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IERUS is developing a novel phased array ground terminal aperture architecture for the DoD's next generation of satellite constellations. With the proliferation of high-bandwidth satellites across LEO, MEO, and GEO, there is a need for SWaP-C optimized user terminal apertures. The IERUS solution implements scalable and mission-set reconfigurable technologies to enable rapid transition into operati ...

Augmentation Systems (VAS) Range Finder. It provides opportunities for day/night observation and range measurement in a small, easy-to-use device. We tradeoff features and SWAP-C to determine optimal combinations and document them in a feasibility study. Novel methods of presenting ranges are further. investigated and discussed.

Femtosense is an innovative tech startup leading the charge to deploy sparse AI using novel techniques that are far more affordable and easier to implement than traditional AI computational technologies. Femtosense’s invention – the Sparse Processing Unit (SPU-001) is a TRL level 7 processing chip poised to disrupt the $50B AI hardware market. It offers best-in-class SWaP-C (Size, Weight, Powe ...

Toyon proposes to establish the feasibility of a novel approach to performing S2ST between a target language, such as English, and the low density spoken only language Hokkien. While we will focus of Hokkien during the research and development efforts of Phase I, our system can be tailored to any low density spoken language. Our approach leverages our recently developed Android Team Awareness Kit ...

Recent advances in technologies have shown great potential for widespread use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in real-time Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications. However, the massive amounts of data collected and generated from ITS sensors pose a major challenge in data processing and transmission. This requires a shift from centralized repositories and cloud computing t ...

Ankle sprains occur frequently with military personnel and in the general population. An early diagnosis of an ankle sprain is crucial to prevent the development of chronic ankle instability and to decrease the need for further intervention. A portable device that can be used to evaluate and quantify ankle instability in any setting (clinical, residential, field, etc.) by conducting a variety of t ...

We propose a study to assess the feasibility and efficacy of using graph/based analytics and Graph Neural Networks (GNN) to identify anomalous individual and organizational personas in financial transaction datasets. Currently, there is an urgent and expensive need to deny nefarious transnational state and non/state actors from accessing global financial systems, export/controlled technologies, cr ...

Modern military aircraft have increased in system complexity and technical capabilities to the point that they are taxing the cognitive limits of their human operators. This presents a safety risk and can compromise mission outcomes. The DOD has implemented mitigations to reduce the incidence of Physiological Events (PE),  but a recent surge in fatal military aircraft accidents is renewing the mi ...

Development of effective body armor requires careful testing to ensure that the armor is fully capable of defeating ballistic threats within its protection class. While post-testing analysis can determine whether the armor successfully prevented ballistic penetration, the danger of blunt force trauma injuries due to displacement of the armor rear surface are far harder to assess with these methods ...

Optimizing demand for available transportation infrastructure is desirable for the Department of Transportation and Federal Transit Administration, local and regional agencies, private organizations, and individuals. Unfortunately, traditional Transportation Demand Management (TDM) efforts fail to facilitate cooperation between actors, and rely heavily on marketing and financial incentives to infl ...