American Creative Machine Enterprise.llc — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: SOCOM15-006

Description

ACME and subcontractor OPTICS 1 offer an approach to the Team Short Range Day/Night Motion Sensors and Display System topic called NoMADS. NoMADS, the Networked Motion And Display System, is a networked array of sensor nodes that can be deployed to provide information on the location and movements of enemy personnel outside of the Operators line of sight. At its core NoMADS consists of a sensor which is wirelessly controlled by and transmits motion alerts and imagery to a handheld display within 100m range, but the NoMADS technical approach emphasizes flexibility. Motion sensors and microphones alert Operators of local movement and trigger the sensors camera to provide imagery to the Operator via the handheld unit. Our sensor unit design can incorporate either high performance cameras or a variety of lower performance options with low enough cost to make the latter sensor configuration disposable. NoMADS operates effectively as a single sensor/display pair, with multiple sensor units networked to a single local display unit, or with multiple sensor units networked though a hub unit to a remote display/control unit 1km away. Our NoMADS approach provides Special Forces Teams the ability to tailor NoMADS configuration to best fit a particular mission.