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SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) proposes to mature and transition SI2’s multifunction sensor product. Specifically, SI2 will update the antenna and electronics designs to match the form factor and performance requirements, update the radio firmware to provide the required functionality, and manufacture and test the design within a flight-worthy pod for use with a small attritable aerial platfo ...

Smart munitions and advanced missile systems require ever increasing capabilities for radar, data link and communications. The various functions are currently provided by separate systems with dedicated antenna apertures and typically operate at different, often widely separated frequencies. Volume constraints on weapons platforms make integration of multiple functions, each employing discrete ant ...

ZKxKZ proposes to continue development and demonstration of hardware and software upgrades for the Weapons Storage and Security System elevator. Currently, motion at the four corners of WS3 is not controlled with adequate precision, resulting in differential motion measured at these corners of 1-mm or more. This can cause the system to become too far out of level, resulting in excessive wear of sc ...

We propose to develop, test, and deliver to the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) a robust, cost-effective, and accurate field-deployable calibration system for verification and validation of approved regulatory instruments for measurements of military and commercial aircraft non-volatile particulate matter (nvPM) emissions. The field-deployable calibration system will c ...

Modern adversaries are gaining proficiency at forging cyber attacks against cyber networks in the United States. The threat is particularly salient for our militarys strategic systems, such as the Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) and Nuclear Command and Control at the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AF NWC), which often depend on networked technologies or embedded systems that may be ...

The Physical Sciences Inc. team proposes to optimize and scale up the portable, modular microreactor systems developed in Phase I, which were designed to produce the energetic ionic liquids that constitute the AF-M315E propellant. In Phase I, process feasibility was demonstrated in the microreactor systems for production of the targeted energetic compounds.In Phase II, we will optimize these micro ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), working with Ascendant Engineering Solutions (AES), will develop a 5 gimbal payload equipped with full motion video (FMV) and a hyperspectral imaging sensor (HSI), capable of staring mode observation, that operates in the visible, near-infrared, and shortwave-infrared (VNIR/SWIR). The gimbal payload design is well aligned for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaiss ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop an intensity-dependent infrared filter that will use the radiant intensity of a source (i.e. the sun) to locally control the infrared transmission of the filter. There currently exists an Air Force need for optical source exclusion to allow next-generation infrared camera technology to observe a large field of view (+/- 45 degrees, ~ 15% of the sky) ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to design, fabricate, demonstrate and deliver a broadband atmospheric transmissometer system for the Spectral Path Atmospheric Transmittance System (SPATS) effort that meets the specified environmental and key performance parameter (KPP) requirements. During the first year of the program PSI will develop the transmitter, transmitter and receiver optics bench a ...

The US Navy is moving towards a Single Sortie Detect to Engage (SSDTE) paradigm to implement in-stride minehunting and mine prosecution. Integrating in-stride Mine Search and Mine Prosecution functions is a key requirement to achieve the SSDTE paradigm. Mine Target Reacquisition between the mine search operations and mine prosecution phases poses a particular challenge, as planned mine prosecution ...