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The final prototype of the Microcircuit Board Repair apparatus will be capable of laying down or lifting metal strips with micrometer dimensions. Under real time computer control, the translation stages will be fully automated or manually controlled. The end user will monitor the process in real time using a camera attached with the source. Laying down the metal lines will be done using Laser C ...

Cylindrical non-axisymmetric optical components are becoming increasingly important to both commercial and military applications. Current manufacturing methods are very labor intensive and require dedicated tooling. This resulted in a major shift of manufacturing base to off shore manufacturers. Recent advances in Deterministics Microgrinding of spherical surfaces demonstrate that specular surf ...

Deep-learning Ephemeral-Pad Encryption Neural Networks (DEPENN) software applies one-time pad and quantized neural network technologies to provide efficient, moving-target encryption of all data associated with neural network operations. DEPENN overcomes the significant computational burden and technical challenges of fully homomorphically encrypted neural network operation while providing compara ...

In implementing an electro-optic (EO) seeker, the selection of a waveband or wavebands is the major decision for the system design. The visible and near-infrared wavebands work well in the daytime when the atmosphere is clear, but passive imaging systems in these bands are not useful at night, and they are susceptible to scattering in fog, smoke, and dusty environments. The mid-wave infrared (MWIR ...

Black River Systems is developing real-time fire control tracking and threat prediction capabilities for land and sea - based missile defense. Our nation faces a rapidly evolving set of missile threats that exhibit extreme velocities, high dynamic motion and difficult to predict maneuverability. There are many different trajectories and many types of threats: subsonic, supersonic; sea-skimming, la ...