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A02-104 TITLE: Direct Digital Synthesizer for 2-2000 MHz Radio Frequency (RF) Waveforms TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Information Systems ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PEOC3S, PM Tactical Radio Comm Systems/JTRS OBJECTIVE: Develop a high-resolution direct digital synthesizer (DDS) capable of synthesizing RF waveforms to eliminate the need for analog up-converters. This technology could be directly applicable to the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) communication system as well as any communication system for Homeland Security. DESCRIPTION: The goal of a true JTRS software radio is to eliminate analog mixers allowing data conversion between analog and digital domains at radio frequencies. Towards that goal, a direct digital synthesizer (DDS) to synthesize signals with center frequencies from 2 to 2000 MHz and (phase or frequency) modulate them with instantaneous bandwidth up to 200 MHz is required. The DDS should achieve a high-linearity (spur-free dynamic range 80-100 dB), high resolution (16 effective bits) with the development of high spectral purity digital-to-analog converter (DAC). PHASE I: Feasibility analysis, concept formulation, and parameter optimization to show that a high-linearity DAC technology is capable of meeting the 2-2000 MHz frequency range. The DAC is to be built and demonstrated in Phase II. PHASE II: Build and demonstrate a complete direct digital synthesizer (DDS). PHASE III: a. Military Application: The resultant direct digital synthesizer technology could be inserted into future JTRS radio family members as a pre-planned product improvement. This technology could also be directly applicable to any communication system for Homeland Security.
1) JTRS Operational Requirements Document (ORD) KEYWORDS: DDS - Direct Digital Synthesizer, DAC - Digital to Analog Converter, JTRS A02-105 TITLE: Reliable Geographic-Aware Multicasting for Sensor-Equipped Munition Networks TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Information Systems ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PM for Mines, Countermine and Demolitions OBJECTIVE: Develop a secure and reliable ad hoc routing protocol intended to optimize location-aware, sensor-equipped munitions or any smart sensor networks while supporting Quality of Service (QOS) criteria. DESCRIPTION: Deployed munition fields rely on sensor gathered information as well as remote commands from a manned control unit. An ad hoc routing scheme implemented in this scenario needs to incorporate enough intelligence to enable reliable and secure node routing and addressability based on nodal location information, such as provided from GPS. It must also incorporate power conscious operation (power cycling/adjustable transmit levels and other appropriate schemes) and reliable casting (unit/multi/any) into route decisioning. This proposed project will seek out initiatives to develop a product which will provide innovative solutions to satisfy this requirement. PHASE I: Develop packet routing techniques incorporating nodal location information. Nodes must be addressable given their geographical position and be able to respond to requests pertaining to a bounded geographic area. Provide an assessment of the performance and feasibility of the proposed technique or techniques which addresses scalability of a large dispersed senor/munition network and military performance issues found in a tactical munition network. Demonstrate how the proposed technique is superior to existing methods through analysis or simulation. The result should demonstrate the required features of an eventual product. PHASE II: Field demonstration of how the techniques employed provide a marked improvement in reliable message delivery over currently used protocols (DSR - Dynamic Source Routing, AODV - Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance-Vector). Demonstration should support results found during Phase I analysis and extend result at a higher degree of fidelity. PHASE III: Military and commercial industry will be able to capitalize on location-aware routing applications ranging from personal navigation to tracking systems. The advent of wireless personal communication devices and other power-restricted equipment offers an unlimited number of potential services, profitable to both hardware manufactures and service providers. On the military side, this technology addresses both energy efficiency and reliability, which are two important factors in unattended ground sensor and sensor-munition networks. Commercially, this protocol can be used in transit and tracking systems such as locating items in a warehouse, which can be integrated with an inventory control program. This technology can be applied to homeland defense applications. It can be used in a wide variety of security systems protecting critical structures such as nuclear power plants. KEYWORDS: communications, networks, protocols, munitions A02-106 TITLE: Header Compression for Wireless Ad-hoc Networks in a Military Environment TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Information Systems ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PM, Soldier, Monmouth OBJECTIVE: The objective of this effort is to design and prototype robust header compression techniques that operate end-to-end over wireless, ad-hoc networks. Current commercial efforts only consider a cellular-type of infrastructure where compression is only done between a base station and a mobile terminal, not over a routed, multi-hop, ad-hoc network. Robust header compression techniques will help in increasing protocol efficiency and increase data throughput, which is essential for wireless military environments. DESCRIPTION: There are several implementations of various IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) RFCs (Request for Comments) that pertain to header compression. Recently, implementations of Robust Header Compression have become available in the commercial market place. The main issue of adapting these implementations to a military environment is the fact that the compression is only capable of occurring between two directly connected nodes (i.e., base station to mobile terminal) and not end-to-end over a multi-hop, ad-hoc network. The header compression techniques developed should be capable of operating end-to-end, across a wireless ad-hoc network. The techniques developed should also be able to interoperate with commercial standards, in cases where this may be required. PHASE I: In this phase, available options of header compression techniques will be assessed and points of modification and enhancement for operation over ad-hoc networks will be addressed. Data throughput improvements will be shown, both analytically and through simulation. The results of this phase shall be a description document of the header compression technique developed that includes discussions of potential network performance improvements. PHASE II: In this phase, prototype implementations shall be made for the techniques developed in Phase I. The form of the implementation should be a working prototype hosted in a chosen Operating System environment. The prototype must clearly show all the functionality designed during Phase I as well as provide realistic data throughput improvements over an ad-hoc wireless network using header compression. Phase III: Military and commercial industry will be able to capitalize on the use of robust header compression techniques over ad-hoc networking environments. Ad-hoc networks set up during disaster relief efforts or law enforcement situations require efficient transfer of voice, video and data between multiple nodes across the network. In the military side, robust header compression addresses the issues of improving protocol efficiency by reducing the size of control information in packets over wireless, military radio networks. KEYWORDS: communications, networks, protocols, header compression A02-107 TITLE: VHF/UHF Laminated Antenna TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Information Systems ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PM Tactical Radio Communications Systems OBJECTIVE: Develop and demonstrate a lightweight, rugged and efficient Very High Frequency (VHF)/Ultra High Frequency (UHF) laminated antenna for military and commercial applications. Applications include Homeland Security efforts to detect, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks in the United States. DESCRIPTION: Present VHF/UHF antennas use effective but high profile designs that in many instances inhibit the ability of the soldier to effectively perform his mission. Whether the antennas are worn on the soldier or installed on ground vehicles, the antennas are breakable and visually observable. There is a need to provide a low cost, lightweight, conformal antenna that can either be integrated with the soldier’s garment or installed on ground and air platforms. Efficiency and range of the antenna must be equivalent or greater than legacy VHF/UHF antennas. Principle communications are peer-to-peer voice, message data, video. Future requirements are to communicate with sensors, robotics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Techniques to extend range and enhance anti-jam and low probability of detection (e.g., electronically steerable antennas) are relevant. Consideration of emerging materials, coatings, antenna switching technologies as well as adaptiveness, efficiency in all warfighter positions, and the ability of the antenna to communicate in rapidly changing scenarios are critical requirements of the antenna. Successful proposals will explore and develop an innovative VHF/UHF laminated antenna system that will address these objectives and descriptions. PHASE I: The technical feasibility to develop a laminated antenna capable of being integrated into a soldier, ground, and/or air system will be established. A set of alternatives will be presented to the government. The contractor and the government will make a joint decision on the most promising techniques to pursue in Phase II. PHASE II: The contractor will develop, prototype and demonstrate the most promising antenna emerging from the Phase I study. PHASE III: Laminated Antennas will be used on the appropriate platform (body, ground, and/or air) to eliminate the need for large, protruding antennas. Military applications include the infantry soldier, ground vehicles, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Commercial applications include Homeland Security, law enforcement (FBI, DEA, Coast Guard), Disaster Relief, Firefighting, oil or construction industries. KEYWORDS: Antenna, conformal, communication, VHF, UHF A02-108 TITLE: Application of Color Flexible Displays TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Electronics ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PM, Soldier OBJECTIVE: The objective of this task is to design, develop, prototype, and demonstrate an Active Matrix Flexible Color Display for use in various installations and configurations inside military vehicles, military aircraft, shelters, Tactical Operation Centers (TOCS), and Command Posts (CPs). In addition, the display must be capable of being carried (attached or rolled up in a pocket) by a soldier in a standard Battle Dress Uniform (BDU). Either one of these configurations would result in a significant size and weight reduction over that of traditional monitors or flat panel displays. DESCRIPTION: With the amount of communication devices used in today’s military operations there exists a need to get critical information to the warfighter. Currently the warfighter has a few devices with which they can read this information: traditional Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) monitors, flat panel displays, and heads mounted display (HMDs). Traditional CRTs and flat panel displays have been the display of choice when populating shelters, TOCs, and CPs with a visual device. However, the foot soldier has to rely on lightweight laptops, hand held displays, or HMDs, each of which add an extra component to the already overburdened soldier. A common design is needed that will fill the needs of the foot soldier and the soldier who uses traditional monitors in a military shelter. However, the commercial market, to date, has not been able to produce a Color Flexible Display analogous to the size and resolution of today’s hand held glass display devices. In addition, the small number of low resolution flexible display prototypes that have been produced, have a very low Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF). The size and resolution issues could be resolved provided a matrix addressed solution existed on flexible substrates. However, today’s deposition process requires too high a temperature to create this addressing scheme, a temperature which flexible substrates cannot withstand. What is needed is the development of an Active Matrix (AM) display on a flexible substrate. Advancements in the permeability of flexible substrates would increase the MTBF of the devices, as well. The developed Flexible Color Display could be designed for both shelter and foot soldier applications, to provide commonality of C4ISR equipment, which would contribute to simplification in deployment, training, and increase the responsiveness of the soldier. The flexible display must also be able to be folded or rolled up so it can be stored inside a drawer or placed on a shelf when it is not in use. A version of the flexible display shall also be able to be temporarily attached to a soldier’s BDU. This will allow the Objective Force Warrior to “see first, understand first, and act first” at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of operation. This will enable the soldier to view documents, graphics, briefings, maps, etc. without having to carry a heavy or unwieldy display. This will increase the operational capability of the soldiers. The foot soldier will be capable to view mission planning while en route to the battlefield, since the flexible display is small and lightweight. The flexible display should have the ability to be readable from any viewing angle and connect to current Army communication devices (i.e., computers) as well as major industry standard interfaces. Lightweight, low power and survivability in an uncontrolled battlefield environment are all important design goals. PHASE I: The contractor shall design a Flexible Color Display as described above for use by Army soldiers inside military vehicles, military aircraft, SICPS shelters, or on the ground. The contractor shall also perform a feasibility analysis of the design and demonstrate its capabilities through analysis, simulation, or other means. As a minimum, the analysis shall include: power requirements, size, weight, operational issues, technology issues, and compatibility. The contractor shall also develop a test plan during Phase I that will enable comprehensive operational, capability and environmental testing of the device to be conducted in Phase II. PHASE II: The contractor will perform a prototype demonstration of the flexible display per the proposed Phase I system design. Prototype demonstration will address the issues for use in a standard SICPS shelter and for use on the soldier’s BDU. The flexible display will be tested per the proposed Phase I test plan. PHASE III: The contractor will install the prototype systems in a standard SICPS shelter as well as attaching a prototype to a soldier’s BDU. It is envisioned that similar displays would be desired for other agencies that use portable computers or flat panel displays (police/fire/rescue). This technology could also be used in the area of PDA displays. This technology could also be used in the commercial arena as well. Consumers are always looking for smaller and more convenient displays that are lightweight and could be viewed at any angle and in the sunlight. REFERENCES: 1) "DARPA Eyes Flexible Color Display Systems", Military & Aerospace Electronics, 31 DEC 01. 2) "Operational Requirements Document (ORD) for Land Warrior ACAT I", Section 4.28, 31 OCT 01. 3) "Luxell and Universal Display Team Promises Breakthroughs in Flexible Displays", John McHale, Military & Aerospace Electronics, AUG 01. 4) "Kent and eMagin Show Innovative Prototypes at IDRC", Ken Werner, Inforamation Display, JAN 01. 5) "A Bright new page in Portable Displays", Gregory Crawford, IEEE Spectrum, OCT 00. 6) "Dupont CDT, to Boost Flexible Display Manufacturing", Military & Aerospace Elecronics, JUL 98. 7) "Army lab Pushes Flat-Panel Displays", Federal Computer Week, January 7, 2002. KEYWORDS: flexible display, virtual retinal displays, SICPS, C4SIR A02-109 TITLE: Return-Path Guidance System TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Electronics ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PM Soldier Electronics OBJECTIVE: Design and build a handheld device that provides three-dimensional course guidance derived from ground based transponders or transmitters placed along a return path. DESCRIPTION: The Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) is the primary source of position and navigation information for the dismounted warrior. During operations in caves, forests, minefields, tunnels, or urban areas, loss of positioning and steering information due to GPS satellite signal denial could have particularly severe consequences if it occurs along the soldier's return path. The Return-Path Guidance System will provide three-dimensional course guidance to home base when GPS signals are not available. The Return-Path Guidance System will consist of a handheld unit and many stationary ground based transponders or transmitters, called electronic breadcrumbs. The handheld unit will calculate and display to the user the range, azimuth, cross track error (distance left or right of the desired course), speed, and time-to-go to the desired course. The electronic breadcrumbs will transmit an encrypted low-probability of intercept waveform for at least seventy-two hours. They will allow multiple simultaneous users. The electronic breadcrumbs will send a warning if they are moved after planting. The course guidance provided by the Return-Path Guidance System will increase the survivability of the Future Combat Scout/Objective Force Warrior by allowing soldiers, robots and unmanned ground vehicles to operate in the defilade of caves and tunnels. PHASE I: Write a technical report detailing the design of the Return-Path Guidance System. The technical report will include a trade-off study of ground based transponder or transmitter range versus operating time. PHASE II: Complete design, build and demonstrate a prototype automated return path system consisting of a handheld unit and ground based transponders or transmitters. The demonstration will be in a realistic urban environment. PHASE III: Civilian applications of the Return-Path Guidance System include guiding people and robots through large buildings (airport terminals, factories, and hospitals) and on through forests. The system will be used by firefighters to mark their path through a smoke filled building to facilitate rescue. REFERENCES: 1) "Mobile Phone Location Tracking", Linda Gruwell and David Sneddon, MSEC 20-863 Mobile eCommerce Student Paper, Carnegie Mellon University. http://mcom.ecom.cmu.edu/docs/Location_Tracking.ppt KEYWORDS: Course Guidance, Hand-Held, Low Probability of Intercept; Transponder; Transmitter A02-110 TITLE: Rapid Knowledge Correlation and Link Analysis Tool (RKCLAT) TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Information Systems, Human Systems ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PM Soldier OBJECTIVE: The desired capabilities include: - A capability to build knowledge base components from entity building blocks, relationships and behavior gathered from unstructured and structured data sources (i.e., fragmented information). - A capability that provides dynamic templates for operators, analysts, and SME (Subject Matter Experts) to identify entities, relationship and behaviors which would alert them potential threat situation - A capability to recognize and alert the SME to information matching the CCIR - A dialogue capability to interactively identify pattern-correlation over geographical areas. This will provide a more robust knowledge base that can better discover and model behavior of evolving friendly, threat and neutral players in today’s non-linear battlefield. - A capability to view the knowledge base on a situational awareness display. DESCRIPTION: New technologies, concepts of operations, and organizations promise to increase the speed, agility and precision of military systems, however few of the current or proposed systems address the difficulties in describing relationships and behaviors of entities (individuals, organizations, facilities, and equipment) involved in a given situation (events, times, locations, etc). What are required are technical capabilities for rapid extraction of entities, their relationships and capabilities (behavior) and the ability to graphically combine these into a set of evolving templates of knowledge. This knowledge can then be queried to determine more specific information about entities, how they interact, and their capabilities, thus providing a dynamic, domain-specific set of knowledge based on evolving information. The intent is to analyze the requirements of evolving templates, design and develop software that provides the objective capabilities. PHASE I: Using insights and methods of DARPA’s Rapid Knowledge Formation (RKF), identify how the SMEs would interact with the knowledge base. Describe the building blocks and query capabilities to develop a domain knowledge base consisting of entities (individuals, organizations, facilities, organizations, equipment, etc.), relationships between entities, and behaviors associated with those entity/relationship interactions. From a selected set of algorithms, models or techniques, identify and describe how the SME will query the knowledge base to discover the explicit answer and how it was derived (e.g., what Templates were applied). Propose an applicable and feasible proof-of-concept demonstration system as an extension to the Open Source Automated Link analysis Tool (OSALAT) developed for CECOM. PHASE II: Based on successful results of Phase I, develop and demonstrate a prototype system based on a realistic scenario incorporating complex military, environmental and civilian conditions and interactions. This prototype will leverage advanced display technology and provide an underlying structure to identify, cluster, prioritize and present data and information as they unfold PHASE III: This system could be used in a wide range of military and civilian applications where the detection of non-linear patterns is critical to mission or organizational success. For example, the system could be used in military and civilian intelligence, security and police applications, counter-terrorism and anti-drug operations, and epidemiological and social research to detect trends in a variety of indicators of interest where complex interactions are common. REFERENCES: 1) OSALAT- (Open Source Automated Link Analysis Tool) is an intelligent Internet Search, extraction and analysis tool that continually learns and improves as you use it. It interactively searches the web and other data collections, to intelligently locate, select precise and adequate information to help you make informed decisions about almost anything, i.e., stock quotes, local news, international terrorism, sports etc. KEYWORDS: Rapid Knowledge Base, Entity Extractor, Link Analysis Diagram, Relationship ExtraCtor, Onthology, Non Linear patterns, Intelligent Agents A02-111 TITLE: Smart Chargers for Smart Batteries TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Electronics ACQUISITION PROGRAM: Project Manager - Soldier Systems OBJECTIVE: Objective is to design, test, fabricate, and implement an ultra-lightweight, compact, rapid charging, SMBus compliant (smart) battery charger for the individual soldier. The smart charger shall be less than 1.5 pounds, less than 50 cubic inches in volume, and consume less than 3 hours to recharge an eight ampere hour, 16.8 volt, lithium-ion battery. It shall operate from -30 to 55 degree Celsius temperature ranges. The smart charger shall operate from both a 100-250 volt (ac) or 24 volt (dc) power source. The smart charger shall be both modular and scalable (capable of recharging multiple {up to 10 SMBus compliant} batteries at one time). DESCRIPTION: The Army is transitioning towards an Objective Force in order to be more strategically responsive, deployable, agile, versatile, lethal, survivable, and sustainable. There are many systems being designed/developed today which enhance the seven aforementioned characteristics. The Medium Weight Thermal Weapon Sight and Land Warrior System are two examples. Rechargeable batteries provide the necessary power for these electronic systems. Currently, the Army battery charger weighs 11 pounds, has a volume of 973 cubic inches, can only recharge 2 identical batteries at a time, and requires different adapters for each type of battery to be recharged. Currently, these parameters do not meet all of the Army’s Objective Force characteristics. Therefore, an ultra-lightweight, compact, rapid charging, SMBus compliant (smart) battery charger for the individual soldier is required. By reducing the weight and volume of the smart charger, an increase can be made in the agility of the individual soldier and rapid deployment of the chargers. In addition, reduction in the total recharging time of batteries will have a direct impact on the agility of soldiers. SMBus compliant chargers have many benefits. First, it will eliminate the need for adapters on the charger because the SMBus compliant battery will “notify” what type of battery it is, thereby decreasing the logistics costs. Next, because the charger is notified of the battery type, chemistry, etc., a proper charging routine may be applied to the battery. Not only does this speed up the charging process, but it doesn’t degrade the batteries overall lifetime. Improper charging of the battery will reduce/damage the overall lifetime of the battery. I n addition, by charging the battery faster, the soldier will have the battery available to him faster, therefore, decreasing the waiting time for replenishment in the field. This will have a direct impact on sustainability. Finally, the leader/commander can view the status of each soldiers battery “level”. This will aid the commander in calculating how long the mission can continue before replenishment is required. The smart charger shall be less than 1.5 pounds (86% reduction), less than 50 cubic inches in volume (95% reduction), and consume less than 3 hours to recharge an eight ampere hour, 16.8 volt, lithium-ion battery (16 each 18650 cells, 4S4P). It must be able to operate from -30 to 55 degree Celsius temperature ranges. The smart charger shall be able to operate from both a 100-250 volt (ac) or 24 volt (dc) power source. The smart charger shall be both modular and scalable (capable of recharging multiple {up to 10 SMBus compliant} batteries at one time). PHASE I : Identify concepts and investigate all the necessary discrete components to fabricate a prototype smart charger. Develop and demonstrate a smart prototype charger to recharge an 8 ampere hour (AH) Land Warrior battery. PHASE II: Demonstrate safety aspects of the individual smart charger. Fabricate a multi-battery smart charger using a nine (9) individual smart chargers. Demonstrate that all prototypes conform to MIL STD 810. Provide a minimum of 3 multi-battery smart chargers to the Army for field testing purposes. PHASE III: The smart battery charger can be easily implemented for a wide range of portable electronic products such as cellular phones, laptop computers and camcorders. 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