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High Reliability, Wireless, High-speed digital Fibre Channel Interface for Micro Munitions (IMM)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8651-11-M-0086
Agency Tracking Number: F103-135-0851
Amount: $100,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF103-135
Solicitation Number: 2010.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2010
Award Year: 2011
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2011-01-20
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1 Riverside Circle Suite 400
Roanoke, VA -
United States
DUNS: 627132913
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Mike Usberghi
 Principal Investigator
 (540) 769-8400
 usberghim@lunainnovations.com
Business Contact
 Michael Pruzan
Title: Director of Contracts
Phone: (540) 769-8430
Email: submissions303@lunainnovations.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

New smart munitions will require high-speed digital interface connections from the launcher to munitions such as that defined in SAE"s Interface for Micro Munitions (IMM), SAE 5726. The IMM connection specifies Fibre Channel as its data communications protocol and superimposes this balanced electrical data along with DC power signals over paired coaxial connections. Single-ended safety and mated status discretes also form part of this interface. The high-speed digital interface operates at 1.0625 Mbps. and will be very sensitive to intermittency or loss of transmission path integrity. Upper layer protocols will be able to compensate for data dropouts and loss through retransmission requests, but this could be time consuming and unacceptable in operation. The purpose of our research effort will be to examine and tradeoff potential contact-less forms of high rate data communications including: RF data link, optical data links, and near-field data links in order to identify a more reliable alternative IMM interface that will improve operational performance and readiness. Our work will culminate in a laboratory demonstration of prototype hardware. BENEFIT: Potential commercial applications: peer-to-peer virtual connections for smart devices, wireless digital content transfer for cameras, electronic viewers, personal entertainment and communications devices, contactless ticketing and security applications.

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