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Phase I study to determine tradeoffs and feasibility of dual mode RF/LADAR seeker. Work to focus on packaging and design tradeoffs to realize a design for a cost-effective compact dual mode seeker head. Emphasis will be on the LADAR design portion of the seeker, as RF seeker design is very mature. Emphasis will also be on integration of the LADAR/RF subsystems and the handoff protocol between the ...

ABSTRACT: Landing gear are flight-critical components that are susceptible to corrosion. While currently used corrosion protective coatings (platings, paints, conversion coatings) provide adequate protection, their efficiency could be improved by a hydrophobic surface treatment that sheds water and corrosion initiators. To extend the service life of landing gear components, this program will d ...

ABSTRACT: Today"s data prioritization structures are designed to meet the needs of the mission as well as the technology permits a single"stack"of priorities is implemented and used to evaluate traffic relative to its competitors in the queue. But the missions of today"s Air Force continue to broaden including such disparate activities as traditional air supremacy, intelligence collection, hum ...

ABSTRACT: Each day, enormous amounts of information are generated, and the rate at which this happens continues to increase. Much of the information is unstructured text, which is exceptionally difficult to use. The challenge of exploiting high volume unstructured text is especially significant for military, government and private sector analysts. To actually perform analysis within narrow opera ...

ABSTRACT: We propose to design OPTIMUS, Optimized Planning Through Iterative Mission Updates and Synthesis, a Command and Control system to provide the capability of continuous Operation Plan (OPLAN) update for use by the Joint Task Force Air Component Commander and in an Air Operations Center (AOC) at the battle planning and management level to keep the Air Battle Plan living and linked to objec ...

ABSTRACT: Flight testing is an inherently dangerous, but essential part of aircraft development. Aircrew safety is top priority; however, because of the nature of flight test as well as the cost to perform the testing, some risk is taken whenever the aircraft performs a test. In an effort to both increase safety as well as reduce test cost, TDA proposes to develop a system to rapidly produce air ...

The US is increasingly dependent on space-based capabilities for communications, GPS navigation, and GEOINT and MASINT products to support modern warfighters. At the same time, space is becoming increasingly crowded and new threats are constantly emerging. Every unknown object in space poses a potential threat to US space operations, with possibilities ranging from inadvertent debris collisions to ...

ABSTRACT: Azure Summit proposes to leverage ongoing work with DARPA, AFRL, and the Navy to survey potential signals that can be used to harvest precise time, quantify the performance and expectation of trust that can be established, and architect a system solution to create this capability and disseminate it to tactical users. Timing Extraction from Wireless SignalsAzure will leverage our extens ...

ABSTRACT: Echo Ridge and partner Rockwell Collins propose to quantify and demonstrate the value of existing tactical and commercial wireless communications signals in providing time aiding to MGUE. The primary results of the Phase I effort will be a comprehensive trade space analysis, off-air verification of absolute time-related statistics for selected signals, the development and demonstration ...

ABSTRACT: Echo Ridge and team partner AirIn Technologies propose to develop an innovative, low-cost satellite testing system which provides functionality of the TSTR and RBC TSTR electronics and is compatible with the AFSCN. The system will feature state of the art COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) software-defined radio technology and high-speed digital computing to significantly reduce cost and ...