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The goal of this project is to demonstrate thin film deposited Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS) on High Power Microwave (HPM) radomes for impedance matching that have low in-band reflection and substantial out-of-band rejection to improve RF transmission. The FSS structures will be applied to radome materials that have ultra-low outgassing properties and are capable of forming vacuum seals. Inno ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES AN EFFORT TOWARDS DEVELOPING AN OPTICAL SOURCE THAT WILL BE USEFUL IN PHOTONIC SYSTEMS. THIS SOURCE SUBSYSTEM IS BASED ON A SEMICONDUCTOR INJECTION LASER THAT IS PLACED IN A SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED EXTERNAL CAVITY. THE LENGTH OF THE EXTERNAL CAVITY IS 1.5 CM, CORRESPONDING TO A ROUND TRIP TIME OF 100 PS. THIS MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO DIRECTLY MODULATE THE LASER AT RATES OF UP TO ...

In this effort, tOSC and the University of New Mexico COSMIAC (Configurable Space Microsystems Innovation Applications Center) will combine to generate a Target-in-the-Loop (TIL) system concept that can simultaneously measure the strength of atmospheric turbulence and scintillation, as well as the refractivity occurring at the measurement time. For this system concept, we will leverage existing tO ...

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To address the United States Air Force (USAF) need for Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) applications to resilient positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) for the mitigation of Global Positioning System (GPS) degradation, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new, alternative, affordable platform-agnostic UAS Redundant Navigation and Positioning (URNP) system for UASs all-weather, a ...

RECENT INITIATIVES, SUCH AS THE WORK OF THE DEFENSIVE TECHNOLOGIES STUDY TEAM ("FLETCHER SUMMER STUDY") HAVE EMPHASIZED BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE EMPLOYING DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON (DEW). POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT OF SUCH WEAPONS BY ADVERSARIES OF THE U. S. MAKES MANDA TORY THE UNDERSTANDING OF VULERABILITIES OF U. S. BALLISTI MISSILES OF THE SPECTRUM OF POSSIBLE THREATS. THIS STUDY IS THE FIRST PHASE IN ...

Soldiers operating the AF’s X-ray machines at Entry Control Points (ECPs) are the last line of defense from individuals entering with weapons and threats such as guns, knives or IEDs. However, these AF security personnel are responsible for operating and tracking a number of security systems, which can be distracting from X-ray image interpretation. Scanning image interpretation is a time c ...

A GENERAL METHODOLOGY IS PROPOSED FOR THE ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR ICBM. THE EFFECT OF VARIABLE FLIGHT CONDITIONS ON THE STABILITY AND RESPONSE OF SUCH FLIGHT VEHICLES IS DISCUSSED. IN PARTICULAR, POSSIBILITIES OF COUNTERINTUITIVE BEHAVIOR SOMETIMES EXHIBITED BY SUCH SYSTEMS AND THE INADEQUACY AND MISREPRESENTATIONS OF USING SIMPLISTIC MODELS ARE DISCUSSED. IN CONTRAS ...

Multi-domain command and control (MDC2) requires an efficient and effective capability to perform cross-domain effects synchronization—for example, coordinating a planned air strike mission from one operation center around an ongoing cyber mission from another. We propose to build Effects Explorer, which combines an intuitive interface with state-of-the-art data analysis to accelerate effec ...

Recent advances and successes of deep learning neural networks (DLNN) techniques and architectures have been well publicized over the last several years. Voluminous, high-quality and annotated training data, or trial and error in a realistic environment, is required to achieve the promised performance potential of DLNNs. Unfortunately for DoD and/or Intelligence Community (IC) applications of mult ...