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QX300 is a multi-use, fully autonomous (using AI for operations in orbit) and reusable orbital vehicle. Similar in design to X-37B and Dream Chaser. But without restrictions in terms of ceiling operation. Could be used for Earth and Lunar orbit operations

Incorporate existing sensor technologies in a modular fashion onto a ground-based mobile platform directed by a back-end data processing system using artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms. This provides a multisensory system with the ability for adaptive sensor node relocation as environment conditions change and the determination of hostile intent based on historical and collected d ...

Camgian’s offering and capabilities center around the Prowl® Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) Application / Plug-in and the Prowl Radar System. Prowl’s RF architecture, RF signaling, and digital signal processing techniques enable tracking of human targets out to 500 meters in an open field with total power draw of about 1 watt. Prowl is an ideal system for use in Force Protect ...

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 ...

If the work proposed herein is successful, AFR/DOD would have two new next generation Firesets capable of significantly advancing the testing capabilities of current Firesets to support future hydrocode simulation/modeling of insensitive initiators/EFIs. The two Fireset Systems to be delivered as a result of the proposed Phase II SBIR would first include a refined System 1 design within the first ...

Current and future explosive munition weapon systems development relies heavily on explosives detonation performance characterization and computational hydro-code simulation research conducted by DoD and DoE research communities. This work in turn relies

This project’s aim is to develop an Accurate Active Light Source (AALS) that can be fielded at selected calibration sites to address NOAA’s unmet needs and improve the calibration of the Suomi NPP VIIRS Day Night Band (DNB) operating in the high gain stage (HGS) under low light level conditions. The DNB HGS has extreme low-light sensitivity that enables a new generation of nighttime imaging. M ...

Most sensor data collection systems are unique to a given application, sensors do not easily transcend across applications or platforms. Smart sensor development improved the ability to utilize common communications to a certain degree, where most used RS-232 or RS-485 type communications protocols, but differences are still found and no uniformity exists in the commercial markets. The Smart Modul ...

A new radiometric vicarious calibration approach for the Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band’s (DNB) high gain stage (HGS) is proposed that will complement traditional, extended source, radiance-based calibrations, which are based on natural lunar illumination and not as accurate as desired. The proposed research will produce affordable, field-deployable, NIST-traceable point source lamps that can ac ...

ABSTRACT:Specialty elastomers, such as hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (HNBR) and fluoroelastomer (FKM), are widely utilized as high performance seals in numerous aerospace vehicles and components. The elastomer sealing industry and its products are primarily based on a limited pool of feedstocks that were last advanced in the 1970's. Using current technology, elastomeric seals must b ...