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The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) provides an elite undergraduate educational program that integrates academic, military, and athletic programs to develop leaders of character, motivated to lead the Air Force in service to our nation. By the time cadets graduate and are commissioned as second lieutenants they are expected to acquire a combination of knowledge, skills, and responsibilitie ...

The goal of the proposed STTP is to improve the Jam Beam Radiometer capability in the TAPS System to provide enhanced characterization of missile warning systems during testing against simulated SAM and AAM. The resulting radiometer and gimbal system will improve the current live fire testing process by providing enhanced JBR capability, which will significantly enhance the TAPS testing scenario c ...

Third Dimension Technologies will perform design of a 45-deg x 45-deg full parallax Field of Light Display (FoLD) system in Phase I, and will also during Phase I build a simple 3 x 3 array proof of concept FoLD system. A FoLD display provides full parallax 3D viewing without glasses or headgear, just as if the viewer was looking through a window. The Phase I design will include an assessment of sp ...

In this Small Business Innovation Research Phase I program, Modeling Tools for the Drilling of Polymer Matrix Composites (PMCs), Third Wave Systems (TWS) will develop and demonstrate innovative multi-scale modeling tools for the drilling of polymer matrix composites (PMCs), which is enabled by integration of advanced material constitutive models, detailed-level finite element analysis (FEA), and N ...

Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. (GEM) along with its team member, National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University, propose to develop a micro-macro coupling tool for simulation of thermal-mechanical response and multi-mode failure progression in selected polymer matrix composites under drilling. A rational approach based on a micro-scale model is developed to cha ...

An integrated multi-physics modeling tool will be developed to virtually predict process-induced defects, dimensional change, and performance variations through a coupled infusion-cure modeling framework for low-cost composite parts manufactured via Infusion Molding. This project will leverage the existing high-fidelity infusion and residual stress codes developed by the University of Connecticut ...

This project will investigate the use of offensive binary analysis techniques to extract data from program binaries for use by a runtime diagnostic engine capable of malware detection and response. The open-source Angr framework provides the basis for the tools used to collect the analysis data needed to support a diagnostic engine. A diagnostic engine capable of using these collected results will ...

This research will develop a 64x64 on 20 µm pixel pitch Laser Detection and Ranging (LADAR) system for targeting and reconnaissance capabilities. This advanced LADAR system will be integrated with an Multi Quantum Well (MQW) detector structure integrated with a linear-mode Avalanche Photodiode (APDs) structure optimized for 2.04 µm operation but capable of imaging from 1.1 to 2.4 µm . Stu ...

In response to the AF182-111 SBIR solicitation (“V-Band Solid-State Power Amplifiers for SATCOM Downlinks�), MaXentric proposes AEROSTAR (“Amplifier for Efficient, Reliable, V-Band Operation in Space, Temperature-Variant, And high Radiation environments�) to provide linear and high efficiency V-band solid state power amplifier for satellite communications. AEROSTAR operat ...

Linearizer Technology GOV LLC (LTGOV) proposes to produce a V-band (71-76 GHz) GaN solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) with the goals of a) a linear output power exceeding 30 watts, b) a linearity required for the efficient transmission of complex digital modulations such as 16QAM, and c) the highest possible power added efficiency (PAE) for use in space. LTGOV is a wholly owned affiliate of Linear ...