PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. — Department of Homeland Security SBIR Phase I: DHS241-006
PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Homeland Security.
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- Amount
- $174,987
- Agency
- Department of Homeland Security · Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- DHS241-006
- Solicitation
- 24.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2024-05-23 → 2024-10-22
Description
Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) and our subcontractor Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) propose to develop a suite of radiological/nuclear (R/N) detection and contextual sensor modules to enable real-time understanding and association of potential R/N threats in complex urban environments.The proposed Radiation and contextual Data Integration for Urban Mapping 360° (RADIUM-360) will leverage computer vision approaches and new 3D analysis techniques for Lidar data streams to provide 3D mapping, R/N mapping and localization, source attribution, and change detection.The proposed effort will leverage PSI’s experience building highly integrated vehicle-borne R/N systems with integrated contextual source attribution capabilities and LBNL’s experience with real-time analysis of Lidar and 3D localization of gamma sources.The developed modules will be designed to be rapidly reconfigured and installed in new vehicles in < 30 minutes with minimal manual configuration through the use of automated calibration approaches. RADIUM-360 will enable R/N vehicle operators to adjudicate the majority of benign sources of radiation without a dismounted search, significantly reducing the operational burden of their R/N mission.To achieve this goal, the capability will automatically extract and intuitively display exculpatory contextual information for the vast majority of benign source encounters.