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Reliable automated pattern recognition in the current system is limited by excessive noise and clutter combined with insufficient and/or ambiguous features. Our team consisting of AcornSI and Leidos thus propose a multi-step approach based on the combined effects of improved detection, feature extraction, phase identification, and global association. A key innovation here is creating a new classif ...

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A 2.5 MV PULSER WAS BUILT AND TESTED AS A "PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE" FOR THE EMPRESS II THREAT LEVEL NAVY EMP TEST FACILITY. NO DISPOSITION OF THIS QUARTER SCALE PULSER HAS BEEN MADE. CASDE CORPORATION BELIEVES THAT THIS PULSER OFFERS DNA AND THE SERVICES A UNIQUE DEVICE THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR EMP TESTING OF NUMEROUS DOD EQUIPMENTS. CASDE PROPOSES TO: (1) IDENTIFY THE PRESENT CAPABILITIES AND PARAME ...

Large X-ray generators using gas fill loads are a key element in the DTRA simulator program. Consistent relative timing between the injection of the gas shell and the generator current pulse is crucial to producing consistent, high-yield x-ray pulses.To that end HY-Tech proposes replacing existing high voltage trigger pin technology, with a sensitive, all fiber-optic heterodyne interferometer ba ...

THE CONTRACTOR HAS PATENTED TECHNOLOGY FOR A UNIQUE PROCESS THAT DIRECTLY CONVERTS AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL INTO A VISIBLE ONE IN REAL-TIME WITHOUT ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY. THIS RELIES ON THE ACOUSTO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF A CONTINUOUS LAYER OF LIQUID CRYSTAL THIN FILM LAYER WHICH SERVES AS BOTH THE SENSOR AND THE DISPLAY. THE IMAGE CAN BE VIEWED DIRECTLY BY MEANS OF CCD CAMERA. HOLOGRAPHY PROVIDES FOR BOTH ...

In cooperation with the Joint Improvised-threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) and the U.S. Army, IMSAR LLC demonstrated its radar systems' ability to successfully detect IED emplacements from the RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). As part of the Army’s ShadowSAR program, IMSAR operated and maintained these Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors for 4 ½ years in support of Operation Endurin ...

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Surface detection of specific radioisotopes of the noble gases xenon and argon are essential for detection and discrimination of underground nuclear explosions. We propose a unique combination of numerical modeling and stable isotope release experiments to enhance the predictability of subsurface transport of the noble gases of interest. Our proposed research will identify and quantify the physi ...

OF APPARENT INTEREST TO THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY (DNA) IS THE ABILITY TO DETECT THE LOCATION OF TUNNEL BORING MACHINES(TBM). THESE TYPES OF DEVICES ARE USED TO DRILL TUNNELS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES, SUCH AS THE STORAGE OF NUCLEAR DEVICES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MISSILE SILOS. BY LOCATING TBM'S IN OPERATION, UNFRIENDLY FORCES COULD IDENTIFY POTENTIAL MILITARY TARGETS. IT IS THEREFORE OF INTEREST TO ...

OBJECTIVE: Develop a Forensic DNA Analysis Kit for Genetic Intelligence that can be used on unknown human DNA samples collected from the battlefield to provide information about the individual who deposited the sample, such as potential ethnicity, height, eye color, hair color, age, sex, and/or facial features. The kit should leverage Short Tandem Repeats (STR), Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (S ...