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Low Altitude Sensing Helmet -(LASH) is to provide for pilot night vision when using small non-military planes to operate using unimproved landing areas around the globe. LASH will use SWIR (Short Wave IR) and LWIR (Long Wave IR) technology sensors to provide improved night vision in specified conditions.

Ibis’ baseline design balances the competing demands of low cost and high performance. The proposed baseline allows for the incorporation of high-rate production technologies which also provide the most functional shapes, minimizing cost and maximizing performance. Ibis’ layout features a streamlined fuselage, high aspect ratio swept wings and non-foldable tail-planes which sum up to ...

The MetNet Space Consortium is currently developing a network of LEO small weather satellite constellations including imagers, upper atmosphere dynamics, microwave, space weather, and most importantly Hyperspectral IR Sounders. The proposed Compact Hyperspectral Infrared Sounding Instrument (CHISI) mission would provide one of the top observations needed for improving weather forecasts through tem ...

Next generation hypersonic vehicles require advanced thermal protection systems (TPS) to meet performance objectives. The development of these advanced systems requires the continued research of materials that have a TPS pedigree, i.e., carbon-carbon (C-C) composites. At least for short durations, C-C has the capability to withstand very high temperatures while maintaining structural integrity. Ev ...

The properties of carbon-carbon composites often exhibit significant variability due to variations in processing conditions and spatial variations inherent in the material structure of fabric-reinforced composite materials. The proposed Phase I program will address these issues, and will identify, develop, and demonstrate novel methods for simulating the processing and mechanical response of C/C m ...

Predictive Cyber Protection, based on software developed at the Army Research Lab, assesses risk on six metrics: 1) vulnerability, 2) accessibility, 3) resilience, 4) control, 5) effect on the overall system, and 6) recoverability. The risk assessment scores for each of the 6 parameters are plotted on a graph, forming a visually ingestible polygon, of which the surface area is geometrically determ ...

During Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3), parajumpers and medics document patient care during pre-hospital care via physical methods including TC3 Cards. Paper-based methods offer easy and efficient distribution, but they suffer from limitations as the sole means of documentation. This includes vulnerability to destruction due to environmental conditions, loss during patient hand-offs or being r ...

The Helmet Vue is a helmet mounted thermal imaging system currently available to firefighters and first responders to provide visibility in total darkness and smoke filled environments.

Threat signature phenomenology plays an increasingly important role in the development of a wide variety of missile warning technologies, both at the tactical and strategic levels. There has been a recent proliferation of the number of missiles developed that use trajectory-shaping maneuvers as a method of range and flight profile control. This trend is also driven by the desire for advanced opera ...

This Phase I SBIR proposal describes the development of a hybrid modeling approach which uses both engineering solutions and high fidelity CFD solutions, to model maneuvering boost phase and reentry systems flying at angle of attack. The solution technique employs a 3D flowfield morphing technique which can be used as both a high fidelity flowfield interpolator or extrapolator to incorporate 3D sp ...