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POST ATTACK AIR BASE RECOVERY OPERATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN A VERY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2283
Amount: $49,543.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1985
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
350 Second Ave
Waltham, MA 02254
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 RICHARD WIESMAN
 (617) 890-3200
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Research Institution
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Abstract

POST ATTACK AIR BASE RECOVERY OPERATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN A VERY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. WITH PREMIUMS PLACED ON MINIMIZING BOTH THE TIME AND NUMBER OF PERSONNEL REQUIRED WHILE MAXIMIZING PERSONNEL SAFETY, ADAPTATION OF ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY TO SOME OR ALL OF THE TASK MAKES SENSE. INSTRUMENTATION CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING, MEASURING AND QUANTIFYING THE DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A BOMB CRATER IS A NECESSARY PREREQUISITE TO AUTOMATING THE ACTUAL REPAIR PROCESS. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM OF MAPPING CRATER DIMENSIONS. A SYSTEM WILL BE DEVELOPED WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF DETERMINING THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF CONCRETE UPHEAVAL AS WELL AS THE VOLUME OF OPEN VOID IN THE CRATER. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS PHASE I EFFORT A SENSOR SYSTEM DESIGN WILL BE GENERATED, FOR INTEGRATION WITH THE RRR EXCAVATOR, THAT IS CAPABLE OF DETECTING AND MEASURING BOMB DAMAGE CRATERS IN THE POST ATTACK ENVIRONMENT.

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