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AEL WILL EVALUATE VARIOUS CARNOT CYCLE HEAT ENGINES (DYNAMIC CONVERTERS) AS WELL AS ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERTERS APPLICABLE TO SMALL SUBMERSIBLES OR AUV'S OVER THE POWER RANGE OF 20 TO 50 KW, WITH SYSTEM ENDURANCES OF 2 TO 10 MWH. THE SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF THE ENERGY CONVERTERS, FUEL AND EXHAUST SUBSYSTEMS STARTS WITH PRECISE REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM MISSION ANALYSES ...

THE PROPOSED PHASE I PROGRAM WILL ANALYZE THE APPLICATION OF TWO NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ARE (1) PAYING OUT AN OPTICAL FIBER FROM THE RPV AND PROBABLY ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM A SURFACE SHIP OR SUBMARINE SO AS TO FORM A CONTINUOUS PHYSICAL BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN THE RPV AND SHIP, AND (2) USE OF MODULATABLE OPTICALRETROREFLECTOR MOUNTED ON THE RPV OR RELAY WHICH CAN BE INT ...

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THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL INCORPORATE THE PARAMETRIC AVALANCHE NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE INTO A MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD DETECTION AND TRACKING ALGORITHM FOR USE IN AUTONOMOUS WEAPON SYSTEMS. THE PARAMETRIC AVALANCHE WILL PERFORM O(1) SEARCH IN ITS STORED PATTERN FEATURES TO IDENTIFY THE TARGET AND ITS MOTION EQUATIONS, AFTER WHICH IT WILL TRACK THE TARGET. A SECOND PARAMETRIC AVALANCH WILL USE THE S ...

THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSAL ARE ORIENTED TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOIL SURFACTANT FLUSHING AND WASHING AS A LOW-COST, LOW-IMPACT, LOW-RISK, EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR THE REMOVAL AND ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION OF THE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN SOIL. THESE OBJECTIVES ARE: DEMONSTRATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN IONIC SURFACTANT SOLUTION AT CONCENTRATIONS ABOVE THE CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION ...

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THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AN ARCHITECTURE AND PROTOTYPE FOR A COMPUTER-BASED TOOL THAT WILL AUTOMATE THE CONVERSION OF PAPER DOCUMENTS (TECHNICAL MANUALS, INCLUDING BOTH TEXT AND GRAPHICS) INTO A FORMAT THAT IS SUITABLE FOR INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY. OUR PROPOSED FORMAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A SET OF TOOLS THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY OPTIMIZE THE ELECTRONIC PRESENTATION OF THE TECHNICA ...

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE PRACTICES USE A NUMBER OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES CONSIST OF A RANGE OF ALTERNATIVES INCLUDING THE INSTITUTION OF NEW PROCESS, MODIFICATION OF EXISTING PROCESSES, AND MATERIALS SUBSTITUTION. TO MEET INCREASINGLY STRINGENT EPA REQUIREMENTS, IT IS NECESSARY TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE MAINTENANCE PRACTICES WITH UPDATED TECHNOLOGY THROUGH TECHNOLO ...

NAVAIR HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DEVICE WHICH MEASURES AIRCRAFT BRAKE USAGE. PDI PROPOSES TO DESIGN A BATTERY POWERED, MICROCONTROLLER BASED SYSTEM TO MEASURE BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND WHEEL SPEED OF ROTATION. THE PRODUCT OF THESE VARIABLES WILL BE INTEGRATED OVER THE TIME OF AN AIRCRAFT STOP TO ESTIMATE THE TOTAL ENERGY ABSORBED BY THE BRAKE. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE SYSTEM W ...