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UWB Intelligent Ammunition Monitoring System

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W15QKN-04-C-1026
Agency Tracking Number: A022-1121
Amount: $730,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2003
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
7519 Standish Place, Suite 200
Rockville, MD 20855
United States
DUNS: 161911532
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Eric Doorn
 Director of Sensor Techno
 (301) 294-5200
 evandoorn@i-a-i.com
Business Contact
 Marc Toplin
Title: Director of Contracts
Phone: (301) 294-5200
Email: mtoplin@i-a-i.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

This proposal details an innovative ammunition monitoring system based on Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology. Our approach is to seamlessly integrate sensitive detection of intruders, communications with friendly forces, and tracking of ammunition units.Sophisticated algorithms for the analysis of radio and radar scans show great potential to limit false alarm rates due to small animals, etc. Due to the nature of UWB, the proposed system will be low power, low probability of intercept/detection, and ableto both operate in cluttered multi-path environments, and under adverse weather conditions. Under Phase I, we have thoroughly characterized UWB hardware for intrusion detection purposes. We have completed experiments and analytical analysis indicating thatsuch an intrusion detection system has a very low inherent false alarm rate. We have also show that we can track human intruders with ¿ ft accuracy in real time using commercially available hardware.Apart from the direct military applications, robustmonitoring systems will have increased market potential due to recent emphasis on homeland security, and the protection of government institutions, national borders, and critical infrastructure.

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