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We propose to develop, test, and deliver to the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) a robust, cost-effective, and accurate field-deployable calibration system for verification and validation of approved regulatory instruments for measurements of military and commercial aircraft non-volatile particulate matter (nvPM) emissions. The field-deployable calibration system will c ...

Modern adversaries are gaining proficiency at forging cyber attacks against cyber networks in the United States. The threat is particularly salient for our militarys strategic systems, such as the Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) and Nuclear Command and Control at the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AF NWC), which often depend on networked technologies or embedded systems that may be ...

The Physical Sciences Inc. team proposes to optimize and scale up the portable, modular microreactor systems developed in Phase I, which were designed to produce the energetic ionic liquids that constitute the AF-M315E propellant. In Phase I, process feasibility was demonstrated in the microreactor systems for production of the targeted energetic compounds.In Phase II, we will optimize these micro ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), working with Ascendant Engineering Solutions (AES), will develop a 5 gimbal payload equipped with full motion video (FMV) and a hyperspectral imaging sensor (HSI), capable of staring mode observation, that operates in the visible, near-infrared, and shortwave-infrared (VNIR/SWIR). The gimbal payload design is well aligned for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaiss ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop an intensity-dependent infrared filter that will use the radiant intensity of a source (i.e. the sun) to locally control the infrared transmission of the filter. There currently exists an Air Force need for optical source exclusion to allow next-generation infrared camera technology to observe a large field of view (+/- 45 degrees, ~ 15% of the sky) ...

The key opportunity Qualtech Systems, Inc. (QSI) is addressing with the proposed adaptation and deployment of TEAMS technology is towards improving the operational availability of complex mission-critical depot maintenance infrastructure equipment at the Warner-Robins Air Force Base (WRAFB), specifically at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (WR-ALC). This will significantly improve the aircr ...

AVERT Physical Security Assessment is part of a suite of software products that are focused on Physical Security Assessment, Training and Response challenges. AVERT Physical Security is commercial modeling and simulation software used to quantitatively assess the security effectiveness of critical physical infrastructure. The AVERT Physical Security Assessment software uses state of the art techno ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to design, fabricate, demonstrate and deliver a broadband atmospheric transmissometer system for the Spectral Path Atmospheric Transmittance System (SPATS) effort that meets the specified environmental and key performance parameter (KPP) requirements. During the first year of the program PSI will develop the transmitter, transmitter and receiver optics bench a ...

Airworthiness assessments of software-intensive based systems in aviation cannot be limited to verification and testing of the end product, i.e. computer code, since other factors can have an important effect on safety and integrity. Current methods and tools have limitations that do not adequately address the issues affecting the growth in complexity and cost of system development and certificati ...

Physical Science Inc. (PSI) will develop a new approach to chemical vapor detection based on a novel open-path sample cell design. The PhaseI system level model predicts SNR supporting a probability of detection of 95% and a MTBFA of 168 hours for all relevant CWAs and TICs at the10 minute negligible MEG level at a 20 s measurement time. In addition to robust detection, the system design can provi ...