•December 2006: NASA awards IAI a new SBIR Phase II contract for the project called “In Situ Guided Wave Structural Health Monitoring System.”
•December 2006: DARPA awards IAI a new SBIR Phase I contract for the project called “A Mixed Initiative Approach to Human-Robot Interaction for "Through-the-Door" Operation.”
•December 2006: Air Force awards IAI a new SBIR Phase I contract for the project called “A Markov Game Theoretic High Level Data Fusion Approach for Defensive.”
•December 2006: US Army awards IAI a new SBIR contract for the project called “A Shared Intelligence Framework Targeting Flexible Human Agent Cooperative Tasks.”
•November 2006: IAI has been awarded a new SBIR Phase II Contract for the project called “Expendable, Tactically Interconnected RF Sensor Network.”
•November 2006: NASA awards IAI a new SBIR Phase II Contract for the project called “Debugging and Event Tracing for Multi-Agent Systems.”
•November 2006: Army awards IAI a new SBIR Phase I Contract for the project called “LIBS-THz Spectroscopy for Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Detection.”
•November 2006: Army awards IAI a new SBIR Phase I Contract for the project called “A Composable Framework for Multiple Resolution, Cross-Layer Modeling and Simulation.”
•November 2006: Army awards IAI a new SBIR Phase I Contract for the project called “Robust Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) Algorithms for Clutter Suppression and Target Detection.”
•November 2006: NAVAIR awards IAI a new SBIR Phase I Contract for the project called “DIV3: A Visual Battlespace Information System.”
•November 2006: IAI has been awarded a new SBIR Phase I Contract for the project called “Robust Track Association and Fusion with Extended Feature Matching.”
•November 2006: IAI has been awarded a new Contract for the project called “Mobile Ad Hoc Networked GPS for Robust Positioning.”
•October 2006: SBIR Phase I from the Army awards IAI a new Contract for the project called “Two-Level Power Management System.”
•October 2006: Missile Defense Agency awards IAI a new Contract for the project called 3D Visualization.
•October 2006: Department of Education awards IAI a new Grant for the project called Playmation.
•October 2006: Army RDECOM awards IAI a new Phase II STTR for the project called Heavy Tailed QoS II.
•October 2006: National Institute of Justice awards IAI a new Cooperative Agreement for the project named Bullets.
•October 2006: National Institute of Justice awards IAI a new Cooperative Agreement for the project named Tool Marks.
•October 2006: Air Force Research Laboratory awards IAI a new Phase I Contract for the project called Random Noise Radar.
•October 2006: The Army awards IAI a new Phase II for the project called Cost Evaluation System.
•September 2006: Office of Naval Research awards IAI a new Phase I contract for the project named ASSIST.
•August 2006: Army CECOM awards IAI a new Phase I contract for the project named Attack Graphs Summary.
•August 2006: IAI receives a new award from Army Contracting Agency for the Phase II effort of the project called IPD Based Approach SCORM II.
•August 2006: IAI receives a new contract from Office of Naval Research for a project named Acoustic Threat Recog. System.
•August 2006: IAI receives a new award form The Office of Naval Research for the project named RF Waveforms Reader Writer.
•August 2006: IAI receives a new award from Tinker Air Force Base for the project named Supply Chain Management.
•August 2006: IAI receives a new Phase II award from Naval Air Warfare Center AD (LKE) for the project named Wire Fault II.
•June 2006: IAI receives a new award form the Office of Naval Research for a project named Game Threat Prediction.
•July 2006: IAI wins a new award from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for a project named Mini UAV.
•May 2006: The Air Force has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for a project named Hybrid Wiring Circuitry.
•May 2006: The Air Force has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project named Cooperative Communications.
•May 2006: IAI has been awarded a new Missile Defense contract for the project named MIMO Tracking Radar.
•April 2006: The Air Force has awarded a new contract to IAI for the project called Pollutants Detection.
•April 2006: The Air Force Research Lab has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project called Bioscience Data Mining.
•April 2006: The Air Force has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project named Transient Wave Based Command.
•April 2006: The Navy has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project called IDDQ Trending.
•April 2006: The Navy has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project named TCP / IP Communications on SHARP.
•February 2006: NASA awards a new Phase I contract to IAI for a project named Engine Rotor Disks.
•February 2006: NASA awards a new Phase II contract to IAI for the project named Multi Sensor Re-Targeting II.
•February 2006: NASA awards a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project called Collision Avoidance ADS-B.
•February 2006: The Army has awarded a new Phase II contract to IAI for the project named DEC-POMDP Games II.
•February 2006: The Navy has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project named Cargo Transfer.
•February 2006: The Navy has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project named MEMS Pressure Sensors.
•February 2006: NASA has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project named Event Tracking.
•February 2006: The U.S. Army has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project called Cost Evaluation System.
•February 2006: NASA has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for a project named Collision Avoidance ADS-B.
•February 2006: IAI has received a new Phase II award for the project on Muscle Water Sensor II.
•January 2006: NASA has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for a project called Ontology Life Support.
•January 2006: Army CECOM has awarded a new phase I contract to IAI for Seamless Soft Handoff.
•January 2006: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project entitled MedAgent.
•January 2006: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new Phase II contract to IAI for the project called Angle Sensor II.
•January 2006: NASA Ames Research Center has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project called A2SM Framework.
•January 2006: IAI Awarded Contract to Develop SCORM – S1000D Testbed
December 2006: NASA awards IAI a new SBIR Phase II contract for the project called “See-and-Avoid Collision Avoidance Using ADS-B signal and Radar Sensing.”
IAI receives a new SBIR Phase II contract from NASA for the proposal named “See-and-Avoid Collision Avoidance Using ADS-B signal and Radar Sensing.” IAI proposes an innovative collision avoidance radar and communication technology to detect and track both cooperative and non-cooperative targets.
December 2006: NASA awards IAI a new SBIR Phase II contract for the project called “In Situ Guided Wave Structural Health Monitoring System.”
IAI receives a new SBIR Phase II contract from NASA for the proposal named “In Situ Guided Wave Structural Health Monitoring System.” The structural integrity of jet engine turbine or fan rotor disks is vital for aviation safety. Cumulative cracks at critical loading and high stress areas, if not detected and repaired in time, may lead to catastrophic failure. Traditional methods such as Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) and eddy current are limited to point-by-point measurement and are very time consuming.
December 2006: DARPA awards IAI a new SBIR Phase I contract for the project called “A Mixed Initiative Approach to Human-Robot Interaction for "Through-the-Door" Operation.”
IAI receives a new SBIR Phase I contract from DARPA for the proposal named “A Mixed Initiative Approach to Human-Robot Interaction for "Through-the-Door" Operation.” We propose an innovative distributed multi-agent based mixed-initiative planning approach to facilitate true partnership among humans and robots useful in many application environments including “through-the-door” scenario. We plan to deploy our Multi Agent Robot Control System (MARCS) platform, to coordinate shoulder-to-shoulder team building and provide intelligent support for agile mission accomplishment.
December 2006: Air Force awards IAI a new SBIR Phase I contract for the project called “A Markov Game Theoretic High Level Data Fusion Approach for Defensive.”
IAI receives a new SBIR Phase I contract from the Air Force for the proposal named “A Markov Game Theoretic High Level Data Fusion Approach for Defensive.” We propose a highly innovative Markov (stochastic) game theoretic level-3 data fusion approach for defensive counterspace. It is known that Bayesian Network is an insightful approach to determine optimal strategies against adversarial opponent.
December 2006: US Army awards IAI a new SBIR contract for the project called “A Shared Intelligence Framework Targeting Flexible Human Agent Cooperative Tasks.”
IAI receives a new SBIR contract from the US Army for the proposal named “A Shared Intelligence Framework Targeting Flexible Human Agent Cooperative Tasks.” We present an innovative solution: a shared intelligence framework targeting flexible human agent cooperative tasks employing both prior arts and the most updated research ideas in multi-agent systems and human agent interactions.
November 2006: IAI has been awarded a new SBIR Phase II Contract for the project called “Expendable, Tactically Interconnected RF Sensor Network.”
IAI receives a new DARPA SBIR Phase II Contract for the proposal named “Expendable, Tactically Interconnected RF Sensor Network.” In this proposal, IAI details the development of a highly agile, FPGA-based RF sensor node with the following key advantages: focus on (simultaneous) reuse of hardware and software components for GPS, (UWB) communication, radar, and ranging reduces footprint, power consumption and system integration cost.
November 2006: NASA awards IAI a new SBIR Phase II Contract for the project called “Debugging and Event Tracing for Multi-Agent Systems.”
IAI receives a new SBIR Phase I Contract from NASA for the proposal named “Debugging and Event Tracing for Multi-Agent Systems. ”Detection Large-scale agent systems have become a key part of in modeling and simulation tools such as NASA’s Airspace Concept Evaluation System (ACES), an agent-based simulation of the National Airspace System (NAS).
November 2006: Army awards IAI a new SBIR Phase I Contract for the project called “LIBS-THz Spectroscopy for Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Detection.”
IAI receives a new SBIR Phase I Contract from the Army for the proposal named “LIBS-THz Spectroscopy for Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Detection.” In this proposal, Intelligent Automation Inc (IAI), University of Central Florida, and University of Delaware detail the development of an innovative spectroscopic technique for the detection and identification of improvised explosive devices (IED). Our approach marries two spectroscopic methods successfully used for the laboratory detection and identification of IEDs: terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS), and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS).
November 2006: Army awards IAI a new SBIR Phase I Contract for the project called “A Composable Framework for Multiple Resolution, Cross-Layer Modeling and Simulation.”
IAI receives a new Contract from Army for the “A Composable Framework for Multiple Resolution, Cross-Layer Modeling and Simulation.” We propose an agent-based framework and simulation infrastructure for the integrated modeling and simulation of multiple layers that is applicable towards the simulation of large, complex networked system of systems. This framework enables a process and methodology of iterative modeling and refinement and progressive drill down into additional detail during various parts of the system lifecycle.
November 2006: Army awards IAI a new SBIR Phase I Contract for the project called “Robust Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) Algorithms for Clutter Suppression and Target Detection.”
IAI receives a new Contract from Army for the “Robust Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) Algorithms for Clutter Suppression and Target Detection.” We propose robust space-time adaptive processing (STAP) algorithms for efficient clutter suppression and target detection in RPAA systems. We first identify two main causes of the performance degradation in non-Gaussian clutter environments, then design the robust STAP algorithm to suppress the impulsive and often correlated clutters in the active mode.
November 2006: NAVAIR awards IAI a new SBIR Phase I Contract for the project called “DIV3: A Visual Battlespace Information System.”
IAI receives a new Contract for the “DIV3: A Visual Battlespace Information System.” We propose a comprehensive and practical approach that will yield a complete near real time visual information system for DIV3. We will investigate Level 1 data fusion and Levels 2 and 3 information fusion so as to implement metadata and meta-knowledge structures of mathematical or ontological type, the structure of GIS databases, and the automatic updating and querying of such databases via clicking on a screen to access the networked DB.
November 2006: IAI has been awarded a new SBIR Phase I Contract for the project called “Robust Track Association and Fusion with Extended Feature Matching.”
IAI receives a new Contract for the “Robust Track Association and Fusion with Extended Feature Matching.” We propose a highly innovative agent based robust distributed data fusion architecture and algorithm that incorporates target features and attributes including extended feature points via junction matching.
November 2006: IAI has been awarded a new Contract for the project called “Mobile Ad Hoc Networked GPS for Robust Positioning.”
IAI receives a new Contract for the “Mobile Ad Hoc Networked GPS for Robust Positioning.” IAI proposes an innovative approach to use a network of mobile GPS receivers to enhance the position accuracy of the entire network leveraging stand alone GPS positioning and Carrier Phase Differential GPS (CPDGPS) which provides relative positioning. This relative positioning is used to accurately estimate the geometry of the nodes as a rigid body. We use this geometric information regarding shape of rigid body under consideration to decrease the position error of each node in the global coordinate system used by regular GPS receivers.
October 2006: SBIR Phase I from the Army awards IAI a new Contract for the project called “Two-Level Power Management System.”
IAI receives a new Contract from the Army for the “Two-Level Power Management System.” In this proposal, Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) and Georgia Institute of Technology propose to develop an inexpensive intelligent control system for tactical power grids. The proposed system will be portable, highly reliable by virtue of its distributed nature and capable of managing efficient utilization of energy sources and maximizing the reliability of the power supply. In the proposed system, power management is conducted at two levels, grid level and load center level, in a distributed fashion using a high fidelity system model.
October 2006: Missile Defense Agency awards IAI a new Contract for the project called 3D Visualization.
IAI receives a new Contract from the Missile Defense Agency for the proposal named “Approach to Enhancing Target Discrimination via 3D Visualization Without 3D Glasses.” Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) and Arizona State University (ASU) present a systematic approach to stereo image creation, depth estimation, free-viewpoint 3D visualization, and 3D target modeling and visualization. The approach consists of automatic feature point extraction, correspondence and tracking, and stereo image generation from uncalibrated cameras. Additional postprocessing algorithms such as 3D image/free-viewpoint reconstruction, depth estimation, super-resolution image generation, etc. will be customized from our past algorithms.
October 2006: Department of Education awards IAI a new Grant for the project called Playmation.
IAI receives a new Grant from the Department of Education for the proposal named “Playmation: A Manipulation Story Animation System to Improve Language, Theory of Mind, and Sequencing Skills in Children with Autism.” Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) proposes to develop and field test Playmation, a system that utilizes new technology to integrate the powerful learning modalities of touch and manipulation within the familiar instructional paradigm of picture/sentence strips.
October 2006: Army RDECOM awards IAI a new Phase II STTR for the project called Heavy Tailed QoS II.
IAI receives a new Phase II STTR from Army RDECOM for the proposal named “Predictable, Scalable QoS Routing for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks based on Heavy-Tailed Statistics.” First, the initial work on file size induced heavy-tailedness aware routing will be extended to deliver more theoretical and practical insights. Second, we will further investigate how -norm based estimation can be utilized effectively for optimizing ad hoc routing. Third, we will capture other important types of heavy-tailed workload and investigate their impact on ad hoc routing. Fourth, we will develop integrated routing metrics that can incorporate the intelligence of all flavors of heavy-tailedness aware routing policies.
October 2006: National Institute of Justice awards IAI a new Cooperative Agreement for the project named Bullets.
IAI receives a new Cooperative Agreement from the National Institute of Justice for the proposal named “A Statistical Validation of the Individuality of Guns Using High Resolution Topographical Images of Bullets.” The main goals of the proposed study are to extend the results obtained in our previous effort to barrels of very poor and very good manufacture quality for both pristine and damaged bullets. An additional goal of this project is to improve our understanding of the parameters associated with the individuality of the features transferred between a barrel and bullets fired through it.
October 2006: National Institute of Justice awards IAI a new Cooperative Agreement for the project named Tool Marks.
IAI receives a new Cooperative Agreement from the National Institute of Justice for the proposal named “A Statistical Validation on the Individuality of Tool marks due to the Effect of Wear, Environmental Exposure and Partial Evidence.” The main goals of this project are to evaluate in an objective and quantifiable manner the effect of wear, environmental conditions, and partial tool mark information on the probability of error associated with tool mark identification.
October 2006: Air Force Research Laboratory awards IAI a new Phase I Contract for the project called Random Noise Radar.
IAI receives a new Phase I Contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory for the proposal named “Heterodyne Correlation Random Noise Radar for Through Wall and Building Interior Imaging.” Recent terrorist activities and law-enforcement situations involving hostage situations underscore the need for effective through-the-wall surveillance (TWS). Current building interior imaging systems are based on short-pulse waveforms, which are easily recognizable by the intelligent adversary who may employ countermeasures to confound detection. IAI will develop a coherent continuous-wave ultrawideband random noise radar architecture based on heterodyne correlation and adaptive software radar techniques for covertly imaging obscured targets and interfaces.
October 2006: The Army awards IAI a new Phase II for the project called Cost Evaluation System.
IAI receives a new Phase II from the Army for the proposal named “An Integrated and Extensible Cost Evaluation and Simulation System.” This SBIR effort focuses on developing an innovative Multiple Purpose Cost Evaluation System (MPCES) that will enable the evaluation “costs impacts” of a design and assembly process for system optimization of missile systems. The core of MPCES consists of the following components (i) Integrated cost modeling library (ii) A flexible XML-based interface for integration with legacy performance optimization tools (iii) Plug and playable cost modeling framework (iv) Web-service enabled and Fast-time distributed computation.
September 2006: Office of Naval Research awards IAI a new Phase I contract for the project named ASSIST.
IAI receives a new SBIR Phase I contract from the Office of Naval Research for the proposal named "Adaptive Simple Sequencing Instruction Support Toolkit (ASSIST)." IAI will design and develop the Adaptive Simple Sequencing Instruction Support Toolkit (ASSIST), an easy-to-use software suite to facilitate the rapid transformation of Web-based learning so that it can (a) adapt to students’ differing needs and performance, (b) provide opportunities for learner interaction, and (c) function in a SCORM 2004 conformant learning environment.
August 2006: Army CECOM awards IAI a new Phase I contract for the project named Attack Graphs Summary.
IAI receives a new STTR Phase I contract from Army CECOM for the proposal entitled “Analysis and Visualization of Large Complex Multi-Step Cyber Attack Graphs.” IAI proposes an inventive and inclusive approach for visualization and analysis of large, complex, multi-step cyber attack graphs. Through the use of Bayesian Network based predication, IAI can incorporate past knowledge of attack transition patterns and handle ambiguity in the correlation process.
August 2006: IAI receives a new award from Army Contracting Agency for the Phase II effort of the project called IPD Based Approach SCORM II.
IAI receives a new SBIR Phase II contract form Army Contracting Agency for the proposal entitled “An IPD-Based Approach for Adaptable Story-Based Leadership Training & Assessment.” IAI proposes to develop Leadership Education through Evolutionary Development (LEED), a leadership skills training program using Interactive Pedagogical Drama (IPD) within a simulation-based training framework. Focused role-playing learning environments encourage the development of many complex interactive skills, such as military leadership, by allowing the targeting of critical skills in realistic situations that allow students to practice important and challenging skills.
August 2006: IAI receives a new contract from Office of Naval Research for a project named Acoustic Threat Recog. System.
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new STTR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “A Novel Acoustic Pattern Recognition System for Wireless Sensor Networks.” Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have demonstrated their effectiveness in localization and threat prediction. IAI proposes to address the two critical issues related to signal processing in WSNs: first, memory-consumption, energy-efficiency, computation-complexity, and bandwidth-utilization. Secondly, the application environments contain highly colored noise, multi-path echoes, and simultaneous emission sources.
August 2006: IAI receives a new award form The Office of Naval Research for the project named RF Waveforms Reader Writer.
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new STTR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “High Speed RF Waveform Reader-Write.” IAI proposes a dependable integrated COTS-based reader/writer that can deliver RF waveforms to a cross-correlation based RF receiver at high speeds of 40 Gbps. The key innovations planned are the assembly of COTS hardware, performing test simulations on the FPGA by creating HDL blocks, reading 10 Gword/s and storing data using FPGA control, and developing a clear transition plan to output 40 Gbps data per line.
August 2006: IAI receives a new award from Tinker Air Force Base for the project named Supply Chain Management.
Tinker Air Force Base has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “A Fast Reacting and Distributed Architecture for Supply Chain Management.” IAI proposes three integrated components to its anticipated solutions. First, dynamic lateral networks introduce a framework for dynamic allocation of resources among nodes in an MRO domain. Next, IAI proposes a randomized parallel architecture based on probabilistic Petri Nets, which captures spatial and temporal distributed characteristics of supply chain management problems. Lastly, the robustification of policies under model uncertainties and constrained capabilities by developing robust policies under limited capacity.
August 2006: IAI receives a new Phase II award from Naval Air Warfare Center AD (LKE) for the project named Wire Fault II.
The Naval Air Warfare Center AD (LKE) has awarded a new SBIR Phase II contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Advanced Techniques for Electrical Wire Fault.” IAI proposes an effort with Honeywell to develop an advanced state-of-the-art interferometric fiber optic gyroscope (IFOG) for future generation inertial navigation systems. The IFOG will greatly lower the LCC of submarines’ navigation systems.
June 2006: IAI receives a new award form the Office of Naval Research for a project named Game Threat Prediction.
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “A Dynamic Adaptive Hierarchical Game Theoretic Approach for Modeling and Prediction of Asymmetric Threat Learning Processes.” IAI plans a new and comprehensive approach for building a dynamic intelligent modeling and prediction systems for asymmetric threats that accounts for enemy learning based on distributed hierarchical game theory. The main goal of this project will be the development of an automated tool for enemy course of action prediction.
July 2006: IAI wins a new award from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for a project named Mini UAV.
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “RF Integrated Surveillance Sensor for a Mini-UAV.” IAI proposes to design a UAV payload by utilizing Ultra Wideband RF spectrum as the prime-sensing element interfaced with high performance DSP processor, such as the TI DM642 for processing images/video data. The main objective will be the employment of high frequency pulsed or continuous wave radar interfaced to a processing engine that will be executing multiple synchronized threads.
May 2006: The Air Force has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for a project named Hybrid Wiring Circuitry.
The Air Force Research Lab has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Hybrid Wiring Circuitry.” IAI proposes the hybrid wiring circuitry for Volume Efficient Electrical Circuitry Development. This hybrid wiring circuitry has multifunctional health monitoring auto repairing circuitry for wires and fiber harnesses that can carry power and data. The wiring design proposed by IAI can function in high temperatures carrying integrated data with mitigated noise.
May 2006: The Air Force has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project named Cooperative Communications.
The Air Force has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Adaptive Free Space Optical and Radio Frequency Network Centric Cooperative Communications.” IAI proposes to direct research efforts by implementing a broad spectrum of distributed cooperation techniques in wireless multi-hop networks, which are intended to reduce the cost of node elements, extend the units’ service lives, and improve the overall system throughout. IAI research will utilize tools from various areas, including signal processing, error correction and detection (FEC), Free Space Optics, transmit and receiver diversity, cluster-based forwarding and routing.
May 2006: IAI has been awarded a new Missile Defense contract for the project named MIMO Tracking Radar.
IAI has been awarded a new Missile Defense SBIR Phase I contract for the proposal entitled “High-Frequency MIMO Tracking Radar Transceiver for Ballistic Missile Defense.” IAI proposes high-frequency (HF) band multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) radar with distributed transmitter and receivers. Both Line-of-Sight (LOS) and Over-the-Horizon (OTH) modes will be supported by the proposed system.
April 2006: The Air Force has awarded a new contract to IAI for the project called Pollutants Detection.
The Air Force has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “A High Performance, Low Cost, and Compact E-Nose System for Pollutants Detection.” The main concern in the development of a field deployable sniffing devices is the weight, size, cost, and portability. Many sniffing devices exist that may be used for pollutant detection that do not posses these characteristics. IAI proposes to build a low cost, high performance, reliable and compact e-nose device for contaminant detection and quantification which are of great importance for environmental monitor to both military and air space traveling.
April 2006: The Air Force Research Lab has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project called Bioscience Data Mining.
The Air Force Research Lab has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI, with the University of Illinois as the proposed subcontractor, for the proposal entitled “Distributed High-Dimensional Mining Tool for Bioscience Data Analysis.” IAI proposes the use of an innovative data mining tool, called ABMiner (AB meaning Air-Borne), to thoroughly analyze large amounts of sensor data and experiments in bioscience. The ABMiner tool is a combination of a classification ensemble, attribute-oriented induction, and distributed computation.
April 2006: The Air Force has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project named Transient Wave Based Command.
The Air Force has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI, with TDC as the proposed subcontractor, for the proposal entitled “Agile TM-UWB Wireless Network for Command and Control Systems.” IAI proposes the innovative development of an agile Time-Modulated Ultra-Wideband (TM-UWB) wireless network for military Command and Control Systems. This network will take full advantage of TM-UWB distinctive features to create an responsive LPI, LPD, and anti-jamming Physical (PHY) Layer and Media Access Control (MAC) Layer that can adjust integration, header length, automatically assign channels, receiver gain, transmission power, to adjust itself to different physical and RF environment and to meet varying operational requirements.
April 2006: The Navy has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project called IDDQ Trending.
The Navy has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI, with the University of Maryland as the proposed subcontractor, for the proposal entitled “IDDQ Trending as a Precursor to Semiconductor Failure.” On board of military and commercial aircrafts, airborne electronic systems are used almost everywhere. Field Efficient Transistors (FETs) are used as building blocks for the electronic systems and their components. The health status of the FET systems is fundamental by the crew to aid in the operation of the aircraft electronic systems and to obtain substantial safety and cost benefits. IAI and Computer Aided Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) Electronic Products and Systems Center (EPSC) at the University of Maryland propose a prognostic methodology based on the IDDQ (Direct Drain Quiescent Current) testing technique for airborne FET-based electronic systems and their components.
April 2006: The Navy has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project named TCP / IP Communications on SHARP.
The Navy has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI, with UCLA as the proposed subcontractor, for the proposal entitled “An Integrated Framework for Enabling TCP / IP Communications On SHARP.” IAI proposes a framework for enabling reliable and efficient TCP / IP communications on SHARP, where a variety of mechanisms are anticipated to undertake different TCP / IP communication challenges imposed by the active wireless networking environment. This proposed TCP / IP enhancement mechanisms provide a valuable toolbox that optimizes TCP / IP communications on SHARP for better usage of surveillance data.
February 2006: NASA awards a new Phase I contract to IAI for a project named Engine Rotor Disks.
NASA Glenn Research Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Wireless In-Situ Nondestructive Inspection of Engine Rotor Disks with Ultrasonic Guided Waves.” Aviation safety depends on the preservation of the integrity of rotor disks in engine turbines or fans. Catastrophic failure can occur from cracks at critical loading and high stress areas that are not detected and repaired in time. Traditional inspection methods, such as Eddy current and Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI) require disassembly of the engines for inspection, are very time consuming, and generate many problems. IAI proposes a wireless in-situ ultrasonic guided wave health monitoring approach that eliminates all the set backs of conventional methods.
February 2006: NASA awards a new Phase II contract to IAI for the project named Multi Sensor Re-Targeting II.
NASA Ames Research Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Autonomous Collaborative Agents for Onboard Multi-Sensor Re-Targeting.” In the Phase II effort, IAI proposes extending the Phase I framework to include support for multiple types of sensor platforms and complicated variants of the Control Net Protocol. IAI will define specialized agent ‘templates’ to the requirements of the multi-sensor re-targeting environment. The improved framework of Phase II, AAMSRT, will support policy utilization to govern sensor re-tasking.
February 2006: NASA awards a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project called Collision Avoidance ADS-B.
NASA Langley Research Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the project entitled “See and Avoid Collision Avoidance Using ADS-B Signal and Radar Sensing.” IAI proposes a new solution to allow unrestricted flight in low-altitude airspace for small aircrafts. This new approach includes an L-band RF transceiver-sensor Package that continuously transmits Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) compatible beacons to alert other cooperative aircrafts and ATC ground stations about the UAV’s intent and position.
February 2006: The Army has awarded a new Phase II contract to IAI for the project named DEC-POMDP Games II.
Army CECOM awarded a SBIR Phase II contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “DEC-POMDP Stochastic Game in Uncertain Multiagent Systems”. IAI proposes to develop novel game theoretic algorithms to enable collaboration among unmanned vehicles or robotic entities based on multiple objectives such as cost, resource utilization, endurance, resource availability etc operating in a real time dynamic battlefield environment. IAI will engineer a Cybele agent based decision support simulation tool to assist the human commanders to resolve target or mission assignment conflicts using the approach developed. The software will be deployed and tested on physical robotic hardware platform to demonstrate dynamic real time on the field collaboration capability.
February 2006: The Navy has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project named Cargo Transfer.
The Naval Sea Logistics Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI, with Michigan Tech University as the proposed subcontractor, for the proposal entitled “A Novel Observer-based Synchronization Control Ship Rendezvous Operations Using Portable Actuators.” IAI proposes a physical state observer for the larger ship and following execution of synchronization controller for the smaller ship. Using results on external synchronization in robotics and analyzing the impact of delayed disturbances on the synchronized ships, IAI plans to further enhance tracking control. The main advantage of this technique is that the observer only requires position / attitude measurements for both ships.
February 2006: The Navy has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project named MEMS Pressure Sensors.
Naval Sea Logistics Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI, with RIT as the proposed subcontractor, for the proposal entitled “MEMS-Based Capacitive Pressure Sensors with Self-Calibration Capability.” IAI proposes to develop electronics, sensor architectures, and software techniques to provide the pressure sensors with capabilities of built-in self-testing and undertaking wireless communication to transmit relevant data. The key innovation of the IAI proposes approach is found in the innovative design and development of a Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System (MEMS).
February 2006: NASA has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project named Event Tracking.
NASA Ames Research Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Debugging and Event Tracing for Multi-Agent Systems.” IAI proposes a distributed event tracing and debugging capability for multi-agent systems advancing the modern development tools for distributed systems. This ability will greatly reduce the effort and time needed to diagnose and understand the behavior of the intricate, distributed applications.
February 2006: The U.S. Army has awarded a new contract to IAI for a project called Cost Evaluation System.
The U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “An Integrated and Extensible Cost Evaluation and Simulation System.” IAI proposes a new cost evaluation tactic for missile development and manufacturing derived from an integrated cost model, a plug-and-play software architecture, and a distributed infrastructure of simulation and computation. The main goal of this project is to create a cost evaluation system that can be put onto the web to enable incessant improvement and wide range accessibility.
February 2006: NASA has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for a project named Collision Avoidance ADS-B.
NASA Langley Research Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “See and Avoid Collision Avoidance Using ADS-B Signal and Radar Sensing.” IAI proposes an original solution to permit unrestricted flight in low-altitude airspace for small aircrafts. This solution includes an L-band RF transceiver-sensor package that constantly transmits Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) compatible beacons to alert other cooperative aircrafts and ATC ground stations about the UAV’s position and intent.
February 2006: IAI has received a new Phase II award for the project on Muscle Water Sensor II.
IAI has received a new SBIR Phase II contract with Syracuse University and Biopac as proposed potential subcontractors for the proposal entitled “Ultra Wide Band Muscle Water Content Sensor.” The Phase I effort used Ultra Wideband for sensing muscle water content and transitions to the Phase II effort. The basic operation for the sensor is to inject a train of ultra low power UWB pulses into the body and measure the reflections with picoseconds time resolution. The sensor is RF based and interacts with the electrical properties of the body part that is being tested.
January 2006: NASA has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for a project called Ontology Life Support.
NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Process and Tool Support for Ontology-Aware Life Support System Development and Integration.” IAI proposes the development of an ontology-aware meta-model to support designers and developers in exposing the information that must be captured in order to reach the goal of “designing for interoperability, extensibility, and re-use.” Interoperability issues arise when two sub-systems that had not been designed as a unit must now work together or when extensions to a sub-system result in conflicts with the remainder of the system. In this work, IAI will target systems relevant to advanced life support that are developed using software agent technology.
January 2006: Army CECOM has awarded a new phase I contract to IAI for Seamless Soft Handoff.
The US Army CECOM has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI with UCLA as a proposed subcontractor for the proposal entitled “An Integrated Architecture for Seamless Soft Handoff in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.” IAI proposes an integrated architecture for seamless soft handoff in mobile ad hoc networks, in which, various managers residing on multiple layers are anticipated to handle handoff issues in a cross-layer and cooperative manner. The handoff is expected to implement policy-based decisions to keep network traffic delay and traffic congestion to a minimum.
January 2006: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project entitled MedAgent.
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “A Small, Smart Medical System for the Soldier: The MedAgent System for Medical Diagnosis, Informatics and Treatment Support.” IAI proposes small smart design system that works to support a soldier’s medical needs. The design uses small sensor devices placed on the soldier to catch health status. The MedNet system provides multi-modal interfaces to medical personnel.
January 2006: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new Phase II contract to IAI for the project called Angle Sensor II.
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new STTR Phase II contract to IAI, with the University of Central Florida and TDC as proposed potential subcontractors, for the proposal entitled “Ultra Wide Band Time Difference of Arrival Sensor.” IAI proposes the development of an unattended system that will record portions of VHF and UHF spectrum, determine positions of the responsible transmitters, and report raw IF waveforms and transmitter locations to a user through a LPI / LPD data link. This method does not depend on GPS. The synchronization can be maintained when the GPS signal is not available.
January 2006: NASA Ames Research Center has awarded a new Phase I contract to IAI for the project called A2SM Framework.
NASA Ames Research Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Autonomic, Agent-Based Simulation Management (A2SM) Framework.” Large-scale numerical simulations, such as climate models, space weather models, etc., usually involve non-linear governing equations, subject to initial and/or boundary conditions. IAI’s innovation is a self-regulating, autonomic, agent-based framework that can manage simulation runs.
January 2006: IAI Awarded Contract to Develop SCORM – S1000D Testbed
IAI has been awarded a contract from the ADL Co-Laboratory/Job Performance Technology Center to develop a SCORM-S1000D Testbed. This project will explore the integration of online learning and electronic technical documentation standards. Central to the effective design and implementation of the testbed will be a thorough understanding of the standards and specifications involved, and an appreciation for the current context in which these standards exist in relation to shifting user demands and advances in technology. Our team includes O'Neil Associates and The Learning Systems Architecture Laboratory. The former was instrumental in authoring the S1000D specifications, while the latter were responsible for extensive aspects of the SCORM architecture. They are joined by Delta 3D and the Dynamics Research Corporation, both of whom have experience in military simulation technology.