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DISPERSING SONAR BUOYS OVER A TWO-DIMENSIONAL OCEAN AREA WOULD BE FACILITATED IF SOME OF THE BUOYS WOULD GLIDE PERPENDICULAR TO THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE DISPENSING AIRPLANE. TO DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGY FO ...

TO AUGMENT THE STEALTH FEATURES OF THE SUBMARINE, INNOVATIVE METHODS OF MINIMIZING THE OBSERVABLES DUE TO THE SURFACE PIERCING MAST ARE PROPOSED. OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES INCLUDE VISUAL (EYBALL FROM SUR ...

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WIND FARM DESIGNERS REQUIRE AN OPERATIONAL TOOL TO DESIGN OPTIMAL WIND FARMS ON SITES WITH IRREGULAR TERRAIN AND NONUNIFORM WIND FLOWS. SUCH SITES WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT ASTHE WIND FARM DENSITY INCREA ...

THE HIGH COST AND VULNERABILITY OF MANNED AIRCRAFT IS GENERATED RENEWED INTEREST IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLES (RPVS) FOR A WIDE RANGE OF MISSIONS. AERO-VIRONMENT INC. PROPOSES THE DE ...

THE PERFORMANCE OF REMOTE PILOTED VEHICLES (RPV'S) CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED BY PASSIVE DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING THE TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER. THESE DEVICES RANGE FROM SURFACE DEVICES FOR DRAG REDU ...

THE POTENTIAL FOR USING COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN CONSTRUCTING SPACE STATION ENVIRONMENTS APPEARS TO BE DESIRABLE DUE TO THE SUBSTANTIAL PAYLOAD WEIGHT SAVINGS OF POLYMER COMPOSITES, AS COMPARED TO MOVIN ...

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