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Our Random Obfuscating Compiler2 (“ROC2”) automated toolset will protect DoD HPC executables running on Beowulf clusters from reverse engineering or compromise. Preliminary DoD HPC research is often conducted on university Beowulfs, which are also used by unscreened researchers and students. The US is engaged in an arms race and must protect valuable IP. A ROC2 toolset is feasible now. Phas ...

RCA Consultants, Inc. and our team mate the Mission Research Division is proposing a 24 month program to design, fabricate and test a large area (~ 8X8 square meter) absorbing screen to accurately measure the incident millimeter wave power density (w/cm2) over the 25 to 100GHz frequency region. The design will be suitable for both laboratory and field measurement. The approach can easily be ext ...

Enterprises are now recognizing the importance of security in the life cycle of software development and code maintenance. Several recent studies have shown that the risk of not integrating security into the software life cycle can have serious negative consequences. There are some disparate tools and products currently available to monitor and mitigate the risks, but a comprehensive solution is n ...

Development of a COTS-based, open architecture, ruggedized monitor for use as an "intelligent assistant" for the treating physician in aeromedical evacuation to assist with a critically ill but stabilized patient. The system utilizes direct feeds of hemodynamic data and manual entries of appropriate parameters, processes the information to determine hemodynamic stability and autonomic state, and ...

Aeromedical evacuation (AE) involves prolonged transport of injured warfighters at risk for clinical deterioration under austere medical conditions. Because of their injuries they have a high potential for progression of recognized and/or occult additional injuries leading to acute instability during Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) transfer. While the CCATTs have a great depth of medica ...

Defense Research Technologies, Inc. proposes to analyze, design, simulate, and evaluate the feasibility of a smart hemodynamic monitoring system for the Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATTs). Of particular interest is our ability 1) to non-invasively measure bulk density, viscosity, specific heat, and concentrations of CO2, O2, 2) to use these non-invasive measurements in calculating short a ...

Advanced coated conductor development for high current carrying capacity HTS wires and tapes requires a high current density and also a large YBCO film thickness in the coated conductor. The inclusion of secondary phase particles, i.e., Chemical Pinning, is a highly viable approach to increase Jc from a production point of view, especially since in our application of metal organic chemical vapour ...

YBCO film through MOD approach is one of the most cost effective methods for long length CC fabrications. Although, this process has shown success on films below 1 micron, thicker films with the performance goal of 500-1000 A/cm have not been demonstrated even on small samples. Hence, long length thicker films of 1-3 micron through MOD approach with pinning center enhancement are yet to be fully d ...

The first and a key stage in military planning is the intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB). IPB is a continuous process that defines the battlespace environment and its effects and determines and evaluates likely enemy actions. Typically, characterization of the battlespace and its effects has focused on: performing terrain and spatial analysis (delineation of areas of operation, aven ...

The design of turbomachinery components is a complex process requiring many steps and hundreds of minute decisions in an iterative process. The design proceeds from engine cycle performance and meanline design through 3D viscous flow calculations (CFD) and finite element structural analysis (FEA). Design studies may traverse this process many times, with routine tasks performed by engineers in a ...