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We propose to develop a model-based system architecture for modeling and controlling AESA radars. We plan to make use of MBSE and SysML to model the AESA radar and possibly elements of an associated SRM.  The AFSIM simulation will be used to model multiple targets, sensors, and sensor platforms. We expect that AFSIM will need to be augmented to allow for effective development of both the AESA rad ...

The increasing proliferation of mobile missile technology, as well as the adoption of CONOPs that hide launchers between deployments, are driving a need for the capability to identify fleeting targets while they are in motion.   Radar sensors are essential for this capability, as other sensors cannot perform in all weather and light conditions.  Because vehicles move straight the vast majority ...

Future battlefields are expected to be heavily contested by near peer adversaries boasting integrated air defense systems (IADS) with advanced radar systems, lethal surface to air threats, and effective electronic warfare (EW) capabilities. The collaborative nature of munition swarms makes them a potentially effective technology for not only delivering kinetic effects to the IADS components, but a ...

Star trackers are ubiquitous in space applications, providing accurate absolute pointing calibration to satellites and other space based systems. However, most celestial scenes are extremely sparse, featuring relatively few stars on a fixed black background, wasting power and data processing on nearly featureless images. The inefficient data usage combined with motion blur associated with platform ...

In response to the Air Force Solicitation AF222-0020 requesting development of an ultra-wideband high efficiency power amplifier to support a wide range of use-cases, the Space Micro/ASU team proposes to architect, design, and simulate an efficient gallium nitride (GaN) based power amplifier (PA) that targets a contiguous operational frequency band from 2 to 18 GHz. As detailed in the Air Force’ ...

The introduction of the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC analog-to-digital system‑on‑chip with eight or sixteen digital channels, each sampling at 4 Gsps and higher, has provided a significant increase in the channel density and performance of many software defined radios. The inclusion of the RFSoC in OpenVPX and SOSA-compliant cards is allowing compact VPX-based systems to implement more comple ...

The complex problem of disabling a vehicle/vessel or swarms of drones using high power microwave energy can be achieved with the proper application of optimized, effective RF waveforms generated from a software defined baseband modulator (containing a waveforms library), conditioned through a RF preamplifier subsystem to proper RF input drive levels, then subsequently transmitted through an optimi ...

There is a need for low cost, low SWAP, high accuracy, continuous attitude determination for space vehicles. HEADS will enable the by utilizing COTS event cameras and ExoAnalytic Solutions, Inc.’s extensive experience. In Phase I, HEADS will determine the feasibility of an event-based star tracker. HEADS will address the need for attitude determination solutions in by leveraging the tracking and ...

Track classification through feature measurements is a crucial component of any ISR system, especially those ultimately focused on target engagement. Classification algorithms typically rely on training data that consists of labeled features. The algorithm then learns the class-conditional likelihood functions for the feature. In a multi-sensor classification setting, each sensor system has been t ...

Imaging seekers have some remarkable advantages over traditional quad cell based laser seekers. The vast increase in information allows for many new capabilities, but current imagers lack the incredibly high bandwidth of quad cell detectors, which has been relied on for target discrimination. In seeking to replace quad cell SAL seekers with imaging SAL seekers, a priority is to first replicate eve ...