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Biomason’s prototype MEDUSA dust abatement system provides a superior performing, logistically lean, and environmentally friendly solution for rapid dust suppression for VTOL operations in austere, forward operating positions. Moreover, base MEDUSA systems and processes may be adapted for utilization in multiple industrial sectors and serve several other key military and civilian use-cases - fro ...

Cognitive skills/capabilities are important for the military personnel to fulfill tasksand to ensure mission efficiency and success. In the past decade, there are abundant researches suggesting that non-invasive brain stimulation via transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) holds great promise to enhance a soldier's cognitive performances. To take full advantage of such a brain stimulation t ...

Herein, we propose a novel approach to achieving a broadband, phased-array transmitter operating at frequencies from 100-300 GHz. Our approach is based on the concept of optically distributing a pair of locked optical tones to an array of antenna coupled photomixers. Lightweight optical fibers enable the distribution of these optical tones to any arbitrary antenna array geometry with antenna pla ...

Software defined radios (SDRs) have redefined many areas of modern electronics, from enabling reconfigurable communications to rapid prototyping of new electronic support concepts. However, current implementations of SDRs are limited by the underlying electronic approaches used to realize them. Herein, we describe a novel photonically-enabled SDR (PESDR) that utilized the inherently broadband natu ...

Advances in fabrication technology have made it possible to prodce features that are smaller than the wavelength of light. As such a new class of optical devices based on submicron periodic structures has emerged and is referred to as photonic crystals (PhC) or photonic band gap devices (PBGs). Preliminary research indicates that these devices will be capable of performing a wide variety of functi ...

As the required data bandwidth and processing speed for commercial or military applications grows rapidly, the required performance of analog-to-digital conversion also expands. Regardless of the speed of signal processing hardware or software, the basic solution always gravitates toward an ultimate ADC design. Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are widely viewed as a bottleneck in high-performan ...

As the clock speeds of integrated circuits continue to increase, the technological limits of all-electrical interconnects are becoming the overwhelming limit to system performance. In particular, over 80% of the latency in current ICs is due tointerconnect limitations. Moreover, current processors are requiring operational powers in excess of 100 Watts with I/O, on-chip interconnections, and clo ...

Photonic integration, and specifically silicon photonics, has emerged as one of the leading solutions for maintaining or improving the performance of optical systems while addressing the requirements related to size, weight, and power (SWaP). Photonic integrated circuits (PICs), which integrate multiple photonic elements onto a single chip, are specifically suited to providing the complexity and f ...

MAS SOT will work in Phase I to identify relevant Air Force customers and end-users to adapt The Pike waterproof rucksack® (patent pending) to meet their mission needs. The Pike bag was designed for Combat swimmers, Combat divers, SDV teams, Scout swimmers and for any environment that requires a waterproof capability. Every part of the Pike bag was designed with versatility, durability and practi ...