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Construction and maintenance of large influence diagrams in an operational environment is a complex task. Modelers need tools to collaboratively build and evaluate these influence diagrams in the context of real world problems. Information Extraction andTransport (IET) is building the Ballistic Missile Defense Inference Collaboration Environment (BMD-ICE) to support specification of libraries of J ...

There is hardly a design problem more technically challenging, more politically charged, and more critical to the future of our nation than missile defense. The complexity of the problem demands systems thinking. Engineers, managers and policy makersneed to consider not just the individual elements of the system, but how they interact to form an organic whole. To address this challenge, Informa ...

One of the key BMD system approaches is the use of hit-to-kill vehicles (KV). Shrouds are used to protect the KV's IR homing seekers. These protective shrouds need to be tightly held to the kill vehicle during flyout and then upon command, quicklyreleased to expose the seeker. The shrouds have to be released with sufficient energy to prevent them from recontacting the KV. Conventional shroud r ...

Traditional inter-missile communication design techniques, which connect front-end avionics packages with mid and aft-end controller packages, render lengthy and heavy electrical cabling, hence large conduits and numerous connectors and covers. These wirebundles add considerable inert weight to the missile (aerodynamic drag) hence reducing missile propulsion efficiency therefore reducing missile ...

One of the key BMD system approaches is the use of hit-to-kill vehicles (KV). Optical windows are used to protect the KV's IR seekers after shroud ejection. To enhance final target acquisition, these protective windows need to be tightly held to the KVduring pursuit and then upon command, quickly released to expose the seeker. The windows have to be released with sufficient energy to prevent the ...

The innovation of this proposal is use of negotiating software autonomous agents to allow creation of a generic battle management engine that can be customized to a particular application. Our generic battle management agents have the ability to interactwith each other in a contract net paradigm, bidding and negotiating based on generic protocols, independent of the particular application for whi ...

The Smart Flow system developed by NIST provides a platform to develop standards that promote the interoperability of devices produced by different manufacturers. The NIST system can acquire and process multiple sensor data such as voice and image in real-time. Many applications such as speaker verification, head trackers, etc. can be implemented under the framework. In Phase 1, we have demonstrat ...

The Smart Flow system developed by NIST provides a platform to develop standards that promote the interoperability of devices produced by different manufacturers. The NIST system can acquire and process multiple sensor data such as voice and image in real-time. Many applications such as speaker verification, head trackers, etc. can be implemented under the framework. In Phase 1, we have demonstrat ...

Fault diagnosis and prognosis is very important in health monitoring or condition based maintenance. If one can measure the degradation of a component before it actually fails, then it will provide ample time for maintenance engineers to schedule a repair,and to acquire replacement components before the components actually fail.IAI and its STTR partner, Georgia Institute of Technilogy, propose a l ...

This project is to provide an affordable, easy-to-use, hyperspectral water properties measuring instrument that is designed for universal marine use. It is an instrument that combines, in a single package, capabilities to accurately measure the apparent, inherent, fluorescent and the CTD properties of water. The sensor captures a complete record of all of the water¿s properties in a single cast ...