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The Phase II effort will be to clearly demonstrate the feasibility and build a prototype of a noncontact, high-quality holographic polarimetry system with pixel level depth and Mueller matrix information with a user-friendly interface to image and display this data. The measurements of each data product will be validated with trusted truth samples. The system will be reproducible and will have a d ...

Avilution’s eXtensible Flight System (XFS) is a suite of hardware and software modules that seamlessly integrate avionics components from multiple vendors into a highly agile, cohesive, and resilient unit for use on aerospace vehicles including manned and unmanned aircraft, autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), innovative commercial air-taxi concepts, and training/mission simulators. Av ...

In Phase I, CFDRC has successfully accomplished the development of a DoD open-source geometry kernel based on an advanced NURBS fitting procedure, a Bézier curve method, and a subdivision surface procedure to recover and to retain the boundary geometry. We have also developed and demonstrated APIs to allow the geometry kernel to interoperate with other simulation frameworks to enable accurate p ...

The solution that this proposal offers is the implementation of GasTOPS’ commercially proven ChipCHECK system to provide at-line wear debris analysis for the MQ-9 fleet. ChipCHECK is a highly capable tool that performs quick, reliable and repeatable analysis of wear debris chip particles obtained from MCDs removed from an engine, at the flight line, in order to identify impending failures b ...

High-pressure turbulent combustion occurs in many combustion devices critical to the Air Force. Notwithstanding significant progress in computational modeling of these devices; several challenges have remained. A fundamental challenge is identification of reaction pathways and reactions in small molecule foundational chemical kinetics requiring improvements under these high-pressure turbulent cond ...

This document presents Optical Sciences Corporation's SBIR technology transition proposal to develop an advanced Dynamic Optical Coupler (DOC) for Wide Field-of-View (WFOV) and wide field-of-regard space sensor testing and to integrate the DOC into a government owned space simulation chamber. The DOC will be capable of positioning the projected scenes from a narrow FOV IR Scene Projector (IRSP) an ...

Current fielded sensor protection is limited to fixed wavelength filters. Broadband filters designed to circumvent multi-wavelength laser threats are plagued by low transmittance, which degrades the sensitivity and performance of the sensor. Future warfighter threats include frequency agile lasers and thus have the potential of defeating fixed filters. Self-activating (passive) devices where prote ...

The AEDC Aero Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) facility completed successful operation at Mach 6 and Mach 7 direct connect tunnel conditions utilizing a prototype Mach 5 free-jet configured Combustion Air Heater (CAH) injection system developed by CFD Research Corporation. These results and upgrades proposed here were presented at the 2018 Hypersonic Technology & Systems Conference. This effort will fu ...

Directed energy weapons (DEW) represent a transformative capability in a number of military domains, and an emerging force on the battlefield. A complete understanding of this new threat and corresponding long- and short-term medical effects is required for improved diagnosis and treatment. One approach to fill the knowledge gap is through the use of novel computational modeling techniques. Typica ...

Today's military has cutting edge missile and space technology to enable the warfighter to perform their mission. However, the approach to training the space operator has not kept pace with the innovation of the systems they operate. Training is often expensive, infrequent, mundane, ineffective and is typically not accessible remotely. nou Systems proposes to take advantage of recent advances in v ...