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THE NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND HAS REQUESTED AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SHARING OF THE INERTIAL INSTRUMENTS FROM WITHIN MULTIPLE DISPERSED INERTIAL SYSTEMS. THE SHARING OF REDUNDANT HARDWARE TO PROVIDE FAULT TOLERANCE IS COMMON ON FLIGHT CRITICAL AND LIFE THREATENING AVIONICS APPLICATIONS. THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS INVESTIGATION IS TO EXPLORE THE SHARING OF THE INERTIAL INSTRUMENTS FROM WITHIN MULTIPLE D ...

ABACUS PROGRAMMING CORPORATION PROPOSES TO KNOWLEDGE ENGINEER AND DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE OF AN INTERACTIVE EXPERT SYSTEM TO AID IN THE SELECTION OF INERTIAL SYSTEMS FOR NEW AND UPGRADED MISSILE/WEAPON SYSTEMS. THE EXPERT SYSTEM WILL ALLOW A NON-SPECIALIST USER TO ACT AS AN EXPERT IN INERTIAL SYSTEMS TO MATCH MISSION REQUIREMENTS WITH INERTIAL HARDWARE CAPABILITIES AND TO EVALUATE THE MISSION IMPLICAT ...

OF THE OVER 600,000 HIGHWAY BRIDGES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 RAILROAD BRIDGES IN THE U.S., MANY ARE DIFFICULT TO INSPECT BECAUSE OF LIMITED ACCESSIBILITY. REMOTE INSPECTIONBY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES MAY PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT INVOLVES CONSIDERATIONS OF VEHICLE SUITABILITY (HELICOPTER, BLIMP DUCTED FAN VEHICLE), THE BRIDGE LOCAL ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, AND THE TYPE OF CONTROL (R ...

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THE NAVY HAS IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR AN IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE CONTROL OF PARTICULATE AND GASEOUS CONTAMINANTS TO PROTECT SHIPBOARD PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. THE NEW SYSTEM SHOULD BE A NON-BARRIER TYPE FILTRATION DEVICE WITH THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: VERY LOW PRESSURE DROP, REQUIRE LITTLE MAINTENANCE, BE INSENSITIVE TO CHANGES IN AMBIENT CONDITIONS SUCH AS TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND MOIS ...

NEW MATERIALS ARE BEING DEVELOPED EVERYDAY AND ARE REVOLUTIONIZING PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES AT AN ASTOUNDING RATE. IN RECENT YEARS, THE ROADSIDE SAFETY APPURTENANCE FIELD HAS BEEN AFFECTED AS WELL, AS NEW MATERIALS HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO PRODUCE IMPROVED DESIGNS IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS. IN RECENT YEARS PLASTICS, CERAMICS, HIGH STRENGTH FIBERS AND COMPOSITES HAVE BECOME MORE WIDELY USED IN INDUSTRY ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS SBIR PROJECT IS TO IDENTIFY THE MEANS TO SUBSTANITALLY REDUCE THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THE ALQ-170 ELECTRONICS PACKAGE WHILE IMPROVING THREAT SIGNAL FIDELITY AND ADDING VERSATILITY. THE INITIAL EFFORT CONSISTS OF A STUDY TO BASELINE THE CURRENT PERFORMANCE OF THE ALQ-170 AND ITS SUBSYSTEMS, AND IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE IMPROVEMENT IS REQUIRED. NEXT, SUBSYSTEM PERFORMANCE SPECIFICAT ...

FLEET TRAINING EXERCISES UTILIZING THE AIRBORNE, MISSILE THREAT SIMULATOR POD, AST-6, CAN BE MATERIALLY IMPROVED BY THE ADDITION OF AN ECM RESPONSE MONITOR IN THE POD. THIS MONITOR WILL RECORD THE ECM RESPONE OF THE TARGET AND THE TACTICS OF ECM UTILIZATION FOR SUBSEQUENT DOWNLOAD AND DEBRIEFING. THIS APPLICATION REQUIRES A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN CONVENTIONAL ECM SCORING SYSTEMS IN SEVERAL RESPEC ...

THE PROPOSED INTEGRATED SINGLE FIBER OPTIC TRANSCEIVER (ISFOT) WILL PROVIDE AVIONICS DESIGNERS WITH A PACKAGED SOLUTION FOR USING FIBER OPTICS. THE ISFOT WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE DESIGNER WITH DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING THE STATE OF THE OPTICAL FIBER LINK, AND BIT INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY ANY INTERNAL FAILURES TO WITHIN TENS OF COMPONENTS. THIS INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE IN THE LOGISTIC SU ...