applied Sciences, Inc. ( ...