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Toyon Research Corporation and the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) propose an advanced development project that includes leveraging the AFIT Sensor and Scene Emulation Tool (ASSET), automated target recognition and acquisition algorithm development, and efficient software implementations of the developed algorithms. ASSET will be modified and optimized to create a wide range of data obser ...

Critical minerals are essential components in many modern technologies used by modern society and the global economy. Finding new sources of critical materials depends on having accurate data regarding the geology of potential sites. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has an extensive collection of geological maps containing detailed information about various geological features, such as r ...

K2 Space is developing the Giga Class satellite bus, an ultra-high-power spacecraft capable of delivering over 115kW of power and 15,000kg of payload mass to enable previously unattainable capabilities spanning ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconna

Detecting and Avoiding (DAA) manned aircraft from small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) remains the unsolved problem for safe integration of sUAS into civil airspaces where Navy UAS must pay Due Regard to the laws of civil aviation. The difficulties are manifold. The solution requires both ultra-low SWaP sensors that track aircraft over long ranges, providing 360o field-of-regard (FOR), and often ...

In this STTR, Caliola and the University of Southern California (USC) are jointly exploring the application of message passing algorithms (MPA) to solve complex combinatorial optimization problems. In Phase I, we demonstrated for the first time that MPA-based solvers for multiple problems can be connected in a comprehensive architecture to solve a hierarchical planning problem that arises in air t ...

SARA has developed an onboard passive acoustic sensor system, the Passive Acoustic Non-cooperative Collision Avoidance System (PANCAS), that allows manned and unmanned aircraft to operate safely in the same airspace. SARA will integrate this system into a

In Phase II, the Attollo team proposes to investigate the growth and fabrication techniques of LWIR SLS and associated variants to meet the target objectives. Our plan is to push the envelope further by increasing the absorption coefficient, improving the material quality and carrier lifetime, and reducing any surface leakage contribution from detector fabrication. At the end of Phase II, we expec ...

Continuing advances in solid state storage technology have enabled detachable storage devices that are inexpensive, high bandwidth and high capacity, making them practical for sharing even large amounts of data among devices that need not be networked.  For this reason, they are very attractive as a mechanism for secure data storage as well as transfer. Unfortunately the current generation of me ...

The Critical Importance of DevSecOps: Pretty much everything these days now runs on software. It has become widely understood that enhanced software is critical to new weapons capabilities. The ability to gather intelligence, target, and direct kinetic fo

During Phase I of this STTR project, CMSoft and Virginia Tech completed the design of a Chimera-based approach for coupling Kestrel with AERO Suite in order to enable: the simulation of parachute inflation dynamics and various other operations of Aerodyna