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New high performance materials, seamed with novel bonding methods, combined with advanced aerodynamic designs, will be employed to develop lighter, more compact parachutes and paragliders, with improved aerodynamic performance and stability.

Vadum will develop and simulate a new beamforming protocol for Distributed Communications and Electronic Warfare (DCEW) that will implement distributed TX and RX beamforming algorithms between a cluster of nodes, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and cooperative or uncooperative receivers. The Vadum approach uses an innovative Master-Slave architecture employing multiple input multiple outpu ...

This effort will leverage commercial wearable sensors to tailor physical fitness training to increase Marines physical fitness and readiness. Marines are not often given a clear set of protocols for exercises, nor given adequate tools to monitor their fitness levels. Part of this work is to align infantry task demands against physiological measures, then identify a set of devices suitable for main ...

The primary objective of this Phase I proposal is to design, develop, and demonstrate the feasibility of a power factor compensation device for a 65 kVA, 115V, 400-Hz aircraft power system. Based on identified power factor conditions in the F-18 Super Hornet platform, the compensation system must correct an existing leading 0.98 power factor to a target lagging 0.93 (minimum objective lagging 0.97 ...

The objective of the proposed project is to formulate, design and implement the Lethal Impact Maritime Analysis (LIMA) toolset. LIMA brings the latest modeling and simulation technology into vulnerability and lethality (V/L) assessment for maritime structures to serve US NAVY needs. LIMA comes with an intuitive graphical user interface enabled by fault-tree and stochastic analysis modules, a param ...

HMC has chosen to employ a two-pronged approach to our ECC research and development efforts. The first approach involves research and identification of hybrid elastomeric compounds that can be engineered for long-term stability in the difficult mechanical and environmental conditions required for this application. The first path in this effort Includes research and development of fabric based hybr ...

Vadum will develop a suite of algorithms that generate optimal Predicted Intercept Points (PIP) for the Aegis Weapons System (AWS). The Threat Prediction for Air Defense (TPAD) system will analyze kinematic profiles of threats attacking in raids or swarms, and generate optimal PIPs that maximize overall engagement success. TPAD will generate sets of PIPs in a shot sequence that prevent post-interc ...

In this proposal, a broadband laser system is explored which has the potential to deliver high power over most of the long wavelength infrared (LWIR) spectral range. The system is composed of multiple quantum cascade laser modules which are spectrally combined into a single output beam. In order to simplify system construction, the system is designed to operate with a small number of active elemen ...

Corvid Technologies proposes to develop a robust, fast running algorithm to calculate predicted intercept points (PIPs) for cooperative missile guidance of interceptors against multiple threats. These strategizes will determine the number of interceptors to be launched, their launch times, which threats they will engage, and will coordinate their flight paths to enhance lethality, avoid debris, an ...

Vadum will develop a suite of algorithms that generate optimal engagement scheduling for the Aegis Weapons System (AWS) when faced with threats arriving in a swarm or raid. The Prediction, Optimization and Scheduling of System Engagements (POSSE) system will analyze kinematic profiles of threats attacking in raids or swarms, generate candidate Predicted Intercept Points (PIP), and produce an optim ...