SBIR
Abstract
The set-aside program for small business supports mission-oriented R&D with the goal of providing advanced capabilities to the Warfighter and commercializing those technologies, resulting in a vibrant small business innovation base supporting economic growth and technology innovation. The SBIR program contributed to the readiness and modernization of the Joint Force and improved operational capabilities through the innovative research topics initiated in FY 2022 in the following areas: OSD-NGA: - Scene Geometry Aided Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) for Radar, develop and demonstrate synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ATR that reduces false alarm rates by incorporating modern artificial intelligence and geometry of the imaged area. TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML); Autonomy; Information Systems; Sensors; Electronics - Automatic Labeling of Multiple Target Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery for Automatic Target Recognition (ATR), develop novel algorithms for labeling multiple target classes in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery to expedite training of SAR Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) algorithms. TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML); Autonomy; Information Systems; Sensors; Electronics - Rapid Object Detector Development from Limited Labelled Data, develop methods and science to rapidly produce object detectors for overhead imagery starting from a limited pool of hand-labeled data. TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning; Information Systems Technology .- Modeling and Simulation Technology; Computing and Software Technology - High Resolution Near Real Time Land Use and Land Use Change, develop a high-resolution fully automated land use and land use change (LULUC) map of the globe, updated daily, using commercial or publicly available satellite imagery. Identify mission-specific types of change in near real-time across broad areas. TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Information Systems; Modeling and Simulation Technology OSD-C5ISREW: - Stand-alone multi-axis compact portable quantum accelerometer, build a compact portable 3-axis quantum-based accelerometer and demonstrate on a moving platform. TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Quantum Science; Sensors; Electronics and Electronic Warfare - High yield atomic vapor cell manufacturing and packaging for atomic clocks and magnetometers, develop a manufacturing process which allows greater yield (>80%) per wafer batch on vapor cell wafer runs to support quantum clocks and magnetometers. TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Quantum Science; Sensors; Electronics and Electronic Warfare; Materials / Processes - Networked quantum sensor for geolocation of anomalous underground ferrous sources, detect and geo-locate subterranean tunneling activities by using a quantum networked magnetometer. TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Quantum Science; Sensors; Electronics and Electronic Warfare - Open environment nuclear quadrupole magnetic resonance detection, develop a quantum magnetometer that is widely tunable between 100 Hz and 10 MHz to detect and distinguish RF signals with sensitivity near 1 fT/Hz1/2. TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Quantum Science; Sensors; Electronics and Electronic Warfare Emerging results from these SBIR topics will be reported in FY 2023.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 5437b9cffa2a293ce9619b06632cb8b4