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SciTec and Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) propose to develop novel RF/IR kinematic and feature fusion algorithms for incorporation into the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) 8.4 track correlation, discrimination, and lethality characterization algorithms that will allow the system to better exploit data from disparate sensors such as the Army Navy/Transportable ...

SciTec, Inc., in collaboration with the University of Michigan (U. Mich.), proposes to develop advanced processing and exploitation algorithms and methods in order to improve the ability of the Missile Defense Agency"s (MDA"s) Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) to characterize and transmit information about complex, cluttered scenes of operational relevance. The metho ...

SciTec and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) propose a multi-scale simulation architecture for generating optical signatures from missile intercept debris clouds based on output from hydrocode tools developed at SNL while furthering optical data exploitation from the library of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (ABMD) intercept test. This will require developing data-driven relationships for match ...

Training in the symptoms of Spatial Disorientation (SD) has shown to be valuable in aiding pilots to recognize its onset and provide a means for mitigating its effects, but such demonstrations have traditionally been associated with specialized equipment and devices. Since the vast majority of pilots for the commercial aviation jet fleet are trained (or recertified) on 6-degree-of-freedom (DOF) h ...

The Missile Defense Agency has adopted a Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) to build up the BMDS system by incorporating existing and newly developed radars, EO/IR sensors, and interceptors to counter new threats, including sensors that are not owned by the MDA. Optimally utilizing these next generation of high fidelity Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) and possibly Airborne Infrared (ABIR) systems ...

Megawatt class laser systems using Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers (DPAL) could be possible because of their extremely low quantum defect which minimizes thermal loading and, like other gas lasers, the gain medium can be flowed to reduce thermal management requirements. One key to producing efficient systems is matching the absorption linewidth of the gain media to the emission bandwidth of the diodes. ...

Cyber Dynamics, Inc. (CDI), proposes to develop a software implementation of the theoretically fastest adaptive process for Optimal Associative Memory (OAM). This algorithm provides orders of magnitude improvement over all conventional neural network paradigms in the areas of response recall accuracy, information storage capacity and density, immunity to noise, generalization characteristics, and ...

A compact high speed logic gate is proposed that will switch with a speed under 10 psecs with a power-time product of less than 7 fJ. The electrical power should be less than 1 mA at 1.5 Volts. Unlike all-electronic logic, this opto-electronic logic gate's speed and power will remain fast and low, even when incorporated in large integrated optical circuits with thousands of external connections. ...

Marotta Scientific Controls, Inc. has conceived a new, multi-function Xenon gas control valve concept for isolation, pressure regulation and flow control. Xenon gas propellant is used at very low flow rates in several types of next-generation electric thrusters, including the Russian Stationary Plasma Thrusters. The Multi-function control valve uses a magnetostrictive actuator. This new actuation ...

Current FT-IR spectrometers are based upon the original Michelson design containing a moving mirror, which was first proposed nearly 70 years ago. While spectrometers based on this principle have been very useful, development of a new generation of spectrometers with no moving parts would bring major advances for numerous sensing applications. It could enable real-time measurement, reduced positio ...