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Standard U.S. Navy fiber optic assemblies require that the fiber be bonded to the connector using an adhesive that is labor intensive and heat controlled (MIL-A-24792). Advanced Material Systems (AMS) proposes a study that could solve this problem through the development of an adhesive system that would cure at room temperature in less that 3 minutes and yet meet all of the in-service req ...

Unmanned surface vehicles have unique requirements for operating reliably during missions of very long time periods without human maintenance. The US Navy has undertaken a R&D initiative to develop and deploy diesel engine powered USVs with advanced technology capabilities. Controls Research, Incorporated in collaboration with Neptune Sciences, Incorporated proposes the development of a novel c ...

Littoral Research Group L.L.C. (LRG) of New Orleans Louisiana has teamed with Kinetic Art and Technology (KAT) and Seemann Composites to offer a dynamic partnership that combines world class Naval Architecture services with cutting edge, award winning, electrical engineering and design along with the state-of-the-art composites innovation. LRG has proposed an integrated design approach to the dev ...

Phase I research was conducted to prove the feasibility of developing a Micro-sized Air-launched Expendable Meteorological Sonde (MAXMS) for both military and research purposes. Conceptual designs were developed for an instrument that can be launched from standard aircraft countermeasures dispensers and that can achieve the required measurement accuracy. Two variants of the design, SAASM compatibl ...

There is a need for the capability to transmit data from various types of unattended ground based sensors such as biological/chemical, meteorological, audio/video surveillance, communication monitoring/decoying and vehicle/personnel movement sensors. These sensors will be precision air deployed using standard countermeasures dispensers and will be packaged in standard flare and chaff countermeasu ...

Since the Second World War, increased performance has been acquired by investing heavily in expensive new sensor hardware, at the near exclusion of developing new algorithms and tactics to optimize use of sensors in complex environments. The shift toward threats in just such hostile areas demands a more synergistic approach wherein new sensors breed new tactics, and possibly vice versa. The opti ...

The objective is to determine the best algorithmic approach to optimally select unmanned vehicle flight paths that maximize mission success for attached sensors. That involves trade-offs between a) active emissions and passive collections, b) high and low altitudes, c) high and low speeds, d) day and night operations, e) rough and smooth terrain, f) accuracy and efficiency, etc. The solutions wi ...

The importance of Very Shallow Water (VSW) and the Surf Zone (SZ), VSW/SZ, for littoral operations is well known. Both ocean dynamic conditions and bathymetry may vary significantly in space and time. The harsh SZ environment (mainly due to currents, waves, and surf) makes data collection using in-situ sensors or Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) difficult especially for a mobile sensor syst ...

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Standard Object Systems, Inc. proposes the adaptati on of its Standard Objects for Phonetic Speech Recognition software to the development of a Software Package for Speaker Independent or Dependent Continuous Speech Recognition. This application supports both speaker independent and dependent connected word recognition with adaptation to multi lingual and multi accent envir ...