RFView™ is an advanced cloud-based site-specific radio frequency simulation and analysis environment. The simulation environment is built on ISL’s industry-leading Splatter, Clutter, and Target Signal (SCATS) RF phenomenology engine. SCATS has successfully supported numerous advanced development projects for DARPA, Army, Navy, Air Force and other private customers since 1989.

RFView™ allows users to enter the simulation parameters in a web interface and then submit a job which is run remotely on a high performance computer cluster to ensure timely simulation results. Thus, no special computing software and hardware is required. When the simulation is completed, the user receives an email notification and can view the data on the RFView™ website. The data is also available for download in both Matlab binary format as well as KML format for easy display and analysis using Google Earth.
Our technology was one of the earliest site-specific radio frequency (RF) phenomenology analysis tools to provide an accurate characterization of complex RF environments. Uses of the model include system analysis, test planning, high-fidelity synthetic data generation, and signal processing algorithm development. The model provides characterization of target returns, direct path signal, ground scattered signal (clutter for radar), direct path signals from interferers, and ground scattered interference signals (hot clutter, splatter, or terrain-scattered interference).
Version 2.0 of RFView™ now provides the user with the capability to easily set up a simulation with multiple CPIs along a flight path as well as provides a capability to simulate a bistatic scenario.
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Standalone Version

$50K/Year
  • Single User License Onsite Deployment

Commercial Subscription

$10K/Year
  • Web Based Cloud Hosted by ISL

Government Subscription

$5K/Year
  • Web Based Cloud Hosted by ISL

Academic Subscription

$2.5K/Year
  • Web Based Cloud Hosted by ISL

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ISL’s Real-Time Electro-Magnetic Environmental Simulator (RTEMES) let’s you take advantage of ISL’s industry-leading RFView simulation capability when testing your actual flight hardware. With RTEMES you can fly your RF system (radar, ELINT, EW) anywhere in the world under the most stressing conditions that would otherwise not be possible or affordable!

“Why pay for expensive flight testing when you can see how your system will perform anywhere in the world without leaving the lab!”

 

  • Built on decades of vetted high-fidelity physics and systems and signals modeling
  • Novel high-fidelity hardware-in-loop (HWIL) emulator
  • Puts ISL’s RFViewTM simulations “online” and in the loop
  • Allows for real-world system testing without leaving the laboratory
  • GMTI, AMTI, SAR radars and EW systems
  • Ground and airborne radars
  • Single and multi-channel radar systems
  • World-wide terrain database supports simulations for any location on the planet

“Operators can now train using the actual radar hardware!”

Coolant level monitoring is necessary for nuclear reactor safety and reliability, and the current need is to monitor small modular reactor (SMR) designs.  Safety and reliability are compromised by using current invasive sensors, such as pressure gauges, that penetrate the reactor and containment vessels (RPV and CNV).  ISL has invented a non-invasive sensor (GraviSense™) that can measure coolant level to 3 cm accuracy using super-sensitive gravimeters that sense the mass distribution of the coolant from outside of both vessels.  Because GraviSense™ will be outside of the CPV in a SMR reactor pool, it can be maintained and replaced without disturbing the pressure vessels, contrary to the operation of invasive sensing methodologies.
Innovations:

  • Doesn’t measure a point field such as pressure or thermocouple, but measures the effect of the entire mass distribution and records changes over time!
  • Non-invasive to the internal pressure spheres of both the RPV and CNV!
  • Entirely passive and non-threatening to employees, in contrast to methods such as gamma rays!

Use of GraviSense™ will reduce reactor down-time and lead to cost savings, because the sensors can be replaced one at a time for maintenance without interrupting the power cycle!

GraviSense™ will be able to determine if a Loss-of-Coolant accident (LOCA) has occurred (Figure 1).

Figure 1 – Concept for using GraviSenseTM for measuring loss of coolant (LOCA) in a small modular reactor (SMR).  The coolant in the inner reactor pressure vessel (RPV) changes its mass distribution during a leak, which the two gravity sensors measure as a change in gravity with time. 

ISL researched GraviSense™ in a DOE STTR Phase 1 using the NuScale NIST facility at Oregon State University, with excellent results that confirm its ability to resolve coolant level changes (Figure 2).

Figure 2 – STTR Phase 1 experiment from NuScale NIST facility, showing outstanding gravimetric sensitivity to coolant fill/drain in a large vertical cylinder.

EA-buoy Combination Sonobuoy for ASW

Modern diesel-electric submarines pose a threat to national maritime strategy and naval operations. ISL has invented a new air-launched sonobuoy for anti-submarine warfare, which will give the Navy a greatly enhanced capability for localization and small area search operations against these quiet diesel-electric submarines, particularly in littoral waters. The high-altitude of the P8A aircraft makes localization using traditional Magnetic Anomaly Detection (MAD) difficult. The traditional method of flying low over a suspected threat to localize it using an onboard MAD sensor can no longer be part of the concept of operation (CONOPs). This factor, combined with the limitations in passive acoustic sensing, create an overall problem in the CONOPs for localization. A new passive sensing technology is thus needed to maintain an effective anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability for Naval operations, which ISL has developed….(Learn More)

Passive Sonar Intercept

ISL’s Passive Sonar Intercept (PSI) array is a state-of-the-art commercially available sonar sensor for a multitude of underwater applications. A full 360 degrees of bearing coverage is provided using a 16-element cylindrical hydrophone array, and frequency response up to 100kHz allows detection of a variety of man-made and natural underwater sound sources. Optional ranging hydrophones can be added to enable the range estimation of a source from a detected sound.  The frequency analysis portion of the system supports detailed passive hydroacoustic analysis and recording of signals from the array and other sensors on the platform.  The frequency analysis system features a flexible and intuitive graphical user interface with extensive analysis and display tools.

Matrix – Requirements Traceability Software

The Matrix Project Requirements Traceability Software is a unique and comprehensive set of project management tools that were created to guide a project team to success. It is specifically designed to assist with IEEE, CMMI, and NQA-1 project management standards compliance. In essence, the Matrix software enables any project team to take a “Best Practices” approach to project execution…..(Learn More)
 

REAP XLB

REAP XLB is a modular compact tethered helium aerostat and payload deployment unit.  The aerostat volume is 5000 ft3 (305M), 39 FT (12M) long, 20 FT (6M) tall and has a payload capacity of up to 100 Lbs depending on launch altitude.   Primary use is to elevate cameras, communication relays, and other sensors to 1000 ft AGL. The system is launched remotely via hand held controller and at altitude in 15 minutes for up to 6 days duration.  A small crew of 2 to 3 operators are required.  The system can either be trailer or truck mounted….(Learn More)

FTAS

The Fast-Time Analysis System (FTAS), developed and produced by ISL, is the most modern and innovative full spectrum acoustic processing and display system available on the market today.  The FTAS provides the analyst with the display and post-processing tools to perform detailed analysis of passive and active acoustic signals recorded from the full range of Sonobuoys deployed by operational Maritime Patrol Aircraft.  The scalable system level design of the FTAS is based on a flexible, high performance single chassis digital signal processor unit connected to high-performance Display and Control Workstations over a high-speed local area network.  The FTAS accepts acoustic data for analysis in STANAG 4283B (analog) and STANAG 4283C (digital) compliant formats.  The FTAS features a flexible and intuitive graphical user interface, with extensive analysis and display tools.  The operator workload is significantly decreased through the application of massive acoustic data storage capability that allows the data to be replayed once from tape and analyzed many time from memory at up to 32 times real-time.  The system architecture supports expansion to accommodate emerging operational requirements for additional signal processing hardware, new operator analysis tools and aids, and new display formats….(Learn More)

QuARTIC

QuARTIC™ is a software tool that automates the propagation of facility design information all the way through to the completion of a qualified code input model and companion calculation notebook, which has been verified and referenced to the design data. This provides a unique method of preparing quality controlled input models and documentation, which aids users in achieving NQA-1 compliance.
With QuARTIC™, the user begins by inputting facility design information (geometry, materials, boundary condition, initial condition data, etc.) into an Excel spreadsheet. The user also prepares LaTeX templates which contain symbolic calculations for model input which are expanded using reference data. With these two pieces of information, QuARTIC™ then automatically generates a consistent input model and calculation notebook…..(Learn More)