SBIR/STTR Research Award
An Active Noise Reduction Communication Earplug for Helicopter Crew
Award amount
$69,990Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- PLANNING SYSTEMS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2004-12-13
- Contract end date
- 2005-06-12
- UEI
- DKHXM53V1BU5
- Solicitation number
- 2004.3
- Topic code
- A04-199
Research abstract
Helicopter crewmembers must function in an environment with high background noise that can cause hearing damage. With current hearing protection, excessive noise exposure may still occur in 30% of the aviation environments. We propose to extend the capabilities of the standard passive communication earplug by implementing our proven adaptive, active noise reduction (ANR) algorithms. In Phase I we package microphones within the earplug and demonstrate enhanced noise reduction performance enabled by ANR, using standard development electronics to implement the algorithms. In Phase II we focus on transitioning the algorithm implementation to electronics actually housed within the earplug while ensuring the safety and comfort of the users.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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- An Active Noise Reduction Communication Earplug for Helicopter Crew
- An Active Noise Reduction Communication Earplug for Helicopter Crew
- An Active Noise Reduction Communication Earplug for Helicopter Crew
- An Active Noise Reduction Communication Earplug for Helicopter Crew
Research funding history
141 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2005). Reported award amounts total $31,445,938. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Department of Transportation