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THE U.S. AIR FORCE AND OTHER DEFENSE ELEMENTS HAVE RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF LACK OF SURVIVABILITY OF CURRENT AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES IN A TACTICAL ENVIRONMENT. AS PART OF THE TRANS-CENTURY SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUTOMATED TACTICAL LAUNCH AND RECOVERY SYSTEM (ATALARS) MUST INTEGRATE EMERGING AUTOMATION CAPABILITIES AND DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES IN ...

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THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS) PLAN AND THE CANADIAN AIRSPACE SYSTEM (CAS) PLAN CONTAIN MODERNIZATION PROJECTS AFFECTING MOST ELEMENTS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AIRSPACE SYSTEM AND HAVE POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON SYSTEM USERS. FURTHER, THE AIRSPACE SYSTEMS OF THE U.S. AND CANADA HAVE CONSIDERABLE POINTS OF INTERDEPENDENCY AND INTERRELATIONSHIP. AS BEFITED THEIR INDEPENDENT NATIONAL INTERES ...

THE NEXT GENERATION OF INNOVATIVVE CONCEPTS FOR THERMAL DEVICES FOR POWER SYSTEMS AND THERMAL LOOPS IN SPACECRAFT INVOLVE TWO-PHASE FLOW. THESE DEVICES UTILIZES THE LIQUID-VAPOR PHASE CHANGE IN BOILING AND CONDENSING PROCESSES IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGHER HEAT TRANSPORT RATES, LOWER WEIGHT, AND NEAR-ISOTHERMAL OPERATION AND CONTROL OF TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS COMPARED WITH CONVENTIONAL APPROA ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PROJECT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A PORTABLE CRYOGENIC COOLER FOR RADIATION DETECTORS THAT WEIGHS LESS THAN 10 KG COMPLETE WITH A ONE WEEK SUPPLY OF CRYOGEN, IS SELF REGULATING IN CRYOGEN CONSUMPTION TO PROVIDE RAPID COOL DOWN OR RESPONSE TO TRANSIENT DEMANDS WHILE MAINTAINING MINIMUM CONSUMPTION DURING STEADY STATE OPERATION, REQUIRES NO ELECTRICAL POWER, AND HAS NO CRITICAL MO ...

FUSION SYSTEMS CORPORATION HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING UNIQUE MICROWAVE POWERED ELECTRODELESS UV LIGHT SOURCES FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS WORLDWIDE. THE MOST SERIOUS LIMITATION TO EXTENDING THE TECHNOLOGY TO SMALL HIGH INTENSITY SPHERICAL LAMPS IS APPROPRIATE COOLING. IF PROGRESS CAN BE MADE IN THIS AREA, THEN APPLICATIONS SUCH AS STEP AND REPEAT MICROLITHOGRAPHY OF IN ...

A COST EFFECTIVE METHODOLOGY TO MANAGE A LARGE NETWORK OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS, SUCH AS WHAT EXISTS AT A MAJOR AIR FORCE FACILITY, WILL BE INVESTIGATED. A VERSATILE, IN GROUND, LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM UTILIZING IN SITU SENSORS AND AN INSTALLATION METHOD OF PUSHING PREFABRICATED MONITORING POINTS INTO THE SOIL WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE METHODOLOGY DEVISED IS EXPECTED TO REPLACE COSTLY MONITOR WELL ...

IN THE PROPOSED STUDY, THE CANONICAL VARIATE ANALYSIS (CVA) METHOD OF SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION IS EVALUATED FOR IDENTIFICATION AND ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES.CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ALGORITHMS FOR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND ADAPTIVE CONTROL ARE NOT COMPLETELY RELIABLE FOR AUTOMATIC IMPLEMENTATION ON MICROCOMPUTERS IN REAL TIME. IN THE CVA APPROACH, THE ALGORITHMS ARE COMPUTATIONALLY STABLE A ...

A SIGNIFICANT GAIN IN PERFORMANCE AND REDUCTION IN WEIGHT IS AFFORDED BY INCREASING THE OPERATING TEMPERATURES OF TURBINE ENGINES. PRESENT LIQUID-LUBRICATED BEARINGS ARE A MAJOR OBSTACLE IN ACHIEVING THIS GOAL DUE TO TEMPERATURE LIMITATIONS OF THE OIL LUBRICANT. MAGNETIC BEARINGS OFFER AN ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE IN THAT THEIR CONTACT-FREE OPERATION ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR BEARING LUBRICATION. CREAR ...

THE OVERALL CYCLE EFFICIENCY (HENCE, INPUT POWER REQUIREMENTS) OF REVERSE-BRAYTON CRYOCOOLERS FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO THE THERMAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE HEAT EXCHANGERS. APPLICATIONS FOR THESE CRYOCOOLERS IN SPACE DICTATE THAT THESE HEAT EXCHANGERS BE AS SMALL AND LIGHT AS POSSIBLE. TO DATE, ONLY HEAT EXCHANGERS EMPLOYING ORGANIC MATERIALS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE HIGH THE ...