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This first phase will be the beginning of a complete and comprehensive program that will improve UUV detection and classification through advanced processing methods, data fusion and sensor integration. This will enhance current and future harbor protection systems to counter the emerging underwater threat. Phase 1 will result in a system design that will be developed based on a thorough assessmen ...

Implementing multiple object payloads on a single boost vehicle is a force multiplier that has the potential to overcome countermeasure challenges. The LoadPath Multiple Object Deployment System (MODS) is an advanced mechanism that will enable reliable Multi-Object Payloadrestraint and deployment.MODS provides a compact integrated design that supports varying quantities of kill vehicles per booste ...

Gallium nitride (GaN) has opened the door to solid-state replacements of tube type amplifiers, with commercially-available units starting at low frequencies and continuing to Ku-band.Lower frequencies amplifiers can be constructed using hybrid techniques, where unmatched power field effect transistors (FETs) of large periphery can be made into unit-cell amplifiers using microstrip matching network ...

Luna Innovations will develop technology to nondestructively detect red plague in silver-plated copper wire. The galvanic corrosion between silver and copper which causes red plague is not reliably detectable with conventional cable test equipment and methods and detection instead relies upon destructive techniques, such as stripping off the insulation. Nondestructive red plague detection technolo ...

Rotorcraft landing and takeoff is dangerous in environments where obstacles, particularly wires or power lines, exist, and pilot vision is degraded by obscurants such as dust, smoke, fog, rain and snow. This SBIR would focus on a radar solution to detecting wires and power cables when landing in a visually degraded environment. Existing data for wires and power lines with millimeter wave radars pr ...

Graf Research proposes to create the GR-TLogger, a tamper logger that makes use of the key management capabilities of next-generation secure FPGAs to store tamper logs that are information rich, semi-permanent, and irrefutable.

Modeling and simulation has long played a crucial role in the design and development of High Energy laser systems.Historically, two distinct types of optical performance models for HEL system models have been very important: wave optics models, and scaling law models.Wave optics models are both more accurate and more robust, yielding reliable performance predictions even for systems incorporating ...

The team of ATA and SNL is developing the Shock Hardened Inertial Measurement Unit (SHIMU) with robust MEMS inertial components that can survive severe shock and vibration loads and operate effectively during the launch sequence and high-G maneuvers typical of missile defense applications.Enabling technologies include very high aspect ratio proof mass suspensions that provide high out-of-plane mot ...

Optomec and its industry partners propose applying Optomec's proprietary laser engineered net shape (LENS) additive manufacturing technology and methodology to the fabrication of refractory metal components. These fabrications are related to the post-boost control system (PBCS) hot-gas valves and manifold components for the D5 Trident II missile. Phase I activities will involve process development ...

ABSTRACT: Chalcogenide glass fibers are commercially available and are used for delivery of mid-infrared wavelengths (1.5um to 6.5um). These fibers allow compact, robust and low-weight laser platforms designs. Laser systems in high-power and high-stress environments find their reliability and performance limited due to free-space optical components. Free-space components suffer from vibration a ...