Award Data

The proposed Phase II STTR project is a joint effort between Heat, Light and Sound Research Inc (HLS Research), Arizona State University (ASU), and BAE Systems, titled Acoustic Communications Modem Using Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) Technology. The Phase I contract (N00014-05-M-0224) was awarded HLS Research and ASU under STTR Topic N05-T022, titled Underwater Acoustic Communications. Th ...

The region of the millimeter and submillimeter-wave frequency bands, from 100 GHz to 3 THz (wavelengths of 3 to 0.1 mm, respectively), are some of the least explored and yet information rich regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. This region of the spectrum, referred to as the terahertz (THz) frequency regime, roughly 300-3000 GHz, is ripe for development. A major impediment to development of a ...

The Automatic Radio Frequency (RF) Measurement Module (ARMM) supports Specific Emitter Identification/Specific Emitter Verification (SEI/SEV) by providing detailed measurements against collected communication signals. ARMM is an integrated set of digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms that extracts and reports key features against collected signals. A feature analysis capability can then det ...

Kyma Technologies will team with North Carolina State University to develop growth techniques using the hydride vapor phase epitaxy technique to fabricate large area non-polar GaN substrates. Using high quality non-polar seed crystals developed during the Phase I effort, the HVPE growth process will be optimized to increase the GaN crystal size and result in large area substrates. Kyma will perfor ...

Electromagenetic (EM) launchers could radically decrease the cost to launch and orbit micro-satellites and could provide launch with little lead time, but thus far it has not been feasible to achieve this capability with linear EM launchers. The objective of this research is to determine the viability of circular launch accelerators. Phase I explored designs consisting of a maglev sled accelerate ...

This Phase II STTR award for evaluation of combat and civilian personnel for optimum performance will establish metabolic biomarkers that assess the health and predict the performance success of individual personnel. Seventy subjects reflecting the spectrum of normal human physiological boundaries will be sampled before and after a defined set of physical tests and their serum analyzed using a met ...

Hypersonic weapons are being developed to meet the war fighter's requirements of increased weapon effectiveness, decreased time to target, and increased fly out range. Of importance to hypersonic missiles and projectiles, aerothermic heating caused by the friction of air passing the weapon body, is one area of intensive research. At Mach 4, as the hypersonic weapon passes through the lower atmos ...

Infrared counter-measures require a mid-infrared laser operating between 2-5 microns with time-averaged powers of 5W and more. Omni Sciences, Inc.'s (OSI's) Mid-Infra-Red FIber Laser (MIRFIL) will generate continuous light over the mid-IR, 2-5 microns, with time-averaged power scalable to more than 5W. The MIRFIL is a practical super-continuum (SC) source using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) la ...

This proposal addresses the need for miniature, low power, reagentless, robot-mounted, instruments for real-time detection and classification of trace concentrations of biological and chemical agents on surfaces. Deep UV laser induced native fluorescence (UVLINF) is the most sensitive technique for detection and rough classification of trace amounts of biological and organic materials. Photon Sy ...

In this Phase II work, the main focus of RF Nano Corporation will be to develop manufacturing technologies for carbon nanotube synthesis. The university partner will fabricate and measure nanotube antennas. A second university partner will simulate nanotube antenna properties.