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Phase I objective is to demonstrate the feasiblility of our proposed approach to minimize the defect and dislocation size and densities in Si substrate based HgCdTe epitaxial layers with a cut off wavelength of ~10 microns at 77 K. Phase II effort will validate our approach with demonstration of large area Si substrate based HgCdTe epitaxial layers with area in excess of 25 cm2 and in addition dem ...

Reductions and reallocations of telemetry wireless bandwidth have prompted the need for DoD agencies to adapt to operation in more restricted and less desirable frequency spectrum. Telemetering systems must evolve to address these frequency allocation changes, while retaining operational characteristics that are vital to MDA mission success. The design and implementation of high performance transm ...

In order to counter emerging threats from the Middle East and Southeast Asia, the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) is acquiring new sensor (e.g. AN/TPY-2 and PTSS) and weapon technology (SM-3). As these new technologies becomes fielded, the BMDS's Command, Control Battle Management and Communication (C2BMC) component must be able to correlate objects between multiple sensors. Inheren ...

In Phase I, TSC and the University of Connecticut developed an innovative track handover algorithm which combines estimated rotational motion states with measured radar or IR data to correlate tracks. Rotational motion states are derived from S-band or X-band radar measurements using TSC"s Static Pattern Reconstruction and 3D Radar Imaging algorithms. The Rotational Motion Handover algorithm dem ...

The proposed effort will further refine the adaptive model-based estimation and control guidance law developed during the Phase 1 effort to work in a two-tier algorithm with an agile, game-theoretic guidance law that is immune to the acceleration of the target. The two-tier approach is used to bring the intercept vehicle close to the target while conserving fuel but still obtains good minimal mis ...

The goal of this STTR project is to develop an engineered growth substrate technology that will enable low defect MCT growth on silicon that is comparable in defect density to MCT grown on lattice matched CZT substrates. The layer transfer process elements demonstrated in Phase I will be further optimized to produce low defect density MCT on silicon substrates in Phase II. SRICO will achieve this ...

Metacomp Technologies, Inc. proposes a new 3D plume simulation tool to add another level of sophistication to MDA's IR scene generation capabilities. The new tool will provided an automated capability to obtain 3D solutions for relevant missile plume flow fields including angle-of-attack effects, verniers (with and without) gimballing, paddles, etc. High fidelity modeling techniques are use ...

Under this SBIR Imaging Systems Technology will develop a large area IR scene generation system based on its Plasma-shell technology. Plasma-shells are tiny glass bubbles filled with gas. When energy is applied across the Plasma-shell the gas ionizes to form plasma. The Plasma-shells are applied to substrates to form large area arrays. The arrays are very rugged, and can be made very large. Plasma ...

This program combines new optical innovations and advanced focalplane assembly techniques to produce an extremely large format, high performing and cost effective IR scene projector. The concept utilizes several small high performance, high yield emitter arrays in a modular format. Advanced optics design concepts are used to optically stitch the separate arrays into a single seamless focalplane. N ...

The proposed Extremely Large IR Scene Projector (ELIRSP) approach is based on an array of Photonic Crystal (PhC) emitters as the key component. We have teamed with Sandia Labs and Nova Sensors to develop key components and believe our approach can meet all the requirements listed above to provide an effective test system for the next generation of sensor systems. Photonic Crystals are engineered o ...