Award Data

A key problem with automated mission planning software is that their underlying domain models may be incomplete, imprecise, inaccurate, or inefficient, and may rapidly become obsolete because of evolving domains. These issues can adversely impact the quality and effectiveness of support offered by automated planning software. In this effort, we will address the planning domain knowledge acquisitio ...

The Phase II Buoy Localization and Uncertainty Estimation (BLUE) program is developing advanced algorithms and software to improve target localization error in air ASW multistatic sonar missions. Significant improvements in target localization come from three distinct technology advancements: better knowledge of sonobuoy motion, more accurate target tracks, and improved fine bearing measurements f ...

During the two-year program, Maher & Associates LLC (M&A) will evaluate new composite technologies that may be used to produce affordable replacements for aluminum components on the V22 Osprey aircraft. Work will include assessments of the new technologies, design of a component using the new composite technology, fabrication of the component, and testing of a demonstration part.The thermoforming ...

Phoenix merges current state of the art inflatable soft structure technologies with extensive marine experience to demonstrate the Sea Water Inflated – Launch and Recovery System (SWI-LARS) concept as an enabling technology for the use of soft inflatable structures as components to undersea payload launch and recovery (L&R) system used in 21-inch diameter by 25-foot long tube. Based on experienc ...

Orbit Logic,the University of Colorado, and the University of California are developing a hierarchical autonomous mission planning and response capability for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to address the challenges associated with long duration operations. The research is innovating approaches to the exchange of information between collaborating vehicles enabling onboard decision-making to ...

As technological complexity increases, so too does the cost of integrating new systems. Each innovation yields geometrically more interfaces with which to integrate. Unless we develop a better approach, it becomes cost prohibitive to integrate additional technologies and capabilities. Current integration approaches seek to address this complexity through managed commonality and shared infrastructu ...

An innovative system called Adaptable Boat Deployment and Retrieval System (ABDRS) is proposed to be developed to safely handle a variety of current and future crafts and other assets from the boat bay of DDG 1000 class in seas up to sea state 5 conditions. It employs a wheeled sled that can be held at the ramp foot to receive returning 7m Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boats (RHIBs), 11m RHIBs, Common U ...

Signal Systems Corporation proposes to develop and evaluate a novel motion-adaptive matched filter, tuning standard replicas to account for time-varying delays observed in received continuous active sonar (CAS) echoes. The method directly incorporates detailed physics models of the time-varying delays of linear frequency modulation (LFM) sweeps into the estimation algorithms, accounting for unknow ...

Signal Systems Corporation (SSC) is developing a Multistatic Operator Target Search and Discrimination Aide (MOTSDA) that enables operators to exploit the increased search detection capabilities of future Air ASW designs without workload increases. Using MOTSDA, operators will focus on promising alerts and regions of high interest that are generated by new automatic target discrimination technique ...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a shockingly common clinical sleep disorder that has systemic and devastating health consequences. OSA affects nearly 30 million Americans, and is also highly prevalent in active duty military personnel with nearly 225,000 cases diagnosed between 2004 and 2016. Current treatment methods for OSA are cumbersome and often discarded by patients. Untreated OSA has been ...