THIS SBIR WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE ACOUSTIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ENABLING REAL-TIME, REMOTELY PERFORMED ME…

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THIS SBIR WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE ACOUSTIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ENABLING REAL-TIME, REMOTELY PERFORMED MEASURING AND MONITORING OF SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS AND NOISE EXPOSURE LEVELS IN LONG-DURATION SPACE VEHICLES. THE ACOUSTIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED WILL ENABLE A NETWORK OF CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED, REAL-TIME ACOUSTIC SENSORS PROVIDING SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL INFORMATION AS A FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY AND/OR TIME AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS FOR THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) AND FUTURE LONG DURATION SPACEFLIGHT MISSIONS. THE PHASE I WILL SHOW THE FEASIBILITY FOR THE PHASE II TO DEVELOP THE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE OF AN ACOUSTIC MONITOR TO A TRL 6 LEVEL. IN PHASE II A DEMONSTRATION UNIT AND IT SOFTWARE PACKAGE WILL BE DELIVERED TO NASA FOR THEIR TESTING. A PHASE II DEMONSTRATION WILL BE DONE IN JSC ACOUSTICS AND NOISE CONTROL LAB (ANCL) SO THAT TESTING CAN BE PERFORMED IN THE ISS ACOUSTIC MOCKUP.