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ATR has proposed an interface system concept, Compensated Ramp Interface System (CRIS), comprised of a landing platform and a transfer platform. The landing platform provides continuous support to the ramp, and the transfer platform provides a transition interface for a vehicle to cross from the landing platform onto the floating platform deck. A monitoring and situation awareness system will be u ...

Human operators must closely monitor video for simultaneous situational awareness and threat assessment. For instance, urban environments in a state of constant activity generate numerous visual cues, each of which must be examined so that potential security breaches do not go unnoticed. The need for constant vigilance places a significant burden on the human operator, invariably leading to fatigu ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): RSV is the leading viral cause of lower respiratory illness and hospitalization in young children, yet there isn't an approved vaccine. The vast majority of children infected with RSV suffer from a mild upper respiratory tract infection; however, severe lower respiratory infection develops in 20-30% of RSV-infected children, resulting in gt130,000 pediatri ...

The future military network is envisioned to be a system of systems consisting of heterogeneous groups/domains operating at different networking paradigms using different waveforms/interfaces. Existing research has been focused mostly on the enabling technologies such as radios, media access, network protocols, scheduling, etc., however, a grand challenge has emerged: how do we effectively measure ...

An intelligent, open ALE (iALE) infrastructure that brings value to the NAE and is a viable commercial product outside of NAVAIR will have its foundation grounded in industry standards for common logistics business processes, aviation data exchanges, master data management, technical infrastructure, development platforms, and software application stacks. Upon the successful completion of Phase 1, ...

Cubewano North America proposes to develop a man portable heavy fuel generator capable of providing 1.5kW AC or DC power continuous power. This system will be a continuation of on going IR & D efforts currently being performed by Cubewano. The current system is a 29lb 1kW system that can utilize JP-8 and Gasoline. The system will continued to be developed in order to increase reliability, redu ...

In recent years, a new opportunity for protecting encrypted data has risen. Functional Encryption (FE) provides an entirely new vision of encrypting data. Instead of encrypting to individual users, in a functional encryption system, one can use FE to describe a policy of how to share data based on a user's credentials or attributes. While recent research has significantly advanced the capabi ...

ABSTRACT: In this proposal, a holistic approach to managing multi-hop broadband wireless communication network is proposed. It consists of three intertwined components including i) a cognitive sensing infrastructure for sensing and situation awareness at both physical layer and network layer to support the context-aware operation of the communication network, ii) a cognitive routing infrastructur ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Sample preparation frequently presents a bottleneck for clinical molecular biology workflows. Whereas there are many readout detection modalities, there are only a handful of automated sample preparation workflow strategies. Existing instruments that are built around these sample preparation strategies and chemistries range in cost from 17- 150k, and yet they ...

In the modern world, people and machines are faced with ever-increasing amounts of data. Oftentimes, large data sets can be greatly reduced by identifying elements that are salient, within the context of a particular mission or goal. For example, in a military patrol video, hours of empty scenery may be removed to reveal short snippets where people or vehicles appear, and engage in behaviors tha ...