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Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corporation proposes to develop an automatic image registration sufficiently accurate to deal with images exhibiting differences in scale and perspective. The algorithm consists of a global step aimed at registration of features on the ground, followed by a local step to accommodate objects with vertical extent. The global component will be based on Harris Informat ...

The proposed effort is directed at achieving Automatic Target Cueing (ATC) performance at levels which are essential for near term system deployment. The performance required for deployment is beyond the capability of current systems. The design emphasis is to have robust performance under a full range of operating conditions, and to use techniques which lead to efficient real time implementatio ...

The proposed effort is aimed at the development and demonstration of the feasibility of a new integrated color coding and a contrast-based monochromatic fusion process. We will investigate two methods for color coding that utilize the monochrome fused image. Each of the color coding methods will provide consistency of color presentation as a function of daytime, background variability and illum ...

This Phase I SBIR program is aimed at developing and demonstrating an automated gain control method that reduces the large dynamic range changes that can be observed in target and background signatures, while maximizing the preservation of the information content (such as target features) needed for ATR processing. The ability to reduce the variability in the observed signature will lead to overa ...

Atlantic Aerospace proposes to develop an Active Sonar Display Processor (ASDP) to distinguish between submarine and non-submarine contacts in airborne active sonar systems. Accurate active classification of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) sonar echoes is a long standing need for the Navy. Current system performance is based upon an operator viewing the sonar screen and making classifications based ...

SBIR Technical Topic AF97-241, Robotic Test Probe, addresses the problem of providing reliable access to test points on circuit cards under test. It allows decreased test time, increased reliability and reduced test program development cost. Manual probing is costly to implement, is subject to judgement errors and requires the operator to consult ancillary documents. Normally, functional end-to ...

The objective of this proposal is to formulate an innovative modeling approach for a reactive fragment impact with a target, based on first-order, simplified engineering analysis of key physical and chemical processes. These processes include fragment break-up, energy release rates, energy deposition rates into the target and target failure. The model will relate these processes to practical des ...

Evolving military applications require higher computing performance which is Nrealized by increasing the number of processors or the processor clock speed. F Trends toward sharing resources in multi-processor systems and using Mdistributed processing systems for reliability and speed place more emphasis @on availability of a wide bandwidth network to interconnect the Nmicroprocessors. The add ...

We have developed a unique tool based on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Imaging methods, for the study of the microscopic structure of polymer matrices. We believe that these methods are uniquely suited to the study of cure shrinkage and aging in rocket motor propellants, and we propose to work with DOD collaborators to demonstrate this capability and to employ our imaging methods in laborat ...

In the proposed project the applicant will explore the development of a miniature MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer which combines for the first time the technologies of continuous flow (CF) MALDI with delayed ion extraction. The phase I studies will determine the compatibility of Bruker's unique CF interface and a recent Bruker invention for further improvements in delayed ion extraction. Experiments ...