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Fast and accurate object detection in the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) is critical for many DoD platforms including missile systems. Current object detection algorithms generally employ computationally heavy frontends to perform edge filtering tasks for keypoint identification and blob detection. Offloading the edge filtering tasks to optical components, which perform image differentiation or edge det ...

Technical Abstract: Operational availability, reliability, and performance of Army weapons systems platforms are key factors in achieving mission success.  Army maintainers and depot artisans have a requirement for an intelligent toolset to quickly detect, locate, characterize/classify, and predict wire and connector faults in interconnect cables.  AVNIK Defense Solutions, Inc. (AVNIK) has condu ...

Deployed military personnel are required to navigate, assess, and mitigate threats within complex, unknown structures located in hostile environments where access to satellite-transmitted GPS-based positioning signals may be limited, unavailable, or intentionally denied. The lack of accurate, real-time location data impacts mission-level situational awareness, particularly for operations that requ ...

Bispectral Obscurants are used to defend troops and equipment from electro-optical and infra-red (EO/IR) detection devices. These obscurants are packaged within small form factor munitions such as a 66mm grenade or hand emplaced units that subsequently release the obscurant material into the air. The US Army is interested in Bispectral Obscurants that can survive high acceleration loads when launc ...

The U.S. Army has a future need for multiple secondary high explosive compositions that can also be used interchangeably as rocket propellants. In this proposal we will discuss a method of preparing such compositions via advanced spray drying technology and involving the use of a highly insensitive spray dried nitramine or CL-20 composition which have been plasticized with an energetic polymer t ...

Operational availability, reliability, and performance of Army weapons systems platforms are key factors in achieving mission success. Aircraft, RADAR, intermediate Missile, and combat vehicles depend on the health of their systems to perform reliably over extended periods of time.  Maintenance of equipment and components, including interconnect cables and connectors, is an important aspect of re ...

There is a growing need for faster target recognition algorithms that also reduce power consumption and information bandwidth. Optical analog computing systems can fill this need by offloading the most computationally expensive tasks to the optics; however, traditional systems are too heavy and bulky for size, weight, and power-constrained platforms. In this work, we will develop a mid-wave infrar ...

1.  Build and enable wolfBoot secure boot for the 5777m processor, including integration with the onboard HSM.  This will be one foundation that we will have in place for secure firmware updates on the neXtECU.  wolfBoot is OS agnostic, so if an OS is chosen for neXtECU, whether it be RTA-OS, OSEK, SafeRTOS, or something else, we will enable support for it.   Once enabled for the 5777m, wolfB ...

In this STTR program, Mantel Technologies, in collaboration with the Human Performance Laboratory at the United States Air Force Academy, proposes to develop a canine respiratory mask system to meet the operational needs for reliable VO2Max measurement and a fieldable, canine cardiorespiratory fitness protocol. Prototype canine masks and vests will be integrated with technology allowing end users ...

Brittle materials such as concrete are used ubiquitously in structural engineering due to their ability to withstand enormous compressive loads. When these materials undergo a high speed impact, however, the reflection of the resultant stress wave can cause moments of tensile stress. Currently, little reliable data is available about brittle materials' tensile stress and strain information at high ...