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Event-based cameras are novel sensors that output brightness changes in the form of a stream of asynchronous "events" instead of intensity frames. Compared to conventional image sensors, they offer significant advantages: high temporal resolution, high dy

The proliferation of space objects and the advancement of adversarial capabilities has created a space domain that is increasingly contested, congested, and complex. In this dynamic threat environment, new approaches to space domain awareness (SDA) that e

Maintaining awareness of the space environment is a critical task for national security, one that currently relies primarily on radar and photometric data to track the thousands of active satellites and debris in Earth orbit. Despite the volumes of data a

Large-scale military and civilian planning problems are (1) distributed – decision-making is spread across multiple organizations, including organizations that must employ information that they are unable or unwilling to share; (2) heterogeneous – the domains of optimization and local criteria for optimality differ – and (3) hierarchical – higher levels of authority solve abstract versions ...

The AF22A-T006 STTR topic “Development of Integrated Infrared Focal Plane Arrays on Si, Requiring No Hybridization” seeks to develop infrared focal plane arrays (FPAs) directly onto silicon readout integrated circuitry without hybridization, operating at

A critical need for fast response event-based visible wavelength and infrared (IR) cameras involving many Air Force and Space Force stakeholders as well as prime contractor companies has been identified. The current event-based camera technologies suffer from long latency and low array utilization rate, which makes them not suitable for many defense applications with dynamic scenes and requirement ...

DoD stakeholders are distributed across a multitude of siloed computer networks.  Currently, there is no efficient way to access essential contact information for POCs in different computer network silos – which is a major limiting factor to coordinating Joint All Domain operations.  To solve this problem, Orgo is developing a visual interagency org chart map and directory to enable rapid inte ...

In response to Department of Defense (DoD) STTR topic AF19C-T006, Alphacore Inc. together with academic partner Prof. Joe Campbell and his group (University of Virginia) and consultant Prof. Seth Bank (University of Austin at Texas) will design, develop a

The overall goal of the proposed work is to develop affordable sodium guide star lasers at a cost per unit of beacon flux that makes them attractive for a larger number of telescopes in smaller size ranges than the present state of the art allows. In the

"Since the retirement of the Space Shuttle program in 2011, the U.S. government no longer has a dedicated, calibrated on-orbit orbital debris detection sensor" says a Request for Information (RFI) conducted by the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). The RFI further expressed that "Orbital debris collisions are a significant risk to Earth orbiting spacecraft." Assured S ...