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Astrapi proposes to apply a fundamentally new physical-layer communication innovation (spiral modulation, SM) to address several key challenges for Air Force Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). SM has the potential to dramatically increase spectral efficiency, enabling Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) wins such as smaller antennas and reduced signal power for the same communication performance. SM-based h ...

We are currently designing a next generation radiation-hardened MCU based on the ARM Cortex-M4 CPU. The MCU was defined in response to requirements that were gathered from a significant number of US Government and commercial aerospace customers who are familiar with VORAGOs existing VA10800 rad-hard MCU based upon the ARM Cortex-M0. Our objective is to qualify the radiation hardened ARM Cortex-M4 ...

A novel process will be used to create metal matrix composite systems with exceptionally high hardness, low friction, and greatly enhanced wear performance. Lightweight metal surfaces will receive a unique ceramic coating that will be bonded beneath the sub-surface of the host metal. These unique materials will provide enhanced wear and performance attributes. Our revolutionary metal matrix compos ...

The Air Force relies on standard operating procedures for operating and maintaining complex systems or equipment. Examples include operating constellations of satellites, checking out an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) before flight, or performing maintenance on an aircraft. Industries also operate and maintain complex equipment such as oil rigs and chemical refineries using procedures. In many cases, ...

The Air Force is a highly complex organization with many different functions like logistics, quality control, auditing, finance/budgeting, compliance and human resources.The organization must ensure mission-readiness to protect the United States and warfighters.The commercial sector shares many of the functions of the Air Force.Commercial technological solutions can help the Air Force improve proc ...

In this SBIR Phase I program, we propose to evaluate use our unique simultaneous self interference cancellation (S-SIX) to enable efficient, low latency communication for warfare communication systems. Our technology enables self-interference from the transmit chain to be cancelled at the receive chain, thus enabling in-band, true full duplex communication. This enables the radios to have listen-w ...

Visualization of complex 3D battlespace in 2D hinders the warfighters ability to rapidly make critical and effective decisions.Resolving depth within a scene improves our spatial understanding and dramatically reduces the cognitive burden associated with situational analysis.A light-field display (LfD) projects perspective correct 3D aerial imagery visible to the unaided eye with the expected visu ...

Titanium alloy forgings and castings are used for torque tubes in aircraft landing gear/braking systems.These relatively massive and complex shaped parts are very expensive.Torque tubes, especially in near proximity to C-C braking components common on military aircraft, are subject to extreme temperatures.Titanium alloys oxidize at high temperatures and this transforms the preferred beta phase to ...

Titanium torque tubes in aircraft braking systems can suffer material property degradation from heat damage in extreme braking events. The Air Force requires a nondestructive inspection (NDI) method to identify heat-damaged titanium torque tubes. Vibrant Corporation performs NDI services in the aerospace industry using its Process Compensated Resonance Testing (PCRT) technology. PCRT uses the reso ...

Atmospheric propagation effects have a profound impact on Directed Energy (DE) High Energy Lasers and electro-optical sensor systems which operate at near infrared and visible wavelengths.In order to provide an accurate assessment of (DE) weapon system effectiveness, several parameters describing the atmospheric conditions must be either measured or modeled.On top of the atmospheric modeling, one ...