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This SBIR delivers two optical ground stations, based on commercial design, to support experimentation and laser communication with AFRL spacecraft.  These assets facilitate research in flexible space operations, secure low probability of intercept (LPI) communications, and management of shared resources with disparate commercial networks.  The standards based design supports day and night opera ...

Phase I has proven that the current setup achieves better than 8mm spatial resolution for 2.2MeV prompt gammas. However, 1mm spatial resolution presents a significant challenge for the current setup due in part to limited timing resolution and count rate. A new analog ASIC will be developed to replace the current analog ASIC that will have better timing resolution and deliver higher count rates. I ...

Today’s Air Force missions are dependent on physically separated personnel and a complex flow of never ending data from a growing number of sources across multiple domains including cyber, FMV, GEOINT, sensor platforms, and more. Existing collaboration capabilities used to communicate, analyze, and act are disjointed, inefficient and unable to keep pace with operational demands making it im ...

AFWERX and AFGSC have entered into a MOU to run a Culture of Innovation Project throughout the entire organization for all 10 Air Force Bases over a 20 month period. The goal of this project will be to leverage and enhance the existing work within AFGSC to create innovative leaders providing safe, secure and lethal combat-ready forces for nuclear and conventional global strike today and tomorrow. ...

TeraMetrix proposes a SBIR STTP CRP project to perform all of the development, on-aircraft validation and transition planning tasks to implement an automated robotic non-contact time-domain terahertz (THz) specialty coating thickness inspection for the F-22 inlet ducts. The proposed THz measurement system will utilize existing spray robots to automatically position the THz sensor, replacing a slow ...

Currently, the AF does not have clear visibility and understanding of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Return on Investment (ROI) for changes caused by Engineering Change Proposals (ECP), operational and training requirements updates, modifications to the Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and other causes of change. In this Phase II effort, Securboration extends Phase I MEWSIC to orchestrate an ...

The USAF needs to develop a lethal and ready force full of innovation-minded Airmen. It needs to create its innovation culture, develop its innovation competency, and cultivate innovation communities that sustain and perpetuate the innovation practices into the future. Based on more than 25 years of research and practice, the Competing Values® LLC/ Innovatrium® LLC (“InnovatriumÃ¢â‚¬ï¿ ...

Aircraft maintenance is critical to Air Force readiness. Therefore, there is immense pressure to improve the efficiency and quality of training while capturing the tacit knowledge of experienced maintainers. Virtual reality provides a highly immersive and engaging means to safely practice procedures prior to putting hands on real equipment. Augmented reality, alternatively, is ideal for training o ...

Dominance in hypersonic systems is necessary to counter emerging threats from near-peer states which are aggressively developing their own hypersonic capabilities. An important part of the Air Force’s projected future capabilities is reusable hypersonic aircraft with the ability to operate from conventional fields and accelerate to speeds of Mach 5 or above. These aircraft could perform a v ...

vST makes an interactive virtual space of the physical world useful; with accurate and properly geolocated terrain and structure visualizations. It allows the navigation through a prospective area of operations prior to engagement. This allows decision makers the opportunity to identify obstacles and exploitable characteristics during the early stages of the decision-making process. vST provides T ...