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The US Army utilizes semi-active laser (SAL) optical sensors on many missile platforms from missiles to guided bombs to provide precision guidance to targets.There is a need for low-cost missile seekers that can be integrated on smaller platforms without any moving parts. Next generation semi-active laser seekers therefore require novel non-gimbal (strap-down) seeker solutions with the same total ...

East West Enterprises along with deciBel research and Eikon Research developed a toolset of algorithms for radar detection and tracking of Targets in heavy clutter. This includes a radar side car architecture to allow offline testing in a plug and play environment. EWE team proposes to enhance this tool set by adding additional capability with features and algorithms to make it potentially viable ...

The US Army has the requirement for a vehicle-mounted and/or man-portable Low Frequency Currents Injected in the Ground (LFCIG) technology that can detect, image and reliably pre-detonate, or otherwise render unusable buried Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). This LFCIG technology has been successfully developed and tested during Phase II SBIR effort. During the subsequent Phase II effort GRA wi ...

Modern adversaries have become more proficient at attacking our militarys cyber networks. Although the Army has expended significant resources addressing threats in the cyber domain, current defense efforts are largely reactive. Augmenting our cyber defenses with tools that proactively analyze the intentions and behaviors of our adversaries and predict likely attack vectors on the network can alle ...

During the current programs we have developed a novel biological-based power generating system with bio-inspired design leading to high energy density (run time) from multiple readily available fuels (sugars, alcohols) and using renewable biocatalysts (enzymes).The electron transfer efficiency of the enzyme-catalyzed reactions at electrodes has been significantly increased, thereby establishing a ...

Mayflower proposes a suite of innovative interference mitigation techniques to build a complete GPS anti-jam antenna systemGAJAS (including both antenna array and antenna processing unit) that can overcome not only the co-site interference from pseudolites and BFEA transmissions but also the hostile jammers, provide jammer DOA information, and protect both GPS satellite and Pseudolite signals to b ...

Proposed here is a method to develop and demonstrate a lightweight JP8 fueled 3kW power generator for military uses.

Triton Systems, Inc. and its academic partner are proposing to fabricate an innovative highly conductive and transmissive thin layer to replace ITO on large area, lightweight solar cells. Part of the proposed approach will be to texture the surface of the coating to improve light transmission into the solar cell. Triton will work with a manufacturer of flexible solar panels for the Army, who wil ...

Thin-film, lightweight, large-area flexible inorganic solar cells have shown promise to meet the militarys remote power needs on the battlefield. However, thin film solar cells normally have inferior conversion efficiencies due to limited absorption of sunlight by the thin active layer. Various approaches have been investigated to improve conversion efficiencies of thin film solar cells. Among the ...

A human produces more than 100 Watts of waste heat during normal activity. If a fraction of this heat energy can be harvested it can replace the stored chemical energy in one or more of the batteries typically carried by soldiers in the field. The current generation batteries, such as the BB2590 are bulky and rigid. The PowerFelt material developed by Wake Forest University is ideally suited for h ...