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ABSTRACT: To maintain superiority in the battle domains of space, ground, air and sea, it is natural that the U.S. move toward incorporating autonomous capabilities to enhance/replace the traditional role of humans. Continued advances in processing capability and techniques to employ decision logic and adaptive learning strategies will soon make this vision reality. To deploy any such capability o ...

ABSTRACT: The hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet is capable of providing hypersonic air-breathing propulsion for high-speed applications. The effective operation of high-speed air-breathing engines (ram- and scram-jets) over a wide range of flow parameters (velocity and altitude) is one of the most technically difficult challenges in the design of hypersonic vehicles. The most promising approach to overc ...

ABSTRACT:Intelligent Automation, Inc. proposes to develop and implement inverse planning capabilities for aerial communications at two complementary levels in IMPACT (Inverse Mission Planning of Aerial Communications Technologies) system: 1) Force-level planning software module and 2) Communication subscriber planning software with radio app. Force-level planning software module will optimally sel ...

Important information lies at the processing resolution limits of current LiDAR systems. Subtle discontinuities such as runoff channels, fault lines, and ridges can reveal important local terrain modeling data as well as provide an indication of factors

ABSTRACT:nou Systems proposes an innovative analysis and test methodology for testing space-based high-resolution wide field-of-view (WFOV) focal plane arrays (FPAs). Current space sensor test facilities are incapable of fully testing state-of-the-art high-resolution WFOV sensors without infrastructure modifications. The test methodology described in this proposal focuses on testing only a subset ...

Multiple antenna systems, commonly referred as multiple and output multiple output (MIMO) system multiply the link capacity by using multiple transmit and receive antennas for transmitting and receiving more than one data signal simultaneously via multipath propagation. MIMO is known to provide major spectral efficiency gains over single antenna systems by balancing diversity-multiplexing trade-of ...

ABSTRACT: This Phase II SBIR research addresses an important and timely technological need, specifically the practical development and demonstration of a very low-cost, multi-frequency, multi-beam phased array subarray technology. This low-cost subarray technology is the fundamental building block required for the practical realization of a large hemispherical phased array useful for horizon-to- ...

ABSTRACT: This proposal presents an Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) upgrade scheme using smart antenna and cognitive satellite radio techniques. On the remote tracking station (RTS) side, switched beam smart antenna, distributed beam forming technique, multiple access technique based on FDMA and/or CDMA are applied to obtain multiple satellites reception objective. On the satellite si ...

ABSTRACT:Modern combustion systems such as gas-turbine combustors and rocket engines are characterized by high operating pressures and temperatures due to increased power density. Thermal radiation has significant impact on both, the heat fluxes at the wall and physical phenomena controlling the combustion process. The objective of this SBIR project is to develop a general, computationally efficie ...

The shape of a parachute changes during the deployment of the canopy due to control inputs by the paratrooper/guidance system and environmental effects. Current methods of measuring the shape of a parachute use wind tunnels or instrumented test chambers. These measurements are limited by blockage and scaling effects. Optical sensors (e.g. laser scanners, stereo cameras, or photogrammetry) are sens ...