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Missile defense testing activities will require the capability to perform sensor test, evaluation, and characterization of various Laser Radar sensor classes in a HWIL environment. This effort demonstrates the use of COTS computational equipment to satisfy the rigorous real-time requirements of this mission.

Radar discrimination represents one of the most critical functions in the Ballistic Missile Defense engagement process. Radar discrimination relies upon the timely and accurate collection of a set of complex feature measurements. The ability for the sensor to make these measurements as well as the ambiguity of the measurements is highly dependent upon sensor capabilities and sensor / threat geom ...

AEgis Technologies Group Inc. proposes to develop a multichannel multichip module (MCM) capable of high-speed digital-to-analog data conversion and suitable for integration into the next generation of Ladar and Radar HWIL test infrastructure. AEgis will leverage existing SBIR programs by utilizing key components and integrating them in a single subsystem module. The resulting MCM will be capable ...

This effort will extend the Phase I design, development, implementation, testing and performance evaluation of an automated prototype Multisensor Attributes and Contextual Information-Aided Track Correlation Algorithm. The proposed algorithm integrates the following modules based modified/enhanced existing stand-alone algorithms: a) A basic Multisensor Data Collection and Feature Extraction Module ...

Radiation hardened multi-color infrared (IR) focal plane arrays are required for MDA interceptor and surveillance sensors, for example, the MDA MKV KV and CV and the US Navy Aegis Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) interceptor system. The key to meeting the system requirements for the MKV, SM-3, and other missile interceptor systems is the development of multi-color radiation hardened two-color long wave ...

In this Phase II program, a high-performance, rad-hard, high-functionality, back-illuminated, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS, Agile, Multi-functional-Pixel, Imager optimized sensor chip assembly (SCAMP SCA) will be developed and characterized for demanding spaceborne imaging applications, including high-functionality, environmentally robust star-tracking. The SCAMP SCA will include high performa ...

Critical space and missile defense systems include high performance infrared (IR) sensors consisting of cryogenically cooled IR focal plane arrays and IR band-pass filters, which are both degraded by ionizing radiation. One aspect of this problem is the absence of intentionally radiation hardened by design (RHBD) cryogenic IR band-pass filters. The current filters used in IR sensors are either ra ...

The need for increased reliability coupled with reduced size and weight has demanded the evolution of manufacturing process technologies for printed circuit board assembly. Imbedded Component/Die Technology (IC/DT) will advance electronics packaging to the next level by transforming 2-D component placement into a 3-D assembly with integrated thermal management. In Phase I, a conceptual design of ...

Military communications and weapons systems depend on the health of their components to perform reliably over extended periods of time. Maintenance is an important aspect of reliability, assuring that equipment is on line and operational when it is needed. The trend toward electronic/networked maintenance documentation presents an opportunity to improve maintainer effectiveness, but new tools mu ...

Intuition and some limited data sets suggest that polarization has strong potential to provide additional information in difficult detection scenarios in a variety of hypervelocity interceptor applications. The targeting of a boost phase missile requires a sensor that can both acquire the target and perform plume / hardbody discrimination. For midcourse scenarios, debris and decoy clouds, low th ...