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Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) workflows do not effectively or comprehensively consider the potentially negative impacts of physical and cognitive degradation on human analysts’ performance. This is particularly true when analysts experience negative effects from fatigue or burnout, which they are unlikely to self-report. Occupational stress can impact quality-of- life ...

ABSTRACT:The abrasion resistance coating proof of concept developed in Phase I will be matured, tested and prepared for use for PDM cycle on major platform by 2016.The prime contractor is prepared to test the material on platform mockup and to assist in testing to prepare for full commercial transition.BENEFIT:The coating will benefit a specific platform by avoiding $4.5M in costs during PDM cycle ...

ABSTRACT: Q-Track proposes to develop and demonstrate feasibility of a system for absolute localization in GPS-denied environments. A Signals-of-Opportunity Location Device ("SOLD"), previously demonstrated to yield 1m repeatable location indoors, provides the desired"absolute location reference. Q-Track"s proposed SOLD sensor a compact, lightweight tag ultimately costing about $50 in volume al ...

Cateni and it's project partner End-to-End Analytics propose to bring tailored elements of advanced commercial supply chain practice to accelerate CubeSat development. In particular, the team will address two major sources of delay --long-lead-time components and payload integration. The goal is to identify the trades between upfront investment, total cost, flexibility and schedule, and ultimately ...

The demand for 3D LADAR imaging is growing both in the DoD and commercial sectors. However, exploitation processes and tools have lagged advances in LADAR technologies. In a prior Phase II SBIR effort, 361 Interactive leveraged a Cognitive Systems Engineering approach to develop a LADAR analysis tool that was implemented as a Quick Terrain Modeler plug-in. The tool consisted of automated feature e ...

In this Phase I SBIR program UES will develop an economic fabrication process to produce high optical quality infrared (IR) windows for reconnaissance window applications. The state-of-the art reconnaissance window are lacking in optical quality and/or durability to withstand operational environments for extended periods of time. Also, the availability of such advanced window materials in large si ...

ABSTRACT: As the data rates of satellite communication links increase due to inclusion of high resolution imagery and video, a high bandwidth backbone network is required to support all uses of the network. Free Space Optical (FSO) communication links have the ability to provide very high data rates over very long propagation distances, however, due to their narrow beam divergence, they require a ...

ABSTRACT: The objective of this program is to tailor and focus the capabilities of an existing software package for prediction of the rapid transient events following ignition of rocket-propelled munitions, as well as the firing of small caliber weapons. These events differ from missile plumes in that they are very fast transient events occurring at the time of weapon firing. These events are cri ...

ABSTRACT: As vision systems are continuously increasing their quantity and capabilities for capturing aerial imagery, they have widely integrated in autonomous systems to determine the geo-location of objects. The vision-based geo-location systems have found their applications in many aspects, such as environment real time monitoring, search and rescue, reconnaissance missions, and situational aw ...

ABSTRACT: Reliable transmission and reception of messages to bomber, tanker and reconnaissance wing-command posts requires a high degree of robustness and redundancy in the event of a nuclear attack. One key feature of this transmission and reception capability is the VLF radio, capable of broadcasting worldwide by use of ground transmitters and propagating radio waves. Despite the challenges o ...