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The Navy has identified the need for a software enhancement to the DSSS mode wideband anti-jam modem (WAM) to optimize network performance of the SATCOM link. Traditional networking approaches are incapable of providing mission-efficient and resilient operations at low information rates. To overcome this limitation of the state of the art, Architecture Technology Corporation (ATCorp) developed an ...

A motif is a non-commonplace, specific narrative element (such as a striking event, character, or object) that is repeated across stories found within the same cultural group, and concisely expresses complex cultural and political ideas through the inferences it evokes about a particular situation. If we can track motifs in communications, we will have a significant advantage in modeling informati ...

TYBALT (Transcending cYber Barriers with Automated Language Tracking) primary goal is the automatic detection of adverse intentions against US forces via publicly available information (PAI). Our “Intent to Act Adversely Detector” (ITAAD) is based on empirically-driven cognitive models linked to features detectable in the structure (rather than content) of written language: Integrative Complex ...

NAVAIR has identified the need for operating mobile tablets in multi-level secured, disjointed mission environments to establish a common Electronic Kneeboard (EKB) capability across all United States Naval (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) aviation platforms. This will enable access to digital publications, imagery, and dynamic data in USN and USMC aircraft, enhancing aircrew situationa ...

Collective allostatic load (CAL) is known to cause the degredation of team performance in a variety of contexts. SIFT is proposing MEDULLA (Monitoring Emergent Duress Under Long-Lasting Allostasis), a multi-method approach based on physiological, cognitive, and behavioral measures to develop and fine-tune algorithms for assessing CAL and predicting changes to CAL that can affect team performance. ...

An innovative, new seeker gimbal design featuring “drop in” integration into the missile tube. Transporting, warehousing, and other aspects of logistical support is aided by its innovative and rugged design. A major improvement over traditional gimbals that require “ship within a bottle” assembly techniques. Most gimbals require interior brackets bolted into the missile tube before the fra ...

The primary challenges for creating renewable fuels are the ability to process inexpensive non-food feedstocks into biofuels that meet all quality specification, perform indistinguishably from petroleum-based fuels and are compatible with current infrastructure.Our Phase I project demonstrated the feasibility of producing biofuels from waste greases using a novel hydrothermal, continuous-flow cata ...

In topic 11.b, Dispatchable Geothermal Operations, DOE seeks to enable more widespread deployment of geothermal as a dispatchable energy source.TerraCOH’s CO2 Plume Geothermal (CPG™) and Earth Battery™ technologies are ideally suited to meet DOE’s needs.Conventional geothermal power technology has generally been limited to use as a baseload power source, but with increasing penetration of ...

AFWERX has a national defense-related mission need in the area of innovation scale through airmen engagement via crowdsourcing, value tracking and program and platform management for organizational crowdsourcing, organizational engagement, and program scale. Specifically, the Air Force has launched a crowdsourcing tool and needs help ensuring the best use of the platform. There is a gap between th ...

Noise in the source data limits effectiveness and utility of models, algorithms and tools used by the Army for Condition Based Maintenance (CBM+) of its aviation fleet. This impedes the sustainment and availability of its aviation fleet. The Data Refinery for Aviation Sustainment (DRAS) applies methods and techniques from statistics, data science, machine learning and data management to refine the ...