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Coherent Logix, Inc. proposes to develop Adaptive Direction and Frequency Filtering for Global Positioning System (ADFF-GPS) receivers. The end product will be a new GPS receiver architecture based on the concepts of software-defined radio and using a newhigh-performance, low-power, low-cost DSP integrated circuit (IC), HyperXT, currently under development. HyperX chips will perform the computatio ...

We propose to design, develop, and deploy an adaptive toolkit for automated threat discovery. The toolkit will provide innovative mechanisms to rapidly discover emerging threat situations. The proposed approach integrates intelligent knowledge discoverytechniques with knowledge-based methods to facilitate robust and cost-effective threat detection. The main product of this project will be the A ...

Poly-Dicyclopentadiene (Poly-DCPD) is a polymer that offers potential as a material of construction for defense and non-defense items. An adhesive system that would have similar or greater strength than the poly-DCPD polymer substrate would enable theconstruction of complex items from simple low cost shapes. Currently, only conventional mechanical means such as fasteners may be employed for such a ...

The primary goal of proposed Phase II effort is to develop a versatile and powerful Software Tool for Efficient Airspace Management (STEAM) that can be used by airspace managers and policy makers for reviewing, analyzing, and assessing the utilization ofspecial use airspace over time and for designing strategies for optimal long-term utilization.During Phase I, KBSI successfully demonstrated the a ...

The primary objective of this SBIR program is the development of HIGH-RELIABILITY NITRIDE DEVICE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY?i.e., to establish the device fabrication processes required to realize a variety of novel devices having improved-performance for III-Nbased heterojunction field-effect transistors (HFETs) [or high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs)] for the mid-to-high-frequency range (10-150 ...

In this proposal 21st Century Technologies will (1) conceptually combine multiple social network patterns to provide greater visibility and a deeper understanding of anomalous and possibly terrorist behaviors to support force protection (2) implementthese combined constructs into an social network pattern library usable for military security analysts and (3) integrate the library into TMODS. ...

This research is centered on the investigation of a modular methodology for application of adaptive Kalman filtering using a mixture-of-experts network to a data driven prognostic system for the Airborne Laser (ABL). In this framework, each expert nodewill be a Kalman filter modeled with failure modalities based on physical ABL system parameters. This framework provides the robust on-line progno ...

We propose to develop a new paradigm for ship manufacture that is based on reengineering the processes to take advantage of pervasive computing, ubiquitous pull and push of information and optimal delivery of information to every user, work crew, orprocess. The focus of the effort is not just to wireless enable manufacturing processes, but to completely re-engineer the processes in which the work ...

A need exists to sterilize medical or dental instruments in environments where standard heat and pressure methods are not available. This Phase I SBIR proposal describes a method which produces a gas sterilant at the point of use with a simple and robustactivation mechanism ideal for the combat environment. The project involves the packaging of lightweight stable powders into a vial that when ac ...

Beryllium, with its light weight and exceptional characteristics, has been the preferred material for different demanding applications including sensor mirrors. Beryllium, however, is now facing bigger challenges including growing health hazard concernsand the increasing production cost. It is expected that beryllium will not be available within the next seven years and a substitute material wit ...