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To address the Army’s need for a fire control radar for small UASs, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop an Advanced Fire Control Radar for Group 1 and 2 Unmanned Surveillance Systems (ARGUS). ARGUS is a compact, lightweight, and low power sensor that directly fits in the electronics or payload bay of Group 1 and 2 UASs. It interfaces with the platform’s flight computer throug ...

Deep Focus applies deep learning neural nets to Apache Fire Control Radar (FCR) targeting and target identification, with applicability to related systems. Recent innovations in deep learning theory and implementation have enabled neural nets to achieve what was once unthinkable: beat humans at complex image recognition skills, safely pilot cars over chaotic road systems, and overwhelm Grandmaster ...

To address the Army’s need for a novel approach that enables pump combiners with improved coupling efficiency for high-power fiber laser systems, Hedgefog Research Inc. (HFR) proposes to develop a new Fiber Laser with Enhanced Coupling (FLEC) that minimizes excess heat generation in fiber lasers via efficient mode scrambling of the pump light in the cladding of the active fiber. Specifically, we ...

Building on our established thin-film chemical detection technology, Intelligent Optical Systems (IOS) proposes to integrate its highly sensitive multi-agent chemical and toxic chemical detection sensor substrates, for mounting onto a quadcopter camera to assist in identifying/mapping target contaminants. This established optical sensor cladding technology developed at IOS adapts multiple componen ...

Space Micro's uLINK ("micro-LINK") SDR system is a robust missile data link radio inserted in existing Army hardware to satisfy the multi-mission demands of the IFPC-inc2 requirements. Based upon the robust DCT software defined radio, and interfacing existing RF and antennae hardware, we have shown that we can operate and is as a legacy data-link for initial integration, and as a tri-band (S, C, a ...

The goal of this development effort is to provide warfighters with inexpensive methods to view geospatial intelligence information on a hand-held tablet through their sense of touch. This allows eyes-free and silent operation without generating light. This proposal deals with two surface haptic display technologies. Variable-friction displays create haptic effects by varying the coefficient of fri ...

Technical Abstract (200 word limit): While state-of-the-art microbolometers demonstrate impressive capabilities for low-cost uncooled long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) imaging, there is currently a need for low-cost, mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) imaging systems capable of high performance with fast frame rates at high operating temperatures. HgTe colloidal quantum dot (CQD) focal plane arrays (FPA ...

We are proposing to enable automated discovery of machine learning pipelines on graphs using our system of accelerated primitives. While our existing technology greatly reduces the need for users to understand super-computing, it still requires expertis...

Electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) awareness continues to be a critical capability for military dominance in the field. The number, dynamics, and types of sources in an increasingly congested RF spectrum has shifted the focus of DoD research away from large ...

CONCUR develops a computational framework for assessing and characterizing urban environments stability or fragility in response to volatility and stress, identifying specific weaknesses as well as key tipping points which could lead to rapid systemic failure. CONCUR explicitly models urban environments as emergent complex systems, focusing attention on the critical triggers that could lead to rap ...