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National / Strategic Missile Defense |
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TechFinity made solid contributions to a
national / strategic missile defense
proposal led by a major aerospace firm. The TechFinity effort included defining
the System Analysis and Design process, co-led the concept development of
the system track-discrimination-data fusion approach, developed Battle Management
resource allocation models, and supported system functional analysis. TechFinity's
customers were extremely pleased with our contributions which helped the
team win the contract, resulting in a significant award to TechFinity to
support the follow-on design and development phase. |
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Currently, during the design and development
phase, the TechFinity effort includes: led the system algorithm working
group; led the development of the system functional architecture; support
the development of the system information architecture; support the development
of system and weapon element requirements and interfaces; lead the modeling
and simulation of Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications
(BMC3) in a large distributed Object Oriented simulation system; co-lead
the simulation operating system infrastructure design and development; support
the development, integration, and test of weapon element software. The government
and contractor customers continue to recognize the key contributions that
the relatively small TechFinity staff makes to this large program. As a
result, the government customer awarded medals of recognition to three staffers
from a pool of over 500 - two of the three individuals are on TechFinity's
staff. |
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Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
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Led the THAAD
BMC3 algorithm development and analysis effort - entailing modeling, simulation,
and graphic demos of the threat, sensor, weapon, communications net, resource
allocation and optimization, planning and scheduling; led the deliverable
software development effort - including requirements development, coding,
integration, and test - in BMC3 Sensor Management, Track, and Discrimination.
Led the modeling and performance analysis of BMC3, including communications
and data processing architectures, to predict response times for critical
system threads and assess computer and communications reserve capacity.
Developed an algorithm development process and plan which helped deliver
hundreds of key algorithms (published in a 1200 page document) within cost
and schedule meeting the needs of a large software project. As a result,
Litton recognized these contributions by awarding its highest technology
award: the corporate Advanced Technology Achievement Award. Presented and
published the following papers in Theater Missile Defense (TMD): |
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"TMD Battle Management," Fifth AIAA
/ BMDO Technology Readiness Conference (September 1996). |
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"TMD Defense Planning," AIAA
Missile Sciences Conference (December 1996). |
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"TMD Real-Time Battle Management," AIAA
Missile Sciences Conference (December 1996). |
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST) |
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Chief Architect of the NASA
HST Science Planning and Scheduling
System (SPSS) leading development of requirements, algorithms, and software
design; led SPSS orbital computations and visibility software development;
designed and implemented the scheduling algorithms and software to schedule
command sequences for the HST
science instruments, subject to various observational and orbital constraints;
helped install the software system at the Space Telescope Science Institute
on the campus of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Developed the
software system under cost and within schedule. NASA recognized these contributions
by awarding the Goddard Space Flight Center and the Administrator's Certificates
of Recognition. |
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TechFinity staff have been involved in our
country's key space and defense programs as well as commercial aerospace
projects. Our collective staff experience includes |
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major program by a top aerospace firm: to provide Internet, e-mail,
FTP, and audio/video connectivity to airline passengers while in flight,
with the communications network entailing air borne, space, and ground platforms.
TechFinity supports system architecture modeling and network performance
analysis using OPNET and other tools
to assess end-to-end response time, bandwidth utilization, and quality of
service. |
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Internet and communications
network analysis: Modeled voice, data, and Internet traffic employing
IP over ATM utilizing OPNET, and performed
protocol tradeoffs on quality of service. Developed performance model of
an E-commerce supply chain, including http Internet protocol to assess response
times associated with user interaction with the company's web site selection
menu. |
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Ground Based Radar
- Experimental (GBR-X) and Theater Missile Defense (TMD) GBR: Led
and developed the real-time software for Radar Scheduling and Returns
Processing, Target Acquisition, Track, Discrimination, Imaging, Kill
Assessment, and Interceptor communications of the Mission Applications
Program. |
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Early Warning Radar (EWR):
On-site software delivery, test, and evaluation of real-time tracking
filter for PAVE-PAWS phased array radar. |
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Ground Based Interceptor
(GBI)
Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV): Developed Track, Fusion, Discrimination
(TFD) on-board software subsystem, developed architecture and requirements,
track and fusion algorithms; conducted Formal Qualification Testing
of TFD software and performed Post Flight Data Analysis for tracking
evaluation. |
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Space Based Infrared System
(SBIRS)/Brilliant Eyes: Performed on-board mission software architecture
analysis; designed, implemented, and tested the Parameter Estimation,
maneuvering target, burn-out and target identification algorithm software
components. |
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Forward Area Air Defense
(FAAD): Developed detailed performance models of the computer/communications
architecture, and assessed throughput, memory, bandwidth, and response
time requirements. |
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Medium Extended Air Defense
System (MEADS):
Supported development of the BMC3 architecture, led software requirements
development, and supported development of the system survivability
concept and process. |
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NASA
Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV): Defined OMV Space Shuttle
and Space Station based mission objectives and constraints, analyzed time
and power optimal trajectories, and generated mission planning and analysis
software system requirements. |
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Aircraft Avionics:
Implemented User Interface/Intercommunications software for AC-130 and performed
hardware and software integration and test; Performed F-14 Radar Avionics
firmware design and HW/SW integration for communications test equipment;
Modified F-18 Radar Data Processor diagnostic SW, generated assembly code,
and created object load tape. |
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All Source Analysis
System (ASAS): Maintained Intelligence Collection Management
SW Subsystem. Performed software development and testing for Targeting Subsystem;
Designed and implemented software for testing multiple levels of deliverable
software, from unit to integrated system level. |
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staff currently participate or have contributed in the past include.
