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Phase I will research and design enhancements to existing, government-owned cyber emulation software and protocols for CND effects generation, Command and Control (C2) of CND effects, an enhanced distributed simulation interface, and information assurance. Phase I will also introduce a CND Training Concept of Operations (CONOPS) that will make recommendations for how to adapt existing Navy trainin ...

Vadum will develop an optical sensor to capture true relative motion between an unmanned vehicle and the aircraft carrier deck or ground airstrip surface, regardless of wheel slip or skid. The optical sensor will output data at a high data rate and with very high accuracy. No additional sensors (GPS, magnetic compass, gyroscopes, accelerometers) are needed, and no equipment will be installed on th ...

Vadum will develop a cognitive radar threat characterization (CRTC) system that employs a learning framework and algorithms to detect and counter agile, adaptive threat radars. Capabilities developed will provide improvements to threat detection, identification, and intent estimation to augment the SLQ-32 SEWIP Block 2 Electronic Support (ES) capabilities. CRTC will focus on the challenges of shor ...

Phase II of this program builds on the remarkable progress that was made in Phase I toward the development of single crystal GaN films grown on polycrystalline diamond substrates. As the overall goal of the program is related to the development of a low-cost manufacturing process to produce GaN on diamond templates for RFIC applications, our technical objectives are pointed toward this goal. In Ph ...

Sentient along with sub-contractors at Iowa State University, and Honeywell Aerospace will develop and validate the full standalone DigitalClone - Component (DCC) simulation package (the proposed Reliability Centered Additive Manufacturing Design Framework), for assessing tradeoffs in reliability, inspectability, performance/durability and life-cycle costs of parts made through Additive Manufactur ...

The overall objective of the proposed work is to demonstrate electrically pumped, high-efficiency and long-lifetime, near-UV, solid-state laser diodes (LDs) based on AlGaN MQWs grown on native, single crystalline GaN substrates. The targeted laser diodes will emit between 330 - 350 nm with an emission power exceeding 1 W. These lasers will find application in remote Raman spectroscopy applications ...

Corvid Technologies, in partnership with Duke University, is excited to offer a unique data compression solution for ship airwake datasets. Our teams approach will leverage well-established Reduced Order Model (ROM) methods, POD, Volterra, etc. The proposed approach will explore the efficacy of various ROM methods to achieve the overall goal of data reduction of factors of up to 1000. The goals of ...

There are several challenges in maintenance of Expeditionary Airfields (EAFs) for which there is currently no suitable solution, such as the removal of unwanted paint markings or tire rubber build-up which can adversely impact the nonskid performance. There is an urgent need for a process which can remove these unwanted materials while leaving the AM2 mat in place. Atmospheric Plasma Solutions, In ...

Vadum will develop Chemical, Heterogeneous sensor fusion Incident awareness Module (CHIME)asoftware module that will ingest data from a large number of asynchronous, heterogeneous and multi-tiered sensors to automate the process of estimating the source attributes of a chemical or biological release. CHIME generates estimates from a continuous stream of raw sensor data with successive estimates al ...

The skin is the first line of defense against chemical warfare agents including nerve agents and toxic industrial chemicals, providing a possible barrier or delay to systemic distribution. Some chemicals also can act directly on the skin including the vesicants sulfur mustard and lewisite. Early and rapid skin decontamination is extremely important following exposure to CWAs and TICs because it de ...