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A key challenge in scramjet-powered vehicles is ensuring reliable cold start and efficient combustion on hydrocarbon fuels such as JP-10. Ignition delay times for these logistics-friendly hydrocarbons, exceeding 10 ms at 1 bar and T=700 K, are an order of magnitude higher than the combustor residence times. These challenges are especially acute for combined cycle powered hypersonic vehicles where ...

Manned-Unmanned teaming opportunities are advancing at a rapid pace. Sophisticated systems such as the Air Force's Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment System, are beginning to rollout capabilities which will build up to an autonomy enabled airfield repair system. As these systems mature, validated training tools are needed to prepare personnel for efficient employment of the systems. WAVE—Wate ...

This funding proposal is aimed to attract the military to a groundbreaking, modern day zipper: the Zipr Shift zipper. While the materials and fabrics used for military gear have advanced, there have been little to no advancements of the zipper closure systems required for their safety and lasting operation. Current zippers on the market form a joint that opens and closes in the same direction that ...

Air Force Adaptive Targeting Management (AFATM) is an effort to install Modus Operandi’s Adaptive Targeting Management (ATM) on the Air Force’s Systems for High-performance Accelerated Global Intelligence (SHAGI) cloud environment. SHAGI was established to as an Air Force Warfighter Innovation & Development Environment (AF WIDE) which provides cloud services to allow for quicker tran ...

The proliferation and capabilities of hobbyist off-the-shelf drone systems poses a direct and immediate threat to U.S. national security. This proposal is a cUAS system to track unwanted UAS in the vicinity using stealthy radars that are AJ. The project will start with an understanding of customer needs and how we can adapt our proposal to best meet the needs of the Air Force.

Assess the feasibility of a novel technology which automatically generates human-understandable explanations of an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm’s decisions – for example, a deep neural network’s (DNN’s) classification decisions. Our technology, called EMERALD (Explainable Machine Reasoning through the Application of Linked Data), is designed to improve trust a ...

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) personnel often they have no way to efficiently collect, share or search for information about recent engagements or projects for appropriate stakeholders within the Command. The teams within AFSOC currently relay project and engagement reports through a variety of disparate mediums. Additionally, senior leaders within AFSOC struggle to keep abreast of ...

High-speed and reliable tactical communications have empowered the Air Force with overwhelming information superiority, and control of the battlespace. However, the effectiveness of such systems has been impacted by the increasingly congested and contested spectral environment, compounded by the reliance on half-duplex systems. The latter rely on time- or frequency-division to separate transmit an ...

RADAR (and similar direct or observational meteorological measuring equipment) has limitations (inability to measure low vis conditions, line-of-site, limited vertical (z-axis), expensive/heavy equipment is required, etc.). To solve these limitations, a Purdue University team (launched via a SBC called FlightProfiler) has developed a technology that delivers a computer generated X-Y-Z environmenta ...

UbiHere, a Columbus Ohio based small business, has developed, in conjunction with The Ohio State University, a unique highly capable low-cost system to address the known issues with GPS denied tracking of assets, equipment or people in indoor and outdoor operating environments. UbiHere’s commercial system is comprised of an application specific electronics tag, designed by the company, whic ...