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Generalized change detection is a critical capability to mitigate the need for massive human inspection of the rapidly expanding volume ofglobal overhead satellite imagery. Current optical change detection approaches focus on fully specified systems to detect a predefined set ofchanges, and effective approaches for generalized change detection have not yet been demonstrated. We propose to build a ...

Deep Learning Analytics (DLA) will develop the Deep-False Alarm Suppression Technique (D-FAST) algorithm that uses state of the art and

Ground vehicles with navigation capability (e.g., GPS) can index into foundation data (e.g., Google Maps) to gain situational awareness abouttheir surroundings. When GPS and RF navigation sources are degraded, maintaining situational awareness requires an alternative navigationsource. One alternative source is the foundation data itself. The data contain objects at known 3D locations, which projec ...

This SBIR Phase I project proposes a probabilistic approach to determine a vehicles location using onboard video sensors and foundationalmap data. The system does not rely on only one type of information source, instead it combines proposals from a variety of locationestimators to find a vehicles location in GPS-denied environments.The system takes advantage of recent advancements in computer visi ...

As integrated circuit dimensions shrink and U.S. fabrication facilities age, U.S. ASIC developers are increasingly turning to overseas foundries for the latest process nodes in device fabrication.This migration is especially impactful for DoD designers as critical military technology needs to be trusted and offshore fabrication has the potential to expose chips to malice during manufacture.Sensiti ...

With the increasing complexity of the modern semiconductor supply chain and increasing prevalence of the fabless manufacturing model, the hardware security and design integrity of integrated circuits are threatened by untrusted components such as hardware Trojans. BlueRISC proposes an automated EDA toolkit that utilizes existing Design-For-Testability (DFT) structures (e.g. scan-chains) to enable ...

In the next generation of photonic systems, U.S. civilian and defense industries look towards new plasmonic, nonlinear photonic devices, network-compatible for unprecedented functionalities in high bandwidth data handling, switching and signal processing, beam steering, biophotonic sensors and quantum computers. In this Phase I SBIR Triton Systems will demonstrate the use of phase change materials ...