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In this effort, nGimat will develop the capabilities to produce high-quality optical ceramic nanopowder for DoD applications such as laser and missile weapons and defense systems.Development of such capabilities will require improvements in current man...

Under this topic, Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) proposes to develop a software toolset to design and optimize the control architecture for two-phase thermal management systems. The approach with make use of physics based models to capture the component and system level response with high-fidelity. By building on previous successful modeling and experimental validation efforts, the rese ...

The utilization, and thereby, threat of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) is experiencing a significant increase throughout the world. UUVs can be used to track vessels, covertly map ports, and attack targets. UUVs are inherently quiet targets making them difficult to track via traditional acoustic methods. To counter the threat presented by covert UUV activities, other detection and tracking me ...

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has the ability to detect and discriminate slow moving (= 10 knots) low radar cross section (RCS) objects such as small surface vessels and surface signatures in maritime environments at low-to-mid grazing angles. The physical mechanisms for detection and discrimination are made possible by the combination of coherent and non-coherent scatting phenomenology associate ...

A reconfigurable, small form factor, cost effective, infrared hyperspectral imaging system capable of operating in real-time is required for a broad array of missions to detect a variety of threats under dynamic operating conditions. The solution is the Reconfigurable Conformal Imaging Sensor (RCIS). RCIS is a high frame rate, multivariate hyperspectral imaging tool for use in dynamic threat envir ...

This effort is aimed at increasing lethality of kinetic energy warheads by developing metal-based reactive materials.Fully-dense nanocomposite powders capable of reacting in absence of an external oxidizer will be prepared by arrested reactive milling. AlMoO3, AlCuO, AlI2O5, MgS, and BTi will be prepared and combined with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to boost their energy density. Prepared powde ...

The focus of this Phase I effort is to analyze and quantify improvements to tracking accuracy. Improvements to tracking accuracy are to be quantified via measures of performance such as miss distance, track purity and continuity in a variety of multiple target tracking scenarios.(Approved for Public Release 15-MDA-8482 (17 November 15))

Voci Technologies Incorporated (Voci) is the leading small business developing accelerated Human Language Technology based solutions. In Phase I of this SBIR, Voci demonstrated the feasibility of automatically clustering audio with useful false-positive and false-negative rates. In Phase II, Voci is is partnering with Vickers & Nolan Enterprises to develop a prototype Automated Speaker Clustering ...

Mycotoxins are fungal toxins to which exposure frequently results in incapacitation or even in death. Natural outbreaks of mycotoxin poisoningare common worldwide. Due to its physical-chemical properties, high toxicity and relative ease to produce, mycotoxin T-2 is classified as apotential biological warfare agent. Currently there are no FDA approved medical countermeasures available for T-2 mycot ...

IMUs in flight systems (interceptors, airborne platforms, and space assets) are constrained by limits on size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C), and are also exposed to severe shock and vibration during storage, transport, launch, staging, deployment and engagement. This combination of requirements has proven difficult to meet using current inertial sensor technology.Inertial sensors and IMUs based ...