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Development of an efficient device capable of concentrating ultrafine radioactive particulate aerosols is essential to the detection of nuclear detonations using a Radionuclide Aerosol Sampler and Analyzer (RASA) system as well as U.S. Navy’s development of a fast acting naval radiation detection system. We propose to develop an efficient device for ultrafine particulate aerosol concentration an ...

To address the need to mitigate cooperative and noncooperative in-band interference in airborne anti-submarine warfare (ASW) systems, ARiA will develop and demonstrate the feasibility of signal and information processing algorithms for mitigating various types of in-band interference. ARiA will develop and evaluate (1) model-based adaptive signal processing in space, time, and Doppler to mitigate ...

To obtain spectrum dominance the U.S. Navy needs to make use of all the Radio Frequency assets on their SWAP-constrained platforms. Thus it is critical that the apertures available can be used as effective active and passive radar, high-data-rate communications, ELINT/SIGINT, ESM and Electronic Protection (EP) and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems. Integrating these capabilities into a single multi- ...

Within the increasingly contested undersea operational arena, the Navy needs a tactical and competitive advantage in undersea sensing and detection through improved situational awareness with respect to environmental parameters, such as sound speed profile (SSP) and bottom properties, that affect overall submarine sonar sensor performance. Current approaches for enhancing environmental situational ...

This effort proposes to develop an Integrated Classification and Clustering (ICC) system for AutomaticRadio Frequency Activity Modeling and Pattern Recognition (RF-AMPR). The proposed system consistsof three main components, an RF signal generative model (RFGM), a cyclostationsary feature (CF)extraction module, and the ICC system. The RFGM generates simulated RF data and captures RFactivities pres ...

NP Photonics proposes to develop scalable compact ultra-short pulse laser (USPL) systems at 2 micron by taking advantage of it's mature fiber laser technology and innovative laser technologies based on highly doped glasses. The proposed USPL systems have the advantages of compact size, high scalability, and high reliability. In this Phase I program, we will investigate the feasibility and study th ...

GEOST proposes to develop a non-lethal weapon system based on dual-pulse femtosecond-nanosecond generation of plasma effects (such as flash-bang, thermal, and intelligible voice) at range. In this approach, the femtosecond laser pulse creates a dilute plasma filament, location of which is controlled through the temporal chirping of the laser pulse. The subsequent application of a high-energy nanos ...

Intelligent Automation Inc. (IAI) proposes the design and implementation of the Target Recognition with the Assistance of Artificial Intelligence (TRACE) system that incorporates classical model-based target classification and identification approaches with data-driven machine learning solutions to improve the target classification accuracy. The outcome of the TRACE systems is a set of machine lea ...

Heron Systems proposes Readiness+, a multi-dimensional analysis and predictive capability to improve the value offered by the Automated Logistics Environment (ALE) employed by the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. Adapting successful concepts from industry, a cognitive system capable of both predicting maintenance requirements and suggesting preventative actions will be created. This capability will be built ...

Compact and robust fiber pigtailed high power diode-pumped solid-state lasers are in great demand for wideband radio-frequency photonics applications. As a leading company in single-frequency fiber lasers worldwide, NP Photonics proposes to develop miniature high power high stability single-frequency fiber lasers by using our proprietary fiber laser technology and compact packaging capability. In ...