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The purpose of this Phase II SBIR is to research, develop, and integrate SIGINT capabilities into the GD/ICE REDTAIL Platform, and perform lab testing in a relevant environment against relevant threat radios. The Azure team will demonstrate this capability in a remote-controlled network environment leveraging the SRW tactical data link to demonstrate threat situation awareness on the computer of t ...

ABSTRACT: Several MILSATCOM systems allow the use of turbo codes to improve communications performance. These systems were standardized before the widespread use of Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes. While turbo and LDPC codes have many similarities, ORB Analytics believes that future MILSATCOM systems should also support LDPC codes. Relative to turbo codes, LDPC codes offer greatly reduce ...

ABSTRACT: The team of MicroXact, Inc., UCLA, UC Irvine and Carnegie Mellon University proposes to engineer revolutionary nonvolatile reconfigurable plasmonic gates for information processing on the basis of ultrafast plasmon-enhanced all-optical magnetization switching. This unique approach allows one to program any gate between several different states at very high modulation rates and low power ...

This Phase I effort proposes to develop a real-time, turbine engine fault detection/condition monitoring system that can distinguish between synchronous and non-synchronous vibration in a complex assembly of rotating components, and detect the initiation and growth of a deformation, crack, or other mechanical anomoly. A system used for detecting cracks in spin pit has reliably detected cracks ap ...

The key barrier to realizing new capabilities in real-time data fusion and display systems is integrating current research & development software assets from academia, commercial and military. In practice, almost 100% of real-time data fusion and display systems are custom software driven by domain and often task-specific requirements. In the domain of military data fusion and display systems, m ...

Traditional well-defined battle lines and clear means of identification are gone. Today"s operating environment is far more complex, with a dispersed enemy, mixed with civilians and non-combatants, and targets located in areas where there are concerns over collateral damage. Agility allows the total force to adapt rapidly to changing requirements through the use of competent individuals and organi ...

NanoSonic has designed and physically demonstrated Shape Memory-Metal RubberTM (SM-MR) thermoresponsive skins that rapidly trigger a mechanically adaptive response in 5-10 seconds over airfoil sections for Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPV) with wingspans up to 9'. The skin's modulus is reduced by several orders of magnitude at a rate of 13degC/second, yet the wing remains durable and rec ...

The Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) program has been developed to meet the space-related urgent needs of the warfighter in a timely manner. The ORS vision seeks to enable on-orbit mission capability via small satellites in less than 6 days from initial call-up in the field. The thermal control systems (TCS) on these satellites currently pose an obstacle to meeting this target. The TCS for ...

ABSTRACT: Delivery of power to satellite subsystems requires efficient DC-DC down converters that can support multiple spacecraft loads at very low output voltages. The converters must be tolerant to radiation, support loads of 25 watts or more, utilize a minimum amount of power during the conversion, and provide reliable operation for 15 years or longer. The key technical requirements are to im ...

Physical Sciences, Inc. (PSI) and our subcontractor Textron Systems Division (TSD) propose to develop multifunctional, compact (thin), yet low-mass, composites for applications to space systems on small satellites. In addition to providing mechanical strength for structural enclosures, these materials will be significantly more effective in shielding against ionizing space radiation than traditio ...