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Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes the Scalable Advanced Sensor Processor (SASP), which integrates state-of-the-art embedded parallel processing technologies with a set of highly optimized signal and image processing libraries to provide an open, scalable, power-aware, easy-to-use platform for acoustic processing on a wide range of platforms, from small countermeaures and UUVs up to destroyer-c ...

Triton Systems Inc proposes to develop a new tow array hose to address the US Navy"s need for reducing moisture permeation through the thermoplastic polyurethane hosewall of fat line towed arrays (namely TB-34). The proposed hose will incorporate proprietary barrier technology within its construction that prevents permeation of moisture. The new construction is expected to reduce the permeation ra ...

NAVAIR PMAs are motivated by substantial maintenance cost savings to switch aircraft paints from matte to glossy. Yet NAVAIR must confidently weigh these major cost savings against possibly serious survivability penalties from sun glints. To definitively answer these survivability trades, we propose to develop, apply, deliver and provide NAVAIR training for our GLint Assessment with SPIRITS (GLASS ...

Sailors and Marines are responsible for conducting missions such as maritime security operations, embassy protection, non-combatant evacuation, and disaster relief. To plan missions effectively, Warfighters need to understand normal patterns of life (POL) and anomalies in those patterns. Analyzing this data within the context of a graph representation supports understanding of how relationships am ...

UAVs are a major force multiplier in United States military operations, conducting high-altitude unmanned surveillance and medium range air to ground engagements. Recently, UAV mission spaces have expanded to include resupply of deployed forces, and may soon include direct air support. As UAVs have moved into these new mission spaces, their operating altitudes have decreased, requiring high-resolu ...

Utilizing spatial multiplexing and load-balancing, this proposal increases the capacity and resilience of the BFTN. The present design of the BFTN underutilizes the power of wireless networking of multiple transmitters and receivers to establish meshed high-bandwidth TCP/IP communications. This underutilization is a critical problem in an Anti-Access Area Denial (A2AD) or Satellite Communication ( ...

F/A-18 canopies and windshields are prone to accumulate high (>70 kV) levels of electrical charge on the outer surface during operation due to precipitation static charging that is carried and stored until discharged. Currently this charge is removed, after landing, by ground personnel, by wiping with a conductive glove. This process of allowing accumulation of charge and subsequent removal by per ...

Current TD-1A/B chain tiedowns are heavy and physically demanding for Navy personnel to handle. But, any replacement requires high strength and extreme robustness to UV radiation, salt water, corrosion, solvents, oils, extreme temperatures, abrasion, and droppage, making weight optimization challenging. Significant research has been devoted to using synthetic materials instead of chain to reduce w ...

The Hearing Armor, LLC non-linear earplugs, without moving parts or electronics, can protect a Marines hearing while permitting the Marine to hear spoken commands and retain situational awareness in combat and non-combat settings. Through SBIR Topic N123-154 Phase I the Hearing Armor technology exceeded the steady-state and impact noise attenuation specifications of 30 dB. The objectives of Hearin ...

The U.S. Navys VLF/LF Submarine Broadcast remains vital to Americas strategic defense, providing reliable means to command submarines at depth, as well as other fleet assets, using high power radio stations all over the globe. The five major VLF stations with their enormous high-Q antennas presently experience radiated-power limitations and poor DC-to-VLF conversion efficiency when sending the cus ...