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Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) automatically synchronizes its internal clock to the host processor. This makes it impossible to integrate with discrete event simulation models using non-real-time clock. There is a need for KVM-based virtualized execution framework that could: (i) synchronize to non real-time clock in the simulation framework; (ii) integrate with virtual environment models in t ...

Kitware, in collaboration with the University of Dayton, proposes to investigate the use of bio-inspired imaging sensors for autonomous missile detection. Among the various neuromorphic sensor designs, we propose to incorporate Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) based event cameras, which perform power-efficient visual monitoring by emulating the human visual system. Instead of densely sampling each pixe ...

Inherently radiation-insensitive device technologies offer a promising alternative for the development of reliable electronics for avionics and space systems. The CFD Research team proposes to investigate and develop radiation-tolerant electronic devices using Nanoscale Vacuum Channel Transistors (NVCTs) whose vacuum-based conduction channel will have negligible to no interference from radiation i ...

Current silicon (Si) semiconductors are unsuitable for high radiation environments found in space or nuclear facilities. An alternative approach exists with vacuum tubes, where a gate electrode encourages electron emission across a vacuum gap between an emitter (source) and collector (drain). Traditionally, these were high voltage applications with low reliability, using a filament to heat the tub ...

he Storable Clean Ethane-ethylene Nitrous Engine (SCENE) is a proposed technology designed to provide upper stages and spacecraft with non-toxic, liquid, non-cryogenic, high-performance propulsion with an Isp on the order of 300 seconds. The propellant components are stored as liquids under their saturated vapor pressures. With the SCENE, nitrous oxide is used as an autogenously pressurized oxidiz ...

Uncertainty Reduction in High Speed Flight Vehicle Modeling | Approved for Public Release 18-MDA-9707 (3 Jul 18)

Reservoir Labs and Johns Hopkins University will develop alternative numerical solution techniques that improve computational loading, data storage, and data integrity for rocket vehicle trajectory modeling in MDA federated simulations.The objective of this program is to develop new techniques for trajectory propagation that are more suited for use in federated simulations than traditional methods ...

The Department of Defense (DoD) has a demand for out-of-production parts to maintain mission readiness of various weapons platforms. Additive manufacturing (AM) is an exciting and promising manufacturing technique that can make out-of-production parts and holds the potential to solve supply chain issues, such as high costs (i.e. for low-volume parts) and sole sourcing risks. The ability of AM to s ...

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a modern and increasingly popular manufacturing process for metallic components, but suffers from well known problems of inconsistent quality of the finished product. Process monitoring and feedback control are therefore crucial research areas with a goal of solving this problem. To address this concern, X-wave Innovations, Inc. (XII) and the University of Dayton Res ...

Aegis BMD 5.0 CU will expand and update the Baseline 9 MRBM and IRBM threat set, while Aegis BMD 5.1 will have capabilities against more sophisticated short to intermediate range ballistic missiles. An ability to discriminate this wider set of increasingly sophisticated threats is essential. Technology Service Corporation (TSC) and the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) propose to identify fe ...