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Unmanned aerial surveillance requires large scale deployment of UAV based 3D lidar imagers. Although lidars and altimeters have been designed for science instruments on aircraft based operations, none so far have demonstrated a wide swath 3D imaging lidar suitable for use on a UAV platform. Sigma Space has demonstrated significant advances in the area of 3D imaging, using a recently developed phot ...

The design of turbomachinery components is a complex process requiring many steps and hundreds of minute decisions in an iterative process. The design proceeds from engine cycle performance and meanline design through 3D viscous flow calculations (CFD) and finite element structural analysis (FEA). Design studies may traverse this process many times, with routine tasks performed by engineers in a ...

Simulation results can indicate options available to deal with crises, and can support ‘what-if’ investigations in advance of an actual crisis, provided the simulation models incorporate correct underlying science. This proposal follows an initial Phase I effort in which we developed Cognitive Pedestrian software agents that incorporate physical, emotional, and rational aspects of behavior. Re ...

In this proposal, Intelligent Automation, Incorporated (IAI) and its subcontractors, Prof. Richard Stern of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Dr. Rita Singh of Haikya Corp., propose a novel integrated system to improve speech recognition performance for people with foreign accents. It is emphasized that this team has rich experience in understanding the speech characteristics in non-native spea ...

A well structured approach based on sound theory is realized through a strategy to achieve affordable V&V of critical software. With this approach, we propose the development of tools needed to provide the context for assessing safety and dependability. Our approach uses formalized attributes with comprehensive treatment of all possible error types. The techniques employed to provide on-line V&V ...

Improved situational awareness in the cockpit is accomplished only when the “right” information is available to the warfighter at the “right” time. Current sensors and systems have the capability to provide such useful information. The Department of Defense (DoD) Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) initiatives have spurred the development of Sensor and Command and Control (C2) networks. With ...

We propose to develop a space-ready instrument that can accurately measure the emissivities, absorptivities, and long term stabilities of several passive and active coatings or thermal structures simultaneously. This technique provides a direct measure of the heat flowing through the surface using heat flux sensors, so the performances of the thermal control materials mounted on these sensors are ...

This Phase II research and development effort will build and demonstrate a prototype automated end-to-end sensor-to-weapon environment, within which user-specified rules of engagement will evolve from today’s manual targeting and weapon-target pairing processes to highly automated ‘kill chain’ operations, thereby enabling automated generation and delivery of precision targeting and ...

In Phase II we will develop a high brightness, high power, variable pulse repetition rate diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser suitable for military applications including target illumination from airborne or other mobile platforms. Utilizing an innovative near-grazing total internal reflection (TIR) resonator configuration and a composite laser crystal, over 150 to 220W of Q-switched average power at 2 to 1 ...

Operating airplanes with flammable vapors in the fuel tank presents an avoidable risk of explosion. In fact, the elimination of flammable vapors in fuel tanks has made it to the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) "Most Wanted" list of aviation safety improvements. Inerting systems displace air in the fuel tank with nitrogen and thus lower the oxygen content to a level that does not su ...