First Place: Ms. Jennifer Eisenman, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, “Over-the-Horizon Radar Phenomenology Measurements”
Second Place: Dr. Chad Waddington, Air Force Research Laboratory, “Finding the Tiger Paw: An Application of a New RF Source Localization Method”
Third Place: Mr. Wayne Dietel, Pugh Associates, LLC, “Mark (MK) 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) Overview”
Radio Frequency (RF) Sensor Prototype on Airborne Platforms for Target Measurements
Mr. Emmanuel Bizanis & Mr. Jason Reneau - U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center
Low Size, Weight, Power, and Cost Scalable X-Band Active Electronically Scanned Array for Multi-Function RF
Dr. Jeffrey Connor - Georgia Tech Research Institute
Novel Maritime Infrared Search and Track System
Dr. Andrew Dahlberg - MIT Lincoln Laboratory
3DMAGI for SAR in A2/AD Environments
Ms. Wendy Garber - Matrix Research, Inc.
Improved Autonomous Target Identification using Optimal Path Planning
Ms. Rebecca Garnett - Naval Air Systems Command
Multi-Domain Capabilities with Active & Passive Sensors
Mr. Sean Keller - Raytheon Company
Manufacturing of Gradient Index (GRIN) Polymer Lenses for Military Optics
Dr. Frederick Long - U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
Sherlock: Wide-Band RF Record, Playback & Processing
Mr. Lancius Matthieu - Air Force Research Laboratory
Sensor Tracking Technology Investment to enable Integrated Fire Control against New and Emerging Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Threats
Mr. Miguel Rivera - Missile Defense Agency
Blockchain: How Smart Contract Technology can Enhance Future Networked Fire Control Integrity and Availability
Mr. Ralph Tillinghast - U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
IFF Mode 5 Acceleration and Mode S Systems Engineering – Multi-Faceted Interoperability Challenges
Mrs. Denise Bagnall - Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
Advances in Deep Learning for Vibration-Based Vehicle Recognition
Dr. Yunbin Deng - BAE Systems
Integration of GMTI with Video-SAR
Mr. Matthew Shuman - Air Force Research Laboratory
Finding the Tiger Paw. An Application of a New RF Source Localization Method.
Dr. Chad Waddington - Air Force Research Laboratory
Demonstrating a Tactical Server Concept Leveraging Big Data, Deep analytics, Machine Learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithms
Dr. Ying Zhao - Naval Postgraduate School
Blockchain Based Cyber Solution
Mr. Ambrose Kam - Lockheed Martin Corporation
Approach for Balancing the Mission Objectives for Clutter Mitigation Capabilities and Electronic Protection Capabilities for a Missile Defense System
Ms. Kristin Devlin - Raytheon Company
The Common High-Volume Electronic Attack Payload
Dr. G Mark Jones - MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Parametric Interaction of Waves
Dr. Vladimir Sotnikov - Air Force Research Laboratory
Digital Attack Surface Execution Environment (DASEE)
Mr. Darren Woodruff - JDM Solutions
Group Positioning in GPS-Denied Environments
Mr. Bryan Teague - MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Managing and Tracking Blast Overpressure
Mrs. Kumari Yalamanchili - U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
Wind Gradients in Direct Fire Ballistics
Mr. Tomas Bober - U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
U.S. Army and NATO Fire Control Software
Mr. Jason Fonner - U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
Over-the-Horizon Radar Phenomenology Measurements
Ms. Jennifer Eisenman - MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Metric Data Based Detection, Track, and Warning Region Prediction
Mr. Charles Fisher & Dr. Aditya Kher - Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Raid Performance Optimization through a Phased Development Roadmap
Mr. Joel Richter - Raytheon Company
Determining Threat Intent from Missile Motion
Mr. Michael Benton - MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Utilizing Threat and Weapon Divert Capability Metrics in Mission Engagement Planning and Execution
Mr. Jeffrey Pedersen - Torch Technologies, Inc.
Effects of Pulse to Pulse Phase Noise on the Synthetic Wideband Waveform
Dr. Erik Chowdhury - Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
PULSEbox: A High Fidelity, Integrated, GFI-Based Threat Scene Generator
Mr. Peter Grossman - Systems Engineering Group, Inc.
Validating Time-Varying Parameters in Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense End-to-End Simulations
Ms. Micayla Haugen - U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
Multi-Domain Probability Assessment Capability (MDPAC)
Dr. Paul Hershey - Raytheon Company
The Importance of Refraction Compensation on Target and Interceptor Tracks for Long Range ABT Air and Missile Defense
Mr. Russell Jones - U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
Cyber Resilience via Modeling & Simulation and Operations Analysis
Mr. Ambrose Kam - Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems
Cyber Resilience Testing for Systems
Mr. Bill Mink - Torch Technologies, Inc.
High Fidelity Threat Scene Generation to Support Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) Simulations Using Systems Engineering Group’s (SEG) PULSEbox
Mr. Charles Smith - Systems Engineering Group, Inc.
Increasing Insight and Reducing Data Generation Costs Using Active Learning Methods to Intelligently Sample Systems Under Test: Updates and Case Studies for the Wrap Around Artificial Intelligence Tool for Improved Testing (WAIT4IT)
Mr. Patrick Trainor - Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
Positioning Navigation and Timing (PNT) Future Capability
Ms. Erika Parenti - Pugh Associates
Performance Characterization of an Open Architecture
Mr. Alexander Paxton - Air Force Research Laboratory
Feature and Classifier Fusion of Deep Neural Networks for Small UAV Classification
Dr. Arjuna Flenner - Naval Air Systems Command
Kinetic Defeat Modeling and Optimization for Counter-UAS Applications
Mr. Robert Caprara - Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division
XFEMS for Mobile FARP and Future Incursions
Mr. William Crespo - Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division
Kinetic UAS Defeat with Remote Weapon Stations
Mr. Hannibal People - U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
Quadrotor Exploration and Mapping
Dr. Ryan Sherrill - Air Force Research Laboratory
Design of Experiments (DOE): Optimizing the Reach of the Multi-Domain Kill Chain
Dr. Steven Gordon - Georgia Tech Research Institute
Mark (MK) 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) Overview
Mr. Wayne Dietel - Pugh Associates, LLC