•December 2005: Commander US Army CECOM, ACQ Center has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on MEMS Through the Wall Sensing.
•December 2005: The US Army Research Institute has awarded a new Phase I contract for a project on IPD Based Approach SCORM.
•November 2005: The US Army has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on UWB UAV.
•November 2005: The U.S. Army has awarded a new contract to IAI for Noise Monopulse Radar.
•November 2005: The U.S. Army has awarded a new Phase II contract to IAI for Differential Games II.
•November 2005: The U.S. Army has awarded a new Phase II contract to IAI for Army Intrusion Detection II.
•November 2005: Department of the Navy has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on Wireless Aircraft Tracking.
•November 2005: NAVAL Air Warfare Center AD (LKE) has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on Enhanced Prognostic.
•November 2005: Commander US Army CECOM has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on Semantic View.
•November 2005: The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a new contract to IAI for Pipeline Monitoring.
•October 2005: The NAVAL Air Warfare Center (LKE) has awarded IAI a new project on Internet Sub-Protocol Manager.
•October 2005: The US Army Aviation & Missile Command has awarded IAI a new contract for Expandable RF Sensor.
•October 2005: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for a project on Hydrogen Crack Detector.
•August 2005: The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project on 3D Visualization.
•August 2005: The US Army has awarded a new Phase I project to IAI for Heavy Tailed QoS Routing.
•August 2005: The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded IAI with a new Phase II contract for Crisis Ops.
•July 2005: The Office of Naval research has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for Threat Prediction.
•July 2005: The U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command has awarded IAI with a new contract for the second phase of Cognitive Hardware Elements.
•July 2005: The Air Force Material Command has awarded a new phase I contract to IAI for Sensor Fusion.
•June 2005: NAVAIR Orlando has awarded IAI a new project in Visualization Training.
•June 2005: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new contract to IAI for a Phase II project on Underwater Sensor.
•June 2005: The NAVAL Air Warfare Center has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on Multipath Signals
•June 2005: IAI receives a new award from the NAVAL Air Warfare Center for a project on Fiber Optic Cables.
•May 2005: IAI receives a new award from the Air Force for Aging Systems.
•May 2005: IAI receives a new award from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for a project on Flow Control.
•April 2005: Naval Sea Logistics has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on Wireless HM.
•April 2005: Wright Patterson Air Force Base has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on combat simulation tools or SOS.
•April 2005: The Air Force Research Lab has awarded a new contract to IAI for Self-Aware Satellites.
•April 2005: Rohm and Haas have issued IAI a new purchase order for Sensor Technologies for Polymeric Polishing Pads Metrology
•April 2005: IAI has been awarded a new SBIR project from the Air Force Research Laboratory for Secure Multicast.
•April 2005: The Air Force has awarded a new SBIR project to IAI for Failure Precursors.
•April 2005: IAI has received a new award from NAVAIR for the proposal entitled “Advanced Technique for Electrical Wire Fault.”
•March 2005: The Air Force has awarded a new Phase II contract to IAI for Enhanced Speech Recognition II.
•March 2005: IAI has received an award from the Air Force for a new contract on Engine Wire.
•March 2005: IAI has received a new award from the Air Force for Jet Engines FTC.
•March 2005: NIST has awarded IAI a contract for ballistics measurement.
•February 2005: The US Army Picatinny awards IAI a project involving intelligent agent and decision aids component technology.
•February 2005: IAI receives an award from the Naval Surface Warfare Center for secure communications in a noisy environment.
•February 2005: NASA Langley Research Center has awarded IAI an award for actuator fault diagnosis and accommodation.
•February 2005: IAI receives an award from NASA in guided wave structural health monitoring.
•February 2005: NASA Ames Research Center has awarded IAI an award for shared control of semiautonomous vehicles.
•February 2005: IAI has been awarded a project from NASA Ames Research Center for simulation and assessment of NAS security and safety.
•February 2005: NASA Ames Research Center has awarded IAI with an award for onboard multi-sensor re-targeting.
•February 2005: IAI has been awarded a project from NASA Dryden Research Center to detect damage in aircraft structures.
•February 2005: The US Army has awarded IAI a contract for inspection of metal matrix using guided wave.
December 2005: IAI receives a new award from NAVAL Air Warfare Center AD (LKE) for a Phase II project on Path Planning II.
IAI receives a new STTR Phase II contract form the NAVAL Air Warfare Center AD (LKE) with Ohio State University as a proposed subcontractor for the proposal entitled “Adaptive Cooperative Path and Mission Planning for Multiple Aerial Platforms.” In the Phase I effort, IAI and OSU successfully combined both collaborative decision making (coordination) and decentralized real time control to provide a general framework for the design of a hierarchical cooperative plan architecture that exploits the advantages of a sensor network onboard the UAVs. With the incorporation of game theoretic framework for estimation and control and this novel structure, the UAV operations from this architecture can track multiple targets and adapt to the dynamic and uncertain environment. The Phase II effort will refine and expand the path and mission planning algorithms.
December 2005: Commander US Army CECOM, ACQ Center has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on MEMS Through the Wall Sensing.
The Army CECOM has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Covert Through Wall Sensing with MEMS Radios.” IAI proposes through the wall sensing system consisting of a network of expandable local area MEMS sensors. Using the RF communication link, the key innovation of detecting people moving behind walls or inside buildings can be achieved.
December 2005: The US Army Research Institute has awarded a new Phase I contract for a project on IPD Based Approach SCORM.
The US Army Research Institute has awarded a new SBIR Phase I project to IAI with DRC as a potential subcontractor for the proposal entitled “AN IPD-based Approach for Adaptable Story-based Leadership Training & Assessment.” IAI proposes the creation of a richer learning environment that is believable, adaptable, and easily accessible through an innovative leadership training approach that combines intelligent agent-modeled character-based simulations. This approach uses Interactive Pedagogical Drama (IPD) based instructional design and SCORM-compliant web-based distance learning infrastructure.
November 2005: The US Army has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on UWB UAV.
The Commander US Army CECOM has awarded a new SBIR Phase I project to IAI with Penn State University as a potential subcontractor for the proposal entitled “Innovative and Efficient Design of Directional Ultra Wideband Antennas for UAV Applications.” UAVs are used in military and civilian applications because of their low cost and flexibility. The most important element to efficient design such as antenna for UAVs is to identify a powerful electromagnetic simulation method that can handle complex structures and an efficient optimization algorithm. IAI proposes using a combination of parallel Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) and genetic algorithm (GA) in Phase I. FDTD works best for simulation of random shaped homogenous and inhomogeneous targets, while GA provides global optimum in a very short time.
November 2005: The U.S. Army has awarded a new contract to IAI for Noise Monopulse Radar.
The U.S. Army RDECOM ACQ CTR has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI with Ram M. Narayanan from Penn State University as a proposed consultant for the proposal entitled “Ultrafast Detection and Tracking Using Retrodirective Random-Noise Monopulse Radar.” IAI proposes combining retrodirective noise correlating (RNC) stage with random-noise monopulse tracking stage in order to build and deploy an innovative radar system. The radar will detect inbound target with ultra-high speed, provide the angle-of-arrival (AOA), and range estimation simultaneously. The technology has excellent ECCM capability due to its wideband true random-noise waveform.
November 2005: The U.S. Army has awarded a new Phase II contract to IAI for Differential Games II.
The U.S. Army RDECOM ACQ CTR has awarded a new SBIR Phase II contract to IAI with the Ohio State University as a potential subcontractor for the proposal entitled “Novel Approaches to Stochastic Pursuit-Evasion Differential Games with Multiple Players.” In the phase I effort, IAI proposed to systemically explore differential pursuit-evasion games with multiple players and evaders. In the Phase II effort, IAI and its subcontractor, Prof. Jose B. Cruz of the Ohio State University (OSU), objective is to synthesize the newly proposed multiple players stochastic game theorems with the existing theories to create an efficient computational package for practical purposes.
November 2005: The U.S. Army has awarded a new Phase II contract to IAI for Army Intrusion Detection II.
The U.S. Army RDECOM ACQ CTR has awarded a new SBIR Phase II contract to IAI with Dr. Wenke Lee as a proposed consultant for the proposal entitled “Agent Based Distributed and Cooperative Intrusion Detection for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.” IAI proposes to prototype and commercialize the intrusion detection algorithms for ad hoc networks developed in Phase I of the project. IAI will first improve the intrusion detection and identification algorithms and then study the intrusion response strategies to determine the damage inflicted by intrusions or anomalies. Next, IAI will define performance metrics and realist network scenarios, containing both normal and anomalous behaviors, and test the techniques in multiple scenarios. A NetSim-based software prototype will be developed which can evaluate the performance of various intrusion detection schemes. Finally, IAI will develop a visualization tool for NetSim.
November 2005: Department of the Navy has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on Wireless Aircraft Tracking.
Department of the Navy has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “An Accurate, Secure and Low-power Wireless Aircraft Tracking System." IAI proposes to design a tracking system for aircraft onboard carriers using a wireless mesh network with a point-to-point ranging capability. The system is formed by Tracking Devices (ICTD) and by Integrated Communication mounted inside the aircraft cockpits and also in some selected areas of the carriers themselves. This tracking systems has many unique strengths, such as low RF emission, highly accurate and precise, energy efficient, all weather and no multi-path interference.
November 2005: NAVAL Air Warfare Center AD (LKE) has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on Enhanced Prognostic.
NAVAL Air Warfare Center AD (LKE) has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI with The University of Maryland as the proposed subcontractor for the proposal entitled “Enhanced Prognostic Model for Digital Electronics.” IAI proposes to predict failures in aircraft electronic boards, their digital component elements and devices that have the potential to reduce the risks of unanticipated failures while significantly reducing support costs. IAI, along with Computer Aided Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) Electronic Products and Systems Center (EPSC) at the University of Maryland, propose an enhanced life consumption monitoring methodology for digital electronic boards and their components. This approach involves a process to conduct Life Consumption Monitoring (LCM) , including failure nodes and mechanism analysis (FMMA), sensor data pre-processing/feature selection, fault detection/identification/isolation, virtual reality assessment, stress and damage accumulation analysis, and remaining life estimation.
November 2005: Commander US Army CECOM has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on Semantic View.
Commander US Army CECOM has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI with Duke University as a potential subcontractor for the proposal entitled “Computing a Semantic View of a Scene for Surveillance from Stereo and Discreet LIDAR.” IAI proposes a novel semantic approach to surveillance that combines the strengths and weaknesses of passive 3D (stereo), passive 2D (single camera), and active 3D (LIDAR) sensor technologies to optimize performance. IAI’s technology employs the high accuracy of LIDAR to complement a passive stereo system when the cost is energy consumption, computation, and risk of exposure can be outweighed by a vast improvement in the performance of the system operating in a purely passive mode.
November 2005: The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a new contract to IAI for Pipeline Monitoring.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded IAI a new SBIR Phase I contract with Oak Ridge National Lab as a proposed subcontractor for the project entitled “In-Line Nondestructive Inspection of Mechanical Defects in Pipelines with Shear Horizontal Wave EMAT.” IAI proposes an integrated approach to inspect mechanical damages in pipelines with or without coatings. This approach combines Shear-Horizontal (SH) wave EMAT technique, through instrumentation for data collection and detailed numerical modeling, with advanced signal processing and pattern classification techniques, to characterize and detect the mechanical dents in the underground pipeline transportation infrastructures. This system will be mounted on a PIG for reliably and accurately detecting the metal loss and other defects in the pipeline infrastructures long before they need remediation.
October 2005: The NAVAL Air Warfare Center (LKE) has awarded IAI a new project on Internet Sub-Protocol Manager.
The NAVAL Air Warfare Center (LKE) has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI, with University of Southern California as a proposed subcontractor, for the proposal entitled “An Adaptive Geographic Internet Sub-Protocol for Dynamic Wireless Networks.” IAI proposes the introduction of Internet Sub-Protocol Manager (ISM) to serve as a “bridge” between geographic sub-protocol (SP) and the standard IP. ISM perfectly integrates ad hoc and sensor networks with the internet. In order to guarantee that geographic routing between all pairs of nodes will never fail, IAI proposes Cross Link Detection Protocol (CLDP). The geographic routing protocol and ISM provide an efficient mechanism for wireless routing packet discovery and can be easily configured.
October 2005: The US Army Aviation & Missile Command has awarded IAI a new contract for Expandable RF Sensor.
The US Army Aviation & Missile Command has awarded a new Army Phase I contract to IAI for the project entitled “Expandable, Tactically Interconnected RF Sensor Network.” IAI proposes the formation of a sensor network by using an expandable, tactically interconnected cluster of RF sensors. The main innovation of this proposal is the use of communication links as tripwire sensors.
October 2005: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for a project on Hydrogen Crack Detector.
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the project entitled “A New Hydrogen Assisted Crack Detector Using Ultrasonic Guided Wave Leave-in-Place Sensors. Many military and industry structures, such as gun barrels, pipelines, and ship frames, use high strength steel alloys. However, high strength steel alloy components have a significant limitation due to hydrogen embrittlement cracking. IAI proposes a new approach to characterize and predict the behavior of Hydrogen Assisted Cracking (HAC) in high steal alloys by using small, low cost guided wave leave-in-place health monitoring sensors (piezo-disks), Correlation Analysis Technique (CAT), and a single board computer (SBC).
August 2005: The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project on 3D Visualization.
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a new STTR Phase I contract to IAI with Arizona State University as a subcontractor for the project entitled “Approach to Enhancing Target Discrimination via 3D Visualization Without 3D Glasses.” Factors, such as cluttered background, spatially closed targets, adverse weather and acquisition conditions, spectrally-matched decoys, and limits on sensor resolution, may cause automatic target recognition to be challenging. One solution is to have a 3D display. This display helps discriminate targets but poses another problem of rectifying the sensor streams. These sensor streams are not calibrated and a standard stereoscopic vision algorithm will not generate accurate stereo images. IAI proposes an algorithm for stereo image creation in real-time that has a very high accuracy to combat this problem.
August 2005: The US Army has awarded a new Phase I project to IAI for Heavy Tailed QoS Routing.
The US Army RDECOM Acquisition Center has awarded a new STTR Phase I contract to IAI with Purdue University as a subcontractor for the project entitled “Predictable, Scalable QoS Routing for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks Based on Heavy-Tailed Statistics.” IAI proposes to identify QoS metrics based on insights on heavy-tailed phenomena in ad hoc wireless networks, propose a QoS Routing protocol (HAQR) that captures the heavy-tailed nature and provides quality of service for multi-hop wireless ad hoc networks, determine the potential performance impact of heavy-tailed on ad hoc routing, and define routing policies based on such insights and metrics.
August 2005: The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded IAI with a new Phase II contract for Crisis Ops.
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a new SBIR Phase II contract to IAI with Raytheon as subcontractor for the project entitled “New Information Technologies for Crisis Operations.” IAI proposes to follow the Phase I effort of this project which developed Cognitive Pedestrian software agents that incorporate physical, emotional, and rational aspects of behavior. The Phase II effort will enhance the Cognitive Pedestrian agents in a principles manner to include detailed framework for introducing diverse cultural norms.
July 2005: The Office of Naval research has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for Threat Prediction.
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new STTR Phase I contract to IAI with the University of Nevada as a proposed subcontractor for the project entitled “A Game Theoretic Approach for Threat Prediction and Situation Awareness.” IAI proposes an innovative approach for Level 2+ information fusion through the use of hybrid data fusion with adversarial Markov game. IAI seeks to improve the capabilities of battlefield situation awareness by investigating and demonstrating the effectiveness of Markov game theory and the advanced knowledge infrastructures for Level 2+ information fusion.
July 2005: The U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command has awarded IAI with a new contract for the second phase of Cognitive Hardware elements.
The U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command has awarded a new SBIR Phase II contract to IAI, with Lockheed Martin as a potential subcontractor, for the project entitled “Hardware Architecture for Flexible Component-Based Hybrid Cognitive Systems.” IAI proposes to develop an end-to-end framework, methodology, and supporting tools for cognitive systems development. The main objective of this project is to produce a sufficiently complete and usable approach that can be used in research into cognitive architectures and systems.
July 2005: The Air Force Material Command has awarded a new phase I contract to IAI for Sensor Fusion.
The Air Force Material Command has awarded IAI with a new SBIR phase I contract, with University of Maryland at Baltimore County as a proposed subcontractor, for the project entitled “A Novel Approach to EO, IR, SAR, and Hyperspectral Sensor Fusion.” IAI proposes a new hybrid framework for target detection and classification using airborne images from both spatial and spectral perspectives. This project will rely on some automatic algorithms for target detection and classification. Previously, target detection and classification were carried out by the use of pure visual inspection, which proved to be less effective.
June 2005: NAVAIR Orlando has awarded IAI a new project in Visualization Training.
NAVAIR Orlando has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “The Visualization Training Assistant.” IAI proposes the Visualization Training Assistant (VisTrAs) to assist designers of instruction and allow them to keep current with the best methods of applying appropriate and effective techniques. The Visualization Training Assistant will deliver guidance in creating effective visualizations, provide for libraries of components with the capability to present effective visualizations, and assist in embedding objects in instruction using common instructional authorware.
June 2005: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new contract to IAI for a Phase II project on Underwater Sensor.
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new SBIR Phase II contract to IAI with Wayland Applied Math and University of Tennessee as subcontractors for the project entitled “A New Computing Paradigm for Energy-Efficient Collaboration in Underwater Sensor Networks.” IAI proposes to develop an intelligent agent-based generic model framework that provides a state space model of distributed sensor systems. The development of this project is based on the innovative Cybele agent infrastructure.
June 2005: The NAVAL Air Warfare Center has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on Multipath Signals
The NAVAL Air Warfare Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase II contract to IAI with Raytheon and Virginia Tech University as potential subcontractors for the proposal entitled “Multipath Encryption and Authentication System.” The Phase II effort will expand on the Phase I results and strategies for system level implementation of multipath encryption scheme for location specific authentication. Ultimately, the goal of Phase II efforts is integration of the techniques of IAI with the JTRS AMF cluster of radios.
June 2005: IAI receives a new award from the NAVAL Air Warfare Center for a project on Fiber Optic Cables.
The NAVAL Air Warfare Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “A Novel Diagnostic System for Inspection of Fiber-optic Cables.” IAI proposes a novel Pseudo Random Binary Sequence (PRBS) approach for low cost, non-intrusive method of fiber optic cables. The goal of this project is to incorporate non-complex mixed signal electronic and photonic components that can be easily implemented as an ASIC to attain compactness and permit easy integration with fiber-optic cable system.
May 2005: IAI receives a new award from the Air Force for Aging Systems.
The Air Force has awarded a new SBIR Phase I project to IAI with the University of Delaware proposed as a potential subcontractor for the proposal entitled “Non-Intrusive Method and System for Inspection of Aging Electronic Systems.” IAI proposes Terahertz imaging technology to realize non-intrusive and low cost inspection of electronic boards used in weapon systems. Compared with other technologies, Terahertz imaging is the best choice in order to detect defects such as corrosion and surface failures inside electronic boards.
May 2005: IAI receives a new award from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for a project on Flow Control.
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a potential subcontractor for the project entitled “Integration Flight Control and Flow Control Using Synthetic Jet Arrays.” IAI proposes an innovative approach to flow control and integrated flight control to improve the aerodynamic performance of air vehicles. The proposed approach will control the degree of flow separation by using synthetic jet arrays operating at high frequencies, and a neural network control method (NAC) will regulate the actuation signals to jet actuators to track reference trajectory of a desired degree of flow reattachment.
April 2005: Naval Sea Logistics has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on Wireless HM.
Naval Sea Logistics has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI with Zoya Propovic proposed as a potential consultant for the proposal entitled “Wireless, In Situ Guided Wave Structural Health Monitoring System with a Power Harvesting Rectenna.” Structural integrity is a crucial issue for mission success. Inspection methods, traditionally, are very time consuming due to the point-by-point manner. IAI proposes a wireless in-situ guided wave health monitoring system. This system consists of small, low cost guided wave leave-in-place health monitoring sensors called piezo-disks, Correlation Analysis Technique (CAT) for quick defect sizing and location, and many other elements. This system can inspect a very large area and immediately provide reliable information, such as size of defect and location.
April 2005: Wright Patterson Air Force Base has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project on combat simulation tools or SOS.
Wright Patterson Air Force Base has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the project entitled “Agent-Based Collaborative Combat Simulation Tool.” IAI proposes to adapt past work in autonomous software agents to implement the Collaborative Virtual Combat Simulation. To do this, IAI proposes to integrate software agent-based real-time decision aids into the simulation using agent-based game theoretic interactions.
April 2005: The Air Force Research Lab has awarded a new contract to IAI for Self-Aware Satellites.
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract for the proposal entitled “Cognitive Agent Framework for Self-Aware Satellites.” In order to enhance satellite Situation Awareness (SA), it is necessary to increase on-board automation for data processing, intelligent decision making and capability for re-configuration and re-tasking. IAI proposes an innovative solution to these goals by pairing integrated agent-based framework with innovative application of recent developments in ontology representation. This solution for enabling situation awareness is based on three core components: a common model of representation of the shared notion between the ground station and the satellite, a mechanism for the semantic exposure of on-board sensory capabilities and the data generated by them, and intelligent decision making and resource management.
April 2005: Rohm and Haas have issued IAI a new purchase order for Sensor Technologies for Polymeric Polishing Pads Metrology System.
Rohm and Haas have issued IAI a new purchase order for the proposal entitled “Study of Non-Contacting Sensor Technologies for Polymeric Polishing Pads Metrology System.” IAI will take part in the design and development of metrology systems for dimensionality validation of Polymeric Polishing Pads which are manufactured by Rohm and Haas. IAI’s effort will cover the validation of candidate displacement measurement technologies/sensors as a selection step for the technology to be used in the final metrology system.
April 2005: IAI has been awarded a new SBIR project from the Air Force Research Laboratory for Secure Multicast.
IAI has received a new SBIR Phase I award from the Air Force Research Laboratory with the University of Maryland as subcontractor for the proposal entitled “An Agent-based Multi-Tiered Key Management Scheme for Secure Multicast Communications.” IAI proposes using MTKM or agent-based multi-tiered key management for secure multicast communications. This approach provides more efficient, selective, adaptive, scalable and robust results than other key management schemes while providing more security guarantees.
April 2005: The Air Force has awarded a new SBIR project to IAI for Failure Precursors.
The Air Force has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI with Penn State University as subcontractor for the proposal entitled “Early Detection of Failure Precursors Using Symbolic Dynamics, Neural Networks, and Principal Components Analysis.” IAI proposes developing signal processing capabilities that map patterns in accelerometer data to an anomaly measure for early detection and monitoring of failure precursors in mechanical transmission couplings. This process has been demonstrated on fatigue testing machines, electrical circuits, and mechanical components undergoing fatigue due to vibrations.
April 2005: IAI has received a new award from NAVAIR for the proposal entitled “Advanced Technique for Electrical Wire Fault.”
The Naval Air Warfare Center has awarded IAI a new SBIR Phase I contract for the proposal entitled “Advanced Technique for Electrical Wire Fault.” IAI proposes using an extension of Time Domain Reflectometry to detect and locate flaws in aircraft wiring systems. IAI will combine two methods that are commonly used for conducting and inspecting structures: TDR and Eddy Current Testing (ECT). IAI has already developed a low-cost version of TDR which meets many of the requirements in this solicitation, including ability to inspect active units, true one-sided access, and detection of insulation chafing. This low-cost TDR will be implemented in this project.
March 2005: The Air Force has awarded a new Phase II contract to IAI for Enhanced Speech Recognition II.
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has awarded a new SBIR Phase II contract to IAI with Carnegie Mellon University and Haikya Corporation as the proposed subcontractors for the project entitled “Expanded Speech Recognition to Include Foreign Accents.” IAI proposes a system to improve speech recognition performance for foreign accents or non-native speakers. In phase II of this project, a real-time prototype for speech recognition will be developed and demonstrated. This prototype will aid in eliminating background noise and support a speaker adaptation algorithm that adjusts and updates the speakers’ model.
March 2005: IAI has received an award from the Air Force for a new contract on Engine Wire.
The Air Force has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI with the University of Virginia as subcontractor for the project entitled “Diligent Data-Power Harness for High Temperature Wiring in Engine Bays.” IAI proposes an advantageous method for wiring engine bays to accommodate higher temperatures, deliver power and data through a flexible harness, non-intrusive auto switching of power and data, and withstand heat and engine vibrations to encourage a longer life. IAI also proposes using a layering of metal matrix composites, ceramics, ceramic matrix composites, and fiber optics with ceramic fiber sheaths.
March 2005: IAI has received a new award from the Air Force for Jet Engines FTC.
The Air Force has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the project entitled “Model-Based Reconfigurable Fault Tolerant Control of Jet Engines.” IAI plans to use FTC for advanced jet engines in order to realize the full potential of engine control technology. The FTC architecture will be achieved through a new linear diagnostic scheme and a model-based engine control concept. This method will result in better fuel efficiency, engine performance and improved safety, and an extended service life of jet engines of the future.
March 2005: NIST has awarded IAI a contract for ballistics measurement.
The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) has awarded IAI a subcontract to perform topographic measurements and comparative analysis of bullets and cartridge cases. This effort is part of the ongoing collaboration between IAI and NIST in support of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) research to assess the “Feasibility, Accuracy, and Technical Capability of a National Ballistic Database.”
February 2005: The US Army Picatinny awards IAI a project involving intelligent agent and decision aids component technology.
The US Army Picatinny has awarded IAI a new SBIR Phase I award for cognitive decision support. The project addresses the challenge of creating agile decision support systems that can be adapted for system configurations and requirements. Through the use of methodology and component architecture, decision aid components and systems become more versatile and adaptable.
February 2005: IAI receives an award from the Naval Surface Warfare Center for secure communications in a noisy environment.
The Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded IAI a new SBIR Phase I award involving ultra wideband radio for secure communication. UWB radios are wireless, satisfy electromagnetic (EMI) standards, and transmit below the environmental noise level. The radios will not be affected by moisture or debris and are much smaller than conventional radios. UWB radios are a great option for secure communication in the Navy gimbaled system.
February 2005: NASA Langley Research Center has awarded IAI an award for actuator fault diagnosis and accommodation.
NASA Langley Research Center has awarded IAI a new SBIR Phase I award for actuator fault diagnosis and accommodation using a hierarchical approach to improve aviation security. Through detection, isolation, and accommodation of primary aerodynamic actuator failures, the proposed architecture improves upon flight safety from previous certified flight control systems.
February 2005: IAI receives an award from NASA in guided wave structural health monitoring.
NASA Glenn Research Center has awarded IAI a SBIR Phase I award for aviation safety and security involving guided wave structural health monitoring system. Elements such as humidity, stress, temperature, and coating conditions cause corrosion and fatigue induced metal-loss and cracks in missiles and aircraft structures. These problems can be sized and monitored through the use of piezo-disks, Correlation Analysis Technique (CAT), miniaturized local computing devices with data acquisition, and wireless module for remote monitoring.
February 2005: NASA Ames Research Center has awarded IAI an award for shared control of semiautonomous vehicles.
NASA Ames Research Center has awarded IAI a SBIR Phase I a project for shared control of semiautonomous vehicles. Currently, no strategies exist for transition of vehicles between automatic and manual control. IAI will use a two-level technique based on using Hidden Markov Models to transition seamlessly between tele-operation and autonomous control and identify the active state at each level of the controller. Through this method, unmanned vehicles can learn from human assistance and also on their own when human interaction is limited.
February 2005: IAI has been awarded a project from NASA Ames Research Center for simulation and assessment of NAS security and safety.
NASA Ames Research Center has awarded IAI a SBIR Phase I project for simulation and assessment of NAS security and safety. IAI will use agent-based simulations and modeling to study the safety of the National Airspace. IAI will integrate models to use with NASA’s ACES models to simulate and control aircrafts in crisis situations. This system will provide decision aid for crisis management and prediction of abnormal airspace activities.
February 2005: NASA Ames Research Center has awarded IAI with an award for onboard multi-sensor re-targeting.
NASA Ames Research Center has awarded IAI a SBIR Phase I award for onboard multi-sensor re-targeting. Multiple earth observing satellites autonomously collaborate to optimize the re-targeting of the onboard sensors due to the occurrence of some significant event such as volcano, earthquake, bomb explosion etc. A sensor discovery framework will enable the satellites to exchange information about their sensor capabilities so that collectively optimal actions can be determined for each of the satellite sensors to re-orient themselves, collect and downlink useful data back to the earth station.
February 2005: IAI has been awarded a project from NASA Dryden Research Center to detect damage in aircraft structures.
NASA Dryden Research Center has awarded IAI and Penn State as a subcontractor a STTR Phase I project to create a system for detecting damage in aircraft structures. The system combines TFT based thin film actuators/sensors for signal acquisition and software for fault diagnosis and prognosis. Ultimately, this system can reduce the cost, improve the safety, and predict structural failures of the aircraft.
February 2005: The US Army has awarded IAI a contract for inspection of metal matrix using guided wave.
The US Army has awarded IAI a Phase II contract for nondestructive inspection of metal matrix composites using guided waves. IAI along with FBS, Cast Metal Composites, and Surmet, as supporting companies, will continue with MMC and produce additional algorithmic and hardware development work. This system produces the following advantages: portable, low cost and efficient; able to detect small hidden cracks and delaminations; can classify different types of defects by analyzing ultrasonic waveforms; user-friendly interface to aid in interpretation of inspection results.