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Hardware-In-the-Loop (HWIL) system users are anticipating major Infrared (IR) scene quality improvements through a new generation of emitter arrays. The arrays feature increased spatial resolution, rapid frame rates and much broader radiant dynamic range. These enhancements represent a sea change in Infrared Scene Projector (IRSP) performance that will set the standard for years. This new capabili ...

A Battlefield Airman (BA) has one of the most challenging positions in the military. BA personnel are tasked with the dual roles of being warfighters as well as Combat Controllers, Pararescuemen, Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) members and Special Operations Weather Technicians often while behind enemy lines. These complex duties require high fidelity training. In some cases, such as Pararescuem ...

The Army is frequently forced to operate in hostile climates. Heavy fog, rain, snow, and dust storms can inhibit the performance of tracking technologies such as mid-wave infrared cameras. In such conditions, Army early warning systems are blinded and put personnel and assets at risk.There is a specific need for a degraded visual environment (DVE) penetrative target tracking solution.Radio frequen ...

For Phase II, Yotta Navigation will continue developing its compact, rugged, reliable, and cost-effective Mobile Activity Tracking System (MATS) for military simulations and field training exercises (FTX). MATS consists of wearable Human Motion Trackers (HMT) modules usable over long-duration training missions both indoors and outdoors, and either with or without GPS access. The HMT can securely c ...

The main objectives of this SBIR Phase II effort are to implement, validate, and deploy at the Air Force Test Center at the Edwards Air Force Base an innovative computational technology based on adaptive, Projection-based Reduced-Order Models (PROMs) that can be operable as: a predictive tool to estimate aeroelastic/aeroservoelastic stability and aerodynamic loads prior to testing; a real-time sys ...

To address the Air Force’s need for data storage and sharing technologies, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) has designed new Heuristic And Node Dynamic Sharing Technologies for Aerial Network Data (HANDSTAND) and implemented a proof-of-concept prototype during Phase I. HANDSTAND ensures data availability by incorporating storage redundancy, which enables replication of data on aerial netwo ...

To address the Air Forces need for a wide-angle retroreflectometer, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to continue advancing, in Phase II, the new Portable, Omnidirectional Retroreflector Testing (PORT) system. Successfully developed and proven feasible in Phase I, the PORT system utilizes an advanced optical system to enable surface testing at an arbitrary angle of incidence. The same sys ...

This program will develop an advanced multi-modal sensor system suitable for detection of chemicals and particulates for Total Exposure Health (TEH) assessment.The proposed Wearable Chemical Multi Modal Monitor for Total Exposure Health - WearCM3 is a fusion of modular sensor technologies for simultaneous measurement of key chemical species (O2, CO, CO2, SO2, NOx, CH2O, NH3, HCN, H2S), volatile or ...

It is proposed to develop an array feed with amplitude and phase control, which can mitigate the compact antenna test range reflector’s edge diffraction, creating desired plane waves with minimal field taper and ripples for antenna testing. The amplitude/phase control will be electrically controlled, allowing on-the-fly frequency swept, or programmable, operation.

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) typically requires restoration of damaged aircraft components. These aircraft structure and components are typically manufactured from aluminum substrates, as well as other alloys like magnesium, titanium, and low alloy, PH and Cres steels.Current repair techniques will inspect, clean, and then apply Corrosion Preventative Compounds to prevent/reduce corrosion.Additionall ...