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The Anti-Submarine Warfare Commander (ASWC) has a crucial responsibility to protect against surface and subsurface threats, which requires keeping track of contacts and making safety-critical decisions. The Undersea Warfare Decision Support System (USW-DSS) supports the ASWC and his team by providing a"Common Tactical Picture"via the Master Tactical Plot (MTP). However, evolving sensor and data fu ...

The first sentinel of ABL’s present target acquisition suite is a passive infrared search and track sensor of 1970s vintage, which we propose replacing with HyPAWS. HyPAWS is a low-cost passive wide-field of view staring sensor. Several such units suffice to provide full 360-degree view coverage. Leveraging revolutionary sensing techniques in ongoing development, HyPAWS offers advanced detect ...

To provide the Airborne Laser (ABL) precision ranging and 3-D track refinement capability for the next generation active ranging system (NGARS), Voxtel will develop an avalanche photodiode (APD) receiver. Unlike the original ARS, which uses a 10.6 µm CO2 laser, Voxtel’s InGaAs-based ARS receiver is designed for high-speed photon counting between 1.0 – 1.6 µm. Operation in the short-wave infr ...

Requirements for future reconnaissance (Recce) systems are driving the need for very large (~32"x32"), very high quality windows transparent in the visible and Mid Wave Infrared (MWIR) wavebands. At the present time, the leading candidate material for these demanding Recce applications is ALON Optical Ceramic, produced by Surmet Corp. The current available production equipment is limited to fabric ...

Across the services, warfighters are expected to rapidly master new knowledge and skills, spanning wide variety of domains, from motor to cognitive. Traditional training systems generally lack the capability to apply adaptive training strategies that might accelerated learning and develop expertise that endures. While, a number of DoD sponsored programs, including Augmented Cognition and Human Per ...

The development of a miniature, very-low power, rubidium clock specifically designed for integration into an airborne GPS receiver is described. The primary Phase I objective is to demonstrate the capability of an integrated Low-Power Precision Time Source (LPPTS) to minimize the Time-to-First Fix in a jamming environment. To accomplish this objective, Kernco proposes to fabricate, test and deli ...

A critical element of our global military dominance is the overwhelming capabilities afforded by the US military space segment. Successful space operations are dependent upon accurate and actionable space situational awareness (SSA), a concept that goes beyond simple cataloging of the location and orbit of objects in space to include the ability to identify and discriminate natural and man-made ph ...

A fast-pulsed (3-15ns FWHM) high-current (>500A) driver for high power diode lasers or laser arrays is proposed. Present high-current diode drivers typically use MOSFET switches to modulate the current. It is difficult to achieve very fast pulses with such devices because the inherent capacitance of the gate electrode cannot be charged and discharged quickly. Lower current, but faster diode driver ...

In this Phase II SBIR proposal Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) describes the development a solid-state emitter package to replace the propellant-based candle of the M278 infrared flare. Propellant combustion in the current candle technology is unsteady, resulting in variations in the illumination intensity and also produces a visible signature that limits it usefulness in covert activities. The propo ...

A compact, high power pulse UV laser would find many immediate applications in a variety of fields including bio-sensing. high-density data storage, printing, photolithography, remote sensing and detection of explosive materials. In response to this need, CoreTek, Inc. proposes to develop and commercialize a compact, diode-pumped, micro-cavity UV laser to generate an optical pulse train of sub-nan ...