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This Phase II effort aims to deliver robust, reliable software that instantiates state-of-the-art feedback pseudospectral optimal control algorithms for flight trajectory optimization. The computation and real-time implementation of controls in nonlinear systems remains one of the great challenges for applying optimal control theory in demanding aerospace and industrial systems. From proportional ...

The pseudospectral optimal control (PSOC) problem is used for rapid trajectory optimization and provides the ability to re-optimize during flight. This technology was implemented on a Navy-relevant mission, and pseudo-real-time operation was demonstrated. The technical readiness level at the end of the Phase I program is a concept that has been shown to be feasible using analysis and simulation. T ...

Vacuum Process Engineering, Inc. (VPE), in collaboration with the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), proposes to develop and quantitatively verify a large scale production process for scandate tungsten nanocomposite powder to be used in high current density and long life cathodes during the Phase II effort. The plan for implementation of the large scale production process at VPE with powd ...

Naval Special Warfare needs to improve the thermal control subsystems on the SEAL Delivery Vehicle to provide heated or cooled water to the operators during transit in water temperatures from approximately 35°F or above 95°F. Unprotected operation in these environments, and the resulting core body temperature change of more than ~5°F risk serious injury, and lasting muscular-skeletal damage. Th ...

Navy talent management must evolve to keep pace with the demands of new technology, new battlefields, and new enemy tactics in the face of budget reductions. It must fully utilize the existing skills of Navy personnel, and it must optimize the detailing and subsequent training of personnel to reduce costs and maximize job effectiveness. Transfer is key to talent management; optimal talent manageme ...

Grammars for Graph-based Assessment of Mission Readiness (GGRAMR) provides a framework for estimating measures of performance (MOPs) based on diverse data stored in large graph databases. GGRAMR starts with information stored in a service-wide Rya graph database (Punnoose, Crainiceanu, and Rapp, 2012), transforms the big graph into a new graph that directly calculates readiness assessments, and th ...

Social media is transforming the way people around the world share messages, receive information, and come together to act. Unlike most traditional media, social media’s technical foundation enables messages to spread quickly and widely. This technology can also be used to disguise the true source of messages and produce automated messages that may have influential and manipulative effects on po ...

Cyber physical systems are employed widely in Navy operations. As these systems become more interconnected, they become more exposed to cyber-attacks. Traditional fault tolerance techniques that use redundant hardware and software are designed for physical and random failures that are unintentional; they are far less effective against intentional attacks that target all redundant components. There ...

SA Photonics is pleased to propose the SOCRATES free space optical communication and sensing system featuring the Photonic Optical Multicast Mast Unit (POMMU). SOCRATES enables 360 degree multicast capability of high bandwidth communication in addition to threat search and tracking capability. SA Photonics will team with Prof. Michael Kudenov at North Carolina State University who will investigate ...

The Shallow Water and Surf Zone Minehunting program (MAD SWARM) is described that spans the development and demonstration of swarming micro-air vehicles (MAV’s) equipped with Magnetic Anomaly Detectors (MAD’s) to autonomously detect and locate mine targets in shallow water and the surf zone. The MAD Swarm system incorporates low cost micro-air vehicle (MAV) technology, swarming sensor search/c ...