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SpaceWorks proposes to continue development and advancement of its novel QuickShot trajectory optimization software suite. A number of new modeling capabilities of value when simulating advanced military systems will be implemented. Additionally, a variety of case studies and applications that will showcase and demonstrate utilization of these new features will be conducted.

Propagation Research Associates, Inc., (PRA) proposes to develop a software/hardware-in-the-loop (S/HWIL) capability that will implement the PRA Fast Algorithms for State Estimation (FASE) in a real-time environment. PRA developed a maximum likelihood estimator and a smoothed iterated filter to reduce filter transients. The PRA S/HWIL will provide a unique capability to 1) evaluate the performance ...

Installation of fasteners and bushings is a perennial problem for the FRCs and remote detachments, since wet-install failures and installation of bare bushings leads to rapid galvanic corrosion.This program will develop a wet-install approach based on Al-rich primer for galvanic corrosion inhibition on bushings and fasteners installed in aluminum airframes. Electrochemical modeling developed under ...

The goal of this program is to transition CTG’s SBIR-developed novel sensor and algorithm processing technology to the inspection of aircraft radomes. This new inspection capability must be integrated into existing maintenance processes and facilities employed by the Air Force. Moreover a new inspection paradigm is needed that does not impose a significant infrastructure investment by the A ...

Numerous machine learning frameworks exist, each with highly variable support for accelerated computing (e.g. Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), etc). A library of machine learning primitives could support the many disparate frameworks and boost the advancement of machine learning research and programs, such as those underway in the DARPA Data-Driven Discover ...

The Precision Targeting High Accuracy Mortar Fire Control System (HAM-FCSt) is a sensor suite and ballistic solution providing equipment that is mounted to the mortar tube and provides the user with real-time critical system information on the fire solution. The intuitive user controls and display system allow the user to focus on the employment of the mortar system and less on the positioning and ...

Propagation Research Associates, Inc., (PRA) proposes to extend and experimentally validate the results of the Phase I development of the Precision Pulse Positioning System (3PS) technology, which provides a multi-function capability for US Army Force Protection including the guidance of blue interceptors, the resolution of the blue air picture, the precision approach mission for blue aircraft, an ...

NAVAIR has developed a new type of primer based on metallic pigments designed to drive the potential of the underlying alloy below the pitting potential, eliminating pitting and stress corrosion cracking. Although aluminum alloy-pigment primers have been developed and tested, their further development and optimization is inhibited by the lack of any way to design them efficiently or predict their ...

A chemical threat agent mode of action is often initiated through a selective interaction with a biological molecule or structure. The binding event mimics normal cellular processes, but then overruns natural control mechanisms leading to toxic and lethal effects. The native binding specificity is used to design sensor recognition elements that outperform conventional antibody-based biosensors. Ou ...

Chemiresistors are an important class of electronic sensors that detect the presence of analytes/chemicals via a change in the resistance of a sensor element. A typical interdigitated electrode array is deposited onto an insulating substrate with metallic electrodes that have feature sizes in the micron range. The metal electrodes are typically sputter coated onto the substrate, using lithographic ...