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Commodity graphics processing units (GPUs) offer tremendous computational throughput for relatively little cost. They have been shown to outperform microprocessors in the important metrics of FLOPS/dollar, FLOPS/Watt, and FLOPS/unit space and have already been applied to a wide range of numerically intense problems. In Phase I of this project, we demonstrated their potential to enhance complex C ...

The ultimate goal of this Commercialization Pilot Program (CPP) effort is to design, build, and integrate flight-ready custom electronics for a 220-channel MMW distributed-aperture imager. This work bases on a previous SBIR project, in which we constructed a single-channel prototype of the phase control electronics in a laboratory (breadboard) environment. To enable control of a 220-channel system ...

In this Phase I SBIR effort we will investigate the feasibility of design and optimization of an optically interconnected optical router using a photonic crystal-based switching fabric and by carefully engineering the spatial and temporal properties of such periodic structures. We will take multiple design parameters into account to optimize the optical backplane to account for variations in opera ...

The SEA-SQUID™ is an integrated swimmer defense system (ISDS) that is safe, non-lethal, man-portable, and effective in littoral warfare, port security, riverine and row-guard operations involving combatant swimmers, divers, and divers using propulsion vehicles. The SEA-SQUID™ provides a robust, reliable, and cost-effective swimmer and diver defense system that is capable of integrating with ex ...

ESA is pleased to provide the following proposal regarding the Lidar Collision Avoidance Bathymetry System (L-CABS™), an above-water, laser-based, forward-looking collision avoidance and bathymetry sensor system. The significance of this innovation is the use of lidar sensors mounted above the water surface. Lidar is a mature technology that has been proven in numerous applications, including bu ...

For the Phase I effort, a team comprised of experts in the areas of alternative high performance computing architectures such as the GPU, IBM Cell BE and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (Research Institution), and finite element analysis and continuum mechanics (Global Engineering Research and Technologies) has been formed to design and develop a framework and a library of algorithms optimized for ...

For the Phase I effort, Global Engineering and Research Technologies (GERT) will develop a validated methodology to predict damage initiation and growth or durability of composite materials under cyclic loading in extreme temperature conditions. This effort will demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method by considering both laminated or woven composite materials while including the effect ...

The Unmanned Systems market is exploding with applications, products and services. For example, an increasing number of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are serving the military, commercial and research markets today. To better serve these markets, it would be beneficial if the beginning design stages of UAS development included the capability to support multiple sensors, payloads, and concept of o ...

An expedited and economical nanostructural sampling and analysis of semiconductor devices will be crucial to accelerated product development and rapid introduction of these technologies to the market with a higher quality at a lower cost. The proposed effort aims to carry out the next phase of development activities, geared toward realization of the above objective. We successfully demonstrated ...

The state-of-the-art FPA manufacturing technologies commonly generate some critical defects in the pixel elements, which adversely impact their operability and reliability. In Phase I, the feasibility of identifying, analyzing, and on exemplary basis, eliminating these defects indirectly through nanostructural analysis was demonstrated. In Phase II, this defect analysis and correlation approach ...