Department of the navy (don) 18. 1 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions introduction
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PHASE II: Fully develop the prototype clamp cushion material to meet the Navy’s requirements and perform all required validation and certification testing in accordance with MIL-C-85052A. PHASE III DUAL USE APPLICATIONS: Transition the clamp cushion material to the Navy and other branches of the military for aviation and other applications. Development of this new material could benefit the private sector by enhancing clamps used in hydraulic systems such as in commercial aircraft. Successful technology development would also allow the material to be used for other applications in a vibrational environment where tubing needs to be fastened. REFERENCES: 1. MIL-DTL-85052B. Clamp, Loop, Cushion, General Specification For. http://everyspec.com/MIL-SPECS/MIL-SPECS-MIL-DTL/MIL-DTL-85052B_5309/ 2. MIL-DTL-85052/1C. Clamp, Loop, Tube- I7-7 PH Cres, 275F, Fuel And Petroleum Based Hydraulic Fluid Resistant. http://everyspec.com/MIL-SPECS/MIL-SPECS-MIL-DTL/MIL-DTL-85052-1C_14037/ 3. MIL-PRF-83282D. Hydraulic Fluid, Fire Resistant, Synthetic Hydrocarbon Base, Metric, NATO Code Number H-537. http://everyspec.com/MIL-PRF/MIL-PRF-080000-99999/MIL-PRF-83282D_7238/ 4. SAE AS5440A. Hydraulic Systems, Military Aircraft, Design and Installation, Requirements for. http://standards.sae.org/as5440a/ KEYWORDS: Nitrile; Clamps; UV; Ozone; Resistant; Hydraulic
TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Air Platform, Ground/Sea Vehicles, Information Systems ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PMA 299 (ASW) H-60 Helicopter Program OBJECTIVE: Develop a technology for long-range detection of periscopes in maritime environments using a high-power Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) laser to detect submarine periscopes and submarine optics masts from aircraft at both low and high altitudes. DESCRIPTION: The need exists for improved periscope detection and discrimination between periscopes and other objects. An innovative laser periscope detection system would be complementary to the existing radar periscope detection capability to provide cueing and reduce false alarms. Combining data from the current radar detection algorithm with data from an optical detection algorithm will increase the probability of detection, and reduce the probability of false alarms during a mission. The laser periscope detection system should have a standalone mode for aircraft without radar for detecting periscopes. The laser periscope detection system should be integrated with existing or planned future laser systems, including Electro-Optical and Infrared (EO/IR) systems, to maximize capability while reducing the space, weight, and power (SWaP) of the combined system compared to the total for separate systems. Integration may include housing both systems in the same pod, utilizing the same environmental systems and using the same scanner and receivers where possible, data recorders, and displays. The system should be designed to be rugged, compact, and lightweight enough to be used in naval aircraft, both fixed- and rotary-wing platforms such as the P8 and the MH-60 ROMEO and SIERRA in accordance with the applicable Military Standards (specified and included in the references). It is therefore the goal of this program to seek the development of a power-scalable laser system solution that will meet the size, weight, performance, and reliability requirements below while considering component costs for future production of the system. The proposer should consider this development as the innovative advancement and combination of laser and supporting technologies towards the goals stated below. The performance objectives of the laser solution are:
Due to SWaP, ruggedization requirements and restricted use of hazardous material in airborne applications, the following will not be accepted: argon ion lasers, chemical lasers, and dye lasers. Furthermore, systems using cryogenic cooling will also be discounted. PHASE I: Determine and design a viable and robust laser system solution consisting of a single laser that meets or exceeds the requirements specified. Identify technological and reliability challenges of the design approach, and propose viable risk mitigation strategies. The Phase I effort will include the development of prototype plans for Phase II. PHASE II: Design, fabricate, and demonstrate a laser system prototype based on the design from Phase I. Test and fully characterize the system prototype. PHASE III DUAL USE APPLICATIONS: Finalize the design and fabricate a shock resistant laser system solution and assist to obtain certification for flight on a NAVAIR R&D aircraft. High-power, pulsed lasers have applications in manufacturing and lithography. Oceanographic bathymetry systems for survey and exploration work would benefit greatly from this laser system solution. REFERENCES: 1. Saleh, B.E.A. Fundamentals of Photonics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bahaa_Saleh2/publication/228109642_Fundamental_of_Photonics/links/0046352bada6cf0ab6000000/Fundamental-of-Photonics.pdf 2. MIL-STD 1399-300A: Electric Power, Alternating Current (metric). http://everyspec.com/MIL-STD/MIL-STD-1300-1399/MIL_STD_1399_300A_647/ 3. MIL-STD 461 E: Requirements for the Control of Electromagnetic Interference Characteristics of Subsystems and Equipment.https://snebulos.mit.edu/projects/reference/MIL-STD/MIL-STD-461E.pdf 4. MIL-STD 810G: Environmental Engineering Considerations and Laboratory Tests.http://everyspec.com/MIL-STD/MIL-STD-0800-0899/MIL-STD-810G_12306/ 5. MIL-STD 464 A: Interface Electromagnetic Environmental. http://everyspec.com/MIL-STD/MIL-STD-0300-0499/MIL-STD-464A_21938/ 6. MIL-STD 8591: Airborne Stores, Suspension Equipment and Aircraft-store Interface. http://everyspec.com/MIL-SPECS/MIL-SPECS-MIL-A/MIL-A-8591H_10997/ KEYWORDS: Airborne; Anti-Surface Warfare; Periscope Detection; Maritime Environment; Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW); Laser Detection
TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Air Platform, Electronics, Weapons ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PMA 299 (Rotary) H-60 Helicopter Program The technology within this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), 22 CFR Parts 120-130, which controls the export and import of defense-related material and services, including export of sensitive technical data, or the Export Administration Regulation (EAR), 15 CFR Parts 730-774, which controls dual use items. Offerors must disclose any proposed use of foreign nationals (FNs), their country(ies) of origin, the type of visa or work permit possessed, and the statement of work (SOW) tasks intended for accomplishment by the FN(s) in accordance with section 5.4.c.(8) of the Announcement. Offerors are advised foreign nationals proposed to perform on this topic may be restricted due to the technical data under US Export Control Laws. OBJECTIVE: Develop a lightweight, low-cost, turreted, multispectral/hyperspectral imaging system capable of detecting, recognizing, identifying, and tracking fast-moving boats while either partially or completely obscured by highly reflective water wakes. DESCRIPTION: Current Electro-Optical systems have been designed for ground-based operations, and do not consider the effect of high reflection from ship wakes. The Navy needs an improved Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) imaging system for detection, recognition, and identification of small, fast, agile boats. Fast moving boats, such as the Fast Attack Craft (FAC) and the Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FIAC), generate wakes that have very high reflectivity compared to the reflectivity from the boats themselves. The topic seeks an investigation of the effects of water wake on the performance of the EO/IR multispectral/hyperspectral imaging system while tracking fast moving boats that are either partially or completely obscured in the wake. An investigation on the difference between intensity signatures from boats and the highly reflective air-bubbled water wake must be one of the main drivers for the system design. It is the objective of this SBIR topic to model, design, prototype, and fabricate a multispectral/hyperspectral imaging system for small boat detection under wake clutter. The multispectral/hyperspectral imaging system should be compact and lightweight enough to be used in naval aircraft, both fixed- and rotary-wing platforms. The imaging system should meet the size, weight, performance, reliability, and sustainability requirements below while keeping costs for future production systems to less than $1 million per system. The proposer should consider this research and development as the innovative advancement multispectral/hyperspectral imaging systems for specific naval requirements such as operation in the maritime environments and mission. The performance objectives of the multispectral/hyperspectral imaging system solution should be:
Work produced in Phase II may become classified. Note: The prospective contractor(s) must be U.S. owned and operated with no foreign influence as defined by DoD 5220.22-M, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, unless acceptable mitigating procedures can and have been implemented and approved by the Defense Security Service (DSS). The selected contractor and/or subcontractor must be able to acquire and maintain a secret level facility and Personnel Security Clearances, in order to perform on advanced phases of this project as set forth by DSS and NAVAIR in order to gain access to classified information pertaining to the national defense of the United States and its allies; this will be an inherent requirement. The selected company will be required to safeguard classified material IAW DoD 5220.22-M during the advanced phases of this contract. PHASE I: Design and demonstrate the feasibility of an imaging system that meets or exceeds the requirements specified. The system must have the ability to detect, recognize, and identify a small boat that is completely submerged in salt water wake for at least one specified spectral band (SWIR, MWIR, LWIR). Identify technological and reliability challenges of the design approach, and propose viable risk mitigation strategies. Develop prototype plans for Phase II. PHASE II: Design, fabricate, and demonstrate a multispectral/hyperspectral imaging system prototype based on the design from Phase I. Test and fully characterize the system prototype to assess its performance. It is probable that the work under this effort will be classified under Phase II (see Description section for details). PHASE III DUAL USE APPLICATIONS: Finalize the design and fabricate a multispectral/hyperspectral imaging system solution and assist to obtain certification for flight on a NAVAIR R&D aircraft. Multispectral/hyperspectral imaging systems have applications in detection of liquid contamination on surfaces, airborne thermal imaging of buried objects, and detection of defects on merchandise, gas detection, and mineral identification. REFERENCES: 1. Downing, H. & Williams, D. “Optical Constants of Water in the Infrared.” Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 80, No. 12, pp. 1656-1661. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/JC080i012p01656/abstract 2. Hagen, N. & Kudenov, M. “Review of snapshot spectral imaging technologies.” Optical Engineering, 2013, 52 (9), 090901-1-23, (2013). http://opticalengineering.spiedigitallibrary.org/article.aspx?articleid=1743003 3. Kozarac, D. Risovic, S. & Frka, D. “Reflection of light from the air/water interface covered with sea-surface microlayers.” Marine Chemistry, 2005, 96, pp. 99-113. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222512496_Reflection_of_light_from_the_airwater_interface_covered_with_sea-surface_microlayers 4. MIL-STD 810G: Environmental Engineering Considerations and Laboratory Tests. https://www.atec.army.mil/publications/Mil-Std-810G/Mil-Std-810G.pdf 5. MIL-STD 8591: Airborne Stores, Suspension Equipment and Aircraft-Store Interface. http://www.dtbtest.com/pdfs/mil-std-8591.pdf 6. MIL-STD 464 A: Interface Electromagnetic Environmental. https://snebulos.mit.edu/projects/reference/MIL-STD/MIL-STD-464C.pdf 7. MIL-STD 461E for EMI: Requirements for The Control of Electromagnetic Interference Characteristics of Subsystems and Equipment. http://www.interferencetechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/461G.pdf 8. MIL-STD 1399 Section 300A for Power: Electric Power, Alternating Current (Metric). http://quicksearch.dla.mil/Transient/2A9A14F21B3A4E40AEB9D5967B813F20.pdf 9. Shaw, G. & Burke, H. “Spectral Imaging for Remote Sensing.” Lincoln Lab. J. 14. 1, 3-28. http://ridl.cfd.rit.edu/products/publications/Lincoln%20Lab/14_1remotesensing.pdf 10. Van Iersel, M. & Devecchi, B. “Modeling the infrared and radar signature of the wake of a vessel.” Conference: SPIE Remote Sensing and Security + Defence, September 2015, Toulouse, France, Vol: 9653-11. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282868156_Modeling_the_infrared_and_radar_signature_of_the_wake_of_a_vessel 11. Zhang, X. Lemis, M. Bissett, W. Johnson, B. & Kohler, D. “Optical influence of ship wakes.” Applied Optics, May 20, 2004, Vol. 43, No. 15, pp. 3122-3132. https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2054392892?FORM=DACADP 12. Zilman, G., Zapolski, A. & Marom, M. “On detectability of a ship’s Kelvin wake in simulated SAR images of rough sea surface.” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2015, Vol.53, No.2, pp. 609- 619. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6828750/ KEYWORDS: Multispectral Imaging; Hyperspectral Imaging; Wake Clusters; Small Boat Detection; FAC; FIAC
TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Electronics, Information Systems ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PMA 272 Tactical Aircraft Protection Systems The technology within this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), 22 CFR Parts 120-130, which controls the export and import of defense-related material and services, including export of sensitive technical data, or the Export Administration Regulation (EAR), 15 CFR Parts 730-774, which controls dual use items. Offerors must disclose any proposed use of foreign nationals (FNs), their country(ies) of origin, the type of visa or work permit possessed, and the statement of work (SOW) tasks intended for accomplishment by the FN(s) in accordance with section 5.4.c.(8) of the Announcement. Offerors are advised foreign nationals proposed to perform on this topic may be restricted due to the technical data under US Export Control Laws. OBJECTIVE: Develop a Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) compliant ALE-47 Operational Flight Program (OFP) software application. DESCRIPTION: The AN/ALE-47 Operational Flight Program (OFP) currently is hosted on two different embedded processors: the 1750A and the PowerPC (PPC). The AN/ALE-47 OFP is the “operating system” for the countermeasures dispensing system and is predominately written in Ada with some low-level C and machine level boot loader functions. The two variants of processors necessitate two separate OFPs in support of developing fleet software. The United States military services have increasingly become interested in hosting the AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser System (CMDS) functionality in other Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE). The current plan is to host the AN/ALE-47 CMDS functionality within the AN/AAQ-45 Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasures (DAIRCM) system as part of its Program of Record (POR). This effort will require porting the Power PC OPF to an Intel i7 or XEON processor. Development of a Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) compliant AN/ALE-47 OFP design will prepare the U.S. Navy (USN) and other services to provide a cost-effective CMDS solution that reduces cost and improves CMDS performance in key areas (e.g., latency between other warning and countermeasures systems). For example, the current system specification allows for 120 milliseconds (ms) between discrete initiation and the dispense event, where it is expected that this latency will be reduced by 50%. Cost reductions will result from having a single code base for the FACE compliant application that incorporates the CMDS functionality. The actual cost savings will depend on the number of systems that incorporate this capability This project will address all of the FACE Architectural Segments (i.e., abstraction layers) including the Operating System Segment (the operating system, file system, drivers, etc.), the Input/Output (I/O) Services Segment (i.e., interfaces and hardware control), and the Transport Services Segment (i.e., data transport and data conversion). There are plans to host the ALE-47 OFP application on other processors as part of integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment (iASE) initiatives. The development of a FACE compliant version of the ALE-47 OFP will assist in future iASE application development efforts. PHASE I: Perform detailed analysis of the current AN/ALE-47 OFP and determine the complexity and path forward in developing a Portable FACE Application (usable across other FACE-compliant systems and systems that are built using the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)) with CMDS functionality equal to or exceeding the current functionality of the AN/ALE-47 CMDS. Analysis will include the feasibility of maintaining as much of the current OFP code base while also moving to FACE compliant abstraction layers (e.g., Operating System, Input/Output and Transport Interface). Identify methodologies and metrics that can be used to reduce latency by employing Data Distribution Service (DDS) technology. Once the analysis is complete, implement a subset of the CMDS functionality and demonstrate interface communication (e.g., programmer to sequencer). The Phase I effort will include the development of prototype plans for Phase II. PHASE II: Complete the (1) identification of a target hardware environment, (2) implementation of the FACE compliant test environment, development of the Portable FACE-compliant CMDS Application, and (3) system performance testing. Develop a prototype system that is capable of hosting the CMDS Application, provides the means to evaluate the performance and level of compliance of the FACE components, and meets or exceeds the current system performance specification for the AN/ALE-47 as identified in the AN/ALE-47 System Specification. Produce Generation of System Performance Specifications, Software Design Documents, and other documentation associated with the Software Development along with a technology transition plan in order for the Government to maintain organic support of the CMDS OFP and Mission Data File (MDF) fleet products. PHASE III DUAL USE APPLICATIONS: Perform final testing and verification of the system and transition to PMA 272 for official use in DAIRCM, Airborne Tactical Data System (ATDS), or Information Assurance Support Environment (iASE) applications. FACE Compliant OFP could be used in CMDS Simulation Tools and/or commercial sales of CMDS technology. REFERENCES: 1. “Documents and Tools.” Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE). http://www.opengroup.org/face/information 2. FACE 101. The Open Group. http://www3.opengroup.org/face/face101 3. “TM Technical Standard Edition 2.1.” Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE), 2014. http://www.opengroup.org/face/tech-standard-2.1 KEYWORDS: FACE Compliant; Interoperable; Reuse; Open Standards; MOSA; Countermeasures Dispenser System (CMDS)
TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Electronics, Information Systems ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PMA 272 Tactical Aircraft Protection Systems The technology within this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), 22 CFR Parts 120-130, which controls the export and import of defense-related material and services, including export of sensitive technical data, or the Export Administration Regulation (EAR), 15 CFR Parts 730-774, which controls dual use items. Offerors must disclose any proposed use of foreign nationals (FNs), their country(ies) of origin, the type of visa or work permit possessed, and the statement of work (SOW) tasks intended for accomplishment by the FN(s) in accordance with section 5.4.c.(8) of the Announcement. Offerors are advised foreign nationals proposed to perform on this topic may be restricted due to the technical data under US Export Control Laws. Directory: osbp -> sbir -> solicitations -> sbir20181 solicitations -> Army 16. 3 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions solicitations -> Air force 12. 1 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions solicitations -> Army 14. 1 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions solicitations -> Navy small business innovation research program submitting Proposals on Navy Topics solicitations -> Navy small business innovation research program solicitations -> Armament research, development and engineering center solicitations -> Army 17. 1 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions solicitations -> Navy 11. 3 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions sbir20181 -> 18. 1 Defense logistics agency (dla) small business innovation research (sbir) program proposal Submission Instructions general sbir20181 -> Army 18. 1 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions Download 1.02 Mb. Share with your friends:
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