Army STTR follows AFC’s topic release schedule but partners with a university, federally funded research and development center, or a qualified non-profit research institution as part of their contract.
To date much work has been invested in active ranging. However, laser-based probes are detectable and will leave the operator vulnerable, particularly at night. Commercial applications, particularly those for self-driving vehicles, use a combination of both active and passive sensors.
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The Army’s Long Range Precision Fires mission expands the current portfolio of conventional artillery to advanced munition technologies with extended range capability (>70km). Extended range requires the projectile to fly to higher velocities and altitudes as well as longer flight times.
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The use of digital image processing to enable target detection, classification, recognition and identification, as well as targe state estimation for fire control solutions is computationally intensive. It requires significant processing power, which in turn requires significant electrical power.
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The current state of the art utilizes conventional manufacturing technologies such as computer numerical controlled (CNC) machine tools such as mills, lathes, and plasma cutters, which are augmented by various manually operated metal working machines to fabricate metal components.
The U.S. Army must develop highly maneuverable hypersonic weapons that can survive high-G shock loads and harsh aerothermodynamic environments in a GPS-denied environment. To enable these requirements new materials and new manufacturing methods must be developed. There has been increasing desire to develop vehicles and projectiles that travel at the speed of sound and beyond.
Joining of Dissimilar Materials for Hypersonic Applications Read More »
The United States Army has a need to develop high-fidelity, computationally efficient solvers for the aerodynamic analysis and design of vehicles ranging from rotary-wing aircrafts to medium/long-range hypersonic projectiles. The CREATETM -AV Kestrel team has been developing a comprehensive suite of codes with a combined on-body/off-body computational approach for the prediction of flows around such vehicles for over a decade.
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Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) used by the Army may be subject to harsh conditions in hostile environments. They need to be able to sense heavy disturbances in their environment that affect their operations, instantaneously adjust to overcome their impact. Furthermore, they should form and track a mission supporting trajectory in real time with speed and agility.
Precision Control of High-speed Autonomous Vehicles under High Disturbances Read More »
Laser systems in the infrared have a long history of development for both DoD and commercial applications. Blue laser diode systems have been developed with improved performance over the past 2 decades; however, their brightness and power levels are much less than the best infrared systems.
Bright Blue Semiconductor Laser Arrays for Military Applications Read More »
Many military and civilian applications require rapid survey of the electromagnetic spectrum for identification and the geolocation of electromagnetic emitters. A UAS provides an ideal platform for rapid surveys in possibly hazardous environments. For example, in a natural disaster Emergency Management Services (EMS) require a rapid means of surveying the electromagnetic spectrum that will identify cell phone signals and locate the sources of those signals.
Small Unmanned Aerial System for Surveying the Electromagnetic Spectrum Read More »
The future Warfighter will require autonomous robotic systems to traverse highly uneven, obstructed, and uncertain terrain at speed. Legged platforms are clear frontrunners to meet this requirement, but the control of such systems presents a substantial engineering challenge.
