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Force protection represents a critical safety priority for Army units serving in Forward Operating Bases (FOBs).While current systems are extending sensor reach beyond the bases perimeter via elevated sensor platforms, further advances in threat detection beyond the boundary are possible with sensors outside the FOB.Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) can provide a safe and cost-effective way of exten ...

Random number generation is a key technology underlying secure communications that has become increasingly important as the volume of sensitive data transmitted over high-speed networksas well as awareness of its security and privacy implicationscontinues to grow.To achieve a software solution for true random number generation, we propose the Hybrid Boolean Network (HBN) which can be easily synthe ...

The objective of this program is to develop, cultivate, and commercially transition innovative high temperature HybridSil polyimide copolymers that may be 3D printed via fused filament fabrication (FFF) processes using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) 3D printers to additively manufacture tooling for high-pressure injection molding operations. The proposed FFF printable HybridSil polyimides will pr ...

TSC proposes to combine existing high-TRL sensor technologies to develop a C-UAS system that maximizes effectiveness through distributed responsibility.

Portable Advanced Battlefield and Ground surveillance radar can now provide effective detection of small targets, posing challenges for troop movement and stealth missions. Radar absorbent strategies have been achieved in composites and larger textile objects, but effective light-weight solutions for current operational clothing and individual equipment systems such as uniforms, knapsacks and body ...

NON-DESTRUCTIVE COERCIMETRY FRACTURE TOUGHNESS ASSESSMENT FOR STEEL PIPELINES 3/8/2018 COMET’s main objective is to develop the first coercimetry-based fracture toughness assessment solution. Phase I will demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of a non-destructive testing solution, based on coercivity metering, to assess material fracture toughness of steel pipelines; evaluating t ...

Demonstration of Image-Based Change Detection using a Prototype Drone-Based Track Safety Inspection 3/16/2018 Today’s prevailing methods of visual track inspection tend to be expensive, disruptive to operations, and have potential to be less thorough than preferred. Machine vision technology emerged in the rail sector over a decade ago to help alleviate these concerns; however, due to the un ...

Physically UnclonableFunctions (PUFs) have been proposed as central building blocks in cryptographic protocols and security architectures. PUFs are physical devices that exhibit a challenge/responsebehavior: when presented with a challenge, the device produces a response that is a random function of both the challenge and the physical properties of the device.In contrast to most digital designs, i ...

We propose an automated capability to create assurance tests directly from an AADL system model.This will be done by ensuring that each requirement is a contract that the architecture model or implemented System Under Test (SUT) must meet within its operating environments.Based on the Architecture-Centric Virtual Integration Process (ACVIP) framework, we will develop an AADL Functional and Concept ...

Commercially available quad-copters could provide an innovative smart attack capability to existing military deployment platforms. This proposal demonstrates a plan to develop a payload for the ATACMS or GMLRS missile systems to deploy a "section" of UAS devices on the battlefield. Once there, these quad-copter UAS devices will navigate to and attack a target of interest using explosively formed p ...