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A market study of cybersecurity of the Internet of Things (IoT) in Phase I of this effort shows that the rapidly escalating weaponization of IoT devices will continue to be a problem for complex technical, economic, and political reasons. The IoT phenomenon has yielded a vulnerability with asymmetric cost-benefit in favor of the adversary, and this in turn has created the potential for strategic s ...

PreTalen herein proposes the development of the Hardened ADS-B Protection System (HEAPS) which is a network of sensors that can detect spoofing attempts by ADS-B transmitters. ADS-B is an unsecured protocol and receivers do not have any way to determine if the ADS-B messages that they receive truly represents the status of the transmitting aircraft. A malicious actor could transmit ADS-B messages ...

Production of hydroxylamine nitrate (HAN) and hydroxyethyl hydrazine nitrate (HEHN) is of great concern for the manufacture of AF-315E. Current stockpiles of heritage ingredients held by AFRL are being depleted and those manufacturers are no longer in exi

PreTalen herein proposes the Vulnerability Isolation for RF Targeted Unsecured Systems (VIRTUS) -- an open framework for assessing and mitigating the effects of cyber attacks via RF communications channels. There are many fuzzing tools available to discov

Accurate knowledge of heat flux is critical in assessing the performance and survivability of hypersonic aerodynamic systems. Under these flow regimes extreme pressures, temperatures, and vibrations make it difficult to quantify even the most basic aerothermodynamic properties. Ahmic Aerospace and Virginia Tech propose an innovative new approach to develop robust heat flux sensors and a data reduc ...

Start and unstart conditions represent some of the worst possible aerodynamic loading scenarios a test article will experience in high-speed test facilities. Many facilities employ a model injection system to avoid such loading but must still account for

The Phase-II research is a natural extension and a significant advancement over the Phase-I research, which has successfully demonstrated high-speed, burst-mode, polarization-based, dual-plane, stereoscopic PIV measurements synchronized with OH-PLIF imaging of turbulent swirling combustion in a generic gas-turbine combustor with and without acoustic forcing. We propose to conduct high-speed, burst ...

The WHTS Airman Navigation and Direction Estimator (WANDER) is based upon accurate, high-speed image registration to enable accurate video-based tracking complemented by inertial navigation devices (accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers/inclinometers). WANDER develops an optimal, combined video and inertial navigation solution with accurate helmet directional tracking when GPS or other nav ...

Spectral Energies and the University of Notre Dame is developing a new class of point-wise sensors for high-enthalpy conditions that rely on the use of a weakly ionized AC discharge between two electrodes as the main sensing element. The advantages of this approach include a native high bandwidth with a theoretical maximum in excess of 15 MHz and a simple mechanical design that is inherently robus ...

Photonic circuits can process information at capacities and speeds far exceeding that of electronic circuitry. A key device element needed for processing light is the optical modulator. Modulator requirements under this proposal include optical loss less