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WE WISH TO EXPLORE A NEW METHOD FOR PRODUCING VERY HARD DIAMOND-LIKE COATINGS ON OPTICAL COMPONENTS. TO DO THIS, WE WILL USE AN APPARATUS THAT ACCELERATES CARBON IONS FROM A CARBON ARCH OPERATING IN VACUUM. THIS METHOD HAS SEVERAL ADVANTAGES: LARGE QUANTITIES OF IONS CAN BE PRODUCED, SO COATINGS CAN BE MADE RAPIDLY. THE IONS' QUANTITY AND ENERGY, AND THUS THE PROPERTIES OF THE COATINGS RESULTING F ...

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MILLIMETER-WAVE SYSTEMS ARE RAPIDLY EMERGING WITH NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING GUIDANCE FOR SELF-CONTAINED MUNITION. VIABILITY OF MANY MILLIMETER-WAVE SYSTEMS RELIES HEAVILY UPON ACHIEVING THE LOWER COST AND SMALL SIZE AFFORDED BY CIRCUIT INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES. DIEELECTRIC-BASED WAVEGUIDES, SUCH AS INSULAR LINE, ARE HIGHLY APPROPRIATED MEDIA FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATION BY FABRICATING ALL CIRCUIT C ...

A NEED EXISTS FOR LOW COST, HIGHLY RELIABLE FRONT END HARDWARE FOR MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH MISSILE HOMING (TARGET SEEKER) SYSTEMS. DIEELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE PLANAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR THIS PURPOSE WERE FIRST PROPOSED IN THE EARLY 1970'S BY THE FOUNDERS OF EPSILON LAMBDA. THE MORE SOPHISTICATED MILLIMETER SEEKERS REQUIRE USE OF A MONOPULSE FRONT END CONFIGURATION. TWO YEARS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMEN ...

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TECHNICAL CRITERIA FOR THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION TESTING OF ELETRICAL CONNECTORS AND WIRING WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING MTBF AND REDUCING MANPOWER ASSOCIATED WIRING. A PORTION OF THIS WORK WILL INCLUDE ANALYSIS OF TH EXTENT AND SOLUTIONS FOR INTERMITTENT "CANNOT DUPLICATE FAILURE" CONDITIONS.

A PROGRAM IS HEREIN DESCRIBED THAT WILL ESTABLISH THE POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN EXISTING RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND THROUGH A CONCEPTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL TRADEOFF PHASE, ESTABLISH FEASIBILITY OF AT LEAST ONE CONCEPT THAT WILL REPRESENT A QUANTUM STEP IN THE PERFORMANCE OF CREW RESTRAINT SYSTEMS. THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF CONCEPT TRADEOFF, OPERATIONAL AND STATIC AND DYNAMIC TESTING, AND SELECTION OF A CON ...

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RESEARCH IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS TO PERMIT RAPID, HIGH-RESOLUTION (LESS THAN ONE METER) WAVE-DIFFUSION GEOTOMOGRAPHY RECONSTRUCTIONS OF ROCK MASS FRACTURE SYSTEMS AND HYDROLOGIC PROPERTIES. RESEARCH WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE THE MATHEMATICS OF WAVE-DIFFUSION RECONSTRUCTIONS IN THE FREQUENCY DOMAIN. THE ACCURACY AND RESOLUTION OF ALL ALGORITHMS W ...