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Information Systems Laboratories is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Handheld Sonar Intercept Receiver for Divers. The abstract given for this project is as follows: Navy combat swimmers are vulnerable to intentional or unintentional detection by active Sonar while they are conducting their mission in the littoral environment. The Sonar's that normally operate in the littoral represent the greatest threat to divers as well as smaller size undersea vehicles like the Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (SDV) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV). In order for combat swimmers to avoid detection from these threat Sonar's they must be equipped with an acoustic intercept receiver that operates with a wide enough frequency range to alert them of a potential threat. It is extremely important that the intercept receiver provide the combat swimmer with a bearing to the active source in order to make an informed decision as to the best direction to move in order to avoid detection. The intercept receiver must be packaged with a minimum size and weight footprint with a minimal power requirement. Ideally it should be integrated into a 'Swim Board' like configuration with the intercept detection information overlaying the diver navigation information. So that the swimmer does not have to be distracted from his navigation focus to be alerted to the presence of and bearing to an active Sonar. Information Systems Laboratories is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Electronic Bumper for Rotorcraft Brownout Approach and Landing. The abstract given for this project is as follows: In a number of arid regions of the world, recirculation of dust by the rotorwash of helicopters results in the loss of visual cues during helicopter approach and landing. This condition is typically referred to as brownout. This is a serious problem for all services and leads to numerous aircraft and personnel losses in Afghanistan and Iraq. The effectiveness of the conventional approach of using spotters positioned in aircraft doorways to call out and maintain clearance from obstacles has obvious limitations, especially in the most degraded visual environments. An 'Electronic Bumper' system would detect and track major obstacles including other aircraft in flight during brownout and virtually all low/no visibility approach and landing. An active RF system is preferred, one operating at high-enough frequency and bandwidth to provide the needed system resolution. SNC's electronically reconfigurable aperture (ERA) technology is ideally suited to this task. ERA is a patented electronically steerable array technology that has been demonstrated at across the range of frequencies of interest. This proposal describes a Multiple Scanning Array Radar (MSAR) that will achieve the required functionality. The hardware and processing architecture is described, along with the approach to demonstrating that the system will meet all requirements. Information Systems Laboratories is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Multi-Modal Sensor for Tactical Marine Surveillance. The abstract given for this project is as follows: Information Systems Laboratories, Inc. (ISL) proposes to team with Applied Physical Sciences Corp. (APS) and ERAPSCO to develop a low-cost underwater sensor capable of collecting both acoustic and electric field signals. APS is a recognized leader in the development of advanced acoustic sensors and signal processing. ERAPSCO is a joint venture of USSI and Sparton, the world's leading sonobuoy manufacturers. Exploitation of both acoustic and electromagnetic signals emitted by submarines offers new possibilities for sensor queuing and data fusion to reduce false alarms. The goal of the effort is to develop a small air deployable sensor package that can simultaneously observe the acoustic radiated signature and the electric potential signals from ships that are in the vicinity. We will develop appropriate signal and information processing algorithms to provide a robust multi-modal solution that improves initial detection performance (PD/PFA), target kinematic predictions (tracks), and target identification (target/on-target) based on features in both measurement domains. Data will be collected in Phase I to validate sensor and noise models and to make recommendations for an engineering prototype of a compact sensor package. This information will be used in Phase II to develop and test prototype a sensor with the support of ERAPSCO. Information Systems Laboratories is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Underwater Vertical Electric Field Detection. The abstract given for this project is as follows: Information System Laboratories, Inc. (ISL) proposes to team with ERAPSCO, a joint venture of USSI and Sparton, the world's leading sonobuoy manufacturers, to develop a low-cost underwater E-field sensor capable of collecting all electric field signals emanating from submarines. In particular, a sensor capable of measuring the vertical component of the field in addition to the horizontal components will be developed. This will enable exploitation of all low-frequency electric field signals emitted by submarines and offers new detection modalities that will facilitate vessel classification, discrimination from surface vessel track, and data fusion with acoustic sensors. Data will be collected in Phase I for various floating and on-bottom configurations to validate sensor and noise models and will be used to determine the optimal aperture size and electrode location and make recommendations for an engineering prototype of a compact low-cost three-axis electric field sensor. This information will be used in Phase II to develop and test a prototype sensor with the support of ERAPSCO. Information Systems Laboratories is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Precision Extraction and Characterization of Lines of Communication from Moving Target Indicator (MTI) Data. The abstract given for this project is as follows: Identified battlespace lines of communication (LOC) provide crucial knowledge of a surveilled environment, assisting in troop placement and maneuvering, communication network characterization, and intelligence regarding enemy movement. LOC mapping is difficult in areas with treacherous terrain conditions or limited data availability. As MTI sensors enable persistent surveillance, provide accurate geolocation of moving targets that traverse LOCs, and have foliage-penetrating capabilities useful in observing LOCs in forrested areas, it is the objective of this effort to create a solution to LOC extraction and characterization needs using MTI data products. Information Systems Laboratories is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Brownout Radar Beamforming Using Electronically Reconfigurable Apertures. The abstract given for this project is as follows: In a number of arid regions of the world, recirculation of dust by the rotorwash of helicopters results in the loss of visual cues during helicopter approach and landing. This condition is typically referred to as brownout. This is a serious problem for all services and leads to numerous aircraft and personnel losses in Afghanistan and Iraq. The effectiveness of the conventional approach of using spotters positioned in aircraft doorways to call out and maintain clearance from obstacles has obvious limitations, especially in the most degraded visual environments. An 'Electronic Bumper' system would detect and track major obstacles including other aircraft in flight during brownout and virtually all low/no visibility approach and landing. An active RF system is preferred, one operating at high-enough frequency and bandwidth to provide the needed system resolution. SNC's electronically reconfigurable aperture (ERA) technology is ideally suited to this task. ERA is a patented electronically steerable array technology that has been demonstrated at across the range of frequencies of interest. This proposal describes the development of an antenna and beamformer architecture that provides functionality required for use in brownout radar systems. Information Systems Laboratories is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Sensitive Passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag Development. The abstract given for this project is as follows: Passive radio frequency identification (pRFID) transponders (tags) are relatively less expensive than active RFID (aRFID) tags, and the absence of a battery makes them attractive for applications where very long life is important. Passive tags derive their power from the RF field, and this power diversion significantly reduces the power received by the interrogator (reader), rendering this tag type the last choice when reader power is limited and the required range is large. In these cases, an alternative to a battery-powered tag that has mostly been confined to research environments is to power it with an external energy source such as light, magnetic fields, or acoustic energy. In the case of tagging ordnance, the acoustic and inductive powering are not attractive because the high amount of power required is unsafe. Light powered tags, on the other hand, have the potential to safely power the tag. Such a tag would contain, in addition to the circuitry and antenna, a solar cell to harness power from ambient light sources. This research program will examine the feasibility of this approach to making pRFID tags to be used for Naval ordnance. Information Systems Laboratories is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Determination of SSBN ownship ground velocity. The abstract given for this project is as follows: Precise navigation is crucial to the Navy's submarine fleet, as is the ability to keep each submarine submerged and covert. All INS systems drift, and require additional inputs to correct the drifting navigation. In this Phase I, ISL will research two innovative electromagnetic velocity estimation methods that are independent of current technology, and will add valuable information to stabilize the onboard INS: (1) the usage of electric field (E-field) measurements and the Lorentz force relationship relating the E-field and the ambient magnetic field to velocity; and (2) the usage of separated magnetic gradiometer sensors to determine the speed that the submarine is passing through the magnetic field caused by underlying oceanic crustal structure. Each method is extremely covert. The Lorentz method measures small voltages induced in three orthogonal wires inside the submarine, while the gradiometer method utilizes external magnetic sensors. We predict that the derived velocity accuracies from these methods may be as good as 0.5 cm/sec. The Phase I project will study feasibility of each method, will estimate the accuracy of the derived velocity, will identify the major noise sources which can affect the velocity estimate, and will determine the optimal sensors and configuration to achieve the objectives. Information Systems Laboratories is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Robust Wideband Waveforms for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI) Applications. The abstract given for this project is as follows: The DoD is developing a number of radars to detect and track surface targets including vehicles and dismounts as well image targets using synthetic aperture radar modes. These system achieves wide-area surveillance for dismounts by operating on stationary platforms (helicopter) which eliminates mainbeam clutter spread and allows slow-moving targets to be effectively separated from strong ground clutter based on Doppler shift. Also, the GMTI modes currently employ relatively narrowband waveforms to minimize the impact of target range walk during a coherent processing interval. The SAR mode, on the other hand, employs a much wider bandwidth and requires a moving platform in order to form the synthetic aperture required for image formation. Thus the GMTI and SAR modes represent seemingly conflicting requirements. Namely, traditional GMTI modes work best with stationary platforms and narrow bandwidths, whereas SAR requires a moving platform and wide bandwidth. The proposal describes an approach to develop innovative wideband waveform concepts for simultaneous high resolution SAR and GMTI operation. Information Systems Laboratories is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Electronic Bumper for Rotorcraft Brownout Approach and Landing. The abstract given for this project is as follows: In a number of arid regions of the world, recirculation of dust by the rotorwash of helicopters results in the loss of visual cues during helicopter approach and landing. This condition is typically referred to as brownout. This is a serious problem for all services and leads to numerous aircraft and personnel losses in Afghanistan and Iraq. The effectiveness of the conventional approach of using spotters positioned in aircraft doorways to call out and maintain clearance from obstacles has obvious limitations, especially in the most degraded visual environments. An 'Electronic Bumper' system would detect and track major obstacles including other aircraft in flight during brownout and virtually all low/no visibility approach and landing. An active RF system is preferred, one operating at high-enough frequency and bandwidth to provide the needed system resolution. SNC's electronically reconfigurable aperture (ERA) technology is ideally suited to this task. ERA is a patented electronically steerable array technology that has been demonstrated at across the range of frequencies of interest. This proposal describes a Multiple Scanning Array Radar (MSAR) that will achieve the required functionality. The hardware and processing architecture is described, along with the approach to demonstrating that the system will meet all requirements. Information Systems Laboratories is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Space Radar Signal Processing Algorithms. The abstract given for this project is as follows: Space radar offers the potential for all-weather day-night persistent detection of surface targets over the entire earth. For space radar to achieve its true potential, however, advances in radar signal processing will be required that address various issues associated with operating over a wide range of clutter environments including land, littoral, and open-ocean. The goal of the proposed research is to develop a suite of signal processing algorithms that meet the SMTI mission requirements for space radar across all of these environments. Information Systems Laboratories is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Innovative Wideband All Digital Receiver (ADR). The abstract given for this project is as follows: ISL propose to combine state-of-the-art advances in signal processing algorithms and architectures and superconducting electronics to design and fabricate an essentially all-digital receiver (ADR) that will both mitigate the effects of EMI and reduce digital storage requirements. An innovative Analog-to-Information (A-to-I) converter approach will be designed that eliminates many of the redundant bits during the conversion process. The unique aspect of ISL's approach is the use of linear predictive processing in conjunction with implicit non-uniform sampling. Non-uniform sampling is required to incorporate a linear predictor into the concept to achieve data reduction. In this approach, the RF signal from the antenna is bandpass filtered with a pre-selection filter that uses High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) filters in order to define the input bandwidth and suppress out-of-band interference. The difference of the output from the pre-selection filter and the output of the linear prediction filter generates a prediction error signal. For many military systems the single most important piece of prior knowledge is that the desired signals are weak with respect to the other signals within the band. This observation means that in many applications, prediction of the strong signals followed by subtracting them out of the composite in-band signal mix, is an attractive method to reduce the dynamic range of the received signal and thus the number of digital bits required to represent the signal.
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LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY), a leading provider of ultra-low power, high performance artificial intelligence technology and the world’s first commercial producer of neuromorphic AI chips and IP, today announced that Information Systems Laboratories, Inc. (ISL) is developing an AI-based radar research solution for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) based on its Akida™ neural networking processor. ISL is an employee-owned technology development corporation that performs expert research and complex analysis, software and systems engineering, advanced hardware design and development, and high-quality specialty fabrication for a variety of customers worldwide. ISL specializes in the areas of advanced signal processing, space exploration, undersea technologies, surveillance and tracking, cyber security, advanced radar systems, and energy independence. As a member of BrainChip’s Early Access Program, ISL will be able to evaluate boards with the Akida device, software and hardware support and dedicated engineering resources. “As part of BrainChip’s EAP, we’ve had the opportunity to evaluate firsthand the capabilities that Akida provides to the AI ecosystem,” said Jamie Bergin, Senior VP, Manager of Research, Development and Engineering Solutions Division at ISL. BrainChip brings AI to the edge in a way that existing technologies are not capable. The Akida processor is ultra-low power with high performance, supporting the growth of edge AI technology by using a neuromorphic architecture, a type of artificial intelligence that is inspired by the biology of the human brain. Devices currently available to BrainChip’s EAP customers provide partners with capabilities to realize significant gains in power consumption, design flexibility and true learning at the Edge. “ISL has decided to use Akida and Edge-based learning as a tool to incorporate into their portfolio of research engineering and engineering solutions in large part due to our innovative capabilities and production-ready status that provides go-to-market advantages,” said Sean Hehir, BrainChip CEO. “We are pleased to be included as the AI- and Edge-based learning component of ISL’s research sponsored by AFRL. We feel that the combination of technologies will help expedite its deployment into the field.” Akida is currently available now to be licensed as IP, as well as available for orders for production release in silicon. Its focus is on low power and high-performance, enabling sensory processing, for applications in Beneficial AI, as well as applications including Smart Healthcare, Smart Cities, Smart Transportation and Smart Home. Those interested in learning how BrainChip has solved the problems inherent in moving AI out of the data center to the Edge where data is created can visit https://brainchipinc.com/technology/ for more information. About BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY) BrainChip is a global technology company that is producing a groundbreaking neuromorphic processor that brings artificial intelligence to the edge in a way that is beyond the capabilities of other products. The chip is high performance, small, ultra-low power and enables a wide array of edge capabilities that include on-chip training, learning and inference. The event-based neural network processor is inspired by the spiking nature of the human brain and is implemented in an industry standard digital process. By mimicking brain processing BrainChip has pioneered a processing architecture, called Akida™, which is both scalable and flexible to address the requirements in edge devices. At the edge, sensor inputs are analyzed at the point of acquisition rather than through transmission via the cloud to a data center. Akida is designed to provide a complete ultra-low power and fast AI Edge Network for vision, audio, olfactory and smart transducer applications. The reduction in system latency provides faster response and a more power efficient system that can reduce the large carbon footprint of data centers. About AFRL and AFWERX AFRL and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research process in an attempt to speed up the experience, broaden the pool of potential applicants and decrease bureaucratic overhead. Beginning in SBIR 18.2, and now in J203-CS01, the Air Force has begun offering ‘The Open Topic’ SBIR/STTR program that is faster, leaner and open to a broader range of innovations. Additional information is available at https://www.brainchipinc.com Follow BrainChip on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/BrainChip_inc Follow BrainChip on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/7792006 Follow BrainChip on YouTube: BrainChipInc Contacts
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