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The U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center (NSC) and Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity (AMSAA) are leading an effort to develop a robust constructive force-on-force simulation that accurately represents individual Ground Soldiers (GS) and dismounted Small Combat Units (SCU). The purpose of the Infantry Warrior Simulation (IWARS) is to assess the impact and value of information on small unit operat ...

COMMAND IN GROUNDD COMBAT INVOLVES MANY DIFFICULT DECISION-MAKING TASKS. A HIGHLY PROMISING ROUTE FOR ASSISTANCE TOTHE COMMANDER IS USEOF COMPUTERS. BY 1985-87 GREAT COMPUTATIONAL POWER WILL BE AVAILABLE IN LAP-SIZED MACHINES; HOWEVER, SUBSTANTIAL ADVANCES IN SOFTWARE ARE NECESSARY IF THIS PROMISE IS TO BE REALIZED. IN THIS PROPOSAL, DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC. (DSI) DESCRIBES RESEARCH WHICHWILL LEAD TO ...

DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC. PROPOSES TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND TEST A PROTOTYPE CAUSAL SCHEMA EXPERT SYSTEM DECISION AID FOR TACTICAL PLANNING AND OPTION-GENERATION. THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON WEAPON TARGET PLANNING OPTIONS, A PROBLEM DOMAIN WHERE A NUMBER OF SMART DECISION AIDS ARE AVAILABLE. NONE OF THE AIDS FOCUSES DIRECTLY ON THE EXPERT'S CAUSAL SCHEMA. THIS PROPOSAL ENVISIONS AN EXPERT SYSTEM COMPRIS ...

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Automatic visual content extraction and scene understanding is an enabling technology for video surveillance, situational awareness, and force protection applications. High-level scene comprehension requires a deep understanding of objects, scene elements and their inter-relations. Current systems lack a general visual knowledge framework and efficient computational algorithms for detecting large ...

This SBIR Phase I project will demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of novel statistical models and deferred inference based techniques for robust detection and tracking of small targets in low spatial-resolution and frame-rate aerial videos. The key innovations in this effort include i) Bernoulli variable based statistical target detection framework that detects small targets by jointly ...

3D human pose and shape analysis from video imagery is an enabling technology for human activity recognition and threat monitoring in military and law enforcement applications. The problem is challenging due to (i) the high dimensionality in human pose space; (ii) lack of depth information in images; and (iii) and the large variability in human body shape, clothing, imaging condition and scene bac ...

Electrically Solid Propellants (ESP) are a new class of energetic material that can be formulated as a pyrogen having several safety advantages over BKNO3. These ESP are inherently safe from accidental ignition being controllable via electrical power input. When an ESP is fitted with electrodes and a current of the required voltage is applied, it ignites and continues to energetically burn until ...

A DIGITAL ENCODING SCHEME FOR THE ARCHIVAL, STORAGE, AND SUBSEQUENT TRANSMISSION OF COLOR GRAPHIC IMAGES WILL BE DEVELOPED. THIS SCHEME WILL ACCOMMODATE RAPID RESPONSE TIMES AND ALLOW FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS IN A WELL-DEFINED AND ECONOMIC MANNER. THE TECHNIQUE PROPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK IS BASED ON A PICTURE MATRIX TRANSFORMATION, WHICH IS BASED ON THE S-TRANSFORM CODING SC ...