Army SBIR|STTR Program: Adaptive Filtering Techniques for Low-Cost RF Emitters

Army SBIR|STTR Program: Adaptive Filtering Techniques for Low-Cost RF Emitters is sponsored by U.S. Army. Aims to develop adaptive filtering techniques for cost-effective RF emitters.

Network Technologies – Army SBIR|STTR Program antennas, radio frequency, communications systems Adaptive Filtering Techniques for Low-Cost RF Emitters Develop an emitter system-agnostic solution for threat representative waveform generation and validation. Secure Wireless Data Transfer Solutions for Predictive Logistics Develop and implement a secure wireless data transfer solution for Predictive Logistics.

This solution must enable the seamless movement of collected logistics data from military platforms to a central location where Unit Commanders and Maintainers can visualize and analyze this data.

Continuous Time Spiking Neural Network Field Programmable Neural Network Array Field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) are a high volume, programmable, relatively low cost, approach for creating hardware applications from state machines to softcore processors. A field programmable neural network equivalent of a FPGA is needed to provide the same level of flexibility at low cost for neural network applications.

A field programmable neural network array would also provide bring FPGA-like functionality to DoD and Army neural network applications and empower future neural network developments.

AI/ML Augmented Antenna Systems for Contested Electromagnetic Environments Future conflicts are anticipated to involve significant use of autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) weapons combined with aggressive electromagnetic interference and adversary geolocation of radio frequency (RF) emissions.

Spatial and spectral management overlaid on fielded tactical waveforms and navigation signals will improve soldier lethality and survivability by providing awareness of enemy electromagnetic spectrum operations and enabling communications with reduced risk of detection.

Underlay Communications with Wide SINR Range Businesses should utilize Canonical Correlation Analysis to achieve high levels of interference suppression for tactical communications that support military networks’ underlay wireless communications.

Software Defined Radio Head The small business must develop a radio-agnostic Software Radio Head System that can rapidly adapt a radio carrier frequency among diverse targeted frequency bands via analog and/or digital frequency conversion.

Non-Radio Frequency Transceiver Alternative Communicator The U.S. Army seeks to develop a small, energy-efficient and self-contained transceiver that can wirelessly communicate between two points up to 300 meters away without using the traditional radio-frequency transport medium.

Through an NRF-TAC solution, the Army wants a non-standard means of signal communication, such as magnetic, acoustic or infrared, that is difficult to detect and report in an environment of highly covert activity. The utilization of the Non-Radio Frequency Transceiver Alternative Communicator (NRF-TAC) will enable new mission deployment possibilities for the operation and control of remote sensors.

Adapting Commercial Technologies to Deliver the Modular Attributable Sensor System (MASS), an Array of AI-enabled Sensor Nodes Interoperable with the Unified Network Today, large Army installations rely on sparse, labor-intensive patrols for security, training operations, compliance, and other routine operational tasks.

As a result, these areas suffer from high operational costs, slow response times, and frequent disruptions to training activities, directly impacting military readiness. Use of Satellite Observations for Analog Ensemble Predictions to Contribute to Decision Advantage Uncertainty in weather prediction affects Army mission preparation and planning degrading decision advantage.

Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models generate atmospheric forecasts to provide a deterministic weather forecast, but present inherent uncertainty. Dismounted Device-to-Device (D2D) Communication Platform Develop a Device-to-Device (D2D) squad-level communication platform that uses direct communications without network assistance of a radio access network (RAN).

The D2D platform shall implement a cognitive agent controlling jamming mitigation strategies in contested Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology ASA(ALT) releases contract opportunities on an ad-hoc basis to meet Army research and development needs.

Army Futures Command (AFC) releases topics during three specific solicitation periods throughout the fiscal year to address the Army’s current and anticipated war-fighting technology needs. Army STTR follows AFC’s topic release schedule but partners with a university, federally funded research and development center, or a qualified non-profit research institution as part of their contract.

Is the opportunity to establish the scientific, technical, commercial merit and feasibility of your proposed innovation. Is focused on the development, demonstration and delivery of your innovation from Phase I. Represents the commercialization phase of the program in which the company can market their products or services developed in Phase II, either to the government or in the commercial sector.

Allows small businesses to submit to Direct to Phase II applications if they performed the Phase I research through other funding sources. Provides funding to projects that require additional funding during their open Phase II contract. A Phase II Awardee may receive one additional, sequential Phase II award to continue the work of an initial Phase II award.

The sequential Phase II award has the same guideline amounts and limits as an initial Phase II award.

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (supply chain management, logistics coordination, target identifications and simulation) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (additive manufacturing) Autonomy (unmanned systems, drones, ground vehicle capabilities) Chemical and Biological (detection, defense) Cyber (biometric authentication, secure communications) Electronics (microelectronics, Very-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)) Electronic Warfare (jamming, spoofing) Human Performance (wearables) Immersive (augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality) Network Technologies (antennas, radio frequency, communications systems) Position, Navigation, and Timing (GPS) Power (batteries, generators) Software Modernization (high performance computing, data management and visualization) Sensors (infrared sensing) Weapons Systems (hypersonics, munitions and projectiles, directed energy)