An automated screening campaign that searches high-entropy alloy compositions for high-temperature strength and oxidation resistance together, narrowing a very large candidate space down to a shortlist worth making and testing.
Fourteen federal programs, twelve years.
Major programs running with the Navy, the Air Force, DARPA, the Missile Defense Agency, Homeland Security and the Department of Energy, alongside Lockheed Martin and the national laboratories.
- Programs
- 14
- Fields
- 9
- Sponsoring agencies
- 6
- Years
- 12
- Maturity
- TRL 3 to 6
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Materials
Electrochemical recovery and low-flammability composites · 3 programsMachine-learning discovery of high-entropy alloysElectrochemical recycling of electronic constituents of valueRecovers gold, copper and other constituents of value from electronic waste electrochemically and at room temperature. 25% higher recovery, 75% less chemical reagent, 30% lower water and electrical cost, and no toxic emissions. Commercialised as E-RECOV.
- Partners
- Idaho National Lab · Colt Refining
ML database for low-flammability polymer matrix compositesA curated database and learned models relating composite formulation to flammability, so candidate materials can be screened before they are manufactured and burned.
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Cybersecurity
Real-time network defense and source-code vulnerability detection · 2 programsHPC-scale cyber-threat detection using neuromorphic processingThe programme CyberNeuro-RT came out of. A hybrid supervised and unsupervised deep learning ensemble for network intrusion detection, ported to neuromorphic silicon so inference runs at a fraction of the power a GPU needs.
- Partners
- Pennsylvania State University
Source-code vulnerability detectionStatic and learned analysis of source repositories to surface exploitable defects before code ships, trained against mission-critical codebases. Commercialised as CNRT CodeLens.
- Partners
- Lockheed Martin · U. Wisconsin–Madison
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Imaging
Hyperspectral detection of UAVs and concealed contraband · 2 programsHyperspectral image detection of UAVsDetects and classifies small uncrewed aircraft from hyperspectral imagery, using spectral signature rather than shape, so targets that defeat conventional optical tracking are still resolved.
- Partners
- Lockheed Martin · Bodkin Design
Contraband detection using hyperspectral imaging and neuromorphic processingIdentifies concealed contraband by spectral signature at ports of entry, with on-sensor neuromorphic inference so screening runs at the speed of the queue.
- Partners
- Lockheed Martin · Bodkin Design
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MetaOptics
Metamaterial surfaces for infrared beam control · 2 programsMetamaterial-enhanced micromirror surfaces for infrared beam controlEngineered metamaterial surfaces on micromirror arrays that steer and shape infrared beams without moving bulk optics, reducing the size, weight and power of the assembly.
- Partners
- Duke University
Smart image-recognition sensor using metamaterial opticsA sensor that performs part of the recognition task in the optics themselves, using metamaterial elements, so less computation is required downstream of the focal plane.
- Partners
- Lockheed Martin
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Computer Vision
Multi-sensor object detection and tracking · 1 programMulti-sensor object detection and trackingFuses several dissimilar sensors into a single track picture, holding identity across handoffs where any individual sensor loses the object.
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Hypersonics
Ground-based detection on neuromorphic hardware · 1 programGround-based hypersonic threat detection using neuromorphic processingDetection and tracking of hypersonic threats from ground-based sensors, with inference on neuromorphic hardware to hold the latency budget that the closing speeds demand.
- Partners
- Lockheed Martin · University of Florida
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Machine Learning
Verification and validation of fielded models · 1 programAI/ML verification and validationMethods for establishing that a trained model behaves within specification before it is fielded, addressing the assurance gap that keeps machine learning out of safety-critical defence systems.
- Partners
- North Carolina State University
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Modeling
Weapons separation evaluation toolsets · 1 programNext-generation toolsets for weapons separation evaluationModelling tools for evaluating store separation from an aircraft, replacing part of a test campaign that is otherwise flown.
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SAR
Radar and signal processing, real-time synthetic aperture radar simulation · 1 programReal-time synthetic aperture radar simulatorA simulator that generates synthetic aperture radar imagery in real time, so detection and classification models can be trained and evaluated against scenarios that are impractical or too expensive to fly.
- Partners
- Lockheed Martin
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