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To realize the full potential of autonomous systems, it is imperative that they behave safely, correctly, ethically, and legally. Providing these assurances through offline verification alone is insufficient, due to the complex and changing nature of autonomous systems. Online monitoring and corrective actions are necessary to account for uncertainties, and to increase trust between a human superv ...

Lidar operates as a pair of synchronized photon emitter and receiver, where the receiver detects the emitted photons reflected from the target. The photon emission is temporally modulated into pulses, and the receiver detects the temporal modulation in the reflected photons and derives target range information, similar to the radar. The most common temporal modulation in lidars is by laser pulses ...

A hybrid simulation tool based on the immersogeometric compressible-flow fluid-structure interaction (FSI) modeling, data measured from in-flight sensor, deep learning, and multiaxial fatigue damage evaluation will be developed to predict fixed-wing aircraft’s buffet loads and their induced fatigue damage. The project will leverage the existing high-fidelity compressible-flow CFD code developed ...

Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. (GEM), along with its team member Virginia Tech (VT), proposes a new approach for quick repair of corroded fastener holes using an emerging solid-state process, additive friction stir deposition (AFSD). AFSD integrates the friction stir principle with a robust material feeding mechanism to enable site-specific deposition. Renowned for low cost, high speed, ea ...

In response to N192-090, MaXentric and Dr. Vardy will be collaborating on a solution codenamed PCRCCTL (Polar CRC Codes for Tactical Links). This solution will allow wireless communications to have faster decoding and encoding which will in turn allow better utilization of the channel capacity. MaXentric will be leveraging Dr. Vardy’s over 15 years of experience with polar codes and our team’s ...

Verus Research and the University of New Mexico (UNM) are pleased to respond to the Navy Phase I STTR solicitation N19A-T001 titled “Optimized Higher Power Microwave Sources.” Verus Research, in collaboration with UNM, propose to develop a GW-class, S-band, high power microwave (HPM) source to integrate in vehicle and vessel stopping systems. Our integrated approach ensures the objectives for ...

Global Engineering and Materials, Inc. (GEM) along with its team member, the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-M), propose to develop printed polymer reinforcement via additive manufacturing to provide patterns at the interlaminar regions in traditional prepreg composites with the goal of improving their interlaminar properties under mixed mode loading. Two key components will be performed under ...

This project develops an atomically-referenced vector magnetometer with a goal of substantial improvements in the drift of the sensor relative to existing solid state sensors such as fluxgate magnetometers.

Improved magnetic anomaly detection can counter threats from quieter submarines and mines. This Phase I STTR project will address this goal using improved atomic magnetometry methods based on pumping alignment coherence in rubidium vapor. A means of changing the polarization of the pump light will ensure that atomic coherence can be pumped in any orientation of the magnetic field. Multiple probe b ...

Transparent Sky LLC (TSky) and UltraHiNet LLC propose algorithms systems for precision computation in real-time of 3D (RT3D) models using low size, weight, and power (SWaP) architectures. Results exploit the successful Phase I algorithm, Shell3D, that over 100 times faster than leading algorithms. Further work will: • Build and test a prototype system for UAV use. • Develop field-testable soft ...