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MaXentric proposes the GAU2x2 wideband power amplifier system. The design combines MaXentric’s wideband RF PA technology with advanced digital signal processing in a single small footprint package. This tight integration is made possible through the extremely high efficiency and low power dissipation. Since very little power is dissipated as heat, the package and heat sink size can be minimized. ...

By the conclusion of Phase 1, important discoveries were made concerning the technological, market, and business feasibility of the Rapid Acquisition Platform. We have concluded that the RAP is feasible and may proceed to product development. In Phase II, GBTI will develop an end-to-end RAP utilizing the scientific and technological discoveries made in Phase 1. Phase 2 will be implemented over the ...

OSD solicits vendors for a ‘High Acceleration and Hypervelocity Inertial Measurement Unit System’ for use in 155mm projectiles. Development of a gun-hardened and highly miniaturized IMU would revolutionize the way in which 155mm gun systems are employed. A 155mm projectile with guidance, navigation and control would enable the development of new systems such as precision gun launched missile d ...

Rapid strikes upon targets hidden in cluttered background may require a self-guided gun launched high velocity projectile having a unique seeker. A gun hard seeker that employs long wave polarimetry to quickly discriminate man-made objects in natural scenes is proposed. Simple polarimetric schemes that minimizes part count and utilizes no moving parts makes gun launch survival designs accessible. ...

A 1280x1024 on 8 µm pitch seeker with 0.4 to 2.6 µm detection capability will be incorporated with electronics and a Bayer mosaic of polarizing filters to allow real time target discrimination at rapid closure rates. The imager will have peak sensitivity greater than 60% and dark current of less than 6 µA/cm2 at 273 K. The camera will have greater than 99% pixel operability with a 12 bit digita ...

With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, a smart electro-optical video seeker will likely become the prevalent sensing modality integrated into a gun-launched hypervelocity projectile and many other manned and unmanned systems and platforms. We propose a high-resolution, high-sensitivity, long-range Photon-Sensing Integrated Circuit (PSIC) video seeker operating at high frame ra ...

One key concern of the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) is the security component of the “Asia-Pacific Rebalance” where the Chinese anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) policy threatens regional security. In response to A2/AD our forces in the Pacific require more affordable and rapidly deployable alternatives to costly missile defense such as large caliber projectiles for Navy electroma ...

To meet the demands of the SCO182-004 SBIR solicitation (“High Acceleration and Hypervelocity Radiofrequency Communications and Sensing”), MaXentric proposes a dual band software define radio architecture. The design will leverage MaXentric’s expertise in transceiver and radar system design. Beam forming will be used to improve performance and reduce the probability of signal in ...

Few-shot Object detection via Reinforcement Control of Image Simulation (FORCIS) will combine deep reinforcement learning with additional training data augmentations and strategies to develop robust few shot detectors leveraging available simulations.

SOCOM requires a method to field repair multiple materials as well as to mount armor and related hardware for a variety of tactical purposes with a composite material. To address this need, we propose application of a “Modular UV Patch” (MUVP) system that incorporates ultraviolet curing resin systems and an innovative technique for delivering the UV light through optically lossy fibers that f ...