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Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W912HZ-13-P-0009
Agency Tracking Number: A12A-025-0449
Amount: $99,937.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: A12a-T025
Solicitation Number: 2012.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2012
Award Year: 2013
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2012-11-02
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2013-04-30
Small Business Information
971 DEWING AVE STE 101
LAFAYETTE, CA -
United States
DUNS: 146190967
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 John Hedgepeth
 Proj Scientist/Fish Acoustics
 (805) 541-0310
 jhedgepeth@tenera.com
Business Contact
 David Mayer
Title: President
Phone: (925) 962-9769
Email: dmayer@tenera.com
Research Institution
 Duke University
 Douglas P Nowacek
 
Duke U. Marine Laboratory 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd.
Beaufort, NC 28516-
United States

 (252) 504-7566
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

The goal of the Phase I project is to develop a COTS system into a modular unit for detection, tracking and classification of large marine organisms such as manatees and turtles. The Kongsberg Mesotech M3 Sonar is a 500 kHz multibeam that can resolve objects as far as 150 m. This compact system has been tested to detect Florida manatees by Dr. Kevin Boswell and will be used by well qualified marine mammal and fisheries experts Drs. Doug Nowacek and Kevin Boswell as a detection platform for classification of species of concern in support of Corps channel maintenance. The advantage of the M3 is that a full 120 degree view is standard with one transducer and being low cost the swath width can be expanded to 360 degrees with the addition of two transducers. This project will build upon the system"s unique phase information for horizontal as well as vertical target position to aid in detection, tracking and classification. A real time program will be developed to utilize the system"s Ethernet telemetry that contains beam information in order to design detection, tracking and classification. Project manager Dr. John Hedgepeth will coordinate classification efforts with the aid of the system developer.

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