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The proposed solution automatically co-creates a per-device-unique, configurable secure processor, as well as associated enabling software build environment, enabling unique execution environments, instruction set, and protected memory interfaces. The unique execution environments and protected memory interfaces provide foundational resilience against software, black box, physical, as well as side ...

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 ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to design, develop, and demonstrate a portable, non-invasive, real-time sensor to assess the chemical and physical health of solid rocket motors as a function of age without affecting the motors integrity nor having direct contact with the propellant. In Phase II, a sensor to monitor specific gas species that are markers of the chemical and mechanical aging pr ...

The proposed Second Phase II Project will adapt and scale TelAztecs Random Anti-Reflection (RAR) nano-texture fabrication processes and tooling for multiple beam collimating / combining elements within a high energy laser system. Approved for Public Release | 16-MDA-8863 (22 September 16)

Various processes have been developed to manage uncertainty in data fusion processes so that accurate assessment of threats can be obtained. In our Second Adaptive Management and Mitigation of Uncertainty in Fusion (AMMUF) project, we will extend our probabilistic model of fusion processes to include threat object characterization tasks. This will allow system engineers to reason about different m ...

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 ...

An innovative, super-miniature, fast-switching array-based photonic time delay device is being developed for the active electronically scanned-array (AESA) MDA and Navy radars. The design is based on the fast electro-optic effect, the super miniature fiber-lens collimation array, and the existing WDM photonic true time delay technologies. In Phase I Agiltron has successfully demonstrated the core ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop, evaluate, and test new elements of a sensor fusion architecture for Command, Control, and Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) for Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). PSI proposes an innovative architecture designed to leverage sensor diversity and multimodal feature extraction to provide Enhanced C2BMC functionality in search, track, discrimi ...

Missile defense takes place in a dynamic, uncertain environment. Multi-raid attacks threaten to overload sensor capabilities, leaving fewer sensor resources free to observe each target complex. Moreover, the shift in emphasis toward early intercept, coupled with the growing importance of short- and medium-range threats, reduces the time available for detection, tracking, and discrimination, becaus ...

Detecting, localizing, identifying, tracking, and intercepting multiple and dispersed missiles aimed at multiple and dispersed defended areas, presents a daunting theoretical and practical challenge. The Scientific Systems Company, Inc. team proposes a foundational, information-theoretic and controltheoretic approach. It is based on mathematically modeling a multiplatform-multisensor-multitarget s ...