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A major focus for the USSF today is On-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (OSAM) in support of both ageing and future space assets. Of most immediate need is the servicing component, which includes refueling and orbital corrections to prolong the

Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) proposes a low-cost sensing device requiring no a-priori information for the perception of uncooperative and unknown on-orbit spacecraft pose and structural characteristics to support on-orbit servicing operations i

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) and The ExOne Company propose to design and develop an Additively Manufactured (AM) catalyst structure to replace state of the art catalyst beds in ASCENT thrusters. This porous catalyst structure is based on ExOne’s binder je

Air Force (AF) installation security is critical to mission success as installations function as mainstays for mission execution. Security personnel tasked with effectively securing these fixed-site facilities and mobile assets face a multitude of threats

Physical Sciences Inc. and Purdue University propose to develop a high performance stealth solid rocket propellant (SSRP) with significantly reduced infrared (IR) plume signature. The SSRP provides a 12% increase in Isp, and equivalent ρIsp, relative to state-of-the-art aluminized hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) ammonium perchlorate (AP) composite propellants. The innovative chemistries, ...

The Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) team proposes to mature carbon fiber reinforced silicon carbide matrix materials to TRL 6, enabling the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) selection for hypersonic vehicle components. PSI’s families of PSC-10 (3,000°F) and ultrahigh temperature UHT-14 (4,500°F) materials have been successfully demonstrated for both leading edges and engine flow paths in rele ...

Spectral Sciences, Inc. (SSI), proposes extensive upgrades, benchmarking, and post-intercept assessment (PIA) prototype integration of the Comprehensive Optical Post-Processing Tool (COPPT). SSI will lead a Team of experts including Corvid Technologies, SciTec, Sandia National Laboratory, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. COPPT is an EO/IR scene generation code that post-processes output ...

Connecting data silos and extracting information is a ubiquitous challenge for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). MDA operates many subsystems from diverse suppliers built with multi-generation technology. These subsystems emit complex and wide-ranging data flows at petabyte scale that makes data conversion impractical. There is a desire for unified data access for analysis, and for Artificial Inte ...

Collection capabilities for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) continuously improve, generating more data than can be handled by human analysts alone. Although personal digital assistants have emerged in the consumer domain to support the needs of everyday users, it is challenging to design such systems to help analysts manage overwhelming data in environments that are dynamic, n ...

Open source software has become the modern application development platform across enterprises and governments. More than 90% of professional applications are created using open source components. Furthermore, open source software often comprises 70%+ of the code in any modern application. As software supply chain security makes front page news with the SolarWinds breach impacting multiple US fede ...