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The Etegent team proposes to design and demonstrate the feasibility of a hardware processor system capable of supporting computer vision (CV) object detection on tens of gigapixels per second in SWaP (Size, Weight and Power) limited environments. Specifically, this proposal will design and implement a modular and composable parallel computing software framework and prototype hardware system enabli ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) will develop a Recycling Fast-Response Atom Interferometer for Navigation (ReFRAIN) as an atom interferometer (AI) accelerometer specially designed to improve inertial navigation systems (INS) on moving platforms.  The ReFRAIN provides sensitivity, dynamic range, bandwidth, and bias stability that matches or exceeds state of the art mechanical accelerometers.  PSI in ...

According to McKinsey and Company, less than 10% of companies today possess a robust capability for moving rapidly from a manufacturing strategy through technological identification and prioritization to implementation. TheLanterman Group's objective of this proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of a blended learning framework along defined pathways for small and medium businesses who want to ...

An affordable suite of sensors will be strategically packaged to produce a reliable, highly accurate and robust IMU capable of surviving the launch and flight environment of a 155mm projectile. This proposed Enhanced Precision IMU (EP-IMU) will be sufficiently small (less than 1.5 cu in), light weight and low power for integration into a 155mm projectile and will provide accurate data measurements ...

In implementing an electro-optic (EO) seeker, the selection of a waveband or wavebands is the major decision for the system design. The visible and near-infrared wavebands work well in the daytime when the atmosphere is clear, but passive imaging systems in these bands are not useful at night, and they are susceptible to scattering in fog, smoke, and dusty environments. The mid-wave infrared (MWIR ...

Execution of long-range weapons capabilities reduces risk and affords greater warfighter protection. Core enabling technologies for hypersonic projectiles include high-strength lightweight materials, precision avionics, and novel designs. System demands include the ability to withstand both high accelerations (up to 50,000 Gs) and aerothermal shock. Detailed structural engineering and shock modeli ...

SI2 proposes to leverage prior Government funded efforts to develop a transmit (TX) only, wideband (6:1 bandwidth), low-cost, scalable active electronically scanned array (AESA) that will utilize phase-only nulling to enable radar, Electronic Warfare / Electronic Attack (EW/EA), Information Operations (IO) and other capabilities on multiple platforms across DOD agencies. The array will employ digi ...

Black River Systems is developing real-time fire control tracking and threat prediction capabilities for land and sea - based missile defense. Our nation faces a rapidly evolving set of missile threats that exhibit extreme velocities, high dynamic motion and difficult to predict maneuverability. There are many different trajectories and many types of threats: subsonic, supersonic; sea-skimming, la ...

Etegent is proposing an agile hardware platform to enable object detection at extremely high pixel per watt rates and is also capable of quickly incorporating new algorithmic approaches. The core enabling technology of this system is a multicore system on a chip (SoC) server utilizing several low-power COTS processors configured with a high-speed interconnect switch. Etegent has developed a variet ...

Airborne radars operating over open water must classify maritime vessels by measuring and exploiting highly-variable radar signatures. Sources of signature variability include within-class ship construction and equipment differences, complex in-situ 6-DoF ship motion caused by ocean waves across a range of sea state conditions, acquisition geometry including grazing angle and maritime-specific RF ...