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Satellite Imagery in Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), in conjunction with imagery intelligence (IMINT), geospatial information, and other means of gaining intelligence, has greatly improved the potential of the warfighter and decision makers enabling them to gain a more comprehensive perspective, an in-depth understanding, and a cross-functional awareness of the operational environment. The Artif ...

The US requires standoff precision strike capabilities in GPS-denied and high threat environments. This includes fire-and-forget lock-after-launch vision-based guidance for SOPGM. Due to emerging threats, a paradigm shift is occurring in the way we gather intelligence, maintain surveillance, and perform reconnaissance. ISR platforms are evolving, and artificial intelligence is at the forefront of ...

Precision-guided munitions have demonstrated dramatic effects with minimal collateral damage. New technology developed specifically to deny them accurate guidance information is now feasible, even for non-traditional adversaries. Further, digital communications are flooding the air with signals that interfere with communications many guidance methods rely on. Swarms of small, covert small Uncrewed ...

Triton Systems, Inc. (developer of breakthrough technologies and products) and our academic partner propose an innovative approach to incorporate RF transparent windows, conformal antenna technology, and supporting apertures on gun-launched smart projectiles with hypersonic capability.  Our conceptual design combines a novel hypersonic-proven RF transparent window with an innovative approach to d ...

Low noise optical amplifiers with watt-class optical power are a critical component for a variety of applications such as free space optical communications, light detection and ranging (LIDAR), high-performance microwave photonics (MWP) and so on. Traditionally, such applications have utilized erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). Although capable of generating high powers and the required low-no ...

PseudolithIC Inc. and Michigan State University (MSU) are pleased to offer the CoUNTER proposal to address the threat posed by the proliferation of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) with a codesigned hardware-signal processing approach. This proposal combines the benefits of mm-Wave signals, advanced MIMO architectures and novel micro-Doppler signal processing to deliver superior active radar perform ...

Bacterial infections are particularly significant for military personnel in situations where there may be a long delay between the injury and treatment at a hospital or clinic. The development of an effective, portable light-based system which can operate in both military hospitals and far-forward situations is proposed. Proof-of-principle will be demonstrated by constructing a bench top level, li ...

A lightweight concrete scanner is desired that measures thickness, concrete strength, and rebar location so that the fortitude of concrete structures can be assessed. Because each of these attributes is best measured with a different type of sensor, a multi-mode concrete scanner is proposed that combines ground penetrating radar (GPR) and elastic wave measurements (such as impact-echo and surface ...

Quantum Ventura Inc in collaboration with CalTech propose to develop a meta optic element to reduce the power consumption requirements and latency in high-speed target recognition applications including hypesonic vehicles. As part of Phase 1 effort, we plan to develop and demonstrate a thin (

This program will develop a novel, low environment, safety, and occupational health (ESOH) risk coating system capable of mitigating the long wave infrared (LWIR) signature of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This will be achieved through a first in class biosynthetic approach to graft the biosynthetic pathway of the bio-pigment xanthommatin into a microbial host. The pigment produced through t ...