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A cargo deck covering system is desired for the Joint Maritime Assault Connector (JMAC) and Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) that will protect the cargo and the craft’s propellers from foreign object damage. The covering system must be able to withstand salt, sand, seawater spray, and high-winds (50+ knots). The ideal covering system should be adaptable and versatile enough to provide protection ...

The Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) amphibious craft is an essential component of Sea Power 21. LCAC and its larger future replacement, Joint Maritime Assault Connector (JMAC), serve as high speed transports for weapons, equipment, cargo and personnel from ship to shore and inland across the beach. Because of the nature of the LCAC/JMAC propulsion and suspension systems, materials carried in the ...

Triton Systems, Inc. proposes a durable, lightweight, deployable cargo deck covering system for the Joint Maritime Assault Connector (JMAC) and Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) that will protect the cargo and the craft’s propulsors from foreign object damage. In Phase I, Triton will demonstrate the feasibility of advanced materials and structural solution for a cargo deck covering system. Vario ...

The Doppler cue obtained from using narrowband Doppler-sensitive sonar waveforms is an effective discriminator of moving targets from clutter. Often, however, targets will exhibit low Doppler, caused by slow-moving or cross-range motion, with Doppler further reduced in multistatic sonar for targets between source and receiver. Moreover, the strategically important littoral conditions exhibit incre ...

Triton Systems, Inc. proposes to develop a self contained, energy scavenging, biomimetic submarine detection system. This system will incorporate state of the art energy scavenging techniques, innovative station keeping and buoyancy control mechanisms, and low power electronics to create a stealthy, long lasting sonobuoy detector. The system is designed for extended usage and can self recharge and ...

There is a need to develop a broad-bandwidth, efficient, small compact projector module with integral amplifier that can be imbedded in the hull of an unmanned vehicle or in the coating of a surface combatant or submarine. It should also have the capability of a hydrophone for possible use in a communications mode. The modules could be used together to form a conformal array. The transducer should ...

In order to address the U.S. Navy’s need for improved tools for use in Anti-Submarine Warfare IST is proposing to develop an advanced acoustic sensing system consisting of networked smart sensor nodes. Each of these sensor nodes will be mobile and able to communicate with nearby sensors to form a reconfigurable network. Sensor mobility will be accomplished using electroactive polymer (EAP) fins ...

Midé is proposing to develop a reinforced rubber with unique sealing properties to combat leak situations on US Navy ships. The proposed innovation is to develop a unique pipe sealing rubber with a reinforced surface to carry the hoop-stresses and cross-sectional lip seal geometry to ensure that high pressure leaks are contained. The proposed long shelf-life, fire resistant reinforced leak arre ...

Currently, equipment maintenance requires highly trained individuals and is labor intensive, expensive and inefficient. The Marine Corps and DOD use written technical manuals and Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETM) to direct technicians through complex maintenance procedures for land vehicles, radar systems, radio communications systems, and ground-based weapon systems. Recently, the ...

Smoke-producing munitions such as mortars, smoke pots, and hand grenades are an important class of ordnance employed by the US military in both training and mission scenarios. These devices serve a number of vital functions including smoke screening for vision obscurance and marking of targets. A number of smoke-producing munitions used by the USMC rely upon red phosphorus (RP) to generate a smo ...