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Helmet Mounted Radar System (HRMS)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W15P7T-10-C-S011
Agency Tracking Number: A093-147-0401
Amount: $119,995.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A09-147
Solicitation Number: 2009.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-05-26
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-11-26
Small Business Information
101 Bleecker Street
Utica, NY 13501
United States
DUNS: 806603515
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Walter Szczepanski
 President
 (315) 732-0101
 walter.szczepanski@heliossensors.com
Business Contact
 Walter Szczepanski
Title: President
Phone: (315) 732-0101
Email: woseles@mobile-intelligence.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The Helios Remote Sensing Systems team will develop a miniature, low power, 360-degree field of view Moving Target Indicator (MTI) radar sensor that will alert the soldier to the whereabouts of targets out to at least 25 meters with a goal of 50 meters while operating in harsh environments. The sensor will be mounted, embedded, and integrated within the Advanced Combat Helmet and associated sensor suites. Special attention has been paid to system weight, power consumption, and health of the soldier for this application. The total weight of the system is projected to be less than 2 ½ pounds with less than one pound mounted on the helmet. Several options will be investigated as a means to cue the soldier to the whereabouts of the targets. Special waveforms are considered for tag interrogation to enable precise location of blue forces, as well as target discrimination. Detection of small arms fire is included as part of the trade study. The compact, low cost, low-power radar will employ a novel 360 degree field of view helmet mounted antenna, novel signal, clutter and motion compensation processing algorithms and state-of-the-art chip-based implementations to optimize performance and low power operation.

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