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The project objective is to develop an integrated, hierarchical, multi-resolution tool for comprehensive prototyping and evaluation of new propulsion systems together with the launch vehicle systems. The overall vehicle system and its adjuncts will betreated as a collection of interacting software components coupled by a computational environment. Full and reduced scale component modules will al ...

CFD Research Corp. proposes the development of an Advanced Multipurpose Pseudospark Switch (AMPS) e-beam source capable of efficiently generating high average/peak current, bright electron beams. The improvement in e-beam quality (over a classicalpseudospark) stems from the inductive preionization of the hollow cathode chamber, prior to main gap breakdown. The proposed device features similaritie ...

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 ...

Recent military operations demonstrate the reliance of U.S. military operations on space assets for intelligence, surveillance, communications, and targeting. Using anti-satellite methods such as lasers or kinetic energy vehicles, potential adversaries mayacquire the capability to attack space assets and severely degrade operations. To minimize risk to the assets, defensive counterspace techniques ...

Evaluation is a crucial part of Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) algorithm development. Without standardized metrics and software implementing those metrics, accurate assessment of an algorithm's performance cannot be made. Comparing different ATRalgorithms on the same dataset is impossible unless the same metrics are computed in exactly the same manner. Our Scoring, Truthing And Registration To ...

We propose a Phase II program to develop and demonstrate an analyst decision aid that incorporates Organizational and Cultural Criteria in Adversary Modeling (OCCAM). OCCAM aids the PSYOP/IO analyst by leveraging known organizational and culturalknowledge to infer potential target biases and predict likely target behavior in data-sparse environments.Under Phase I, we demonstrated the feasibility ...

The engineering analysis and acquisition of command and control (C2) technologies and systems is an extremely time-consuming and expensive endeavor. DoD is addressing these problems by embarking on the use of modeling and simulation techniques, i.e.Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA). The acquisition component of the Air Force's Joint Synthetic Battlespace (JSB) program is seen as a key enabler of ...

The cognitive readiness of the warfighter has become one of the critical factors that determines rapid and effective decisions on the battlefield. Our objective in this effort is to develop an approach for Context-driven Infospace Configuration forAugmented Cognitive Readiness to support task execution in complex, high-value and high-risk mission environments. In Phase I we demonstrated the genera ...

A key stage in military planning is the intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB). IPB is a continuous process that defines the battlespace environment and its effects and determines and evaluates likely enemy actions. Typically, characterizationof the battlespace and its effects has focused on performing terrain and spatial analysis (delineation of areas of operation and interest, avenues ...

Modern battlespaces are characterized by large amounts of complex information that must be rapidly processed by the decision-maker. Part of this complexity is due to meta-information, or, characteristics of information such as uncertainty, staleness, etc.that add to the decision-making burden. Knowledge regarding this meta-information, and methods for effectively portraying it, have the potentia ...