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Because Navy Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) are often not connected to IP networks, yet still may be vulnerable to cyber attack, there is an urgent need for a portable device that can be connected to a variety of non-IP CPSs to assess their security posture. SIFT proposes to develop the CRIMSON Portable Red Team to automatically extract firmware from a target, analyze the firmware to find zero-day ...

Future DoD and Navy missions require advances in current high voltage power electronics technology. In this proposed effort, Agnitron will investigate the limitations of existing MOCVD technology and propose solutions towards an MOCVD system for Gallium Nitride capable of growth rates over 10um per hour at pressures from low to super atmospheric. The goal is to achieve low background concentration ...

Titanium torque tubes in aircraft braking systems can suffer material property degradation from heat damage in extreme braking events. The Air Force requires a nondestructive inspection (NDI) method to identify heat-damaged titanium torque tubes. Vibrant Corporation performs NDI services in the aerospace industry using its Process Compensated Resonance Testing (PCRT) technology. PCRT uses the reso ...

Atmospheric propagation effects have a profound impact on Directed Energy (DE) High Energy Lasers and electro-optical sensor systems which operate at near infrared and visible wavelengths.In order to provide an accurate assessment of (DE) weapon system effectiveness, several parameters describing the atmospheric conditions must be either measured or modeled.On top of the atmospheric modeling, one ...

MZA has teamed with the University of Notre Dame in the development of a surrogate model for jitter estimation in optical turret designs for aircraft laser weapon systems which applies our expertise in physics modeling of aerodynamic loading, turret-optics structural dynamics analysis, optical design, and beam control systems assessment.We make use of existing optical turret wind tunnel data, alon ...

A 32-bit, low-power, microcontroller will be developed that operates over a -55C to +200C temperature range and is architected for next generation aerospace systems with an operational lifetime exceeding 10,000 hours. The technology and processes developed and demonstrated through this SBIR program can be rapidly applied to other integrated circuits with similar environmental and reliability requi ...

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Applied Technology Associates (ATA) proposes to develop the Precision Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for Spacecraft Applications (PISA), which will provide position, velocity, and acceleration information for Air Force SmallSat and CubeSat spacecraft.To achieve this objective, we will leverage our inertial instrument development experience and resources to produce a low-SWaP, navigation-grade IMU ...

The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV) is focused on developing qualification processes for AM components for launch and space vehicles. Among the needs AFRL/RV has identified are processes for material characterization, rapid component validation, model validation, non-destructive evaluation (NDE), and process monitoring that will reduce the cost and time to qualif ...

In small business innovative research (SBIR), Management Sciences, Inc. (MSI) is producing a miniature embeddable processing and instrumentation chip (Mini-EPIC) that is so small it fits inside the shell of an aerospace wiring connector. We propose innovative research that will employ the Mini-EPIC in a form factor to perform automatic moving target acquisition, tracking and aim point selection. P ...