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Our Phase I effort explored combining a Stochastic Dynamic Programming (SDP) solver with a Constraint Satisfaction Reasoning (CSR) system to provide an "agile" missile defense engagement planner. We demonstrated the ability to accept a missile defense problem formulation at run-time and execute the formulation using the SDP solver to select weapon allocations. The CSR component insures the feasi ...

Our Phase I effort explored using Dynamic Bayesian Networks (DBNs) to predict results of sensor tasking in missile defense Sensor Resource Management (SRM). The DBN output was coupled with engagement planning analysis to take advantage of two proven approaches to improving missile defense SRM; integrating sensor allocation with weapon-target pairing and using extended look-ahead to make optimal u ...

The BMDS is being developed as a fully integrated, layered defense capable of defending against all ranges of threats. A critical aspect of this development is an integrated approach to interceptor allocation. A model-based framework for optimizing multi-layer BMDS performance, developing interceptor firing doctrine, and providing for adaptive, real-time interceptor allocation was developed in P ...

NOVEL BATTERY CONFIGURATIONS WITH MICROELECTRODES ARE DESCRIBED. THESE BATTERIES SHOULD EXHIBIT VERY LOW INTERNAL CELL RESISTANCE, GREATLY REDUCED CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION EASE OF ACTIVATION IN THE RESERVE MODE AND EXTREMELY RAPID DISCHARGE. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR PRELIMINARY DESIGNS OF LI/SOC1(2) CELLS WITH MICROELECTRODES. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM IS DESCRIBED TO DEVEL ...

Aiming at present as well as upcoming markets for coherent light sources with electrically controllable wavelength, CoreTek Inc. proposes a novel integrated-optic approach for widely tunable laser arrays. By integrating well established electrooptic materials and solid-state laser technologies, our proposed approach offers laser emission with finer than 1A linewidth and wide tunability range (170 ...

CoreTek Inc. proposes a novel photorefractive device that combines appropriate properties of new multiple quantum well and low temperature grown GaAlAs technologies to surpass by an order of magnitude previous material performance shortfalls. Our proposed devices will have nearly ideal characteristics for optical correlation and other 2D image processing applications: diffraction efficiency >6%, r ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPACEBORNE WEAPONS SYSTEMS FOR THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE ORGANIZATION (SDIO) HAS CREATED THE NEED FOR MATERIALS CAPABLE OF HANDLING SUBSTANTIAL ELECTRIC POWER LOAD. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE SUGGEST THE DEVELOPMENT OF METAL-METAL MICROFILAMENTARY COMPOSITES AS HIGH CURRENT CONDUCTORS FOR SPACEBORNE APPLICATIONS. METAL-METAL MICROFILAMENTARY COMPOSITES ARE A NOVEL CLASS OF MATE ...

SPAACE-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS WILL REQUIRE SOURCES OF PULSED POWER TO OPERATE PROSPECTIVE DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS. POWER MUST BE AVAILABLE INSTANTANEOUSLY AND SEQUENTIAL POWER PULSES MUST HAVE MINIMAL INTERPULSE DELAYS. IN PRINCIPLE, AN ELECTROCHEMICAL POWER SOURCE CAN PROVIDE POWER AT A MUCH LOWER WEIGHT THAN ALTERNATIVE MAGNETIC OR ELECTRIC FIELD DEVICES (CAPACITORS OR INDUCTORS). HOWEVER ...

Next-Generation High-Altitude Airships (HAAs) are increasingly attractive for a variety of defense and non-defense oriented missions, including applications for homeland security, missile defense initiatives, surveillance, remote sensing, radar, and telecommunications. Providing adequate power for the airship and payloads is a prime concern for long-duration HAAs. Regenerative fuel cell (RFC) syst ...

Advanced radar capabilities are crucial to missile defense systems for detection and tracking of incoming missiles. A new generation of missile defense radars depends on distributed exciters for generation of local-oscillator signals in digital receiver arrays. One novel design approach for frequency synthesizers for such applications is a hybrid digital synthesis approach. In Phase 1 of this S ...