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Colorado Engineering, Inc (CEI) is a woman owned business with a wealth of engineering expertise in the development of boards, software and systems for DOD radar applications. In recent years a lot of signal processing applications have been implemented with a homogeneous general purpose processor environment. The driving forces for utilizing these technologies in radar signal processing archite ...

Defense acquisition programs have difficulty estimating manufacturing costs during development. This is particularly acute for MDA because their systems use leading edge technologies that push the envelope for performance reasons. In addition, MDA is developing new technologies for spiral upgrades, so the total lifecycle cost for the portfolio of systems must be managed, along with the cost of ...

To provide multiple layers of defense against increasingly complex threats, the heterogeneous sensors of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) must be carefully coordinated to manage their load and make optimal use of their diverse capabilities. The approach to sensor resource management (SRM) must address a number of key needs including: sensor dynamics and their limitations, uncertainties ...

Welkin Sciences proposes to formulate a class of burst-mode communication waveforms tailored for future MDA interceptor communication systems: Advanced Interceptor Data Link (AIDL). The waveform signaling format will support four critical receiver functions: 1) very rapid carrier acquisition and time synchronization; 2) adaptive signal processing to mitigate received signal distortion arising from ...

The Missile Defense Agency desires the development of anti-tamper (AT) coatings to protect Critical Program Information (CPI) from unintentional transfer on acquisition programs. Engineered Coatings Inc. (ECI) has put together a highly-qualified, complementary team of materials and deposition process specialists (ECI, Southwest Research Institute, University of CA-Los Angeles), an electronic devi ...

Data Fusion Corporation (DFC) and Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, see attached support letter, propose the development of a BMD Operation Plan Response (BOPR) gaming framework. BOPR is a testbed that will allow the simulation and analysis of multiple Red team attack strategies and Blue team defensive responses. BOPR will be able model all relevant aspects of both red and blue's weapons, and ...

The objective of this SBIR Phase I project is to demonstrate consistent and significant mitigation of tin whiskers growth and associated electronic circuit failure. Atomic Layer Deposition encapsulating films (ALD-Cap) are flexible ceramic films, with exceptional conformality, adherence and mechanical strength. Developed primarily as a low-cost environmental protection and corrosion barrier, ALD-C ...

FIRST RF proposes a revolutionary architecture for packaging and design of phased array antennas. This innovative technology has the capability to reduce the cost of phased array antennas by 80%. FIRST RF has identified the principal design features of current state-of-the-art phased array antennas. These features include: indirect interface between antennas and T/R modules requiring expensive m ...

Under normal conditions, modern munitions are very unlikely to explode or burn accidentally even though they are composed of very hazardous materials. However, the propellants and explosives can be set off by heat or shock and triggered by fire, bullets, or shell fragments; it is this problem that is addressed by the Insensitive Munitions (IM) program. Of the six hazard IM tests, the most difficu ...

Directed Energy Solutions (DES) proposes a program aimed at revolutionary advancement of the current technology used in powering high-energy chemical iodine lasers. Our approach is to use a unique generator with a high specific surface area to produce high yields of singlet delta oxygen at high reactor pressures. The compact design of our SOG technology affords reduced generator and transit duct ...