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Applications running on powerful clusters represent invaluable assets for use cases such as decision support and clinical information. However, in emergency situations such as after a natural disaster or in the battlefield access to such powerful systems might be limited or nonexistent. In such scenarios, users have to rely on the limited resources they have on-site which are typically mobile devi ...

Optical Path Characterization Suite (OPCS) With advanced optical imaging systems aimed at operations in Degraded Visual Environments (DVE) and High Energy Laser (HEL) weapons systems reaching the prototype and test phase of programs there is a gap in the technology available to provide truth data during test. The ability to characterize the atmospheric turbulence and transmission environment durin ...

Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S) along with Auburn University’s GPS and Vehicle Dynamics Lab (AU-Gavlab) propose an intelligent urgent stop system that will maintain vehicle stability and improve operational safety of unmanned systems. The system will act as a gateway between COTS drive-by-wire controllers and a vehicle’s braking system. It will continuously monitor vehicle stability an ...

Grand Unified Modeling of Behavioral Operators (GUMBO) will combine several different Architecture Analysis and Design Language (AADL)-based behavior modeling approaches into a single Unified Behavior Representation (UBR), coupled with fast, lightweight analysis and highly automated, usable verification for detailed designs. Component vendors will supply behavioral and interface specifications usi ...

Modern force protection systems lack the ability to identify persons of interest through automated video and imagery analytics. In many force protection scenarios, especially at long distances and even with high quality sensors and optics, the number of pixels on a face are limited and thus is necessary to develop a purpose built low resolution face recognition model. Under this proposal, Minimum ...

For deployment scenarios where the primary communication bands are disrupted, the Army requires High Frequency (HF) antenna systems for backup communications. These HF systems must be transported, typically in man-pack fashion, to the battlefield. Current state-of-the art portable HF antennas used by the Army are heavy and time consuming to erect. Most available commercial architectures that reduc ...

Optical sensor protection against laser threats has been a critical part of the Army’s S&T portfolio, especially with the advancement and availability of laser weapon systems. One particularly threatening system is a pulsed laser system using short (nanosecond) pulses with high fluence that could permanently damage the optical sensor. Typically, these treats are mitigated with optical limiter (O ...

When upgrading or redesigning a complex system, it is crucial to under- stand the impact of design changes on the system’s resulting costs, especially costs related to re-certification. System-level requirements cut across several components and subsystems, includ- ing size, weight, and power budgets; bandwidth and processor utilization; timing constraints; safety requirements; and security cont ...

Sivananthan Laboratories proposes to design an electron-beam induced current (EBIC) platform capable of performing high-resolution carrier lifetime, mobility and diffusion length measurements at point and extended defects in small-band gap semiconductor interfaces for infrared detectors. The proposed design includes a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)-based double-tilt heating stage and will ...

Type II InAs/GaSb strained layer superlattices represent promising material system capable of delivering more producible, large-format MWIR/LWIR focal plane arrays (FPAs). However, no viable planar processing techniques have been demonstrated for T2SL – they currently rely on mesa isolated diodes. These mesas require etching, and passivation, which complicate processing and reliability. It’s d ...