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Current access to and analysis of the Fatal Analysis Reporting System (FARS) dataset requires significant time and technical skill. Data analysis tools are often general-purpose, designed to support the analysis of any dataset, and do not easily support the types of questions many transportation and safety engineers ask of the FARS data. Visualizations can help users understand relationships betwe ...

Physical Sciences, Inc. and Colorado State University will advance the technical maturity of the Compressive Sensing Hyperspectral Imager (CS-HSI) platform. The CS-HSI operates in the longwave infrared (LWIR) spectral range with a single-pixel architecture for low-cost, standoff wide area Early Warning of chemical vapor plumes. The motivation for applying CS to LWIR HSI is to eliminate the high-co ...

Decision-makers within the federal government and other agencies are responsible for making mission-critical decisions where a poor choice can have disastrous consequences, from monetary cost to loss of human life. To make the optimal decision, decision-makers often require detailed knowledge of the current scenario. Because information is often hard to obtain and time is limited, decision-makers ...

Metamagnetics proposes to develop new processes and manufacturing capabilities for the growth of epitaxial quality, thick Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) films using Liquid Phase Epitaxy (LPE). These optimized YIG films will result in higher performance, lower cost, frequency selective limiter (FSL) devices for the Army. FSLs are a new type of passive analog signal processing device that utilize advance ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) will develop a Dynamic Decoupling Fixture (DDF) that maintains the M1A2 Abrams Tank’s Gunner Primary Sight (GPS) boresighting accuracy during normal driving and maneuvering but significantly reduces acceleration levels during ballistic impacts. The DDF consists of a sub-micron accuracy kinematic coupling paired with a detent system that keeps the GPS boresighted duri ...

Physical Sciences Inc., in collaboration with Science and Engineering Services, LLC and Czitek LLC, will develop a compact deep ultraviolet (DUV) Raman sensor for identification of explosive residues from unmanned ground vehicles. The Raman sensor utilizes a state-of-the-art solid-state DUV laser developed by SES during DARPA’s Laser UV Sources for Tactical, Efficient Raman (LUSTER) program and ...

Military jet fuel, JP-8, is distinguished from commercial jet fuel by the mandatory use of three additives: CI/LI, FSII and SDA. These additives may be added at any one of many steps in the fuel distribution chain. Field measurement of the additives is important to insure their presence and to prevent duplicate addition in fuels which have been previously treated. Currently, ASTM method D2624 can ...

BlueRISC’s proposed solution aims to create an automated toolkit that is capable of reverse engineering software executables and firmware images to recreate a high-level source code representation. The solution relies on a novel, binary-level program analytic framework that is able to identify the critical programming constructs, including functions, loops, control-flow, variables, etc., that ar ...

Small arms fire is still one of the greatest threats to military personnel on the ground in theater of operation. While there are body worn sensors for detecting small arms fire, a helmet mounted system is an ideal platform for protecting dismounted personnel. Existing acoustic systems provide protection, but perform poorly in reverberant environments, such as urban spaces. A combination of acoust ...

This project aims to develop a low-cost millimeter-wave (mmW) imaging system for ground vehicles, to operate in combination with a long-wave infrared (LWIR)camera. Such a system will mitigate the challenges of driving in degraded visual environments (DVE) including night time, fog, dust, or smoke by providing real-time image of the vehicle surrounding independent from the presence of naturally occ ...