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Data Fusion has emerged as a critical technology to be developed and deployed for military projects encompassing Space Situational Awareness, and Offensive/Defensive Counterspace to increase the warfighter's ability to identify, characterize, geo-locate and assess attacks. Fusion has also been identified as a major risk to be mitigated for the NASA/Air Force Joint Space Launch Initiative (SLI) Re ...

We propose to develop a methodology and set of related products that allow FPGA applications to be hardware independent (allowing easy migration to new FPGAs), facilitate easy upgrade to add new firmware functionality, and reduce regression testing after system upgrades. Our approach is based on a framework populated by a suite of solutions that support the "end-to-end" development of embedded sy ...

This research proposal is directed at the development of intelligent agent software infrastructure designed to support the near real-time situational awareness information requirements of warfighters anywhere on the globe. Our focus is on the development and ubiquitous delivery of user-focused "actionable intelligence" (as opposed to the dissemination/publication of large volumes of raw ISR data ...

The proposed innovation, entitled CiTAPS (Collaborative Intelligent Threat Assessment & Prediction System) combines collaborative software agents, intelligent machine and peer-to-peer technologies to support extensible, interoperable, and fully automated real time indications and warning extraction and dissemination. It provides users with on-demand multi-source data retrieval and fusion, overt th ...

Techno-Sciences, Inc. (TSI), in collaboration with the University of Maryland at College Park (UMD) and The Boeing Company, propose to systematically analyze, develop, and test a primary rotor system based on trailing-edge flaps actuated by Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy (MSMA) materials. In our Phase I laboratory testing and evaluation efforts, we have determined that MSMA, comprising single crystal ...

A design concept will be produced for controlling the depth of fatline-towed arrays independent of boat speed and tow scope. The system will utilize existing TB-16 modules, and only add to or replace some array components. Depth excursions will be maximized through a combination of lift, weight reduction, and buoyancy addition. The updated system will utilize existing SSN array elements for f ...

Noise levels in crew compartments below the flight decks on Navy ships during flight operations have traditionally been extremely noisy due to jet engine noise as well as launch machinery transients. Levels exceed Navy desired levels by over 10 dB. Current state of the art materials do not work well at low frequencies. SSC proposes to develop an active noise solution that consists of a modular, f ...

Path planning and mission planning are two core steps to effectively exploit the capabilities of multi-level cooperative control of multiple aerial platforms. In this proposal, Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) and its subcontractor, Prof. Jose B. Cruz of the Ohio State University, propose to develop innovative algorithms and software tools that are built on a hierarchical game-theoretic framewor ...

We propose a wide swath, scanning, photon-counting lidar that automatically provides contiguous, co-registered, decimeter resolution 3D imaging and polarimetry data on a single overflight of the ground scene. Key components of the 3D imaging lidar include a microchip laser transmitter, 10x10 photon-counting segmented anode photomultiplier, a 100 channel multi-stop timer, and a unique dual wedge op ...

Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) technology is proposed to dramatically reduce surface wave excitation from antennas mounted on aircraft or other platforms, while decreasing their thickness and increasing the isolation between such antennas. AMC antennas may be made thin enough to mount externally on an aircraft without a significant aerodynamic drag impact. Concept feasibility will be demonst ...