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A pulsed fiber laser capable of very rapid amplitude modulation is proposed. Producing more than 5 W output at 532 nm, the system incorporates a very fast fiber-coupled electro-optic modulator, capable of reproducing waveforms up to the 10 GHz range. When used in a hybrid lidar-radar system, the laser will enable discrimination against multiply scattered photons, powerfully enabling imaging of t ...

Spectral Beam Combination (SBC) has been proven as a scalable beam combining approach for high power fiber lasers. Demonstrations at Aculight have shown 522 Watts of near diffraction limited power from three combined fiber laser sources; and the dispersive element, a Multi-Layer-Dielectric (MLD) diffraction grating, will operate well above 1.5 kWatts/cm2 of incident power allowing ~100 kWatt sour ...

As the DoD shifts toward Network-Centric operations, the vision of sharing common information objects between command centers, aircraft, ships and ground forces over a global network seems closer than ever. One of the fundamental challenges of achieving this vision is bridging the gap between net-centric systems that share information using XML and tactical systems that require more efficient data ...

Current data mining and data analysis applications are designed primarily to address commercial business intelligence requirements. “Business Intelligence (BI) applications include the activities of decision support systems, query and reporting, online analytical processing (OLAP), statistical analysis, forecasting, and data mining.” Conventional RDBMS-based BI applications are records-based ...

The project team will leverage innovations currently under development to provide a multi-purpose Riverine Stolkraft outfitted with a Distributed Control System (DCS) to meet the future Riverine Force requirements. The Riverine Stolkraft will be capable of performing all of the Riverine Command and Control Craft (RCCC), Riverine Assault Support Craft (RASC) and Riverine Troop Carrier Craft (RTCC) ...

A connector design will be developed and tested that enables the connecting together of three trimarans in tandem.

The objective of this program is to develop expendable day/night EO and thermal cameras for SL-UAVs. The cameras are to view objects ranging in size from 200 ft vessels to 6 inch lettering. The EO camera is based on an ultra-sensitivity CCD, a laser-diode illuminator, and a compact 16x zoom. It is capable of viewing all objects in both day and night vision to 1000 ft. The camera is less than 3 ...

New paradigms in lightweight sleeping system design are required to address the high-mobility needs of today’s soldier. Functional requirements that include use from -40°F to +80°F, a weight limit of 7.22 pounds and a maximum stored volume of 104 in³ will necessitate the use of cutting edge materials, processes and configurations that have not yet been commercialized. In Phase I, teams from ...

CoCo Communications will provide a demonstration of a secure, scalable network protocol to support Tactical Edge Networks as part of the Global Information Grid. This protocol's capabilities will be verified through the use of voice, video and data applications over TEN-A, TEN-B, and TEN-M networks. These applications will demonstrate the two-way sharing of information. Voice, live video, and sens ...