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This SBIR Proposal addresses the need for reduced volume and weight and improved reliability of higher power broadband directional sonar transducer arrays for forward looking ASW and CTDCL systems. It is believed that the Vector Projector can fill this need with both design improvements and selection of the best materials. We describe here an innovative approach that provides a lower resonant freq ...

OceanServer proposes to build on our experiences in the commercial marketplace with the existing Iver2-580 AUV, and to build on the Navy-specific attributes that have been developed or are in development to meet Navy requirements already documented for bathymetric survey, current profiling, obstacle detection and identification, and subsequent in-stride data analysis and presentation. The new rese ...

Mayflower Communication Company, Inc. (Mayflower) proposes a novel technology, Waveform Agile Radio Paradigm (WARP), to meet the Navy objective, namely, to develop distributed algorithms and protocols for fragmenting single-carrier spectrum in response to spectrum constraints. WARP is an optimal approach to distributed spectrum fragmentation and recovery for frequency opportunism in MANET communic ...

The Navy objective to develop and demonstrate an innovative common acceleration technology applicable to inertial navigation, real-time gravimetry and real-time gravity gradient measurements can be met by introducing improvements and innovative changes to an existing government-owned accelerometer technology. The technology is based on the well-understood and well-engineered principle of the pendu ...

Agiltron proposes to develop a new type of accelerometer with no moving parts to replace current gravity correction mechanizations in nuclear SSBN submarine weapon systems. We will design the accelerometer to achieve bias stability less than 0.01micro-g, scale factor stability less than 1ppb, and noise floor less than 10-9 g/sqrt(hz). Using MEMS technology, the device will be both compact and low ...

To improve targeting accuracy, Submersible Ship Ballistic Nuclear (SSBN) submarine strategic weapon systems depend on high accuracy inertial sensors in order to precisely determine initial launch coordinates in very dynamic environments. These systems require absolute acceleration accuracy better than 1x10-9 g/Hz (=1 fYGal/Hz). Conventional accelerometers based on both macro- and micro-scopic (MEM ...

Triton Systems, Inc. proposes to identify the most promising alternatives for the Marine Corps to become more energy efficient, particularly in company-sized forward operating bases (FOBs). Energy use at FOBs can be very high and the logistics of delivering fuel are a major problem. In Phase I Triton will develop an analytical model of the power and ECU loads for a small and medium FOB. The model ...

In this SBIR, Windlift proposes to develop a rapidly-deployable renewable energy system that can be towed by an HMMWV and provides at least three quarters of a forward operating unit"s energy needs in Class 2 wind areas. This development will be based on Windlift"s Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) technology, which has been previously demonstrated. The AWE technology utilizes a flexible airfoil tethered ...

HDM Systems Corporation, with partners ZeroBase Energy and Raytheon, propose system solutions that address the shortcomings of the DREAMS system referenced in topic N103-194: inefficiency, weight, bulkiness, and high cost. The team has worked on various aspects of a previous HMMWV towable 5-10KW renewable"nano grid"system. HDM"s team proposes the Adaptive Hybrid Power System (AHPS), which employs ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) proposes to design and develop conformal antennas for network enabled Strike Weapons. The key characteristics of the novel design concept include: ultra wide bandwidth, omnidirectional coverage, high efficiency, and significant reduction in the thickness of the antenna profile. SI2 will leverage previous experience in developing UWB conformal low profile antennas based ...