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The Army’s Future Combat System will rely on a data communications backbone based on the tactical mobile ad-hoc communications network (TMACN). The unique nature of TMACNs – their mobility, adaptability, and potentially substantial sizes – makes performance prediction a difficult task, and one that is best carried out through simulation. The team of Advanced Acoustic Concepts and RTI Interna ...

We propose to develop a system that autonomously and rapidly (1) directly detects exploitation of application software vulnerabilities (including previously unknown vulnerabilities) via dynamic taint analysis, and (2) generates vulnerability signatures identifying all traffic that exploits those vulnerabilities-even traffic with no other similarities to the observed exploit-via semantic analysis o ...

A comprehensive cyber attack defense should include (1) an attack detection} component that can determine if a network application has been compromised and prevent the attack from further spreading, (2) an attack identification component that can identify the corresponding attack packets and generate the associated attack signatures so as to prevent such attacks from taking place in the future, an ...

GaN-based electronic and optoelectronic devices have demonstrated superior properties for applications involving visible and ultraviolet light emitting diodes (LEDs), laser diodes, and high-power electronic devices. Despite the significant improvement in the performance of these devices, they still suffer from strong built-in electrostatic field due to spontaneous and piezoelectric polarizations, ...

Utilizing a novel solid/gas source CVD reactor designed for the growth of large area (substrates up to 4"in diameter) MoS2 single layer (SL) and multiple layer (ML) films, and leveraging already demonstrated capabilities in the growth and fabrication of 2D-FETs based on graphene and WSe2, we are proposing the growth, fabrication and testing of MoS2-based RF FETs. Utilizing a novel and optimized s ...

Kyma Technologies will lead a team of researchers in the development and optimization of bulk GaN crystal growth processes for fabricating non-polar GaN substrates. Processes for extended growth of GaN crystals in the c-axis direction will be developed to fabricate non-polar and semi-polar substrates of selected orientations. This approach will be compared to heteroepitaxial growth in non-polar di ...

Optically addressing a large number of atoms trapped in a periodic lattice would be a critical missing technology necessary to achieve scalable quantum computation. A micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) based beam steering optical system is proposed to meet the needs of this topic. The system utilizes (a set of) tilting mirrors to create reconfigurable spots on a target of square lattice. The s ...

The ability to develop new generations of superior military systems and civilian products requires the use of multifunctional materials and ever smaller components for which key design parameters are associated with nano-scale constituents. The ability to understand and design these materials and components requires the application of multiscale simulation technologies that can account for interac ...

Weidlinger Associates Inc and Cornell University propose to create a Computational Environment for Simulation of Micro/Nano-Devices (NanoSE). We will develop a fully integrated software tool that will enable army researchers and design engineers to simulate the behavior of devices, such as multi-function sensors, with extreme thermal and mechanical loading typical of battlefield conditions. The re ...

Large scale Wireless ad hoc networks are growing in use in both military and commercial environments. In the military environment, the Future Combat Systems (FCS) initiative will rely upon the Tactical Mobile Ad Hoc Communications Network (TMACN) for all communications between warfighters, manned and unmanned military equipment, and sensors. Simulation and performance estimation of the TMACN is ...