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XL Scientific, LLC, dba Verus Research is pleased to respond to the Air Force Phase-I SBIR solicitation AF191-033 entitled “Radio Frequency (RF) Reception in Highly Reflective Environments�. Under this solicitation, the Air Force is seeking the development, demonstration and deployment of a robust, stable, reliable, and scalable receive-telemetry-link capability utilizing broadband RF ...

As airborne threats become increasingly widespread, low-cost High Energy Laser (HEL) systems including Fast Steering Mirrors (FSMs) can effectively help protect innumerable lives and resources. Applied Technology Associates (ATA) proposes the Low Cost Fast Steering Mirror (LCFSM) program to develop a high bandwidth FSM capable of operating at full performance for the airborne HEL application, whil ...

Machine learning-based Fault Detection, Identification and Recovery (FDIR) software will enable autonomous responses to faults onboard a spacecraft. By removing the human in the loop, anomalies can be addressed quickly, avoiding communication delays and long periods spent in “safe� mode during which the spacecraft cannot perform its mission. There are, however, several hurdles to mach ...

Structural aeroshell and skin materials for HYPERSONIC flight having improved shielding effectiveness from nuclear EMP and hardness from nuclear particle effects (hot and cold x-rays, gamma rays, and neutrons) and “stealthyâ€� characteristics are required for multiple Programs of Record (Minuteman III, Long Range Stand-Off [LRSO] weapon, Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon [HCSW, â₠...

The USAF AFRL/RW Cyber Assured Munitions (CAM) program has the requirement for high trust multi-level separation / segmentation methods which are compatible with embedded computing hardware and Operating Systems (OS) to protect classified data in storage and in transit during Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). A multi-level security solution that separates different classifications for dissemination t ...

We propose a three-dimensional imaging approach based on digital holography. Our approach is based on frequency diversity using a single chirped pulse instead of a train of pulses with different frequencies. Our approach promises to mitigate most of the issues limiting the performance of current methods and offer additional enabling capabilities that will improve target identification and tracking ...

Tau Technologies is teaming with Dr. David Voelz and his research group at New Mexico State University (NMSU) to propose “Vibration Imaging for the characterization of extended non-cooperative targets�, which employs dual-pulses in two different variations for vibration imaging in order to characterize non-cooperative targets at extended standoffs. One method is based on double-pulse ...

Efficient design, build, and test of an HEL system leverages modeling and simulation (M&S) to reduce cost and increase robustness. Designers use models to explore parameter variations and to estimate performance in conditions which cannot be tested due to physical or financial constraints. This provides significant savings in cost and time. Because live testing is so expensive, it is best used as ...

We will deliver a new software architecture for scene generation named the Realistic Image and Neighborhood Generator (RING). Instead of being tied to a single tool, RING will provide interfaces suitable for a wide variety of image and scene rendering tools to run and interact with other codes. As an initial implementation of the interfaces, we will incorporate Stellar Science’s powerful, f ...

In this proposal, Bluecom Systems proposes to develop a framework in designing and manufacturing smart materials that can be used as adaptive radiating structures to operate at different frequencies, with different radiation patterns, and achieve polarization diversity. The solution proposed, based on optically pixilated Silicon or GaAs surfaces, can be used as reflective surfaces for reconfigurab ...