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ABSTRACT: Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop a single-photon source based on a diamond nano-crystal coupled to a micro-cavity. Defects in crystalline diamond have demonstrated excellent single photon properties with g^(2)(0) < 0.02. Our diamond nano-crystal will produce single photons in the near-visible transparency windows. By coupling a single nano-crystal to an optical micro-cavi ...

ABSTRACT: The proposed work, URIEL (Unified Representation and Inference for Exploitation of Links), aims to simplify the work of intelligence analysts in discovering and exploring latent relationships from multiple sources of massive amounts of information. URIEL will support 1) automated extraction, transformation, and load at scale from multiple data sources, including document archives, social ...

ABSTRACT:Microbial fuel cells (MFC's) use metabolic reactions inside bacteria as a source of electrons. Wastewater treatment processes with MFC's employ bacteria to generate electrical power produced as they anaerobically breakdown organic materials captured from wastewater. FTL Labs Corporation (FTL) proposes a powerful new enabling technology for deployable wastewater treatment using high-capaci ...

ABSTRACT:Triton proposes to develop a material system and process to fabricate reusable masks for surface modification of turbine parts. An FDM machine capable of producing complex shaped reusable masks is proposed to be delivered at the end of the program.BENEFIT:Masking materials are critical in virtually all industrial processes. The technology developed will enable low cost and short lead-time ...

ABSTRACT: Triton Systems proposes an effort to demonstrate porous insulating materials / heterogeneous composite structures that minimize thermal radiation and are able to withstand repeated exposure to hypersonic-relevant high temperatures (over 1650 K) for periods of over one hour.This program will develop a model for thermal radiation in heterogeneous porous media that can guide the design of m ...

ABSTRACT: This project will demonstrate the feasibility, and determine the performance capabilities, of a laboratory instrument for non-destructively measuring multiple parameters of a high power optical fiber.Firstly the apparatus will measure the fibers refractive index profile and geometry in its short wavelength infrared (SWIR) operating band by multi-wavelength transverse interference microsc ...

ABSTRACT: Government organizations have difficulty assessing and improving the quality of software systemsdue to limited visibility into system modularity and architecture quality.It isalso difficult to quantify the financial value of software quality.With increasing awareness that design quality reduces defects, improves performance, and reduces cost, the government needs better ways to assess qu ...

ABSTRACT: While the ability to collect larger volumes of full-motion video (FMV) data grows, analysts within the ISR community struggle to keep pace with the volume, speed, and variety of collection. During Phase 1 Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED), analysts are required to collaborate with a distributed team of sensor operators, collection and mission managers, and other analysts ...

A mortar team positions itself on an urban battlefield. Theyre tasked to support operators in the urban landscape. Unknown wind conditions and the probability of civilian casualties complicate the mission. An Army engineer pulls a 20 pound canister from his teams MRAP, sets it in the middle of a dirt road. He unscrews the top and starts an app on his ATAK tablet. The desired wind field measurement ...

We propose to investigate TWTs based on novel slow-wave structures that can generate 100 W of continuous wave power in the V and W bands. We will evaluate a class of structures that are robust and easy to build using a combination of conventional machining and electrode discharge machining. The proposed techniques are based on our successful fabrication of high power capable overmoded coupled cavi ...