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The deliverable for this effort will be a coded algorithm to run on LMSSCs SPAR-16X processor that is targeted for the prime contractor’s architecture for mid-term THAAD. The algorithms generated herein offer an opportunity to eliminate or reduce transformations and frame sums in the THAAD image-processing pipeline. This Phase II effort will impact seeker sensitivity in a place where image-proc ...

Imbedded Component/Die Technology provides a complete solution for mission critical electronics coupling high-density electronics with passive thermal management. Imbedded Component/Die Technology allows the 3-D configuration of multiple systems thus achieving the cost/weight ratio advantage of using the smallest form and fit factor components available in a circuit card assembly. The objective o ...

A NEW SYSTEM, THE ANNULAR FLOW ELECTROTHERMAL PLUG RAMJET, IS PROPOSED AS A ALTERNATIVE TO CHEMICAL ROCKETS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS AS A KINETIC ENERGY WEAPON. THIS SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING THE HYPERVELOCITIES NECESSARY IN REASONABLE LAUNCHER LENGTHS, PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE EITHER THE PROPELLANT OR THE PROPULSION SYSTEM REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE HYPERVELOCITIES. ...

Current drug discovery and development efforts are severely limited by expensive animal trials and oversimplified in vitro models. Results obtained from in vitro models are not predictive of in vivo toxicity owing to significant difference from the in vivo physiological conditions. In this context, we propose to develop and demonstrate a novel microfluidic device that reproduces the physiological ...

Product Authentication protects the CPI through the Weapon System Life Cycle. LIT Product Authentication is structured into two major components. The Product Authentication Key System (PAKS) derives cryptographic keys from authentication codes provided by the Product Authentication Sensor System (PASS). Equipment lost or compromised is protected from reverse engineering since any effort to open ...

Abstract The deciBel/SAIC Team Phase II effort will enhance and refine the design, development, and testing the prototype Environment Characterization and Clutter Mitigation Algorithms developed during Phase I. These enhancements will: 1) provide robustness, 2) permit for automation, while expanding applicability, and 3) ensure transition into current builds of BMDS sensor"s tactical software. T ...

A STUDY OF THE EFFICIENCIES AND ENGINEERING TRADE-OFFS INTEGRATING REDUNDANT NUMBER SYSTEM WITH SYSTOLIC ARRAY PROCESSING ELEMENTS IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THE INHERENT FAULT TOLERANT PROPERTIES OF SIGNED DIGITS IS PROPOSED. USING SIGNED DIGITS REDUCES CARRY/BORROW DISTANCE TO A MINIMUM THUS REALIZING HIGHLY MODULARIZED AND COLUMNAR ARITHMETIC ENGINES. PROCESSING CELLS BECOME REGULAR WITH FEWER INTERCO ...

As the demand for high performance propellants rises, so does the demand for assurance of overall safety of personnel and equipment in the vicinity of such materials. Liquid propellants such as hypergolic fuels, although hazardous, have successfully been in use for decades. The demand for such propellants aboard a naval ship or other enclosed spaces is an emerging requirement that cannot be met ...

Defense acquisition programs are plagued by cost over-runs and extended development times. The root cause of many of these problems is a lack of adequate tools to evaluate the impact on cost and schedule of different choices of characteristics, designs, materials, manufacturing processes and suppliers. In this proposal, we are extending an existing enterprise-wide costing software framework to ...

In this Phase II SBIR project for the Army CBD, Torch Technologies of Huntsville, AL, will develop and demonstrate a fully operational prototype of its Advanced Chemical Release Evaluation System for fusing measurements of the concentration of clouds resulting from chemical releases. The ability to evaluate the performance of a stand-off detector during development depends on the ability to accura ...