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"In response to Small Business Innovative Research solicitation BMDO02-016, 21CSI is pleased to propose the development of a proof-of-concept sensor intranet and decision aid software application that ties disparate and legacy sensors into a net. Ourconcept, Sensor-AEDGE, will be built from the bottom up to support the netting of sensors into a cohesive, complementary unit. It will employ intell ...

"The lifetime of many space systems critical to missile defense is limited by the availability of on-board expendable resources, such as cryogenic fluids and fuels. As these systems become more complex and expensive, the ability to extend the capacity ofon-board cryogenics becomes a key driver of total life cycle cost and effectiveness. AeroAstro will develop an end-to-end architecture for fluid ...

"Directed Energy and RF weapons methods for defending against cruise and ballistic missiles rely on spark gap-based systems. RF weapons rely on two parameters for effects against electronic systems; extremely high electric fields for range coveragehigh repetition rates for energy on-target heating of electronic components. High voltage pulse power systems are typically spark gap based sources t ...

"Missile defense systems rely on computational electromagnetic techniques to simulate potential missile threats. Simulation techniques for radar scenarios are rapidly increasing in their importance as budget restrictions reduce support for extensivedesign testing and flight data collection. These simulation techniques rely on advanced computational electromagnetic tools which typically require l ...

"Missile defense platforms will require a variety of electric weapons for a balanced attack defense. The integration of multiple electric weapons into a single vehicle platform requires very compact power systems and/or reconfigurable power systemsoptimize space and weight. For example, the same prime power source can be reconfigured to supply energy for vehicle propulsion and for hypervelocity e ...

"Kinetic Kill systems, such as Seeker missiles, rely on Continuous Wave (CW) microwave signals or Infrared (IR) technologies for tracking entry vehicles. These systems are coupled with a volume/range tradeoff and have not proven to be a reliable means oftracking missile threats. Common reasons include their susceptibility to countermeasures and their long processing time of information. Both sys ...

"Asier Technology is pleased to have the opportunity to propose a program to upgrade communications security with a proven encryption algorithm. High-speed, high-security encryption is Asier's core competency. Asier has developed a suite of highlyadvanced, processor-efficient encryption algorithms that are both faster and more secure than many current algorithms in use.In addition to high-speed ...

"Athena Technologies, Incorporated (Athena) proposes to develop an affordable, lightweight and low power, INS/GPS integrated flight control system (FCS) capable of performing guidance, navigation and control functions for small launch vehicles. The proposedapproach leverages Athena's expertise in design, fabrication and operational qualification of our family of miniaturized GuideStar flight contr ...

"Deliver a methodology or system architectural model of secure broadband wirelesstechnology, capable as a stand-alone medium or interconnected to existingnetworks. This is a multi-layer security, network system concept with robustfeatures of short (less than 300 feet) to long (greater than 2 miles) rangecommunications under civil and austere conditions. This methodology or systemmodel is scalable ...

"This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will investigate feasibility of achieving revolutionary composite material mechanical properties. This will involve a new approach to reinforcing thermoplastic polymers with single-wall carbonnanotubes (SWNT). Incredible strength (up to ~200 GPa = 29 Msi) and stiffness (on the order of 1.0 TPa = 145 Msi) have been attributed to SWNT. Atte ...