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WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A PATTERNED ETCHING TECHNIQUE FOR INFRARED DETECTOR ARRAYS BASED ON PHOTO-INDUCED ETCHING OF HGCDTE THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ULTRA-HIGH VACUUM ENVIRONMENT OF A MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY APPARATUSES. THE PHASE I RESEARCH FOCUSES ON ESTABLISHING THE EFFICACY OF SUITABLE GAS PHASE PRECURSORS FOR THE ETCHING PROCESS. IF THE PHASE I RESEARCH IS SUCCESSFUL, OPTICAL PROJECTION TECHN ...

WE PROPOSE THE INVESTIGATION OF NUCLEATION PROCESSES CAPABLEOF CAUSING THE FREEZING OF SUPERCOOLED WATER DROPLETS IN FRONT OF A MOVING SUBSONIC AIRCRAFT. THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOPA NUCLEATION MECHANISM CAPABLE OF FREEZING THE WATER DROPLETS FAR ENOUGH IN FRONT OF THE MOVING PLANE SO THAT BY THE TIME THE PLANE REACHES THE DROPLETS THEY ARE FROZEN AND BOUNCE FROM THE LEADING EDGES AND THE IMPENAGE, WIT ...

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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SOLID-STATE DIRECTION-INDICATING APPARATUS, WITH TILT-IMMUNITY, THAT PROVIDES AN AUDIBLE OR TACTILE INTERFACE WITH THE USER. REDUCED SIZE TO ALLOW ENCAPSULATION IN A TYPICAL WALKING CANE. A DEVICE WILL BE DESIGNED THAT WILL PROVIDE A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON WITH AN INDICATION OF HORIZONTAL DIRECTION, WITH RESPECT TO THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD. THE DEVICE WILLALSO SIGNAL ...

IT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE AN ARCHITECTURE FOR A MULTIELEMENT RADAR RECEIVING ARRAY WHICH PERFORMS DIGITAL BEAM FORMING (DBF) WITHIN THE RECEIVING ARRAY ITSELF, USING EACH ELEMENT AS A NODE OF A SYSTOLIC-LIKE ARRAY PROCESSOR. THE PROCESSOR ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ELEMENT OF THE ARRAY WILL PRODUCE A DIFFERENT SPATIAL BEAM. THIS DISTRIBUTED ARRAY PROCESSING CAPABILITY CAN BE REALIZED BY ADD ...

A PROCESS FOR ADHESIVELY BONDING SELECTED ELASTOMERS IS PROPOSED WHICH CAN SIGNIFICANTLY SIMPLIFY ADHESIVE BONDED MANUFACTURING AND REPAIR PROCEDURES. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH EXPLORES THE FEASIBILITY OF USING NON-HAZARDOUS SURFACE TREATMENTS ON VULCANIZED RUBBER SUBSTRATES WHICH PROVIDE BONDS OF EQUAL OR GREATER STRENGTH THAN THE RUBBER ADHERENDS THEMSELVES. THESE NOVEL SURFACE TREATMENTS SHOULD PRE ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH INVESTIGATES THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A SINGLE STEP WOOD TREATMENT THAT WILL RESULT IN THE WOOD BEING PRESERVED FROM BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION AND PROTECTED FROM THE RAVAGES OF FIRE AS WELL. THE NOVEL APPROACH INCLUDES THE IRREVERSIBLE IMMOBILIZATION OF THE VARIOUS TREATMENT CHEMICALS WITHIN THE CELLULOSIC STRUCTURE OF THE WOOD. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE LONG TERM PROTECTION ...

SINCE SOFTWARE IS A CRUCIAL COMPONENT OF TACTICAL SYSTEMS, THE RELIABILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF TACTICAL SYSTEM SOFTWARE IS CRITICAL IN THE FIELD. IN IMPROVING SOFTWARE RELIABILITY, THE USE OF FORMAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGIES AND THE USE OF ADA WHICH SUPPORTS AND ENFORCES MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES HAVE YIELDED SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. IN CONTRAST, SIMILAR PROGRESS HAS NOT BEEN MA ...

OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED LOGISTICS PLANNING SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME DECISION SUPPORT TO FIELD LOGISTICIAN AND LOGISTICS PLANNERS: MEGAPLAN. THE SYSTEM, IMPLEMENTED IN COMMON LISP ON TI EXPLORER COMPUTERS, WILL USE AN AI-BASED DECISION SUPPORT CORE TO UNIFY (1) DATA BASE, (2) SYSTEM SIMULATION, AND (3) LOGISTICAL ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES. THE SYSTEM WILL USE A MULTISCREEN GRAPHICAL ENVIR ...

WE PROPOSE AN INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY WHICH WILL PROVIDE TECOM WITH A NEW CAPABILITY TO EVALUATE THREAT TARGETS AND WEAPON SYSTEMS AS THE STATE-OF-THE-ART IN ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES, REQUIREMENTS, AND TACTICS EVOLVES. WE DESCRIBE HOW WE WILL IMPLEMENT OUR WORK, AND HOW IT WILL PROVIDE TECOM WITH THE NECESSARY FLEXIBILITY AND ROBUSTNESS TO DEFINE THE 'TARGET OF THE FUTURE' BY ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR R ...