"Systematic Solution for Reduction of Airspace Congestion During Approach and Landing Phase", ATCA 53rd Annual Conference Finalist Paper. Introduction: NextGen Has A Choice. In many ways, the national airspace system (NAS) is like an ever changing, complex living organism, dynamically changed by influences both inside and outside the government. Pressures to accommodate the needs of NAS system users by adapting new technologies and procedures into the airspace infrastructure have been tempered by costs, bureaucratic inertia and even politics. Resolving the problem of increasing congestion, delays, and limited ...
	“An Airborne Synthetic Vision System with Highway-In-The-Sky Symbology Using X-Plane for a Head-Up Display”, AIAA/IEEE 24th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, November 2005. (English, Turkish) ABSTRACT: Highway-In-The-Sky (HITS) trajectories and symbology were generated for GPS WAAS approach procedures developed for the NASA Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) demonstration flights. Aircraft position and attitude data collected using an integrated IMU/GPS were used to render synthetic ground imagery and Highway-In-The-Sky (HITS) symbology using the X-Plane program in real-time. Flight testing showed...
	"FLIGHT TESTING OF AN AIRBORNE SVS WITH HIGHWAY-IN-THE-SKY ON A HEAD-UP DISPLAY", AIAA/IEEE 24th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, October 2005. Abstract: Sponsored by the NASA Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS), flight tests were conducted at Easton/Newnam Field Airport (KESN) and Danville Regional Airport (KDAN) in a Cessna 402B using a Head-Up Display (HUD) and Highway-In-The-Sky (HITS) symbology. Two types of HUDs were flown in ...
	"Infrared Detection and Geolocation of Gunfire and Ordnance Events From Ground and Air Platforms", NATO Symposium on “Systems, Concepts and Integration (SCI) Methods and Technologies for Defence Against Terrorism” London, UK, October 2004 ABSTRACT: Naval Research Laboratory has worked on the detection of small arms gunfire using land-based systems and on detection of larger ordnance using airborne-based systems. The primary detection mechanism is the sensing of the muzzle flash in the Mid-Wave InfraRed (3-5 μm band). Improvements in algorithms and sensors have...
	"Quick Response Airborne Deployment of Viper Muzzle Flash Detection and Location System During DC Sniper Attacks", IEEE Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop, October 2003 ABSTRACT: The VIPER infrared muzzle flash detection system was deployed from a helicopter and an airship in response to the Washington, DC area sniper attacks in October 2002. The system consisted of a midwave IR camera which was used to detect muzzle flash and ...
	"Infrared Detection and Geolocation of Gunfire and Ordnance Events from Ground and Air Platforms" , National Military Sensing Symposia, October 2003
	"Multi Function Rifle Scope (MFRS)", Military Sensing Symposia, Specialty Group on Passive Sensors, March. 2001
	"Antiaircraft Missile Stimulator for Countermeasure Development", Proceedings of the Test Technology Symposium '00, US Army Developmental Test Command , March 2000 ABSTRACT: An electro-optical-mechanical stimulator has been designed, built and tested by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and is being used to develop countermeasures against infrared-seeking antiaircraft missiles. It consists of an elevated static-target optic bench integrated with a rotary optic bench. The elevated bench generates an aircraft signature at two wavelengths or an aircraft with a laser countermeasure. The rotary optic...
	"An Acoustic Sensor for the VIPER Infrared Sniper Detection System", Military Sensing Symposia, IRIS Specialty Group on Battlefield Acoustics and Seismics, Sept. 1999 ABSTRACT: An acoustic muzzle blast sensor has been developed and integrated with the Viper sniper detection system. The system uses an infrared (IR) camera and digital signal processing to detect the muzzle flash of a sniper's weapon. The IR detection is essentially instantaneous and gives the bearing to the target within 70 milliseconds of the shot. However, a single camera IR method can not reliably give a range to target. An acoustic sensor and associated...
	"Short Pulse OA Detection of Optically Directed Threats", IRIS Specialty Group on IR Counter Measures, April 1999
	"A Test Bed for Short Pulse OA Detection of Optical Directors in Amphibious Operations", IRIS Active Systems Symposium, March 1999 ABSTRACT: This paper describes the design and deployment of a transportable test bed for a short pulse optical augmentation (OA) system to detect optical directors of potential threats in amphibious operations. The use of a short pulse duration allows discrimination of retroreflections from natural sources such as rock formations and vegetation. The test bed has been fielded in experiments on ground ranges and aboard ships in the...
	"Airborne Deployment of and Recent Improvements to the Viper Counter Sniper System", IRIS Passive Sensors Symposium, March 1999 ABSTRACT: This paper describes an airborne deployment of the Viper sniper detection and counterfire system1 and several improvements that were incorporated after a review of comments from users of the fielded systems2. The Viper sensor was flown aboard a T-34 aircraft and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Sparrow unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Infrared (IR) and visible video sequences were recorded for post...
	“The Vectored Infrared Personnel Engagement and Returnfire (VIPER) System and Its Counter Sniper Application ”, IRIS Passive Sensors 1997
	“Performance of the Vectored Infrared Personnel Engagement and Return Fire (VIPER) IRFPA Muzzle Flash Detection System”, IRIS 1996
	"Ground-Based Gunfire Detection, Location, Targeting, Designation and Counter Fire Efforts" For nearly a decade the Maryland Advanced Development Laboratory (MADL) has been conducting research, development and field/flight testing of infrared and acoustic technologies designed to detect ordnance blast events resulting from exploded gunpowder. MADL wrote the code and algorithms needed to discriminate between ...
	"Counter Terrorism and Emergency Incident Response: Airborne Vehicle Support Command and Control" ABSTRACT: County, state and local governments respond to emergency assistance using a variety of assets at their disposal. Within the State of Maryland and the capital region emergency response is further complicated by the heavy volume of daily ground and air traffic. Under most circumstances...
	"Safety and Security Technology Assessment for Maryland Airports" On a national level, General Aviation airports are becoming the subject of closer scrutiny concerning their overall safety and security postures. On a state level, the Washington D.C. regional airports in Maryland and Virginia have become one of the nation’s focal points for General Aviation’s security concerns. This...
	"Genreal Aviation Flight Line Awarness and Security (GAFLAS)" ABSTRACT: General Aviation Flight Line awareness and Security (GAFLAS) control measures generally consists of perimeter intrusion protection, gated access, limited facility entry and roving airport security rounds. Most non-control towered airfields remain operational after hours, even without airfield personnel on site. ...
	PATENTS
	US Patent # 6,496,593 Optical Muzzle Blast Detection and Counterfire Targeting System and Method
	US Patent # 5,841,974 Ultra high speed data collection, processing and distriubtion ring with parallel data paths between nodes
	US Patent # 5,502,817 Ultra high speed data collection, processing and distribution ring with parallel data paths between nodes