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To address the challenge of long-term tracking, through extended occlusions and significant appearance changes, we propose to continue developing DC-CAT, a Deep Convolutional neural network (CNN) based Confuser-Aware high value target (HVT) Tracker.The DC-CAT system combines a state-of-the-art CNN-based adaptive HVT tracker with a CNN-based pre-trained generic target detector, in a deep-feature-ai ...

Metasurfaces are a fascinating new direction for producing small form factor optical elements that can be directly integrated with a variety of sensors and illumination sources. Metasurfaces have received extensive attention for their potential applications in imaging optics as they enable significantly more compact camera modules with enhanced functionality and because the unit processes to creat ...

The safety and operational success of the U.S. Navy (USN) depends on expert navigation, seamanship, and shiphandling skills. Tragically, the Navy experienced four major incidents in 2017. The resulting USN Comprehensive Review identified lapses in basic seamanship and safe navigation skills as contributing factors, reinforcing the critical need for rigorous shiphandling training and proficiency as ...

The introduction of computer vision in precision-guided ammunition will potentially increase their targeting capabilities, in particular for moving targets such as tanks, vehicles and mobile command posts. EO/IR cameras offer a relatively inexpensive, low-SWaP payload solution which, combined with latest advances in SIMD hardware (GPUs), are finally starting to allow running sophisticated visual g ...

The Air Force needs tunable laser systems with high average power in the mid-infrared region of the spectrum for military applications including defense against heat-seeking missiles.Currently-fieldedlaser systems, based on nonlinear frequency conversion in periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN), have limited optical power at wavelengths between 4 m and 5 m because of intrinsic absorption in th ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes the development of a composite laminate cathode coating based largely on consumer off the shelf (COTS) industrial materials functionalized to possess a low work function, negative electron affinity surface. The cathode coating is applicable to any surface of a spacecraft, regardless of shape or material, and allows passive one wire operation for spacecraft cha ...

Magnetic materials with high hesitivity values are needed to achieve low-profile conformal broadband magnetodielectric antennas with significantly enhanced efficiency in HF-UHF. The higher the hesitivity, the higher the attainable efficiency in these magnetodielectric antennas. State of the art hesitivity as high as 6×10^6 O/m has been reported in CoZrNb alloy films. Further hesitivity improvemen ...

The Shallow Water and Surf Zone Minehunting program (MAD SWARM) is described that spans the development and demonstration of swarming micro-air vehicles (MAV’s) equipped with Magnetic Anomaly Detectors (MAD’s) to autonomously detect and locate mine targets in shallow water and the surf zone. The MAD Swarm system incorporates low cost micro-air vehicle (MAV) technology, swarming sensor search/c ...

Providing effective cyber defense for the DoD is compounded by the fact there is not a single physical or logical entity that defines cyberspace. In reality, DoD networks are often composed of three disparate but interacting layers: a physical layer that defines the structure of the network (e.g., computers and routers), a logical layer that represents the static or dynamic state of data within th ...

UUVs have become increasingly important tools in the collection of environmental data. Their unique ability to operate independent of surface vessel conditions allows oceanographic seawater measurements when traditional means is not possible. Historically sensor packages for UUVs have been based on adaptions of ship deployed equipment. Recent development in sensors, such as the Hybrid Flow Through ...