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Next generation EO/IR sensors are needed for a variety of Military Systems Applications. These include UV, Visible, NIR, SWIR, MWIR and LWIR bands. Magnolia as part of the proposed Phase II STTR Program plans to design, model and develop Strained Layer Superlattice (SLS) based detector array for next generation multicolor IR imaging applications. The key components of the Program will include eva ...

Uncertainty on the modern battlefield makes mission planning and decision making extremely complex for field commanders. Mission planners can be aided by initial and ongoing situation assessment, future state estimation, assessment of the current plan"s probability of success, what-if analysis, and suggestions for decisions. At present, few automated tools exist to provide mission planners with th ...

An innovative, super-miniature, fast-switching array-based photonic time delay device is being developed for the active electronically scanned-array (AESA) MDA and Navy radars. The design is based on the fast electro-optic effect, the super miniature fiber-lens collimation array, and the existing WDM photonic true time delay technologies. In Phase I Agiltron has successfully demonstrated the core ...

Army quantum information researchers have an immediate need for improved stable, narrowband violet and UV laser sources with 10–100 mW output and 10 MHz–10 GHz tuning. These sources are required for numerous ion and atom qubits functions including photoionization, Doppler cooling, state initialization, and detection. The cost and complexity of currently available UV lasers hampers current ef ...

An innovative concept of a fast switching array for high bit-resolution photonic time delay that can be scalable to the ESA systems of MDA/Navy radars is proposed. The design is based on Electro-Optic (EO) effect incorporated with super miniature fiber collimation array, which is suitable to integrate in the current developing fiber based photonic WDM-true time delay technologies. The new EO switc ...

The duties of modern military personnel often require the completion of challenging tasks, in stressful environments, and with multiple demands competing for the warfighter’s focus. Measuring the stress, anxiety, uncertainty, and fatigue (SAUF) of the warfighter during a particular task would have multiple benefits: (1) commanders would be able to detect problems and reallocate workload or addre ...

Hemorrhagic shock remains a leading cause of death for soldiers on the battlefield. The first 60 minutes following a traumatic injury is vital to saving lives; therefore, it is critical to provide medical personnel with real time monitoring of soldiers with traumatic injuries. Recent research indicates, however, that no single measure alone is sufficient to determine the severity of hemorrhage in ...

This project addresses two pressing problems in treating bacterial infections: the emerging resistance against current antibiotics and the role of biofilm formation in these infections.  Based on a successful lead dendrimer that acts against a broad spectrum of MDR pathogens including  A.baumannii, and MRSA in both liquid cultures and biofilms, we propose to synthesize focused libraries of mim ...

Phase I will conduct modeling and breadboard experiments to assess whether VHGM laser technology can achieve laser sources that enable active LADAR performance that surpasses present technology by a factor or 4, while packaging the laser head into a volume of 3 cubic inches. Phase II will build laser prototypes based on Phase I results.

TWTs are the amplifier of choice for various radar, electronics countermeasure techniques and other high power communication hardware. One of the biggest challenges with TWTs is the cooling of the waste heat. A large amount of power is dissipated at the collector end of the TWTA and that needs to be conducted to a heat sink at the base of the plate on which the TWT assembly is mounted. Since most ...