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NOAA is pursuing sustained, in-situ sensing technology to support improved atmospheric modeling of the upper ocean boundary environment, including the air-sea interface, during turbulent storms. Improved atmospheric modeling in this critical region will lead to better forecasting and support NOAA's mandate to protect property and save lives. Small, unmanned aircraft, equipped with atmospheric sens ...

The S‐100 specification is a new geospatial standard for hydrographic data, that is presently under development by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). Once the S‐100 based products and services are fully developed by the IHO, current datasets will be scheduled for obsolescence, and the Hydrographic Offices (HOs) will no longer produce them. Companies offering e‐navigation solu ...

In this Phase II effort, PEMDAS Technologies and Innovations (PEMDAS), in collaboration with subcontractor Westover Studios, proposes to develop a functional prototype of the Weather “Action Chain” Enabler (ACE) application using the technologies identified, knowledge gained, and preliminary design conceived during the Phase I effort. As designed, the Weather ACE application will be a non-intr ...

The Automated Interface Middleware Service (AIMS) solution solves the federation integration problem described by MDA/ABEA. AIMS is devised to be a flexible simulation architecture messaging middleware that enables distributed, modular development of models, so modules may be integrated without modifying the simulation’s underlying software. The framework will integrate multiple models located a ...

Big data analysis is a critical component of product and process evaluation in the commercial sphere. The explosion of online advertising, social networks, and streaming media has led to the need for analysis techniques suited to generating insights from extremely large quantities of data. The object of this research project is to adapt data mining techniques, including machine learning, which hav ...

Phase modulation, to disrupt the coherence of a laser when applied to a high energy laser, aids in preventing the buildup of the efficiency limiting nonlinear effect known as Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) and has shown to increase the threshold to which SBS becomes significant. A variety of phase modulated binary signals and multi-level arbitrary signals have been shown to improve the outp ...

This research will develop a 128x128 on 30 µm pixel pitch radiation hardened Laser Detection and Ranging (LADAR) system for spaced-based long range imaging. This advanced LADAR system will be integrated with an InGaAsP-based linear-mode Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs) optimized for 1.06 µm operation. Studies will be completed to optimize the APD structure for radiation hardness, achieving gains ...

To satisfy the need for a radiation-hardened, 1064-nm laser sensitive, single-photon sensitive ladar camera, with pixel counts of 128 x 128 or more, a proven single-photon linear-mode InGaAs(P)/InAlAs avalanche-photodiode (APD) detector will be integrated with low-noise ladar readout integrated circuits (ROICs), and its performance will be shown compatible with missile defense mission requirements ...

NanoSonic has recently developed non-conventional metal-free, ultra-high pressure (burst strength > 33,000 psi) hydrogen (H2) dispensing hoses via additive manufacturing (AM) techniques for use at ultra-high pressures (> 875 bar) and over an extremely harsh service temperature range. We have since scaled our AM technique to demonstrate a 26-L leak-proof cryotank (the Chill Pill) for use with ...

SciTec, Inc. has extensive experience developing robust, signature based autonomous exploitation capabilities for data collected from Electro-Optic/Infrared (EO/IR) systems. These signature based capabilities are typically robust because they exploit features with known causal relationships to threat characteristics and behavior, and because they are constructed using rigorous mathematical framewo ...