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The objective of this project is to develop human intelligence-inspired algorithms that exploit multi-modal sources of low and high quality data to achieve a series of objectives such as detection, localization, tracking, and classification. A Bayesian model-based hierarchical adaptive decision making (HADM) algorithm will be developed which includes multiple levels of decision making organized in ...

Recent advances and successes of deep learning neural networks (DLNN) techniques and architectures have been well publicized over the last several years. Voluminous, high-quality and annotated training data, or trial and error in a realistic environment, is required to achieve the promised performance potential of DLNNs. Unfortunately for DoD and/or Intelligence Community (IC) applications of mult ...

The team at South 8 Technologies is the first to develop a novel and patented Liquefied Gas Electrolyte chemistry for rechargeable lithium metal batteries which meets these Air Force requirements. The proposed non-hazardous chemistry has already demonstrated world-record performance on the lithium metal anode (99.9% plating/stripping efficiency over hundreds of cycles) while maintaining high perfo ...

Vital sign, such as respiration rate and heart rate, provide important indications of the physiological and mental conditions of an Airman. Being able to understand the physiological and mental conditions of an operator is therefore of vital importance to improving the efficiency and efficacy of future Air Force operations. Current state-of-the-practice in continuous cardiopulmonary vital sign mon ...

Current techniques for supporting Multi-Level Security (MLS) on embedded devices rely on maintaining secure connections back to centralized servers or dedicated computers for managing authentication and access controls. To provide the embedded devices with the capability to handle content of differing security levels directly on device, the operating system (OS) must properly and securely isolate ...

Icing is an omnipresent phenomenon in nature and technology and impacts a broad spectrum of sectors including aircrafts, drones, military and civilian infrastructures, logistics and surveillance systems, and marine vessels. Icing in aircrafts engine results in detrimental effects on engine performance, operability, and aeromechanics, may lead to catastrophic events and is a challenge for both lega ...

The objective of this research program is to develop an ultra-lightweight carbon nanotube-lithium metal (CNT-Li) hybrid anode to enable high energy density lithium ion cells. These CNT-Li anodes will be paired with carbon nanotube enhanced high areal loading (mAh/cm2) cathodes to achieve cell-level energy densities that exceed 400 Wh/kg at the cell-level and have the potential to exceed 500 Wh/kg. ...

Carbon-carbon (C-C) composites are used in the fabrication of aeroshells and thermal protection systems (TPS) in hypersonic and atmospheric reentry applications because they maintain their strength at elevated temperatures and have desirable thermal conductivity properties. Although these materials have been used in mission-critical components for decades, the effects of variations in processing m ...

Critical care patients including trauma patients and post-operative patients are exposed to significant risk during aeromedical evacuation and transport. Physically wired patient monitoring items via rotary-wing aircraft, differing electrical power requirements, and non-availability of adequate power supply can impede device availability and severely risk en-route care. The proposed solution ident ...

Cerium Labs has developed a miniature, highly sensitive, semiconductor device called the Neutron Intercepting Semiconductor Chip (NISC, US Patent 6,075,261) to advance neutron detection technology for national defense. This device is essentially a flash memory chip with a 10B-enriched borophosphosilicate glass (BPSG) layer. The well-known n-10B reaction creates 4He and 7Li particles which deplete ...