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This SBIR requires the development of an innovative dual speed ROIC (DSROIC) architecture, mated to a detector array within the band of interest and with suitable response speed. According to the solicitation, this effort will establish a DSROIC concept capable of performing conventional staring imaging at video frame rates, while simultaneously being able to process and detect each frame at a hi ...

Our proposal specifically addresses the stated requirements of the solicitation; we will develop software and system protection tools for monitoring the execution of untrusted software in large complex networks. This includes attacks which may be present in software applications used within the DoD (e.g. buffer overflow, code injection, rootkit patching, etc.). The proposed EDAptive DeforcE solut ...

The advanced properties achieved by modern ceramic matrix composite (CMC) structures depend critically on the surface condition of reinforcement materials used in the manufacturing process. Contamination of reinforcement surfaces can result in brittle phases, low melting point eutectics, or foreign compounds at the critical interface between the reinforcement material and the ceramic matrix, which ...

Sand and dust ingestion can be a significant issue for military aircraft operating in desert environments. For gas-turbine engines, ingested sand erodes engine components such as turbine blades, accelerating engine wear. Currently, no operational systems exist for tracking sand and dust loading in gas-turbine engines. We propose to develop an Optical Particle Counting, Sizing, and Composition (OPC ...

Military GPS receivers have to operate in electromagnetically challenged environments. CRPAs have become the antennas of choice for electronic protection to GPS receivers. For optimum performance and precision navigation, CRPA weights are adapted using beam forming/null steering approaches. Due to the limits on size, weight and power (SWAP), one may not be able to use beam forming/ null steering a ...

RNET and Purdue will develop an ultra-low power carriage life monitoring sensor for external stores. The system will use a minimal number of sensors (biaxial linear accelerometers and biaxial gyroscopes) and the power consumption will be optimized by incorporating innovative time and frequency domain event recognition algorithms. A biaxial AC couple accelerometer and a biaxial gyroscope will allow ...

A key technology enabler for next generation EMI shielding applications is low loss, lightweight, flexible, conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) tape. The primary goal of this effort is to determine the optimal geometry for a CNT based EMI shield to provide equivalent shielding effectiveness of cable harnesses and other electronics on the V-22 Osprey, while maintaining a maximum weight savings. The ap ...

Hitron Technologies (HTI) proposes to develop a new solid state, light weight, high quantum efficiency, low noise, and high bandwidth Nanoantenna-Enhanced Organic PhotoDetector (NEOPD), based on an innovative design of nanoantenna and its novel integration with organic photomultiplication (OPM) photodetector. The OPM photodetector alone has already demonstrated its high quantum efficiency of up to ...

BGI-LLC proposes to conduct research of an algorithm that merges Navy carrier and aircraft data that, when animated, provides insight into the landing performance. BGI will perform research, assembling substantive knowledge on the Navy source data, its fidelity and sources of uncertainty. BGI will use this knowledge in its research for methodological advancement, developing algorithms to compensat ...

Cabling faults can be difficult to identify and locate when a large number of interconnections are used such as in the shipboard Machinery Control System. Ungrounded systems further complicate diagnosis, since signal voltages and currents are small amplitude. It often takes a considerable amount of time to identify and locate the fault, and the equipment capability can be substantially reduced whi ...