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The innovation proposed here is a novel carbon-carbon composite (CCC) manufacturing method based on polymer infusion and polymerization (PIP) using a novel precursor polymer with exceptionally high char yields. This results in a material that has the promise of excellent quality and mechanical properties, while offering the breakthrough advantages of (1) greatly reduced or eliminated need for back ...

This topic identifies the need creating a Modeling and Simulation (M&S) development and execution environment that significantly decreases the time to execute statistically significant batches of stochastic simulation runs for the purpose of estimating scenario output and outcome distributions while improving statistical knowledge of the outcome distributions. The strategy sought by this topic is ...

To advance simulation techniques, such as high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD), to accelerate maturation of DACS design through design-time trade studies, there is a need for new, test-validated models that improve both computational performance and the accuracy of the reacting jet in hypersonic crossflow simulations. ATA and CUBRC (a research institution with leading expertise in aero ...

The U.S. missile defense system (MDS) includes various assets located at sea, on land, and in space that provide global coverage against missile threats to the U.S. and its allies. Elements of the MDS create a layered defense capability providing detection, tracking, discrimination, and intercept capabilities against missile threats. As the MDS and its elements continue to grow and evolve to keep ...

Pintles, in controllable solid propulsion systems face a challenging operating environment that includes very high temperatures and large thermal gradients. Increasing the performance of these systems makes that environment even more challenging, as pintles in a solid motor are attached to or near sensitive electrical components that cannot be exposed to high temperatures. Ultramet proposes its ca ...

Microelectronic components in aerospace applications can be subjected to damaging radiation doses during normal operation. Radiation hardness is commonly assessed in the laboratory by irradiating an entire component and performing electrical testing. Sometimes this analysis is supplemented with destructive post-mortem sectioning and imaging. Existing methodologies reveal few details about how irra ...

Intellisense Systems, Inc. (Intellisense) proposes to develop a new Neural Network for Object Tracking in Congested Environments (NOTICE). NOTICE innovatively utilizes a combination of neural networks to identify and classify cooperative, non-cooperative, or deliberately deceptive targets in the field of view (FOV) of radio frequency (RF) sensors including passive, bi-static, and sensors using syn ...

Arete proposes “Cormorant”, an Artifical Intelligence (AI)-enabled algorithm and software suite to fingerprint objects in a cluttered radio frequency (RF) data stream. Cormorant will use an adaptable and extensible algorithm framework with the ability to detect a wide range of relevant airborne and sea based threat signals directly from RF data streams. At the successful completion of Phase I, ...

Areté has a long history of providing cutting edge artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for numerous DoD applications. Using that wealth of experience and knowledge, Areté will develop an AI enhancement for current navigation algorithms. In doing so, Areté plans to reduce errors, constrain estimates within a valid solution space, and provide significant improvements in the response to degrad ...

As hypersonic technologies emerge, key challenges related to navigation must be addressed. Size and weight requirements impose limitations on both sensor quality and processing power, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) positioning is known to be unreliable in contested environments, and classical approaches to error dynamics characterization breaks in high-acceleration conditions. In addit ...