Examples of Current CEROS-funded Research
Marine Air-Deployed Rescue Vehicle (MARV)
Contractor: Aero Union Marine Systems Corporation, Honolulu HI Summary: It is generally desirable to seek and extract downed pilots, persons overboard, combat evaders, or other persons in peril in the marine environment without introducing additional rescue personnel into hostile circumstances. This contract will design, fabricate, and demonstrate an autonomous, air-deployable, all-weather, self-righting, self-propelled rescue vessel that incorporates two-way audio, video, and data telemetry capabilities. The maximum use of commercial off-the-shelf components is expected to produce an affordable solution to marine search and rescue (SAR) operations.
Netted Combat Control System (CCS), Phase II
Contractor: BBNT Solutions LLC, Arlington VA and Mililani HI Summary: The second phase of the Netted CCS program successfully extended network- centric anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations from a shore-based station (demonstrated in 2001 in the Phase I Netted CCS program) to an airborne P-3 aircraft. A field exercise in Hawaiian waters in August 2002 demonstrated, for the first time, coordinated network-centric operations between a data-linked P-3 aircraft and a submarine prosecuting a target.
Neural Matrix Chips for Chemical and Biological Weapons Detection
Contractor: Cellular Bioengineering, Inc., Honolulu HI, with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA Summary: The objective of this project is to develop a laboratory device capable of rapid detection of known and unknown chemical and biological toxic agents using a combination of living neural cells and electronic devices. The technology is based on living neurons embedded in an electronically-interfaced matrix, termed a Neural Matrix Chip (or NMC), which is a commercially-produced charge-coupled device (CCD) capable of detecting action potentials from the individual embedded neurons. A successful proof of concept could lead to a rapid-acting, sensitive field-deployable chembio weapons detector.
Soft Rail Launch and Recovery System
Contractor: Creative Technology Applications, Inc., Kailua HI Summary: The launching and recovery of small craft typically used by SEAL teams has traditionally been done with the large vessel hove to; the inflatable craft are hoisted on and off using davits and cranes. This procedure is time consuming and hazardous even in optimal sea conditions. The Soft Rail project is intended to provider Special Operations Forces the ability to quickly, safely, and easily launch and recover small watercraft from large ships while underway during day or night operations.
Development of a Simplified ADS Deployment Approach
Contractor: Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc., Kailua HI Summary: The Advanced Deployable System (ADS) is a passive littoral surveillance system with distributed arrays of undersea acoustic sensors. The accuracy and utility of ADS is dependent on accurately laid seafloor sensor arrays; the shape and position of the arrays is crucial for accurate positioning of detected vessels. This objective of this contract is to apply numerical modeling techniques to develop a low-cost method of deploying arrays from fast moving surface vessels.
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