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Technology Service Corporation (TSC) proposes to identify Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) scenarios of interest, and assess a wide variety of advanced state-of-the-art Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies for post-intercept and other forms of debris, clutter, and electronic attack/electronic protection (EA/EP) applications in missile defense radars. The stu ...

Intelligent Automation, Incorporated (IAI) proposes an Automatic Machine Learning based Code Patching (AMELIA) framework to generate effective and efficient source code level patches. AMELIA first converts source code written in different programing languages into a language/target independent Intermediate Representation (IR). The collected IR code is then fed into Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) to t ...

Intelligent Automation proposes to develop a specialized computer vision processor leveraging Single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) execution mechanism to achieve high throughput processing. Plan to leverage Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) and Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) techniques to make the processing system robust against the radiation impact. Simulations will be used to estimate ...

This proposal offers a solution to provide near real-time processing of large-format imaging sensors with a heterogeneous combination of central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing unit (GPU), and field programmable gate array (FPGA) resources. In phase I, evaluate several candidate devices, perform preliminary architecture and trade studies, and create a laboratory proof of concept unit to ...

Plan to develop materials and processes for the additive manufacturing of thermal protection and management materials and systems for hypersonic vehicles. NanoSonic will extrude standard monofilament of a polymer derived ceramic consisting of a low temperature polymer binder and high temperature carbide and nitride powder fillers. The polymer derived ceramic will be designed to have two effective ...

This Phase I project has two primary objectives. The first objective is to evaluate the feasibility of a fully ion implanted fabrication process based on the heterodimensional 2-D MESFET. The new device, the 2-D JFET, will have p+ ion implanted sidegates which laterally modulate a thin, highly doped n-type conducting channel. The 2-D JFET should have excellent high speed, low power characteristics ...

Using newly developed II-VI photorefractive semiconductors as time integrator and high performance TeO2 acousto optic deflectors (AODs), Brimrose proposes to develop a compact RF signal processor useful in radar signal processing. The high sensitivity of this relatively new photorefractives, in the wavelength range of 0.63ym to 1.6,um, will allow signal processing using low power near infrared las ...

Epitaxial Technologies proposes to develop the enabling material technology for the fabrication of programmable multi-wavelength photodetector arrays. We will perform material and device design to determlne suitable material structures and epitaxial wafer growth processes. We will investigate the use of compound semiconductor structures lattice matched to InP. The main goal of this proposed Phase ...

Novel ionic self-assembled monolayer (ISAM) processes for the fabrication of advanced electronic materials and devices will be developed through this program. Revolutionary ISAM methods to create nanostructured multi-layer inorganic/organic thin-films offer major advantages over conventional manufacturing processes, since the process is simple, low-cost and environmentally friendly in that no vola ...

F&S and Virginia Tech will cooperatively develop high performance protective ionic self-assembled monolayer (ISAM) organic/inorganic coatings for space-based optical and structural components, and work with Litton to upscale practical coating manufacturing. Revolutionary ISAM methods of creating multi-layer protective nanopartwcle films offer major advantages over con-ventional coating processes, ...