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OKSI will demonstrate autonomous operations concepts for self-guided munition with Fire-Before-Lock-On-Target capabilities and with obstacle avoidance and anti-defilade targets.We will assess the feasibility of implementing the technology in medium caliber munitions.

Traditional munition guidance packages rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS) or laser designation technologies to target an operator defined location. However, if either of these systems cannot operate, whether they are being actively denied by the enemy or from harsh environmental conditions, the guidance package will fail to function as designed. Toyon Research Corporation proposes to crea ...

The objective of this proposal is to develop instrumentation and algorithms for acquiring facial features for facial recognition in low- and no-light conditions.We will use cross-spectrum matching by exploiting infrared polarimetric imagery which tends to show features that match more closely visible imagery than conventional infrared.In addition to thermal infrared, we will also test subjects in ...

In the setting of altitude-induced hypoxia, operator cognitive capacity degrades and can compromise both individual and team performance. This degradation is linked to falling brain energy (ATP) levels and an increased reliance on anaerobic energy production from glucose. Ketone bodies are the evolutionary alternative substrate to glucose for brain metabolic requirements; previous studies have sho ...

SOCOM requires rapid implementation and delivery of a handheld, automated hidden chamber sensor system to detect, locate, and discriminate hidden compartments. TiaLinxs Eagle-NC is a wall imager that operates as an ultra-wideband (UWB) radio frequency (RF) sensor integrated with advanced computer vision algorithms, state-of-the-art computer processor technologies, and has a fully integrated displa ...

To address USSOCOMs need for a system to detect, locate, track, and either disable and/or destroy a small unmanned aerial system (SUAS) from a distance, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop the new SUAS Killer, Identifier, and Tracker (SKEET) system. The SKEET system is based on a new design that combines state-of-the-art airspace monitoring technology utilizing compact scanning r ...

The US Special Operations Forces (SOF) missions include a variety of short-duration, covert operations (e.g. enemy capture, personnel recovery, intelligence/information gathering) which require extensive operational planning and rehearsal. To assist in planning, accurate 3D physical models of sensitive indoor areas or enemy-occupied buildings is desired; however, obtaining data to build such model ...

SA Photonics is please to submit the proposal for the HawkEye compact LWIR hyperspectral imaging system. HawkEye leverages SA Photonicsprevious visible, SWIR, and LWIR programs to result in a compact, hand held, battery operated hyperspectral imager in a low cost designapproach. Furthermore, HawkEye will leverages SA Photonics expertise in warfighter body worn equipment and ground troop personaleq ...

A program to develop a compact, MLA-based, LWIR hyperspectral imager is proposed. The proposed Hyperspectral Chemical Imaging Sensor(HyCIS) builds upon Surface Optics real-time hyperspectral imaging activities, including our 3D full-motion video spectral imaging (FMV-SI)technology and our MIDIS hyperspectral image processor. Simultaneously sampling 16 or more spectral bands from 8 um to 12 um (MWI ...

Given the benefits of exercise on general health, orally active compounds that can mimic or potentiate the effects of exercise have been of keen interest as therapeutic and dietary ingredients. Our proposed approach for enhancement of USSOCOM Multi-Purpose Canine (MPC) endurance and sensory performance using an exercise mimetic is based on the observation that age-related decline of nicotinamide ...