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Under this Phase II SBIR effort Welkin Sciences will design and implement a Jammer Emulator hosted on the MDA sponsored CoLTS-LC hardware platform, originally built for nuclear-effects channel simulation.The Jammer Emulator will support emulation of a wide range of jamming methods, including frequency-following, which is not readily implemented using standard commercial test equipment.A remote int ...

To enhance Operational Test (OT) fidelity, increase automation, and shorten the testing process, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) seeks innovative research efforts to develop scenario generation technologies. STILMAN proposes to conduct novel research to develop a highly automated and ‘composable’ scenario generation toolset. Currently, in the distributed system of systems Operational Test ...

Future MDA space missions will utilize small spacecraft with correspondingly small, advanced sensor systems. Cooling of these sensors is required to decrease detector noise and increase detector sensitivity by maintaining the detector at a reduced operating temperature. The cooling system comprises a mechanical cryocooler and its control electronics, both of which are critical technologies to enab ...

An advanced hit detection technology is needed for MDA that can report impacts at hyper-velocities and at multiple hit locations. We present a technology with a high level of performance that leverages decades of hit technology experience and utilizes existing technologies developed under previous efforts. Our technology offers a low latency non-interpolated direct indicator of multiple hit locati ...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) faces the challenge of countering increasingly advanced missile threats. Hypervelocity projectiles (HVPs) offer the potential for highly effective and low-cost point defense against advanced missile threats. Efficient algorithms for HVP fly-out trajectory generation are needed, to provide real-time guidance from launch to intercept. These algorithms must react quic ...

To effectively characterize the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) using modeling and simulation (M&S), techniques from the fields of simulation optimization, analysis, and uncertainty quantification can be used, but these techniques require the execution hundreds or thousands of simulation runs. OptTek, a pioneer in commercial simulation optimization, initially designed search algorithms for ...

Diode-Pumped Alkali Lasers (DPALs) have great potential for high-energy lasers. Proper design of these systems is challenging because many interrelated processes impact their performance, and critical kinetic rate coefficients are not well known. In response, our team is developing a comprehensive physics-based analysis/design tool, and experimentally determining key kinetic rate coefficients. The ...

Colorado Engineering, Inc (CEI) is a woman owned business with a wealth of engineering expertise in the development of boards, software and systems for DOD radar applications. 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 processing archite ...

Defense acquisition programs have difficulty estimating manufacturing costs during development. This is particularly acute for MDA because their systems use leading edge technologies that push the envelope for performance reasons. In addition, MDA is developing new technologies for spiral upgrades, so the total lifecycle cost for the portfolio of systems must be managed, along with the cost of ...

Data Fusion Corporation (DFC) and Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, see attached support letter, propose the development of a BMD Operation Plan Response (BOPR) gaming framework. BOPR is a testbed that will allow the simulation and analysis of multiple Red team attack strategies and Blue team defensive responses. BOPR will be able model all relevant aspects of both red and blue's weapons, and ...