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CRG proposes to leverage its partnerships, advanced aerospace system design capabilities, and unique manufacturing technologies to design, build and demonstrate a flying missile rail along with the high-rate production technologies required to meet DARPA’s objectives of 500 units per month, within one month. CRG will focus on high-rate manufacturing technologies currently in use within the autom ...

Given the increasing desire to put small payloads into orbit for rapid, responsive and low-cost access to space, as well as for small tactical stages with increased capabilities, Ventions proposes the design, fabrication, integration and launch of a 4-inch diameter, 5-foot tall flight-vehicle as a demonstration towards advanced miniature launch vehicles and tactical stages. The work proposed herei ...

Innoflight will develop a high performance software-defined compact radio (SCR) with Ka and X dual band downlink capability and S Band uplink capability. The Ka / X SCR will support 300 Mbps downlink and 5 Mbps uplinks rates using advanced spectrally efficient waveforms. It will offer interoperability with standard government and commercial ground stations such as the Army RGT (Remote Ground Termi ...

Rapid innovation in computer-mediated communication (e.g., social media) has created new channels for the spread of information. The proposed work will integrate Advanced Brain Monitoring’s neurological and physiological metrics (e.g., EEG, ECG, eye-tracking) with Cubic Intific Corporation’s Social Media Analytic Replication Toolkit (SMART) to yield a unified framework for analyzing informatio ...

In Phase I a novel spiral resonator was demonstrated that is both chip based and has high immunity to thermal noise. The system uses a silica-on-silicon platform and is therefore compatible with a wide range of photonic and electrical components. In Phase I, the optical coupling to the resonator utilized a fiber taper. In Phase II, a program is proposed to further increase the robustness of the re ...

In this Phase II DARPA SBIR effort, OEwaves Inc., along with UC Davis, will investigate, design, build, test, characterize and deliver for independent Government testing a miniature oscillator based on an optical Kerr frequency comb [1-8] produced with an ultra-high Q crystalline microresonator [9], for targeted use in electronic warfare receivers and transmitters. The projected performance of the ...

In the proposed second phase of this project, HyPerComp will team with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR), the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) and Purdue University in the systematic design, fabrication and testing of a continuous detonation rocket engine (CDRE). During phase-I we studied the operation of the CDRE under ideal conditions, and developed an improved understanding of the non-idea ...

The importance of graph applications is growing as society becomes more interconnected. Many real world datasets are best modeled as graphs, e.g., road networks, the Internet, social networks, protein-protein interactions, utility grids, and communication. Graph analytics be used to answer many different categories of questions, including traversal, querying, and data mining. It is often desirable ...

We propose to mature LG-X glider technology by manufacturing full-scaled prototypes and characterizing them in land-based flight-testing by using commercial aircraft to drop the gliders. Validated components such as the landing parachute, folding wing mechanism, and autopilot control system will undergo integrated flight-testing. Logistic Gliders will provide a considerable cost share to support ...

NextGen Aeronautics is proposing to develop and demonstrate a lightweight, low cost, load bearing, thermally protective and high temperature survivable structure for hypersonic flight. Our technical approach is based on advancing the work performed under legacy programs and Phase I to a higher maturity level. Creating a single structural element with inherent insulating properties provides signifi ...