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Epsilon series Military Sensor FS4M Hardware:
[001]~ Small & Smart Sensor
[002]~ Location Transmitter
[003]~ Droppable with Parachute
[004]~ Droppable without Parachute
[005]~ 3D Circuit
[006]~ Antenna
[007]~ Interface
[008]~ Chemical Agent Detectors
[009]~ Open Hardware
[010]~ Hardware used by current UAVs
[011]~ Explosive
[012]~ Microprocessors
[013]~ DSP
[014]~ RFs
[015]~ RAM
[016]~ Army's sensor programs
[017]~ Optical sensors































































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[001] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ Small & Smart Sensor

Small & Smart Sensor :
~ Harware is a small & smart sensor module.
~ It is designed to fit!
~ Military uses sensor harware to surveillance and in general to missions requiring sensoring of remote and hostile targets.



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[002] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~
Location Transmitter

Sensors do not have location transmitter:
~ FC helicopter knows sensor locations and so does FB base.
~ Sensors do not have location transmitters.
~ This save power and hardware space in sensors.



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[003] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ Droppable with Parachute Sensors

Droppable with Parachute Sensors:
~ Hardware of these kind of sensors is being explored
~ Parachute may reveal both FC helicopter and FS sensor!
~ FC helicopter on the oter hand is not designed to operate night time.

Links:
~see Vaisala


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[004] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ Droppable without Parachute

Droppable without Parachute:
~ FS has been designed to be droppable without parachute.
~ The goal and focus has been rapid deployability off all devices and the whole system
~ FC helicopter is being deployed rapidly by a figher or similar, FB base can be dropped from manned helicopter
~ and FS sensors are being dropped by FC helicopter to get them to sensor target area as soon as possibel.



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[005] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ 3D Circuits

3D Circuits are being considered for FS hardware:
~ FC helicopter is a small unmanned helicopter designed to fit in smart pod,inside bomb,torpedo
~ and FC has to carry a load of FS sensors to be dropped.
~ FB bas is also a compact unit and can not take big extra sensors to be able to give shelter to FC helicopters.

Links:
[a]~ Irvine-sensors.com
[b]~ Irvine-Sensors 1x1x0.75 camera
[c]~ Irvine-Sensors bendable circuits
[d]~ Irvine-Sensors neo stack
[e]~ Irvine-Sensors neo stack photos


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[006] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ Antenna

Antenna in sensors:
~ Antenna is being explored.
~ FS sensor is defined to communicate only with FC helicopter i.e not with other FS sensors
~ FB may have sensors around which communicate with FB or with FC.



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[007] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ Interface

Wireless Interface:
~ FS sensor communicates with FC helicopter using wireless communication.
~ FB base may also communicate with FS sensors around it.
~ There is nothing to plugin to prevent terrorists and enemies to misuse sensors.
~ Test version allows wireless interface to Freedom Devices.


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[007] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ FREE

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[008] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ Chemical Agent Detectors

Chemical Agent Detectors:
~ Current models seem to be too bulky to integrate into FS sensor modules.

News:
~ Smiths Detection, a leading supplier of trace detection equipment,
~ has been awarded a major contract to supply more than 150 GID-M chemical agent detectors
~ to the Royal Netherlands Army.


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[009] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ Open Hardware

Open Hardware concept is being explored:
~ see the following news
~ see also www.power.org; it has members such as Thales
~ Rapidly deploeable sensors should also be delivered to markets rapidly!

Background:
~MONTEREY, Calif. —
~A revolution is coming to the electronics industry, says Juan-Antonio Carballo, partner in IBM's venture capital group —
~and it's based on "open" hardware that will foster the kind of collaborative effort that Linux has brought to software.
~Carballo presented his argument before a somewhat skeptical audience at the Electronic Design Processes (EDP) workshop Thursday (April 7).
~But Carballo insisted that various kinds of "openness," including collaborative efforts and open-source models,
~will change the world of system-on-chip (SoC) venture financing.

~There's a pretty important wave coming in our industry that most of us are not noticing,
~and it could change it completely," said Carballo, who happens to be an avid surfer.
~"The open-source model is quickly extending from software to hardware, and it will provide a similar swell of collaborative innovation."
~The word "open" has various meanings with respect to hardware and silicon intellectual property (IP), he said.
~At one level, it could mean the details can be viewed, but not altered.
~ It might mean the hardware can be used for free in a design that can be sold.
~ Or it might mean that a community of users can modify details, so long as they donate the modifications.
~Thus, for Carballo, the word "open" includes but is not limited to the classical definition of open source,
~in which source is freely available and a community of users can contribute modifications.
~He also noted that "open" doesn't necessarily mean free of charge.
~The dilemma, he said, is that companies need to minimize risk,
~and IP often comes from small, creative companies.
~There is risk in open silicon IP. An IP valuation methodology is thus going to be crucial for the open hardware effort, Carballo noted.
~Carballo argued that open hardware produces a better return on investment.
~If a company is in an open standards environment, he said,
~time to profit goes down. And he suggested that giving away IP or tools for free, even for a limited time, could create a "huge incentive."
~If everything is open and given away, asked one audience member, how will anyone make money?
~"That's a different talk," Carballo said. "
~But think about how people are making money on Linux.
~It's in value-added stuff. Maybe you can make money on the chip, or on services around the core."
~Carballo pointed to www.power.org as an example of the kind of collaboration he's talking about.
~Power.org claims to represent a worldwide community of developers, tool providers, and manufacturers
~who are collaborating on industry standards and delivering applications based on IBM's Power Architecture technology.
Note: Thales is one member in power.org!


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[010] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ Hardware used by current UAVs

Hardware used by current UAVs:
~ Exploring current UAVs reveals that UAVs are heavy sensor users.
~ UAV types vary a lot; some are using high altitudes, for example.
~ FC helicopter and FB base embed several sensors.

Research:
~ see list of UAVs with sensor and equipment
Nb1: most UAVs have several video and still cameras
Nb2: optical chemical sniffer = sensor?
Nb3: many have laser range finder, some geiger counter

BQM-145A MRUAV (Medium-Range Unmanned Aerial Vehicle:
~3xVideo Camera,
~2xStill Camera,
~Synthetic Aperture Radar,
~Digital Video Recorder,
~ECM,
~Radar Jammer,
~Radio Jammer,
~6xChaff Bundles,
~6xIR Flares,
~Radio Direction Finder,
~Radar Detector,
~SIGINT gear,
~Secure Radio,
~Satcom Radio
Condor:
~3xVideo Cameras,
~3xStill Cameras,
~Mapping Gear,
~Synthetic Aperture Radar,
~Real-Time Sensor Link,
~Secure Radios,
~Satcom Radio,
~AWACS/JSTARS Interface,
~Optical Chemical Sniffer,
~Geiger Counter,
~ECM,
~8xChaff Bundles,
~8xIR Flares
Darkstar:
~3xVideo Camera,
~3xStill Camera,
~Synthetic Aperture Radar,
~Laser Rangefinder/Designator,
~Secure Radio,
~Satcom Radio,
~JSTARS/AWACS Interface,
~ECM,
~IRCM,
~6xChaff Bundles,
~6xIR Flares
DP4:
~Video Camera,
~Still Camera (others may be fitted)
Dragon drone:
~Video Camera,
~Still Camera,
~Real-Time Camera Link,
~Laser Rangefinder,
~Secure Radio
Exdrone:
~Video Camera,
~Laser Rangefinder,
~Secure Radios
Firebee:
~xStill Cameras,
~Video Camera,
~IR Camera,
~Radio Direction Finder,
~SIGINT Gear,
~Radar Homer
Firescout:
~3xVideo Cameras,
~2xStill Cameras,
~Synthetic Aperture Radar,
~Laser Designator/Rangefinder,
~Optical Chemical Sniffer,
~Geiger Counter,
~Real-Time Sensor Link,
~Secure Radios,
~Satcom Radio
Global Hawk:
~3xVideo Cameras,
~4xStill Cameras,
~Synthetic Aperture Radar,
~Real-Time Sensor Link,
~Motion Detector,
~ECM,
~IRCM,
~10xChaff Bundles,
~10xIR Flares,
~ALE-50 Decoy Drone,
~Laser Rangefinder/Designator,
~Secure Radios,
~Satcom Radio,
~JSTARS/AWACS Interface,
~Optical Chemical Sniffer,
~Geiger Counter,
~Radio Direction Finder,
~Radar Detector,
~SIGINT Gear
Gnat 750:
~Video Camera,
~Still Camera,
~Laser Rangefinder,
~Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging;
~(I-Gnat Only) 3xVideo/Still Cameras,
~Laser Rangefinder,
~Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging,
~Real-Time Video Relay,
~Satcom Unit,
~Secure Radios
Javelin:
~Video Camera
Pioneer:
~Video Camera,
~Still Camera,
~Real-Time Camera Link,
~Secure Radio,
~Laser Designator
Predator:
~3xVideo Cameras,
~3xStill Cameras,
~Synthetic Aperture Radar,
~Laser Rangefinder,
~Laser Designator,
~Laser Rangefinder,
~ECM,
~SIGINT Gear,
~Radio Direction Finder,
~Radar Detector,
~Optical Chemical Sniffer,
~Geiger Counter,
~Secure Radios,
~Satcom Radio,
~JSTARS/AWACS Interface
Scorpion:
~(Recon Mode) Video Camera,
~Still Camera,
~Real-Time Camera Link,
~Laser Rangefinder,
~Secure Radio; (EW Mode) Radio Direction Finder,
~Radar Detector,
~Radar Jammer,
~Radio Jammer,
~SIGINT Gear,
~Secure Radio;
~(ASW Mode) 6xSonobuoys,
~2 Hardpoints,
~Secure Radio





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[011] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ Explosive

Explosive:
~ FC helicopter may send erase command message to FS sensor.
~ FB base may also send erase message to sensors around it.
~ Sensors may also erase themselves.



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[012] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ Microprocessors

Microprocessors:
~ moteiv - an example





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[013] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ DSP

DSP is being explored:






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[014] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ RF chips

RF chips in sensors handle wireless communication with:
~ (1) FC helicopter
~ (2) FB base
~ (3) Smart Bob


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[015] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ RAM

RAM:
~ for sensor data, system data...
~ for software programs,stacks,operating system...
~ for messages, mailbox... between FC helicopter



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[016] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ Army's sensor program

Army's sensor program:
~ Small & Smart monitors and follows closely Army's plans and projects


News & Links:
~ Roadmap for Close Combat Light
~ Aerial scout sensor integration
~ Hunter Sensor Suite
~ Integrated Acoustic System (IAS) (96-99).
~ This TD will demonstrate acoustic sensor technology in both hand-emplaced and air-droppable variants.
~ Advanced acoustic sensor efforts ongoing in the Intelligent Minefield ATD (see EMU, Section M)
~ will provide the hand-emplaced system.
~ The Air Deployable Acoustic Sensor (ADAS) system will be developed to provide a helicopter-deployable variant.
~ Both systems will be demonstrated during the RFPI ACTD large-scale field experiment. Supports: RFPI ACTD.



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[017] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ Optical sensors

Optical sensors:
~ Optical sensors are being explored

Wave: Apprise Technologies
~ Demand for optical sensors:
~ Optical sensors are very stable and remain so over time
~ Calibration is maintained reducing the need for frequent re-calibration
~ Opto-electronic sensors allow greater sensitivity and specificity therefore providing lower limits of detection.
~ wave lenghts; about micro meter!


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[018] FS4M Hardware ~ Military Sensor: ~ FREE

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