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The Navy and other government-sponsored agencies use the P-3 aircraft. Due to the diverse missions and limited number of P-3 aircraft, the most economical and expeditious way to enhance operations and assure crew safety would be to incorporate low-cost expendable tactical unmanned air vehicles (UAV's). If UAVs were incorporated into each P-3, a load-out of sonobuoy launched UAV's with interchange ...

In Phase I, a desiccant-free, thin-film encapsulation method on OLED devices will be implemented that improves display performance, both in terms of the life of the device as well as the cost of manufacturing. Specifically, a novel thin-film layer structure using vacuum deposition will demonstrate negligible moisture permeation (

The use of painted camouflage patterns on military hardware is a time-tested, cost-effective and practical countermeasure against human vision and aided vision target acquisition systems in many combat scenarios. However, the ability to integrate advanced patterns and optical effects is inherently limited by painting techniques. By contrast, advanced reel-to-reel film processing technologies yi ...

Underwater acoustic modeling plays an essential role in the design, development, test, and operation of sonar systems. Active acoustic clutter can increase the sonar false alert rate or equivalently decrease the probability of detection/classification, and is a key issue in the development and utility of active sonar systems. The ability to predict reverberation and clutter is inseparably tied to ...

We propose to perform innovative research towards the development of a new WDM fiber optic network architecture standard for aerospace platforms that will not just supplement current networks, but completely replace all legacy networks to maximize the benefits of fiber optic network technology and revolutionize networking in aerospace platforms. Our approach is to combine expertise in optical netw ...

Multi-mission systems of the future will require antenna systems with increased aperture size to meet the challenging communications and surveillance requirements. This will include performance in severe interference situations. Planar arrays mounted on either the side, top or bottom of current airframes are impractical, if not aerodynamically unstable. Consequently, the Navy is investing in new ...

This effort is to develop a novel knowledge-based reduced-rank STAP algorithm that can compensate for failures of individual array channels and compare its performance with the direct data domain (D3) STAP algorithms. Particularly, we will investigate the performance of reduced rank and D3 STAP algorithms for an array of electrically short elements. We believe that the combination of array design ...

This program is focused on growth of thick low doped Silicon Carbide epitaxial layers suitable for ultra-high voltage (10-15 kV) SiC bipolar power devices using improved epitaxial growth chemistries and reactor design. This Phase II STTR program will focus on extending the growth rates achieved in Phase I, and to realize epitaxial layers that alleviate VF drift in SiC bipolar devices. Reactor desi ...

Standard protocols such as SSL, SSH, etc. are implemented as one-size-fits-all libraries. To maximize compatibility, these libraries implement rarely used features that increase attack surface. Examples include the SSL Heart Beat feature (HeartBleed) and weak SSH ciphers (LOGJAM).The Navy would like to reduce software attack surface by removing unused protocol features. Our proposal, LeastProtocol ...

Cyberspace includes a wide range of physical networks, storage and computing devices, applications, and users with different roles and requirements. These can be grouped into three layers: Physical, Logical, and Cyber-persona layers. Securing and protecting such complex and dynamic cyberspace resources and services are grand challenges. This project aims at developing a multi-layer anomaly behavio ...