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The success of DoD's thrusts in Global Surveillance and Precision Strike depends critically on the ability to perform Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) and Hostile Target Identification (HTI). The technologies of modeling, sensor data fusion and adaptive intelligent image processing are key to the success of ATR and HTI. An innovative approach to intelligent model-based image processing and tar ...

THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING NEWLY DEVELOPED MORPHOLOGY-BASED DETECTION ALGORITHMS TO THE POWERLINE DETECTION PROBLEM IN SAR AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY AND TO DESIGN AN OVERALL PROGRAM TO INTEGRATE THIS TECHNOLOGY INTO A COMPLETE MAP VALIDATION AND UPDATING SYSTEM. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS OUR APPROACH IS TWOFOLD. FIRST, DETECTION PERFORMANCE CAN BE DRAMATICALLY IMPROV ...

For this Phase I effort, Observera proposes to develop an attribute based system for automated image quality assessment of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery. Observera's expertise in SAR image analysis, image quality assessment and digital image processing algorithms are uniquely suited to this program. The imagery community uses the Radar National Imagery Interpretation Rating System (RNII ...

Arca Systems proposes to initiate the design and development of an intrusion detection system for the GCCS LES (and similar environments). Many current intrusion detection tools are Unix-based, focused on a single host or on a generally homogeneous distributed environment. The notional GCCS LES environment makes extensive use of distributed architecture, using support from the COTS technologies ...

Physical Sciences, Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop an etching tool based upon its patented Fast Atom Sample Tester (FAST) technology that addresses a critical processing problem faced by manufacturers of Bonded wafers. The fabrication process for bonded wafers results in a 5 mm wide strip of partially delaminated silicon along the perimeter of the 8-in. wafer which can serve as a source of unaccep ...

A PROTOTYPE OF ESM/ELINT RECEIVER SYSTEM UTILIZING ACOUSTIC CHARGE TRANSPORT (ACT) TECHNOLOGY IN AN ADAPTIVE CHANNELIZER IS PROPOSED. THE TYPES OF ACT TECHNOLOGY TO BE EXPLOITED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT ARE TUNABLE FILTERS WITH PROGRAMMABLE BANDWIDTHS AND ADJUSTABLE DELAY LINES FOR DELAY LINE DISCRIMINATORS. A VERY LONG DELAY USING ACT TECHNOLOGY WILL ALSO BE INVESTIGATED. THIS ADAPTIVE RECEIVER BUILDS ...

The research proposed herein is designed to validate the critical technologies required to implement a miniaturized, portable biological agent sensor with 1,000-fold higher sensitivity than prior art devices. This sensor is based on the proprietary Multi Photon Detection (MPD) technology developed by BioTraces, Inc. When used with the Super IRMA assay developed by BioTraces, MPD has enabled the ...

Capturing the rationale behind decision making in design plays an important role to explain a design, redesign and/or reuse an existing design. Existing design rationale models suffer from the lack of integrating rationale with the design process. The integration is crucial for the domain of software design due to its complexity. A model for design rationale capture and its related knowledge ba ...

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In this proposal, Quadrant Engineering seeks SBIR funds to investigate development of an antenna element location measurement system suitable for compensating platform motions in airborne millimeter-wave antenna arrays. During Phase 1 we plan to evaluate three different approaches termed direct, active, and passive. In the direct approach, motion sensors attached to the antenna will be used to d ...