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ADA Technologies proposes to develop advanced quality semiconductor substrates to address the needs of the Missile Defense Agency for research and development of innovative ideas leading to the development of a new class of sensitive infrared Focal Plane Arrays (FPAs) suitable for missile defense sensors and commercialization. Since GaSb substrates are prone to defect migration and elemental diff ...

Embedded systems are commonly deployed in applications where reliability is critical to operations. More recently the interest in sensor networks has added a requirement for remote access, often over openly accessible or penetrable networks. This creates a need for a defensible embedded platform whose robustness is preserved in the face of external influences ranging from nuisance disruption to ac ...

The Principle of Least Privilege says that programs should operate with sufficient privilege to get the job done, but no more, in order to minimize the harm that can be done in case of error. The Empirical Privilege Profiler system (EPP) will collect data about privileges actually exercised by running programs and use that data to create a composite abstract privilege profile for the program. Pr ...

ATC-NY, in collaboration with Cornell University and Architecture Technology Corporation, will design and build Chipotle, a distributed XML database targeting the needs of the MDA, other DoD operations, and commercial applications. The Chipotle system will be highly resistant to failures, require no centralized control (and thus present no central point of attack), and be highly robust in the fac ...

Boundless' new proprietary process to manufacture high-density battery electrodes promises both high energy storage capacity and high power capability. The breakthrough technology combines novel high-porosity polymeric binders and a new centrifugal casting technique to yield dense, high-capacity cathodes while maintaining ion mobility. Common cathode densification methods using traditional binde ...

Accurately acquiring, tracking, discriminating and engaging a missile/warhead amongst closely spaced decoys immersed in clutter is a challenge for one or more radar systems. The objective of this proposal is to optimally design multi-sensor data collection, processing and fusion strategies when multiple radars and/or other sensors are employed to form a single integrated picture of the battlespace ...

Colorado Engineering, Inc (CEI) is a woman owned business with a wealth of engineering expertise in the development of ASICs, boards, software and systems for DOD radar sensor systems. In recent years a lot of signal processing applications have been implemented with a homogeneous general purpose processor environment. The driving forces for utilizing these technologies in radar signal processin ...

The Midcourse Target Identification (MCTID) Algorithm for Midcourse Threats Using Bayesian-Topological Feature Fusion and Classification program will extend the previously developed Enhanced Target Identification (ETID) algorithm developed under a previous MDA program to the midcourse threat regime. ETID was built to identify boost phase threats by performing both topological threat classificati ...

Defense acquisition programs are plagued by cost over-runs and extended development times. The root cause of many of these problems is a lack of adequate tools to evaluate the impact on cost and schedule of different choices of characteristics, designs, materials, manufacturing processes and suppliers. In this proposal, we are extending an existing enterprise-wide costing software framework to ...

Data Fusion Corporation (DFC) and Honeywell Aerospace Electronic Systems propose the development of a prototype, tightly coupled GPS/INS navigation/control system that is resistant to structured interference and jamming. This next-generation navigation system shall be employed in THAAD interceptor-seekers and other high-dynamic precision-guided munitions and platforms. By coupling a existing and ...