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Infrared image generation for IR sensor development and testing are currently large workstations costing several hundreds of thousands of dollars. Performance and image resolution is the key limiting factors of using PC hardware for this task. Usingdistributed processing, and intelligent algorithms, along with the forthcoming advances in PC graphics hardware; the next generation of real-time image ...

Traditionally, simulation and training systems have been focused on terrain that are open and vast, representing desert regions and other areas of conflict. However, as urban areas have increasingly becoming sites of conflict throughout the world, and areexpected to remain so in the near future, new approaches to simulation and training are being considered. The complexities of the urban environ ...

The growth in capabilities of Personal Computers over the past decade has been extraordinary. Until recently, large computational resource dictated the use of specialized hardware. With the phenomenal growth of capabilities of workstation grade personalcomputer systems, the range of potential applications that can be addressed with consumer off the shelf computational systems has expanded signif ...

In order to eliminate costly redesign and re-development of digital and HWIL simulations for IR sensors, the U.S Army has recognized the need for a commonality between IR Scene generators for these domains. Currently, digital (non-real-time) and HWIL(real-time) simulations for IR sensor development and testing are custom designed by vendors. Algorithms and performance are then verified, validated ...

Conformal antennas for VHF/UHF have multiple uses, but the Phase I effort by Sciperio was focused on the design of a SLICE band omni-directional UHF antenna for integration within a soldiers helmet. The Phase I results for this conformal concept wereproof of the feasibility of designing an antenna capable of being integrated within or onto the surface of a Kevlar helmet. The antenna consists of ...

Conventional antennas are often not suitable for military applications due to shape and size constraints imposed by the competing demands for good radio-frequency-specific electromagnetic resonance with high durability and low visibility. Consequently,numerous varieties of antennas have been created over the years to help solve these electrical and mechanical constraints. Sciperio has developed ...

The objective of this Phase II proposal is to build, test, and deliver a programmable fiber-optic delay line capable of delaying an instantaneous bandwidth from 4 to 12 GHz from 0 to > 20 msecs, programmable in 10 nsec steps. The proposed delay line willimplement DWDM fiber-optic technology to minimize optical fiber while achieving an infinite capture time. A recent study involving an experiment ...

This Phase II SBIR will result in the design, fabrication and demonstration of advanced components for a semi-active RF sensor for the EKV of the Ground based Midcourse Defense System (GMDS). The baseline concept is derived from the results of the Phase ISBIR titled Concept Development and Assessment of a Multi-Mode Seeker for the NMD EKV. That effort identified the key technologies required to pr ...

Using Popkin? System Architect 2000 (SA2000), our primary C4ISR compliantmodeling tool used in the design and implementation of enterprise-wideinformation systems, we will demonstrate the feasibility of determininghindrances to deployment. DESE enhancements to SA2000 allow us to completethe C4ISR framework while providing additional diagrams and reports to helpclients understand their enterprise m ...

For any real world pattern classification system (detection, identification, and tracking), there is an inherent problem of optimizing the algorithm's performance for a wide range of scenarios. This is due to a large dynamic range of variables (solarloading, solar reflectance, atmospherics, background, target condition, countermeasures) which will impact the target's feature set. The variabilit ...