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ON-SITE VERIFICATION HAS EMERGED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ANY AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION UNDER THE STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TALKS (START). THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION WHEN FORMULATING OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REENTRY VEHICLE (RV) COUNTING RULES. CONFIRMATION OF THE NUMBER OF RVS ON A DEPLOYED MISSILE SYSTEM REQUIRES PHYS ...

TRANSPIRATION COOLED NOSETIPS (TCNTS) FOR ICBM REENTRY VEHICLES OFFER SHAPE STABILITY, ENHANCED THERMAL/EROSION PERFORMANCE AND POTENTIAL DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH STRENGTH AND SMALL RADIUS NOSETIPS. CURRENT TCNT DESIGN AND FABRICATION PROCESSES ARE TIME-CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE, HAMPERING RESEARCH EFFORTS AND INHIBITING APPLICATION OF TCNTS TO REENTRY SYSTEMS. ADVANCED DESIGN AND FABRICATION METHO ...

OPTICAL FIRE DETECTORS (OFDS) THAT OPERATE IN UV AND/OR IR BANDS CAN "FALSE ALARM" TO NON-HYDROCARBON RADIATION EMISSIONS IN AND NEAR OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT HANGERS, THEREBY CAUSING AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS (FPS) TO FALSE DUMP SUPPRESSANT AGENT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. SUCH "ACCIDENTS" CAN RESULT IN THE INTERRUPTION OF INTEGRATED COMBAT TURNS AND OTHER OPERATIONS (CAUSING LONG DELAYS IN GETTIN ...

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 ...

THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL ADDRESS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTISIMULATION DEVICES FOR DENYING RV-DECOY DISCRIMINATION BASED ON PRECISION MOTION MEASUREMENTS AND CERTAIN RCS DISCRIMINANTS. THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SMALL ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED SCATTERING DEVICES WILL BE ESTABLISHED, INCLUDING THE IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDATE DESIGNS. VEHICLE EXTERIOR SHAPES WHICH ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ANTISI ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF AN ALL DIAMOND JUNCTION FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (JFET). THIS DEVICE IS CONSTRUCTED FROM LARGE GRAIN (5-10 MICRONS), DOPED CVD DIAMOND FILMS AND INCORPORATES GRAIN BOUNDARY PASSIVATION WITHIN THE ACTIVE CHANNEL REGION. CURRENT FLOW IN THE JFET IS CONFINED TO THE SINGLE CRYSTAL REGIONS IN THE POLYCRYSTALLINE FILM ELIMINATING THE IMPACT ...

CURRENT PENETRATION AID SYSTEMS FOR STRATEGIC BALLISTIC MISSILES RELY ON THE USE OF REPLICA OR SIMULATION DECOYS TO CONFUSE THE ENEMY. SIMULATION OF THE OBSERVABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LARGE REENTRY VEHICLES WITH SMALL REPLICA DECOYS IS A DIFFICULT TECHNOLOGY. ANTISIMULATION IS A TACTIC WHEREBY THE STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE REENTRY VEHICLES IS BROADENED, THUS RELAXING THE SIMULATION REQUIR ...

IRVINE SENSORS CORPORATION (ISC) PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AN INNOVATIVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) WHICH WILL PROVIDE A HIGHER PERFORMANCE PASSIVE GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A VARIETY OF MISSILES AND PROJECTILES, SUCH AS SKEET AND SENSOR FUZED SUBMUNITIONS. CURRENT SYSTEMS OF THIS TYPE UTILIZE ONLY A FEW INFRARED DETECTOR ELEMENTS IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF ELECTRICAL LEADS WHICH MUST EXIST THROUGH THE C ...

A NOVEL HIGH POWER MILLIMETER/MICROWAVE SOURCE IS PROPOSED IN WHICH TWO INTERPENETRATING STREAMS OF ELECTRONS, FLOWING THROUGH A BACKGROUND PLASMA IN A STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD ARE USED TO GENERATE A HOT-ELECTRON PLASMA THAT IS CONFINED IN A MIRROR-LIKE MAGNETIC FIELD IN THE FORM OF A FOLDED-CUSP MAGNETIC CONFIGURATION. ENERGY STORED IN THE ANISOTROPIC, HOT-ELECTRON PLASMA IS THEN USED TO AMPLIFY UNS ...

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