SBIR/STTR Research Award
COMMUNICATIONS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Aes Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE AES CORPORATION HAS DEVELOPED A NOISE PROCESSOR (NP). THE PROCESSOR HAD THE ABILITY TO DETECT A SIGNAL OF KNOWN PULSE WIDTH BURIED DEEP WITHIN THE R.F. NOISE FLOOR OR ELECTRONIC JAMMING. THE COMBINATION OF PROPRIETARY HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ALLOWS THE NP TO SEARCH FOR A VERY EXACT SIGNAL. THE SIGNAL PARAMETERS ARE PROGRAMMED INTO THE SOFTWARE. THE TWO CONCURRENT PROCESSORS ARRIVE AT THE PROBABILITY OF SIGNAL DETECTION, EACH LOOKING FOR A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SIGNAL CHARACTERISTIC. A DECISION IS THEN MADE BY A THIRD PROCESSOR AS TO WHETHER THE SIGNAL IS THERE BY PROBABILITIC ANALYSIS.
Technology keywords
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