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Organophosphorus nerve agents are highly toxic chemicals that can cause severe adverse effects upon exposure, including respiratory failure and death. In severe cases, up to 100 mg of atropine sulfate (AS) may be required to control cholinergic symptoms. Such a requirement could not be easily met with commercially available formulations, since too many vials would be needed to deliver up to 100 mg ...

Physical Science Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop advanced computer vision algorithms to automatically extract relevant contextual information from video captured during chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and counter explosive (CBRN) detections. PSI produces the PERM-OWL and PERM-Mobile systems which provide a gamma and neutron radiation sensor suite, synchronized contextual video, and stat ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop an underwater optical sensor for spatially continuous measurement of sound velocity profiles. The sensor leverages multiple technological advances, including a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technique applicable for depth-resolved measurements over a large range of water columns, Raman scattering spectroscopy for remote sensing of water tempera ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) presents an innovation in the vapor cell physics to support miniaturization and increased environmental resistance of warm vapor cells used in a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) gyroscope currently under development by Northrop Grumman.  The Synthetic Alkali Vapor for Atomic Gyroscopes Experiments (SAVAGE) replaces the rubidium vapor with PSI’s novel Rubidium Alkali ...

The specific technical opportunity addressed in this project is to increase the efficiency density of a low-cost neutron detection technology, previously developed for affordable wide-area monitoring capability, to apply it to vehicle and other mobile systems that require higher detection densities to meet relevant ANSI standards. Creating detectors with higher efficiency density usually req ...

In this SBIR program, Q-Peak will develop a continuous manufacturing process to facilitate deterministic cross coupling between optical fibers.  The process will allow managing mode coupling in two-fiber sensor architectures, coupling of power from pump fibers to gain fibers for fiber lasers in a distributed length methodology and formation of unique signal add/drop functionality for optical netw ...

This proposed Phase II SBIR will result in the RAPTOR-2 (Rapid Assembly Paramotor for Tactical Operator Relocation) prototype, an all-electric powered paraglider that could be transitioned for use in battlefield mobility. This effort will include technology insertions for a custom electric power plant, mechanical packaging for low SWAP and assembly time, and ruggedization/safety. The outcome ...

Natural disasters and battle can cause immense damage to visible structures such as buildings, roadways, power-lines, but also to underground gas, power, and water infrastructure. This damage can cause significant safety hazards and be catastrophic to the way-of-life for locals while also hindering disaster response times, assessments, and repair. Disaster response efforts typically require heavil ...

A critical class of difficult and important operations is “mixed team” environments (teams composed of heterogeneous agents, e.g., human/UxV/canine team) which require heterogeneous sub-teams to form and reform in accordance with an evolving situation.  Search and Rescue (SAR) missions are one example of this class of operations, typically including a distributed set of canine/human sub-teams ...

In this effort, SSCI and its sub-contractor SAFRAN Optics 1 will develop OASES-Mini, a low-cost, low-SWAP visual perception and processing capability to enable safe launch and recovery, collision avoidance, and mission autonomy for small Group 3 UAS platforms. The goal is to develop these capabilities through the design and development of new sensors and innovative methods to process sensor data r ...