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Pipeline operators employ cleaning tools for improving product throughput, inhibiting corrosion, and preparing their pipes for inline inspection. For many pipeline risk models, improving the scope and quality of input data is a long-term process. If the combined cost of pigging and inspecting was low and could be done simultaneously, pipeline operators would be encouraged to perform inspections mo ...

Research conducted in Phase I identified a range of data sources providing vehicle related information to consumers shopping around or interested in knowing more about vehicles. Majority of the commercial data sources focused on vehicle features, new/used/CPO pricing, and vehicles listings. Such data sources lacked safety as their central focus, which is a concern for U.S. Department of Transporta ...

In this project, Reservoir Labs continues to prototype and refine our Kinematic Invariant Space Maximum Entropy Tracker (KISMET) algorithm. KISMET takes an innovative approach to the problem of orbital track reconstruction and discrimination from radar data. In this Phase II effort, the approach is extended to handle fusion of data from multiple, geometrically diverse sensors, and to work with EO/ ...

IDI is proposing an electrically assisted e-bike system, designed to increase the usage of bicycles for daily commuting. This design is intended for usage alongside traditional bike share programs in cities across the country. The primary benefit is attract those otherwise unwilling to use bicycles to commute, either due to personal reservation or perceived terrain difficulties. This is accomplish ...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has identified the need for higher-performance computing capabilities for improved modeling and simulation (M&S) within its Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Ground Test platform. Modeling and simulation plays a significant role in the Missile Defense Agencys ability to maintain and ensure their mission readiness and to expand mission capability. While powerf ...

Integument Technologies, Inc. (Prime) proposes to focus on the development of lightning strike protection surface skins (or appliques) fabricated from flexible, lightweight high temperature films, fabrics, metallic foils and adhesives. The proposed Lightning Strike ProtectiveApplique (LSPA) system will be based on Arc-Root Dispersion technology and be readily adaptable to composite (e.g., Carbon F ...

The 2011 launches of ORS-1and TacSat-4 have demonstrated the feasibility to rapidly deploy spacecraft. These successes and progress on the Modular Space Vehicle, along with standardization (Space Plug and Play Architecture) continue to show promise in a responsive space architecture focused on modularity and reconfigurability. There is a need to enhance the capability of small spacecraft to suppor ...

There are two main objectives of the follow-on Phase II for Small Business Innovation Research Topic N08-199.First is to deliver a portable Splash Impact Measurement System (SIMS) with capablility of mapping the debris field surrounding an engagement event in broad ocean areas.This mapping will provide the precise location and time of all objects impacting the sea surface.The second objective is t ...

This effort examines the merit of using Semantic Web technology, as developed by the World Wide Web Consortium and DARPA, to reduce the time and money required by MDA to reuse and maintain software. MDA has a large collection of legacy software and algorithms in a variety of programming languages. These algorithms are useful throughout MDA, yet rewriting code is costly and risky. In a Phase I SBIR ...

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 ...