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The purpose of the present effort is to provide a capability to the Joint Standard Instrumentation Suite (JSIS) for the characterization of ultraviolet atmospheric scattering in order to better determine the impact of atmospheric absorption/scattering on missile signatures.A working prototype of the Characterization of Off-axis Direct and Ultraviolet Scatter (CODUS) instrument will be built and de ...

The SWaP of 3-D imaging LADAR receivers is approaching the point where incorporation of full LADAR systems into small unmanned aerial vehicles (SUAVs) is within reach. However, while the SWaP of the receiver subsystem is an important consideration, the SW

In Phase I of this STTR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) will demonstrated high-efficiency mid-IR metasurface flat optics. We will use Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) to grow Lead Telluride (PbTe) on Barium Fluoride (BaF2) substrates to construct flat meta-lenses equivalent of cylindrical and aspheric lenses for mid-IR image ...

To meet the requirements of AF18A-T015 solicitation, MaXentric and University of California San Diego are proposing the development of a low loss, high linearity tunable bank of varactors. The tunable capacitor is targeting a compact integrated design, capable of a tuning range up to 10:1, with a minimum Q of 75, and handling up to 20W CW. During phase I, the team will (1) optimize the losses and ...

In Phase II of this STTR, Chiral Photonics, Inc. (CPI) proposes to develop a high-power fiber-based laser with near diffraction limited beam quality operating at a wavelength of 2 m by coherently combining up to 61 individual fiber lasers. The design of this high-power laser will be based on a Talbot cavity which will passively lock the phases of each of the individual lasers. A key component of t ...

MaXentric is developing a system architecture codenamed WATCHDOGS to improve situational awareness capabilities.The architecture includes a variety of sensor types including wideband RF receiver arrays, low-cost phased arrays, and inexpensive distributed receiver nodes.The measurements collected by the system are collaboratively processed to detect, classify, and track potential threats.MaXentric ...

Modern military success is as much about diplomacy, and gaining the support of local citizens as it is combat, further non-combatant casualties and collateral damage can result in significant complications in winning the battle of public perception. This type of warfare has led to an increased focus on the use of less-lethal weapons, to reduce collateral damage in urban battlespaces .These changes ...

Technologies currently used for measuring steam mass flow rates have deficiencies that result in performance limitations and measurement errors.These limitations include the need for improved accuracy, inaccurate (or lack of) steam dryness assessment, and reliable operation over a limited range of flow turndown rates.Internally mounted meters alter the flow dynamics and are subject to corrosion, d ...

To meet the requirements for AF171_041, "Next Generation Satellite Transponder using Low-Cost Adaptive HPA Linearization Technologies," MaXentric proposes a solution that essentially utilizes the existing satellite hardware to implement adaptive bandlimited digital pre-distortion (DPD). The pre-distortion will work within the bandwidths of the existing hardware and does not require any new ADCs/DA ...

BCI will develop a Portable Bi-static Weather Radar (PBWR) which can be deployed by the US Air Force in forward operating areas with a minimal size, weight, and power (SWaP) footprint. This radar will provide adverse weather detection in the theater of operations with improved performance and reliability over the existing Portable Doppler Radar (PDR) solution currently used. The PBWR system will c ...