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Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are at the core of Air Force scientific priorities in air vehicle design. The goal of this STTR is to provide unprecedent computational power to the solution of large-scale PDE problems in 3D through the use of reconfigurable computing linear equation solvers based on iterative methods. The result of this research will be packaged in a system that, by the e ...

The primary focus of this investigation is to develop techniques to bring all the “parts” together by creating the models that comprise the cybercraft system and to investigate methods that support commanders in deploying cyber assets to achieve a specific mission task. This effort fills an important niche in the evolving concept of cybercraft.

This proposal describes an ontological approach for the development of the cybercraft concept. A methodology is presented to capture and define the cybercraft components, data, and interfaces. The methodology is used in a collaborative effort to ensure the knowledge capture process includes relevant players in the cybercraft community. A number of technological tools are proposed to assist in the ...

3 Sigma Research proposes an innovative approach to develop an enterprise-wide software solution to security classification re-grading that facilitates secure information assurance in a Global Information Grid (GIG) framework. Our Packaged ONtology Certificate (PONC) Investigation (PONC-I) explores the concept for an enterprise information architecture that makes use of a PONC to extend automated ...

This STTR phase II proposal addresses AFOSR's task to: "Develop seamless, easy to use, efficient code to calculate electronic wave functions and potential energy surfaces of molecules and predict kinetic rate constants for reactions a priori." This is a long-unsolved problem, fundamental to chemistry, where quantum chemical methods must be extremely accurate to yield reliable rate constants. Yet u ...

Many military missions involve the use of equipment that requires small batteries for power where AC grid power is unavailable. Also, there is a need for a high quality power output device that conditions a power input to make it suitable to power sensitive communications equipment. The weight of this equipment is also a factor which affects Its usefullness in quick moving military situations. M ...

DARPA is seeking technologies that will enable the production and use of high altitude, long endurance (HALE) aircraft. Requirements for this application include a light weight and low storage volume to allow easier delivery of the vehicle to such altitudes. Ultraviolet (UV) light rigidizable inflatable wings offer a means of achieving the high packing efficiency required as well as offering the ...

The aims and opportunities of Photo-Automatic-Linking for 3-D Facial-Imaging System(PALS-3D) are focused on innovative development, iterative evolving, and near-term fielding of modular inexpensive imaging systems that enable users to capture a person’s face in three dimensions(3-D) and identify the individual based on two dimensions(2-D) and/or 3-D baseline imagery using lightweight, low power, ...

Users of OneSAF are offered the potential to specify entity behaviors using a flowchart-based composer. However, that tool lacks utility because it is schematic instead of graphical, and does not foster intuitive understanding of temporal relationships. The goal of the proposed project is to simplify the behavior composing process, supplementing the composer architecture with a graphical interfa ...

The conceptual design of a novel, hypersonic electromagnetic launch system has been developed. Phase-1 assumed a 100-kg projectile leaving the launcher at 7,000 m/sec. The projectile is propelled and levitated by electromagnetic forces inside a tube filled with low pressure helium. A controlled acceleration profile, fully adjustable to the requirements of various missions, is used to reach 5000 ge ...