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Collision Avoidance Systems for the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND
Enhanced maneuverability in the littorals in the presence of both natural and man-made hazards is an essential requirement for executing the Ship to Objective Maneuver. Maneuverability of the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) can be significantly enhanced by integration of an on-board, real time collision avoidance system (CAS). Areté Associates has demonstrated the utility of a grazing incidence lidar (optical radar) to detect floating obstacles, shallow bottoms, and submerged targets at significant standoff ranges. The CAS will be demonstrated on the EFV.
Individual Chemical Alarm System (ICAS)
MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND
Smiths Detection - Pasadena developed a wearable personal protective badge that continuously monitors the atmosphere for chemical threats. The badge utilizes a low cost and low power nanocomposite sensor array to detect the presence of chemical threats in the air. The sensor array is rugged and the response is repeatable enabling multiple measurements. The sensor array is highly sensitive to chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals. The badge produces audible and visual alarms when a chemical threat is detected. The Marine Corps anticipates using this technology for personal protection.
Light-weight, Wearable, Real-time Detection and Classification of Multiple Chemical Hazards
Marine Corps / Navy
The product, dubbed "Chameleon", is a lightweight armband that provides an immediate visual indication of the presence of a chemical hazard. It provides real-time monitoring of up to ten hazardous chemicals, simultaneously. If the wearer sees more than one color within one of the cassette windows, he or she is being exposed to that specific toxic chemical. Each cassette detects a different chemical threat or family of threats. To develop and produce Chameleon, Morphix Technologies won SBIR Phase I and II awards, and attracted Phase III commercialization funding from Marine Corps Systems Command.