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Other than prevention the only way to deal with an explosive threat is to place a blast mitigation barricade between the threat and the structure(s) that need to be protected. Only after the barricade is in place can the threat be moved, disabled, or safely detonated. It is desirable that the barricade be portable and thus it needs to be light weight, compact, and easily manipulated by two to th ...

The need to supply an effective shelter for Small Operation Units (SOU) or the single soldier remains a priority. A seamless and light weight SOU shelter that provides all the necessary shelter requirements including CB protection is feasible. The design and fabrication method of this SOU shelter can be optimized by employing a seamless tubular woven structure as the primary component of this sh ...

Foster-Miller has leveraged its technological leadership in personnel entanglement via an IR&D program and applied it to the Casualty recovery Device (CCRD). The same team that has invented, developed and manufactured the Grab-NET family of non-lethal weapons systems has already been working on the CCRD through IR&D efforts. We have designed, built and successfully tested all of ...

Reverse osmosis systems used by the Navy as shipboard systems sometimes experience prefilter plugging. The plugging material is usually neutrally buoyant in seawater, and cannot be removed by centrifuges. We are proposing a n its expanded mode, but will open up to one thousand times its original pore size for rapid backflushing in its collaps ...

Composite structures are highly desirable for future Navy surface ships due primarily to their high strength to weight ratio, corrosion resistance and radar signature reduction potential. The recent National Research Council study on technology needs for the 21st century specifically cites the use of composite materails for signature reduction as a primary development recommendation for Navy pla ...

The goal of this Phase I program is to design a fully integrated, modular soldier system based on the use of are those that incorporate electrical or electro-optic data systems through the use of conductive or optical fibers and modular connector systems. Modularity will allow tailoring of the hardware configuration of specific unit missions and locations in the ba ...

We are proposing a triple defense system in a single compounded thin elastomeric material, to provide both physical permeation barrier as well as chemical and biological deactivation barrier without sacrificing the elastomeric properties of the proposed elastomers. The initial physical barrier is an alloyed ethylene-vinylalcohol ultrathin layer protected by the elastomer (better PVA coploymers wi ...

The increasing number and complexity of HLA-based distributed simulation exercises has created an urgent need for a suite of commercially-supported HLA Runtime Analysis and Monitoring (RAM) tools. These tools must provide a clear, accurate and timely view into the dynamic virtual battlefield and its supporting infrastructure while also providing supervisory control of all federates. Mak Technolo ...

To promote the commercial use of HLA outisde the DoD, non-military applications must be fielded which clearly demonstrate the benefits of HLA over and above other network architectures. MaK Technologies is the world's leading supplier of DIS software, and is the first company toproduce a commercial product based on HLA (VR-Link++). MaK will integrate VR-Link++ with MaK's completed, state-of-the- ...

Especially during emergencies, pilots face ey might look away from their altitude and orientation sensor displays when something else demands their attention. It would help pilots, in the language of microcontrollers, to be de and orientation sensors rather than having to constantly displays. Input from a tactile actuator array co ...