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FUTURE MILITARY SYSTEMS WILL HAVE AN INCREASING NEED TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER AND MORE COMPLETE LEVEL OF SENSOR FUSION THAN CURRENTLY EXISTS. THE RATIONALE FOR SSNSOR FUSION IS GENERALLY WELL ACCEPTED AND RELATES TO PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, MODULARITY, AND EXTENSIBILITY. IT IS NOW DESIRED TO INTEGRATE DIGITAL PROCESSORS WITH SENSOR ARRAYS TO FORM SMART SENSOR GROUPS. THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY, THE ATHEN ...

Direct digital modulation for hardware-in-the-loop simulations of airborne radar systems is currently digital multiplier limited. A digital multiplier technology which can support 8-bit modulation rates of at least 250 MHz with a maximun incurred signal delay of 100 nanoseconds is required. To achieve bandwidths required of the RF modulation, a massive array of state-of-the-art conventional digita ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO DESIGN AN IN-FLIGHT TRANSFER ALIGNMENT SCHEME FOR THE INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT (IMU) OF A HELICOPTER-LAUNCHED INERTIALLY GUIDED MISSILE. THE MISSILE, MOUNTED ON A HELICOPTER WING, IS SUBJECTED TO LARGE AMPLITUDE VIBRATIONS. CURRENT TRANSFER ALIGNMENT SCHEMES, DESIGNED FOR AIRPLANES OR GROUND APPLICATIONS, DO NOT ESTIMATE THE VIBRATION COMPONENT OF THE I ...

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AN ADVANCED FUEL INJECTOR WITH IMPROVED ATOMIZATION AND MIXING CHARACTERISTICS IS NEEDED FOR CURRENT AND ADVANCED SMALL GAS TURBINE ENGINES. IN ADDITION, DUE TO HIGHER COMBUSTOR TEMPERATURE RISE AND HEAT SINK DEMANDS, THE ADVANCED INJECTOR MUST BE CAPABLE OF OPERATING AT HIGHER FUEL TEMPERATURES WITHIN PLUGGING. THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AN ADVANCED DUAL AIRBLAST INJECTOR BY: 1) FULLY INTEG ...

THE RECENT ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF COMPLEX PHENOMENA IN CONTINUUM MECHANICS HAS LED TO LARGE SCALE CALCULATIONS INVOLVING EXTREMELY VOLUMINOUS DATA SETS (GIGABYTE REGIME). TO EFFECTIVELY ANALYZE THESE DATA SETS, DEVELOPMENT OF 3-D GRAPHICS SOFTWARE WHICH EMPLOYS STATE-OF-THE-ART VOLUME RENDERING TECHNIQUES, AND DESIGNED TO BE INTERACTIVE AND USER-FRIENDLY IS REQUIRED. IN ADDITION, THE ...

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COST-EFFECTIVENESS METHODS MAY PROCEED IN EITHER OF TWO GENERAL WAYS. THE MORE FAMILIAR IS TO FIX COSTS AND MAXIMIZE EFFECTIVENESS. THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO FIX EFFECTIVENESS AND MINIMIZE "COSTS" IN TERMS OF DOLLARS, MUCH-SOUGHT-AFTER PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATIVE INFEASIBILITY, OR OTHER SCARCE OR UNWANTED CONSIDERATIONS. ISOPERFORMANCE METHODS ARE INTENDED TO BE IMPLEMENTED AS AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER PR ...