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Two-dimensional (2-D) midwave and longwave infrared (MWIR/LWIR) emitter arrays are of great importance in numerous military and commercial applications, including infrared (IR) scene generation and infrared detection system emulation, IR radiometric duplication and counter measurement, medical applications and spectroscopic trace-gas sensing. Existing technologies have limited dynamic range. This ...

Wavelet Technologies, Inc. (WTI) proposes to advance the state of the art for phased array technology deployed on missile defense assets using fractal antenna design principles. These designs will be produced using WTIs proprietary approach to antenna optimization operating on our 32 processor computer. Our software will be extended to optimize conformal antennas and arrays in deployment on missil ...

The goal of this program is to develop solid state power amplifier technologies as a potential replacement for klystron tubes in future communication systems. High voltage gallim nitride (GaN) High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) based Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) will be designed to provide the amplifier block. High power blocks are combined into a high power module (Brick ...

BlueRISCs proposed solution to provide irrefutable tamper evidence in a system that does not contain write-once memory, relies on its UniQore secure processor to manage tamper events and the associated logging mechanisms in a protected and tamper resilient fashion.By relying on UniQores inherent tamper resiliency via its security-centric configurable architecture, when inserted into COTS systems c ...

Combining information from disparate sensors can lead to better situational awareness and improved inference performance; unfortunately, traditional multi-sensor fusion cannot capture complex dependencies among different objects in a scene, nor can it exploit context to further boost performance. Integrating context information within a fusion architecture to reason cohesively about scenes of inte ...

Combining information from disparate sensors can lead to better situational awareness and improved inference performance; unfortunately, traditional multi-sensor fusion cannot capture complex dependencies among different objects in a scene, nor can it exploit context to further boost performance. Integrating context information within a fusion architecture to reason cohesively about scenes of inte ...

We intend to create a software tool, The Fast Rendering Algorithm for Missile Emission Scenes, Version 2 (FRAMES 2.0), that allows for real time modeling of EO/IR plume signatures over a wide variety of threat systems and viewing platforms. The software suites foundation lies in a one-time creation of a look-up table which represents high-fidelity missile plume computations in terms of fluid flow ...

A successful intercept of a missile by a kinetic energy kill vehicle initiates a complex sequence of events and associated observable signatures that occur over a very wide range of temporal, spatial, and spectral scales. The signatures contain important information on the lethality of the intercept and on the contents of the warhead (nuclear, biological, or chemical). The program objective is to ...

The design of space-based optical sensors for detection, identification, and tracking of threat missile launches relies heavily on plume signature simulation models. The development of very capable plume signature models traces back ~50 years. However, because of the complexity of the underlying physics and ever-increasing requirements for improved accuracy and speed, higher spatial resolution, a ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) proposes to design and develop a multifunction conformal antenna system for UHF Flight Termination System (FTS), L-band Global Positioning System (GPS), and S-band Telemetry applications for the SM-3 family of missiles and other platforms. To reduce the depth of protrusion, axial length, and weight of the multifunction antenna while maintaining wide bandwidth and high ...