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A program to develop a real-time, compact, infrared multispectral imager is proposed. The proposed Compact Multispectral Infrared Targeting System (C-MITS) builds upon Surface Optics’ real-time hyperspectral imaging activities, including our 3D full-motion video spectral imaging (FMV-SI) technology and our MIDIS hyperspectral image processor. Simultaneously sampling from 16 spectral bands from 1 ...

Physical Sciences Inc. and Q-Peak Inc. propose to develop and demonstrate a compact, LWIR Lidar based on a state-of-the art LWIR laser transmitter to supplement aircraft survivability equipment. A Lidar operating in the LWIR provides new capability in terms of ranging and tracking next generation surface-to-air missiles at enhanced ranges. In the Phase I program, the team developed a systems archi ...

As Soldiers experience a buildup of fatigue and stressors, they can experience performance decrements that may have catastrophic effects on complex missions. For analysts to understand the causes and effects of fatigue and the supporting data that characterizes fatigue, they must accurately represent and assess the cognitive effects of fatigue on decision making and physical activities. Understand ...

A universal Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) is developed to interface with best-in-class symmetric resonator/transducer assemblies and provide a navigation grade digital or analog gyroscope output. It supports conventional Coriolis Vibratory Gyro (CVG) operation including Rate Gyro and Rate Integrating Gyro as well as recent advanced CVG approaches including dual mode-reversed RGs a ...

Existing finite state inflow models used in flight dynamics simulation and analysis are mostly limited to only modeling single main rotor helicopters. Modern advanced rotorcraft configurations usually involve multiple main rotors (e.g., co-axial), ducted fans, wings, etc.. Advances in rotor inflow dynamics modeling are needed in order to extend the current modeling capability to provide an effecti ...

A pilots ability to maintain situational awareness during flight is critical to both mission success and crew and passenger safety. Loss of spatial orientation and overall situational awareness is a critical challenge for the DOD. This is especially the case for helicopter pilotage during tactical maneuvers in stressful conditions such as Degraded Visual Environments (DVE) scenarios. Accidents due ...

Industrial Microbes is developing a green fermentation platform to replace carbon-emitting petrochemical production with newer methods that build chemicals out of methane and carbon dioxide.Chemical production is a major source of carbon pollution, responsible for 18% of direct industrialemissions. Our innovation is an engineered microbe that can consume carbon dioxide and methane and produce a ch ...

This Phase II will develop hardware prototypes using Interference Alignment (IA) to improve the throughput performance of a MANET (Mobile ad hoc Network) radio. IA uses an iterative transmit/receive beamforming algorithm running on multiple antenna (MIMO) radios to reduce interference and allowing multiple users to transmit concurrently. Our IA algorithm works in a completely distributed manner vi ...

TIAX LLC proposes to continue the successful development in Phase I of the modular refrigerator (MORF) into Phase II. The design that has resulted from the Phase I effort will operate in ambient temperatures up to 135oF and combines low energy consumption with large interior volume relative to the external dimensions. State of the art, commercially available components are used, so that high perfo ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) proposes to design, fabricate, and test printed structures with embedded RF components.These components include traces, waveguides, antennas, and connectors.SI2s materials are printed directly from a computer file in an ambient environment without any tooling, masks, etc.SI2s extensive materials printing and RF design experience will be brought to bear, affording light ...