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MZA proposes the development of the Integrated Directed Energy Aero-optical Surrogate (IDEAS) which consists of a 1/4th scale aircraft parent model and a laser pod architecture with modular beam director and supporting flow control configuration for transonic and supersonic aero-effects testing at the AEDC 16T wind tunnel. The laser pod model may be remotely articulated to point in arbitrary direc ...

Laser-based anti-aircraft missile countermeasure systems use precisely aimed lasers to thwart the attack of these deadly missiles. In a matter of seconds, these systems must detect and characterize the threat, acquire the target, achieve track lock on the target, and initiate engagement of the threat's seeker with an in-band laser. The survival of our Warfighters and their aircraft during this ext ...

The primary objectives of this effort will be the development, validation, and deployment of a software toolset capable of modeling dynamic two-phase flow systems for controls development and optimization. The toolset will be comprised of a variety of components related to two-phase flow systems with user interfaces to parameterize the component models and a variety of supporting tools for operati ...

Future battlefields employing directed energy technologies will require an electronic Battle Damage Indicator (eBDI) tool that can measure the radiated Radio Frequency (RF) emissions from a target before and after a High Power RF (HPRF) attack and determine if target electronics have been significantly disrupted. Based on the Phase I results, we propose to assemble, test, and demonstrate an Autono ...

Transparent Sky LLC (TSky) and UltraHiNet LLC propose algorithms systems for precision computation in real-time of 3D (RT3D) models using low size, weight, and power (SWaP) architectures. Results exploit the successful Phase I algorithm, Shell3D, that over 100 times faster than leading algorithms. Further work will: • Build and test a prototype system for UAV use. • Develop field-testable soft ...

The primary objectives of the proposed effort are to enhance, expand, and validate a variable-fidelity transient multi-domain software toolset called ATTMO+ for predicting and analyzing the dynamic interactions at a mission-level timescale between electri

A technical plan is proposed for developing a supersonic pod-based application of virtual duct passive flow control for aero-optic mitigation. Virtual ducts have proven to be a highly effective tool for achieving aero-optic mitigation transonic flight up to Mach 0.8, and the proposed work seeks to leverage our extensive experience in designing and testing transonic virtual ducts to develop a unifi ...

Wolf is developing an aircrew-mounted helicopter restraint system for mobile aircrew that prevents ejection from the aircraft and provides crash and fall protection. It attaches to any D-ring currently used to attach the gunner's belt, and requires no modification to the aircraft to use. It automatically manages the slack between the aircrew and the attachment point. It senses motion associated wi ...

Securable Robust Tablet Nodes (SERTN) solution in Phase II will focus on delivery of a path to NSA CSfC certifiable software solution for operating mobile tablets in multi-level secured, disjointed mission environments to aid in the establishment of a common Electronic Kneeboard (EKB) capability across all United States Naval (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) aviation platforms. We will ...

Propagation of high-energy short-pulse laser light through the atmosphere must contend with not only the phase aberrations induced by atmospheric turbulence, but also a cadre of nonlinear phenomena that can reduce the efficacy of light delivery to a target. During this effort, we are investigating several adaptive optics designs that should improve the compensation of distributed aberrations in th ...