Air force 12. 1 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions
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| Research is needed to develop extensive modeling and simulations to characterize radiometric parameters to estimate acceleration profile and trajectories from plume measurements and models of common satellite materials. This includes:
- Analyze viewing geometries and sensor locations - Simulate all potential observation opportunities including daylight, terminator, and nighttime - Investigate optical assets and sensor(s) for line-of-sight (LOS) tracking and plume capture, and spectral and spatial sampling capabilities gauged with respect to signal to noise ratio. Validate radiance models of selected orbit insertion kick motors - Develop an inversion algorithm to fuse all data sources to determine new orbital elements
Military Application: Worldwide deployment of daytime detection techniques for space situational awareness for the DoD. Commercial Application: Understanding and verification of space physics out to 36,000 km in Phase II will allow contractors to be prepared to propose new ideas for scientific discovery.
1. Airglow Hydroxyl Emissions. Sivjee, B.B. 1992, Planet Space Sci, pp. 235-242. 2. Ground-based Observation of TacSat 2 Maneuvers. P.F. Sydney, K. Hamada, M. Bolden, T.M. Kelecy, D.T. Hall, D. Archambeault, R.A. Dressler, Y. Chiu, D. Bromaghim, J.M. Ekholm, C.J. Finley, L.K. Johnson. 2011, JANAFF, p. 43. 3. Influence of the Internal Energy Model on DSMC Flow Results for Rarefied Spacecraft Plumes. Cline, Jason A. 2010, DTIC. 4. Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Modeling of High Energy Chemistry in Molecular Beams: Chemistry Models and Flowfield Effects. Wysong, M. Braunstein and I.J. 2000, DTIC. 5. An epoch state filter for use with analytical orbit models of low earth satellites. Montenbruck, Oliver. 2000, Aerosp Sci Technol, pp. 277-287. KEYWORDS: Space Situational Awareness (SSA), maneuver characterization AF121-016 TITLE: Curved Flat Panel Microdisplay (CFPM) TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Information Systems, Human Systems OBJECTIVE: Develop a thin, curved image-generating microdisplay with simplified optics for use in digital visualization applications including near-eye advanced helmet--mounted systems, 3D, and other projection designs. DESCRIPTION: Displays, including miniature and microdisplays, are typically fabricated as rectilinear flat image-generating surfaces on glass plates or silicon wafers due to the limitations imposed by current manufacturing and available substrate technologies. Such displays generate a rectilinear flat image that must be transformed into a curved image wavefront representation for projection to the eye. The optical design problem is compounded by the need for an optical system with low étendue that efficiently uses the emitted light. The overall optical efficiency is limited due to the fact that the initial image is rectilinear flat rather than curved to begin with. Flat images force the design and use of a complex eyepiece optic (expensive train of lens elements) that efficiently collect s and converts the flat image initially generated into a curved field-of-view (e.g. 40º solid cone) of optical flux relayed to the eye. Volume, weight, and expense of the display optics often prevents the integration of microdisplays into applications where weight and space are critical. Increases in field of view and acuity are also restricted. Recent bio-inspired work has taken note that the retina of the eye is curved, which accepts the curved FOV optical flux arriving at the aperture (the pupil), which, in turn, enables a very simple lenses for sensors. The objective of this topic is to apply the same techniques to microdisplays. The recent advances fabrication techniques of curved focal plane arrays for sensors could be equally well applied to microdisplays. Current digital microdisplays and sensors both involve the fabrication of microelectronics circuits at each pixel (display or sensor) of an NxM pixel array with die dimensions on the order of 10mm. Curved device fabrication strategies include 1) array formation on a flat substrate that is then curved once into the final shape and 2) direct fabrication in the desired shape. This topic is focused on the use of the techniques developed for curved microsensor devices to microdisplay devices. High efficiency, yet simple near eye optics are required as well for integration and CFPM system evaluation. PHASE I: Design CFPM near-eye vision system with optics capable of being integrated to small form factor applications to provide visualization capability to pilots and other warfighters. Novel materials, microdisplay pixel structures, array readout schema, and fabrication techniques should be addressed via proof-of-principle experiments. Develop roadmap. PHASE II: Fabricate CFPM and demonstrate performance in laboratory environment. Perform evaluation experiments and compare performance to comparable state-of-the-art classical, rectilinear flat, panel microdisplays. Demonstrate synergistic capabilities of CFPM in support of HMS and other gear now worn or used by warfighters. Evaluate potential of CFPM in commercial applications to create an industrial base for affordable production. Deliver three units. PHASE III DUAL USE COMMERCIALIZATION: Military Application: Military applications include helmet mounted display (HMD) systems for pilots (all aircraft), tankers, and dismounted combatants, other digital projection and near-eye digital vision systems, and dynamic holographic 3D display systems. Commercial Application: Commercial applications include high resolution displays (near-eye virtual image and projected real image) embedded in consumer electronics (computers, cell phones, camcorders), homeland security, and police.
1. D. Shenoy, “Hemispherical Array Detector for Imaging (HARDI),” program focused on exploiting materials and processing methods to create curved focal plane to reduce optical elements and need for image post processing, http://www.darpa.mil/mto/programs/hardi/index.html. 2. From the system point of view, the étendue is the area of the entrance pupil times the solid angle the source subtends as seen from the pupil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etendue. 3. Helmet mounted display, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmet_mounted_display. 4. Design of Head mounted displays, www.optics.arizona.edu. KEYWORDS: Curved flat panel microdisplay, étendue, helmet mounted display, HMD, 3D display, projection systems AF121-017 TITLE: Adaptive Gaming and Training Environment for Maintenance Operations TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Information Systems, Human Systems OBJECTIVE: Develop and demonstrate an adaptive game-based approach to training for maintenance operators. DESCRIPTION: Recently there has been a growing recognition of the potential role that interactive games may have as environments for training and rehearsal for military personnel. The growth of the military’s interest in gaming is exemplified by the Defense Advanced Research Project Administration (DARPA) DARWARS initiative and the US Army’s collaboration with the University of California Institute for Creative Technology. Further, significant advances in software agents to support learning that are based on either computational or cognitive modeling architectures or machine learning makes the development of lower costs, adaptive learning environments possible. Games, however, are not typically designed with either a research or training focus. This effort will explore the potential for applying gaming technology and agent architectures to the training of maintenance personnel. At the present time, the USAF maintenance community relies on very expensive part task trainers that in many cases are minimally interactive, and require human instructors to provide much of the content through hands-on demonstrations. These part task trainers are not flexible or tailorable to either differing contexts/situations for learning or to the learning needs of those who are the targets of the training. A gap exists between the instructional adaptability and fidelity of these static devices and the complex demands of learning how to troubleshoot and maintain modern aircraft systems and subsystems. This effort will explore the training utility of developing gaming environments that incorporate adaptive approaches to tailoring learning where complex maintenance tasks can be trained in realistic scenarios and simulations. By using a gaming approach, access to any classified system data would be eliminated, but the training that is provided could be conceptually valid and of sufficient fidelity to support the specific system tasks desired. In addition, this effort could permit a number of other, more research- and training-centric issues, to be examined in detail as they relate to gaming environments and to future commercial applications in the maintenance domain. First, more efficiently develop specific system or subsystem representations for the specific parts of the aircraft to be trained and that are associated with specific maintenance tasks. Second, identify and validate training strategies and scenarios that support the development and refresh of skills associated with maintenance performance in the operational environment. Specifically, what are characteristics of strategies and scenarios embedded in the game that support development and refresh of critical knowledge and skills? Third, develop specifications for performance measures and protocols for assessing proficiency and decay for the gaming environment and to inform the adaptive agents; Fourth, what are some preliminary guidelines for refresher training intervals for different classes maintenance skill and levels of expertise; Fifth, explore ease of incorporating Interactive Electronic Training Manuals (IETM). Finally, demonstrate real-time scenario authoring and skills tracking that can be integrated into other gaming/training environments. PHASE I: Develop specifications for using gaming approaches to train maintenance tasks. Identify key features of the environment and explore alternative methods for adapting content based on performance and level of underlying knowledge about the system or subsystem. The Government will coordinate field visits and will make subject matter experts and maintenance tasks available to the vendor. PHASE II: Demonstrate a game based approach to training, rehearsal & exercise for maintenance ops. Develop and validate authoring methods, event management, tools, & trainee performance tracking and learning adaptation capabilities inside the gaming env. Explore connectivity feasibility among the gaming environment & a distributed mission training simulation environment. The Government will coordinate site visits and will make subject matter experts available for a field eval of the gaming environment with operational maintenance personnel. PHASE III DUAL USE COMMERCIALIZATION: Military Application: Maintenance training is very expensive and typically requires access to real aircraft or other operational systems or very expensive mock ups. Game based environments offer a way to get higher fidelity training for maintenance tasks at lower costs. Commercial Application: Key tasks for mx ops could be applicable to a variety of commercial trng requirements where gaming is also a plausible env choice. Key components of the gaming env developed would have application in virtually any complex systems mx environment.
1. Fong, G. (2004). Adapting COTS games for military simulation. Proceedings of the 2004 ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry (pp. 269-272). New York: ACM Press. 2. Gick, M. L. & Holyoak, K. J. (1987). The cognitive basis of knowledge transfer. In S. M. Cormier & J. D. Hagman (Eds.), Transfer of training: Contemporary research and applications (pp. 9-46). New York: Academic. 3. Ricci, K. E., Salas, E., & Cannon-Bowers, J. A. (2002). Do computer-based games facilitate knowledge acquisition and retention? Military Psychology, 8(4), 295-307. 4. Van Hemel, P.E., Judson King, W., & Gambrell, C.B. (1981). Simulation techniques in operator and maintenance training, performance assessment, and personnel selection. Computers & Industrial Engineering . Vol.5, Pages 105-112. 5. List of FAQs from TPOC, 27 sets of Q&A, posted in SITIS 12/5/11. KEYWORDS: gaming, maintenance operations, training environment AF121-018 TITLE: Color symbology in helmet mounted visors and heads up displays TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Human Systems Technology related to this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) (DFARS 252.204-7009). As such, export-controlled data restrictions apply. Offerors must disclose any proposed use of foreign citizens, including country of origin, type of visa/work permit held, and the Statement of Work (SOW) tasks to be performed. In addition, this acquisition involves technology with military or space application. Therefore, only U.S. contractors registered and certified with the Defense Logistics Services Center (DLSC), Federal Center, Battle Creek MI 49017-3084, (800) 352-3572, are eligible for award. If selected, the firm must submit a copy of an approved DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement. OBJECTIVE: Design and demonstrate a prototype next generation multi color symbology for use in helmet mounted displays and HUD. DESCRIPTION: For a day helmet mounted display or HUD system, high ambient illumination can desaturate colors to a point that there are color recognition errors (e.g., confusing yellow and green). For a night vision system, the colors are in front of a night vision goggle and this shifts all colors toward green. Varying natural backgrounds will further limit consistency in recognizing the color presented. Assuming it's possible to come up with a set of colors that are easily distinguishable, the question is, which colors and how many to use at one time? In addition, the use of color facilitates applications for tactical symbology that have not yet been explored, optimized, or standardized, especially air-to-ground, combat search and rescue, and Global Information Grid data links. PHASE I: Perform a technology feasibility assessment and deliver a description of the conceptual solution, data to support the feasibility of the next generation of visor and HUD color symbology solution, and a brief outline of a Phase II effort. PHASE II: Construct and demonstrate a next generation of visor and HUD color symbology in a laboratory environment. PHASE III DUAL USE COMMERCIALIZATION: Military Application: Adapt the laboratory next generation of visor and HUD color symbology to an airborne prototype with complete operational compatibility to validate this new color symbology system's performance characteristics. Commercial Application: Commercial aircraft and automobile head up displays.
1. Wyszecki, G and Stiles, W.S. (2000). Color Science. Concepts and Methods, Quantitative Data and Formula 2nd edition -Wiley Classics Library, Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York. 2. Havig, P., Martinsen, G.I., Post, D. L., and Ellanwanger, H., (2004) Effects of saturation contrast on color recognition in night vision goggles. Proceedings of the International Society for Optical Engineers: Helmet Mounted Displays. KEYWORDS: Head up display, helmet visor, color symbology, helmet mounted display AF121-019 TITLE: Wide Spectral Response Focal Plane Array (FPA) TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Sensors Technology related to this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) (DFARS 252.204-7009). As such, export-controlled data restrictions apply. Offerors must disclose any proposed use of foreign citizens, including country of origin, type of visa/work permit held, and the Statement of Work (SOW) tasks to be performed. In addition, this acquisition involves technology with military or space application. Therefore, only U.S. contractors registered and certified with the Defense Logistics Services Center (DLSC), Federal Center, Battle Creek MI 49017-3084, (800) 352-3572, are eligible for award. If selected, the firm must submit a copy of an approved DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement. OBJECTIVE: Research/develop low-cost solid-state focal plane array detector technology with high sensitivity, broad spectral response, and high spatial resolution to replace current night vision imaging technology. DESCRIPTION: Multiple airborne and ground-based mission applications would benefit by the capability of using a single FPA detector to sense and image objects and terrain scene content spanning a broad spectral band extending from the violet end of the visible spectrum to wavelengths of 5 microns or longer, with the flexibility to electronically select narrower spectral bands of interest (e.g., spectral binning) within the overall broad band of spectral sensitivity. (Front-end optics suitable for spectral bands within this overall bandwidth are a separate issue not considered or covered by this topic.) Multiple bands at discrete frequencies should be selectable to allow multi-spectral or hyper-spectral imaging of a target. Such FPA technology should be entirely solid-state in nature, avoiding the need for (and fragility of) high-vacuum envelope packaging and sealing. Such FPA technology should have reduced weight, physical volume and power consumption compared to current technology approaches. Such FPA technology ideally should have a variable gain function allowing operation across a dynamic range spanning overcast starlight to noon daytime conditions without saturation; such gain adjustment ideally could be simultaneously and independently variable within multiple zones of the FPA down to cluster areas comprised of less than 10 pixels each to allow clear imaging of areas closely surrounding high flux point sources. Such FPA technology ideally would exhibit rapid temporal response allowing discrimination of pulsed sources down to the sub-microsecond level. Within the band of spectral sensitivity of current intensifier tube technology, the FPA technology would offer gain, radiant sensitivity, equivalent background input and resolution performance levels at least matching those of current state-of-the-art GaAs-based image intensifiers. Within the bands of spectral sensitivity of current thermal imaging technologies, the FPA technology also would offer minimum resolvable temperature difference and resolution performance at least matching that of current thermal imaging technology. The output of such FPA technology would be a video signal or data stream adhering to a standard nonproprietary format to facilitate the driving of head-mounted or hand-held displays, aircraft avionic displays, or other sensor fusion or video processing devices. The FPA technology approach would adhere to an architecture readily lending itself to mass production and associated low costs. PHASE I: Research, define, compare and document technical options. Determine a FPA technology concept capable of meeting all requirements in the description section. PHASE II: Prototype the proposed Phase I design concept and demonstrate initially in ground and air environments. Submit a complete technical report documenting all work under the effort. PHASE III DUAL USE COMMERCIALIZATION: Military Application: Ground/airborne mission applications that require day/night-time imaging of scenes, objects, continuous wave/pulsed sources in spectral bandwidths encompassing visible spectrum through long-wave IR. Commercial Application: Industrial machine vision for high power laser material cutting and processing applications; also imagers for first-responder and search-and-rescue personnel.
1. SPIE OE Magazine: April 2004. Tuning in to Detection. http://spie.org/documents/Newsroom/Imported/oemApr04/detection.pdf.
http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/products/missionequip/1580.html. 3. Military and Aerospace Electronics: 01 March 2005. Scared of the Dark? http://www.militaryaerospace.com/index/display/article-display/223589/articles/military-aerospace-electronics/volume-16/issue-3/features/technology-focus/scared-of-the-dark.html. KEYWORDS: focal plane array, image intensifier, FLIR, thermal imager, dynamic range, high sensitivity, broad spectral response, spectral binning, multi-spectral, hyperspectral, temporal response, low power AF121-020 TITLE: Performance-Based Simulation Certification (SIMCERT) System TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Human Systems OBJECTIVE: Develop and validate an integrated human- and system-performance-based technology for accessing the perceived fidelity (system credibility) of live, virtual, and constructive combat mission training and rehearsal systems. DESCRIPTION: Until recent years, flight simulators were principally used to train instrument flight, takeoff and landing, and limited combat tasks. The critical subsystems needed to train, including the internal cockpit environment, instruments, avionics and control systems, closely mimic the real world aircraft. The military has recently started to use simulators for full mission combat training in the form of distributed mission operations (DMO) training. For the purposes of this topic we will focus the work on current generation modest to high fidelity fast-jet, air combat distributed simulation environments. The environments of focus are composed of a cockpit with instrumentation and interfaces, a visual system and visual database of different parts of the world, a constructive player/forces generator, an instructor/operator station, and some type of debriefing or after action review station. It is widely believed that DMO requires a more accurate and complete simulation of the environment, especially the out-the-window visual. It has proven difficult to measure the effects that reduced (or differences in) environmental realism has on training. As an example, the effect of limitations in out-the-window field-of-view and image resolution is difficult to quantify. Another example is how much the addition of different force cues might enhance training compared to simulation without such cues or with cues at a different level of fidelity. Directory: osbp -> sbir -> solicitations -> sbir20121 solicitations -> Navy sbir fy09. 1 Proposal submission instructions solicitations -> Army 16. 3 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions sbir20121 -> Air force 12. 1 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions solicitations -> Army 14. 1 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions solicitations -> Navy small business innovation research program submitting Proposals on Navy Topics solicitations -> Navy small business innovation research program solicitations -> Armament research, development and engineering center solicitations -> Army 17. 1 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions solicitations -> Navy 11. 3 Small Business Innovation Research (sbir) Proposal Submission Instructions Download 1.41 Mb. Share with your friends:
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