SBIR/STTR Research Award

AI-Enhanced Camouflaged Movement Detection (CMD) in Battlefield

Award identifier bd32b0c3262a6909293e8e5902680fbcaf098a92bd36419f6d93bf4fd86c335cAwarding agency Department of Defense · Air Force

Award amount

$74,876

Program and phase

STTR · Phase I

Award year

2023

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Air Force
Recipient company
SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC
Proposal award date
2022-11-01
Contract end date
2023-02-06
UEI
C3DAVH4VJDG3
Solicitation number
X22.D
Topic code
X22D-OTCSO1

Research abstract

Camouflaged movement detection in battlefield is a challenge and has not been resolved by the current technology. With the rapid development of deep learning /artificial intelligence, this challenge can be tackled. The Phase-I effort proposed by Spectral Energies LLC (SE) and Wright State University (WSU) is to demonstrate and build an integrated AI-enhanced Imaging System for the detection of camouflaged movement in the critical battlefield. The concept is to utilize the well-trained deep learning model combined with optical flow method for small movement detection to aid in the automatic detection of camouflaged movement of people or weapons with cameras on air drones under critical complex battlefield environment.  This imaging system will be designed, constructed, and tested in the laboratory, and then tested in a large-scale real-life simulated battlefield. The proposed imaging system can significantly increase the vision capability of Air Force and army in the critical battlefield environment. The final developed commercial product can be equipped into Air Force for camouflaged target detection.

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

272 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2007–2026). Reported award amounts total $120,780,215. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture

Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

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