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Because of GPS outages, supplemental positioning capabilities are required tomaintain a robust position location for vehicles. Existing inertial systems aretoo expensive for use on all but the highest value military vehicles. Eventhough civilian vehicle navigation systems use map matching, military vehiclesare often not constrained to established roads making map matching not feasiblein many cir ...

In phase I, Powdermet Inc. developed and demonstrated the CVD FB process for the productionof nano-engineered thermal spray powders, while Catepillar demonstrated the use of the coatedpowders for creating functionally thermal spray coatings. The current functionally gradedsystem consists of a multi-layer coating with a porous alumina layer, an alumina/mullite graded layer and a cermet wear resist ...

Presently deployed metal detectors can detect low-metal content mines, but cannot discriminate mines from metallic clutter. Their operation remains plagued by unacceptably high false alarm rates; 70% of remediation costs go to the excavation of shrapnel,spent bullet casings, and other clutter. Quantum Magnetics proposes a revolutionary enhancement to conventional metal detectors. Using a multi- ...

This proposal responds to a key challenge faced by the U.S. Army in fielding L-band HPM devices: the need for a high peak-power (>100 MW), pencil-beam (G ~ 30 dB) antenna, which is also lightweight (< 250 kg), rapidly-steerable, and compact enough to bedeployed on a standard Army land vehicle or air platform. During Phase I, SARA applied a powerful combination of analytical, numerical, and experi ...

The commercial power grid within the CONUS is potentially susceptible to severe interruption and damage resulting from Geomagnetic Storm Induced Currents (GIC) and from the Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD/E3) component of a High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse(EMP) event. Under the recently completed Phase I SBIR program, SARA has successfully developed and experimentally demonstrated an innovative

The Army scout is called upon to provide increasing levels of information about an increasingly lethal enemy. In the early 90's the USArmy's

SARA Inc. will demonstrate the integration of the Enhanced Acoustic Algorithms for Ground Vehicle Surveillance (EAAGVS) developed during Phase I with an acoustic sensor network. SARA will begin by building a single sensor node and User's display unit andinstalling the EAAGVS software. Field tests will be performed to evaluate the ability of the sensor node to detect, locate and count multiple ve ...

Fueled by the need for wireless and broadband communications, the number of channels available to accommodate this rapidly growing traffic is reaching its saturation state. A logical solution is to squeeze channel spacing and communicate at much higherfrequencies. Yet, it is beyond our technical limits to produce the most basic component - an ultra-stable piezoelectric resonator, capable of perfor ...

In Ph I SDG and Aerojet collaborated to:- Work with several missle prime contractors and develop a overall rocket motor performance spec for a pintle controlled motor aimed at a family of missiles in the class of AFSS and Modernized Hellfire- Develop a preliminary drawing of the pintle nozzle and actuator assembly- Derive an actuator spec for use in the pintle system- Develop a preliminary layout ...

The objective of the Fast Track, Phase II Plus SBIR effort is to implement the Surface Optics Corporation (SOC) MIDIS electronics that host algorithms used in real-time hyperspectral data fusion into SOA ASIC technology to lower cost and volume of theelectronics. The MIDIS Electronics ASIC Development (MEAD) project will utilize the commercially available MIDIS electronics which are implemented u ...