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MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPARENT ARMOR INCLUDE OPTICAL CLARITY OVER A RANGE OF WAVELENGTHS, IMPACT RESISTANCE, AND MANIFESTATION OF DUCTILE FAILURE WHEN THE COMPONENT IS SUBJECT TO IMPACT. THIS LAST REQUIREMENT INCLUDES RESISTANCE TO CRACK PROPAGATION AND SPALLATION AND THE PREDOMINANCE OF LOCAL YIELDING ABOUT THE CONTACT AREA RESULTING IN A WELL DEFINED HOLE AS OPPOSED TO RADIAL OR CONCOIDAL ...

THE IMPORTANCE OF TERRAIN DATA TO THE SUCCESS OF TACTICAL OPERATIONS AND ADVANCES IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY HAVE CREATED WIDESPREAD REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL TERRAIN DATA (DTD) WITHIN THE ARMY. THE CONCEPTS AND ANALYSIS DIVISION OF THE U.S. ARMY ENGINEER TOPOGRAPHIC LABORATORIES (USAETL) HAS THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING THESE ARMY REQUIREMENTS AND IS INVESTIGATING THESE T ...

RECENT ADVANCES IN OPTOELECTRONIC MODULATORS DESIGN AND RELATED SUPERLATTICE AND MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL MATERIALS MAY ENABLE THE CREATION OF A NEW CLASS OF OPTOELECTRONIC CIRCUITS FOR APPLICATIONS IN OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION, OPTIAL LOGIC GATES, SPATIAL-LIGHTMODULATORS AND NEW BISTABLE CONFIGURATIONS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK IS TO EXPLORE THE USE OF NEW LOW-DRIVE-VOLTAGE FABRY-PEROT MODULATORS, R ...

THIS EFFORT WILL INVESTIGATE THE CONTROLLED MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY (MBE) OF THIN FILM BISRCACUO ON A BUFFERED SI SUBSTRATE. THE EPITAXY, AIMED AT IN-SITU CONTROL OF STOICHIOMETRY, WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY USING A BEAM OF ATOMIC OXYGEN GENERATED BY A ELECTRONCYCLOTRON-RESONANCE (ECR) SOURCE REACTING WITH ATOMIC BEAMS OF BI, SR, CA AND CU GENERATED BY EFFUSION SOURCES. THE THIN FILM GROWN ON A SPECIAL ...

THE RECENT ADVANCES IN BANDGAP ENGINEERING BY MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY (MBE) HAVE PRODUCED A STRAINED SUPERLATTICE (SSL) OF INSB/INASSB CAPABLE OF BEING MADE INTO PHOTODIODES TAILORABLE TO ANY SPECTRAL REPONSE WITHIN THE INFRARED SPECTRUM (1-16 MICRON). TO EXPLOIT THESE ADVANCES, THIS PROPOSAL IS MADE TO DEVELOP A MULTILAYERED STRUCTURE OF INSB/INASSB THAT WILL RESPONSE TO TWO SPECTRAL BANDS SEPARAT ...

THE FOUR SEROTYPES OF DENGUE VIRUSES ARE A LEADING CAUSE OF MORBIDITY THROUGHOUT THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS. FOR USE IN DIAGNOSTICS AND IN SUBUNIT VACCINES AGAINST DENGUE, A RELIABLE AND INEXPENSIVE SOURCE OF DENGUE ANTIGENS IS REQUIRED. FOR THESE PURPOSES, EXPRESSION OF RECOMBINANT ANTIGENS IN MICROORGANISMS IS BEST SUITED. WE PROPOSE TO USE THE YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE TO PRODUCE THE DENGU ...

MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION PROPOSES A PHASE I SBIR EFFORT TO INITIATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE IN-BORE MOTION DETECTION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH TANK AND ARTILLERY BARRELS. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY REVIEWING THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ART IN DETECTION SYSTEMS, DETERMINING THE ARMY REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH A SYSTEM, AND CONDUCTING THE NECESSARY ANALYSIS AND LABORATORY TESTING AND EXPERIMENTATIO ...

OPERATION OF A JAMMER TRANSMITTER FROM A SMALL PLATFORM (RPV OR JEEP) NECESSITATES THE USE OF ELECTRICALLY SHORT ANTENNAS SUCH AS SHORT WHIPS AND SMALL LOOPS. THE CONVENTIONAL APPROACH USES A POWER AMPLIFIER DESIGNED FOR A 50-OHM LOAD AND AN ANTENNA TUNER THAT MATCHES THE ANTENNA-INPUT IMPEDANCE TO OHMS. HOWEVER, THE RAPID FREQUENCY CHANGES REQUIRED BY JAMMERS PRECLUDE THE USE OF ANTENNA TUNING. T ...

A NUMBER OF TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO COAT ORGANIC MATRIX COMPOSITES, SUCH AS CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) AND PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (PVD). HOWEVER, WHILE COATINGS CAN BE PRODUCED BY THESE CONVENTIONAL COATING TECHNIQUES, THE COATING SUFFER FROM A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS, INCLUDING POOR ADHERENCE AND LOW DENSITY, SUCH THAT THEY ARE MARGINAL FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS ON ORGANIC MATRIX CO ...

ADVANCES IN ARMOR TECHNOLOGY HAVE PROGRESSED BEYOND THE PERFORMANCE OF CURRENT CHEMICAL ENERGY WEAPONS SYSTEMS. SYSTEMS INCORPORATING TANDEM WARHEADS HAVE SHOWN PROMISE IN DEFEATING PROPOSED ARMOR THREATS. THE KEY TO A TANDEM WARHEAD SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE IS THE FRONT STAGE. SUCCESSFUL FRONT STAGE DESIGNS WILL SOFTEN THE TARGET, ALLOWING THE REAR STAGE TO PENETRATE DEEP INTO THE TARGET. FRONT STAGE ...