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• Gemini-Scout Mine Rescue Vehicle Update
  11/23/2016 - Interagency agreements
  This contract empowered Sandia Laboratories to update and improve three Gemini-Scout Mine Rescue vehicles for use in the field.
• Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Noise Cancelling Antenna System
  11/22/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to improve signal-to-noise in TTE receivers. The aim is to use existing transmitters that are not "intrinsically safe" to provide a reference signal from underground.
• Extending and Monitoring the Scrubber Performance in Escape and Rescue Mining Rebreathers
  7/19/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to extend and monitor the scrubber performance in escape and rescue mining rebreathers.
• Efficiency Improvement Study of Mine Rescue Breathing Apparatus and Development of an Improved Prototype CCBA
  7/19/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to investigate alternative system designs or current system modifications for mine rescue breathing apparatus, to determine the extent of potential efficiency improvements.
• Development of an Improved Mine Escape Breathing Apparatus through Efficiency Improvement Study of Current Self-Rescuers
  7/18/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to reduce the size, weight, and ergonomic impact of SCSRs.
• Development of a Mine Rescue Drilling System and Robotics Mission Feasibility Study
  7/18/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to conduct experiments to improve the efficiency and speed of drilling operations and develop robots and robotic assist technology.
• Develop a Means to Model Network Performance Using Network Simulation Tools
  7/18/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to develop modeling and simulation tools to evaluate the performance of underground mine wireless communications networks.
• Cryogenic Life Support Technology Development Project
  7/18/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to develop cryogenic breathing apparatus and supply/filling systems for mine escape, rescue, and refuge.
• Atmospheric Analysis of Refuge Alternatives
  7/16/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to improve understanding of safe CO2 concentrations and scrubbing methods, methods to remove CO in case of chamber contamination, and the effect of chamber design, occupancy, and ambient conditions on heat and humidity.
• New Vest Style Escape SCSR Through SCSR Efficiency Improvement Study
  5/23/2016 - Interagency agreements
  An interagency agreement to investigate efficiency improvements for pure oxygen breathing apparatuses used by miners in emergencies, namely SCSRs, and to develop an improved ergonomically designed SCSR.