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Microcom will design a Dual Frequency Transponder which will be compatible with the requirements of both the Tactical Aircrew Combat Training System (TACTS) and the Mobile Sea Range (MSH) system. We will modify our existing R-Cubed Transponder (AN/URY-3) by adding an L Band Transceiver to provide the data relay link for TACTS ranges with a Transponder volume target goal of 108 cubic inches. We pla ...

Microcom will design a secure Data Relay System for transmission of GPS position, platform sensor, and weapons event data collected from a large number of fleet exercise participants distributed over an extended open-ocean area. We plan to modify our existing R Cubed Transponder (AN/URY-3) design to yield a 400 percent increase in data throughput and add a GPS receiver and Inertial Guidance unit f ...

COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SYNTHETIC SCENE GENERATION SYSTEMS WILL BE INVESTIGATED AS A BASELINE SYSTEM FROM WHICH INFRARED IMAGERY CAN BE CREATED. TRADEOFFS WILL BE MADE REGARDING THE SCENE REALISM REQUIRED FOR SENSOR EVALUATION AND THE COST TO ACHIEVE THIS REALISM. REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURES OF VARIOUS TERRAINS, TERRAIN FEATURES AND TARGETS WILL BE CREATED THAT PRESENT THE THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS ASS ...

A NOVEL TECHNIQUE IS PROPOSED WHICH WILL ALLOW THE RESOLUTION, ANALYSIS, AND SUPPRESSION OF THE MULTIPATH COMPONENTS OF AN ANTENNA RANGE MEASUREMENT TEST SIGNAL% THE TECHNIQUE ACHIEVES TIME DELAY RESOLUTION MUCH FINER THAN THE RECIPROCAL OF THE BANDWIDTH OF THE TEST SIGNAL* AS A RESULT, ULTRA LOW SIDELOBE ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS CAN BE MADE IN REAL TIME WITHOUT USING AN ULTRA WIDEBAND TEST SIGNAL AND ...

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THE S-3B AIRCRAFT IS THE LEAD PLATFORM FOR THE ACTIVE BLOCK UPGRADEPROGRAM FOR INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION OF THE ERAPS AND ADAR SYSTEMS. BECAUSE OF THE QUANTITY AND COMPLEXITY OF OPERATOR CHOICES IN DEPLOYING AND USING THESE SYSTEMS, TACTICAL OPERATOR AIDS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION OF THESE NEW ACTIVE SYSTEMS. IN THIS PHASE I STUDY, SPECIFIC AIDS ARE TO BE IDENTIFIED FO ...

THERE IS A RAPIDLY GROWING NEED FOR TOOLS FOR THE DESIGN AND SYNTHESISOF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND MULTI-DEVICE CIRCUITS: TO SUPPORT GREATER CLOCK SPEEDS; PACKAGING DENSITITES AND CIRCUIT COMPLEXITY; TO ENABLE DESIGNERS TO RAPIDLY CREATE AND COMPARE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN CONCEPTS; TO ELIMINATE MULTIPLE RE-DESIGN CYCLES; AND TO ENABLE REUSE OF PRIOR DESIGN KNOWLEDGE. THERE ARE NO CAE TOOLS COMMERCIALLY A ...

PHASE I OF THIS PROGRAM WILL OPTIMIZE THE GROWTH OF LATTICE MATCHED INGAAS/INALAS ON INP FOR EOIC APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE USE ON INNOVATIVE MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXIAL (MBE) GROWTH AND CALIBRATION PROCEDURES. THE PROGRAM WILL STUDY THE EFFECTS OF SLIGHT LATTICE MISMATCH ON THICK EPITAXIAL LAYERS. THE PROGRAM WILL DEVELOP A MORE ACCURATE MEANS OF SETTING THE MOLECULAR BEAM RATIOS AS WELL AS NOVEL, EA ...

THE INCREASING SPEED AND COMPLEXITY OF MODERN (AND FUTURE) AIR-VEHICLE SYSTEMS ARE PUSHING THE HUMAN OPERATOR TO HIS LIMITS, ESPECIALLY IN COGNITIVE-RELATED TASKS. IT IS THEREFORE OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES THAT ALLOW THE COMPUTER TO HELP THE HUMAN TO EXTEND THESE LIMITS. AN IMPORTANT CLASS OF SUCH ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES IS AN ACTIVE, MIXED-INITIATIVE MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE (MMI) ...

1This program is directed towards developing a pilot manufacturing line for chip-on-glass (COG) monochrome and color thin film electroluminescent (TFEL) flat panel displays. This manufacturing line will use the same COG process identified and qualified in Phase I. A statistically significant quantity of VGA flat panel displays will then be built on this manufacturing line to verify the COG manufac ...