Man-Packable Expeditionary Tactical Server Navy SBIR FY2014.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2014.2 Topic No.: N142-113 Topic Title: Man-Packable Expeditionary Tactical Server Proposal No.: N142-113-0087 Firm: Physical Optics Corporation Applied Technologies Division 1845 West 205th Street Torrance, California 90501 Contact: Mark Mitchell Phone: (310) 320-3088 Web Site: www.poc.com Abstract: To address the Navy's need for a man-packable, wireless microserver with clustering to support company-sized units and below, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Man-Packable Expeditionary Tactical Server (METS). METS is based on a multiprocessor design with software defined radio (SDR) for tactical communication and data distribution, solid-state disk storage for speed and ruggedness, and a battery allowing recharging from multiple tactical edge power sources. METS will contain an extensive software suite for a METS server cluster in a mesh networking configuration. The METS networking cluster supports a tactical cloud to eliminate the need for company-sized units and below to reach-back to congested remote C2 nodes and reduce the processing time by distributing compute-intensive tasks among multiple METS servers. In Phase I, POC will develop systems engineering models, perform trade-off studies between potential design alternatives, and identify a METS design that satisfies the Navy's requirements under various environmental conditions and tactical scenarios. System engineering alternatives will be evaluated in the context of form factor, power, system cooling, data-distribution, processing, and information-assurance capabilities. During Phase II, POC will engineer and construct a METS prototype. The capabilities of the Phase II prototype will be demonstrated in a controlled environment. Benefits: The mobility and processing power of the METS are expected to make the microserver the preferred choice in applications requiring massive local data processing, and potentially benefitting from the compactness, ease of storage, reduced power demand, ruggedness, and relatively low cost of METS. These include expeditionary forces in company-sized units and smaller, as the primary/sole C2 provider; expeditionary forces in battalion-sized units and larger as an additional C2 resource; geologic surveys, including oil and gas; forest service field research; marine field research; ship building and logistics on remote docks and below deck; emergency First Responders, law enforcement field units including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and local and state police; and aircraft construction and inspection. In all of these applications, METS becomes the preferred choice for massive data processing when: 1.Communications links to a more powerful centralized server are unreliable 2.Communication links to a more powerful centralized server are reliable, but round-trip delays are unacceptable 3.There is no server other than the MET microserver. Return