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A VARIETY OF ADVANCED-BASING CONCEPTS ENHANCE SURVIVABILITY BY COMBINING MISSILE MOBILITY WITH FIXED PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES (TUNNELS, GARAGES, ETC.). PROVIDING COMMUNICATION CONNECTIVITY BY INSTALLING VARIETY OF HARDENED ANTENNAS IS, HOWEVER, QUITE EXPENSIVE. A COMPLETELY PORTABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CARRIED ON EACH MOBILE LAUNCH VEHICLE IS THEREFORE DESIRABLE. COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE SHELTERING ...

A VARIETY OF ADVANCED-BASING CONCEPTS ENHANCE SURVIVABILITY BY COMBINING MISSILE MOBILITY WITH FIXED PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES (TUNNELS, GARAGES, ETC.). PROVIDING COMMUNICATION CONNECTIVITY BY INSTALLING VARIETY OF HARDENED ANTENNAS IS, HOWEVER, QUITE EXPENSIVE. A COMPLETELY PORTABLE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CARRIED ON EACH MOBILE LAUNCH VEHICLE IS THEREFORE DESIRABLE. COMMUNICATION THROUGH INTERVENING M ...

Ignition of rocket motors can be performed using low-volt firing components, but MIL-STD-1901A requires mechanical isolation for safety. While traditional safe & arm devices are available, they are relatively large and heavy. Recent progress in MEMS has developed miniature safe & arm devices for low-cost munitions such as 40MM grenade and airburst munitions. The Black Hills Nanosystems team has ...

ABSTRACT:Tactical Air Control Parties (TACP) and Joint Terminal Air Controller (JTAC) deploy with not only a significant amount of gear, but also a large work load in order to manage all of their responsibilities. As the battlefield becomes more digitized, it is forcing TACPs/JTACs (which we will refer to as just TACPs for brevity in the document) to deal with more information than their current s ...

A NEED EXISTS FOR A COMPACT, PORTABLE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF MEASURING DYNAMIC STRESSES INDUCED BY HEAVY TRUCKS IN THE STRU- TURAL MEMBERS OF BRIDGES. USE OF STATE-OF-OF THE-ART ELEC- TRONIC CIRCUITRY NOW ALLOWS CONSTRUCTION OF A HYBRID ANALOG-DIGITAL INDICATOR THATCAN DISPLAY THE PEAK STRESSES A BRIDGEEXPERIENCES BY USING DATA FROM STRAIN SENSORS ATTACHED TO THE BRIDGE. THE FEASIBILITY OF BUILDING SUC ...