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Many software defenses against reverse engineering, piracy, and tampering rely on disabling the software when such attacks are detected. The proposed research makes innovative use of proces-level software virtualization on a per-application basis to defeat such attacks without disabling the software. The virtualization technology keeps normal operational run time overhead low, invoking more expens ...

Currently, there are two types of antenna configurations which are used with GPS receivers, fixed reception pattern antenna (FRPA) and controlled reception pattern antenna (CRPA). FRPA is a single element antenna and can not use angle of arrival as a discriminator to suppress interfering or jamming signals. CRPA is an array of antenna elements with the ability to reject interference signals. Many ...

Aurora Flight Sciences, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), proposes an innovative method for representing and managing multidisciplinary design information from a wide range of analysis tools.  The practical implication resulting from this novel approach is a mathematical framework that can be used to confidently determine the level of analysis fidelity require ...

Aurora and Georgia Tech are bringing together a team of experienced control theory, engine design, engine control experts to perform research on next-generation distributed control architectures for turbine engines. The program combines new results in adaptive and distributed control of heterogeneous systems, unsteady modeling of engines, and advanced component control concepts, with the goal of ...

The Air Force Next Generation Transport will apply advanced hybrid material forms to meet stringent weight and cost requirements and will consist of unitized structural concepts as a result. Glass-Reinforced Aluminum Laminate (GLARE) is a new class of fiber metal laminates for advanced aerospace structural applications. GLARE laminates offer a unique combination of properties including outstanding ...

High frequency combustion instabilities in gas turbine thrust augmentors (called screech) are detrimental to performance and limit operational flexibility, but are unavoidable due to the nature of augmentor operation and design.  Present approaches to screech suppression via passive control provide acoustic damping over limited bandwidth, while active control methods are impractical for flight ap ...

Aurora Flight Sciences and MIT are teaming to bring their mutual experiences with autonomous aircraft systems together to examine the feasibility of an innovative system for the recovery of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) by larger Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The system proposed by Aurora and MIT exploits the use of an innovative tether system to facilitate MAV capture and retrieval. The Aurora/M ...

Two disparate technologies associated with net-centric warfare have reached a fairly high level of maturity:  tactical control of UAVs and sensor fusion within and across high-value platforms. However, incorporation of local UAV data into the intelligence datastream is still limited, and more importantly, coordination of data gathering platforms is not automated or optimized. As the number of UAV ...

AVID proposes to develop solid-state morphing control surface actuation technology.  By solid-state, we imply that there are no servos, linkages, or moving parts other than the conformal shape change of the aerodynamic surfaces.  Instead, piezoelectric Macro Fiber Composites (MFC) will be used to implement the morphing flight control capability. The morphing wing and control surfaces will be des ...

In this Phase I effort, Azure Summit will develop a modular and scalable systems concept for SUAV payloads to perform RF Geolocation of broad classes of radar and communications emitters from 100-18000 MHz, across payload SWAP ranges, number of sensors, and signal environments, maximizing hardware and software reuse.  We will select a set of geolocation algorithms and CONOPS which apply and scale ...