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There are embedded control systems throughout our combat systems, including thousands of programable logic controllers (PLCs) installed in various defense systems such as ground based defense, aircraft, land vehicles and combat ships. These systems are not typically connected to a network yet are vulnerable to cyber-attack through other various mechanisms. There is currently no way to quickly and ...

The objectives of this SBIR include the development of a modeling framework to predict mechanical properties of as-manufactured AM parts accounting for microstructure. The final product will (1) accept a reconstruction of the interior and exterior geometry of structural component including accurate 3D measurement of defects using x-ray computed tomography (CT); (2) allow for input of material prop ...

Tactical battlespace superiority requires high-fidelity, real-time knowledge of current and forecast weather to effectively deliver aircraft firepower and support ground operations. Adverse weather can impair target acquisition, weapon sensor functionality, curtail aircraft support times and lead to loss of the platform through threats such as icing or lightning. PEMDAS proposes a Phase I discipli ...

The DoD lacks the massive annotated data needed to train Deep Neural Networks (DNN) for IR domain applications for which recognition of militarily significant target types is critical. Pixel-wise annotations are close to impossible in IR. When adapting recognition between visual domains, changes in object types, appearance, and poses are not adequately modeled in the new domain. How to suppress th ...

There is a significant need to improve the IR attenuation performance of military obscurants and advanced nanostructures could fulfill this demand. Very few types of commercially available obscurant materials perform well in the IR waveband. Recent numerical simulation has shown that highly conductive materials with a one dimensional nanostructure should exhibit excellent IR obscuration when their ...

The ability to successfully identify friends or foes (IFF) on the battlefield remains a challenge in operations during a number of conditions, including by close air support and in all weather conditions. Many IFF solutions rely on visible identification (e.g. colored smoke, orange fluorescent nylon, etc.) or short-wave infrared (SWIR) imaging (e.g. strobe LEDs, laser signaling) solutions that are ...

The Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD) Program requires advanced standoff sensor technology that can provide more comprehensive threat information to enhance situational awareness and improve force protection. Historically, CBD and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) sensors have been developed with a focus on the individual missions, with little effort applied to developing int ...

AQUILA proposes adapting a commercially available nanodot technology to embed a small Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dosimeter into a Common Access Card (CAC), or some other military ID card. The nanodot dosimetry approach can be adapted to the size of a CAC, which is approximately 8.6 cm (3.37 in) high by 5.4 cm (2.125 in) wide. The typical thickness is about 0.8 mm (0.03 in). The OSL re ...

This proposal seeks to enhance warfighter situational awareness and improve threat detection by developing an advanced thermal imager that processes and presents full-motion multi-band LWIR chroma video in accord with human color-vision processing. This will be useful in a variety of applications, including by dismounted soldiers (helmet-mounted or handheld), on small UAVs, as well as supporting a ...

Dense Urban Environments (DUE) are characterized by large concentrated populations that tend to cluster into groups networked together by common interests and needs. Populations cluster along political, social, cultural, ethnic, economic and other social lines. Networks among these groups, formed along lines of shared characteristics, are often in friction with one another as they contend over sca ...