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A Personal Active Communication System For Use in Extreme Noise Environments

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68335-02-C-3021
Agency Tracking Number: N01-162-02
Amount: $99,542.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2002
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1700 Kraft Drive, Suite 2350
Blacksburg, VA 24060
United States
DUNS: 364131011
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Michael Vaudrey
 Vice President
 (540) 951-1284
 mike@adaptivetechinc.com
Business Contact
 Michael Vaudrey
Title: Vice President
Phone: (540) 951-1284
Email: mike@adaptivetechinc.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

"The extreme noise fields encountered by U.S. Navy flight deck and cockpit crewmen interfere with speech intelligibility and cause hearing loss to warfighter personnel, even with the currently-fielded communication systems. This Phase I program willdevelop new active noise reduction (ANR) technologies and improve existing passive technologies for incorporation into a prototype double hearing protection, helmet-integrated communication system. The advanced system will target up to 50 dB of noisereduction on the flight deck and 40 dB of noise reduction in the cockpit. Feasibility studies will first investigate: enhanced performance of earcup materials and seals in extreme noise, improvements to the noise reducing microphone, ANR designs that arecompatible with prototype communication earplugs, and novel component configurations that optimize simultaneous noise suppression and speech intelligibility. Attenuation and intelligibility data for a Phase I prototype system will be measured during thePhase I option project. A unique team of small businesses has been assembled to ensure a successful Phase I solution to this extremely challenging and multidisciplinary design problem. The corporate team members will extend their cooperative effortsafter Phase I to address any further development issues, leading to a manufacturable prototype at the conclusion of Phase II. The benefits of the extreme-noise, personal active communication syste

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