RF Safety Alarm and Frequency Exposure Recorder (RF-SAFER)

Trex Enterprises Corporation proposes a wearable passive device called “RF-Eye” which alerts the user to levels of RF irradiation that are immediately dangerous to life and health in the range of 300MHz to 40GHz. The device is simple to interpret – If the light glows, the user is being irradiated with dangerous levels. Under the Phase-I program the following tasks will be completed: 1) Investigate current and near-term capabilities for RF Weapon systems to determine likely frequency, power, and methods of delivery. 2) Review known bioeffects of RF frequencies of interest and determine the optimal detector threshold sensitivity for signaling exposure that is immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) 3) Design a broadband antenna that is as compact as possible, covering the threat frequency spectrum. 4) Design a low-cost, low-SWaP, low-false-positive, easily readable, wearable RF weapon exposure detector that can be widely distributed on the battlefield. 5) Build a Phase-I brassboard demonstration prototype of the proposed device. 6) Assemble an RF testbed capable of generating at least 2 threat frequencies of interest with measured field strengths at the prototype above the IDLH threshold. Demonstrate detection by the prototype. 7) Generate a Phase-II Plan and Statement-of-WorkTrex Enterprises Corporation proposes a wearable passive device called “RF-Eye” which alerts the user to levels of RF irradiation that are immediately dangerous to life and health in the range of 300MHz to 40GHz. The device is simple to interpret – If the light glows, the user is being irradiated with dangerous levels. Under the Phase-I program the following tasks will be completed: 1) Investigate current and near-term capabilities for RF Weapon systems to determine likely frequency, power, and methods of delivery. 2) Review known bioeffects of RF frequencies of interest and determine the optimal detector threshold sensitivity for signaling exposure that is immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) 3) Design a broadband antenna that is as compact as possible, covering the threat frequency spectrum. 4) Design a low-cost, low-SWaP, low-false-positive, easily readable, wearable RF weapon exposure detector that can be widely distributed on the battlefield. 5) Build a Phase-I brassboard demonstration prototype of the proposed device. 6) Assemble an RF testbed capable of generating at least 2 threat frequencies of interest with measured field strengths at the prototype above the IDLH threshold. Demonstrate detection by the prototype. 7) Generate a Phase-II Plan and Statement-of-Work.