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THIS STUDY WILL EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICALITY OF UTILIZING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE OR HYDROGEN PEROXIDE COMPOUNDS/SOLUTIONS AS A LIGHT WEIGHT, COMPACT OXYGEN SOURCE FOR EMERGENCY BREATHING APPLICATIONS.

A FOUR STAGE PHASE I EFFORT WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DEVELOP A RAPID SCREENING TECHNIQUE FOR THE DARK FOCUS, COMPARE THE DARK FOCUS WITH VISUAL CONTRAST SENSITIVITY, INVESTIGATE THE UNDERLYING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DARK FOCUS AND MEASURED VISUAL CONTRAST SENSITIVITY, AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO DEVELOP OPTIMAL PILOT SELECTION ALGORITHMS FOR VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS. THE DARK FOCUS WILL BE MEASURED BY AN OP ...

METAL DEPOSITION AND COATING PROCESSES DEVELOPED AT VERSAR INC. MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO MODIFY COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE RETICULATED FOAM MATERIALS SO THAT THEY WILL BE MORE CONDUCTIVE WITHOUT DEGRADING OTHER PROPERTIES UNACCEPTALY. THEREBY THE PROBLEM OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE BUILDUP DURING AIRCRAFT REFUELING OPERATIONS CAN BE ALLEVIATED AND THE RISK OF FIRES REDUCED. TWO PARALLEL APPROACHES ARE SUGGESTE ...

AMONG THE MAJOR CAUSES OF RESISTANCE TO THE USE OF DECISION AIDS OF THE NEAR-UNIVERSAL MISMATCH BETWEEN A USER'S THOUGHT PROCESSING AND THE ANALYTIC MODEL AND CONSTRUCTS IMPOSED ON HIM BY THE COMPUTER. TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION, DESIGN PRINCIPLES MUST BE DEVELOP ED BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE--THAT CAUSE AND AID TO PRESENT INFORMATION TO A USER IN A MANNER COMPATIBLE WITH HIS THOUGHT PROCESS.WE ...

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AUTOMATIC DIRECTION FINDING ON UHF COMMUNICATION FREQUENCIES IS AN ESSENTIAL MILITARY CAPABILITY NOW PERFORMED BY TUNING A RECEIVER TO THE COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY AND OBTAINING A SINE/COSINE COMPONENT OF THE OUTPUT OF DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS WHICH, WHEN COMPARED, PROVIDE THE BEARING TO THE TARGET. THIS TECHNIQUE IS NOT APPLICABLE TO MODERN SPREAD SPECTRUM AND FREQUENCY HOPPING RADIOS. THERE IS A NEED ...

THIS PROPOSAL PRESENTS AN APPROACH FOR ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING AN EXPERT DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT COMPLEX MAINTENANCE TASKS. THE EXPERT SYSTEM WILL EMBODY BOTH PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE DERIVED FROM AIR FORCE TECHNICAL ORDERS, AND EXPERTISE FROM MAINTENANCE EXPERTS ON AN AIRCRAFT. THE SYSTEM WILL ATTEMPT TO EMULATE THE CAPABILITIES OF AN EXPERT TECHNICIAN: IT WILL ASSIST LESS QUAL ...

THE ESSEX CORPORATION RECENTLY COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED TOOL FOR PREDICTING TIME-ON-TASK AND PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS FOR OPERATORS OF REPROGRAPHIC DEVICES. THE TOOL, CALLED CAPRA, IS CURRENTLY USED BY THE XEROX CORPORATION TO EVALUATE THE INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS OF PROPOSED COPIERS AND OTHER OFFICE PRODUCTS. CAPRA USES A STATE-SPACE APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZING AN INTERFACE. THE MODEL ...

THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS DIRECTED TOWARDS PROVIDING BOTH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CURRENT RAMSTAT RUNWAY CONDITION SENSING SYSTEM CONCEPT. THE TECHNICAL TASKS DESCRIBED HEREIN WILL ADD TO RAMSTAT THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES: (1) A SENSOR TO MEASURE THE PEAK WIND GUST FROM A NUDET TO GIVE A MORE DIRECT INDICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL INSULT TO FACILITIES; (2) A TRAINING ...

THIS PROJECT WILL ASSESS ENEMY INFORMATION-ATTACK CYCLE TIMES FOR THE SMALL MOBILE MISSILE SYSTEM. ANALYSIS WILL FOCUS ON DISCERNIBLE SIGNATURES OF THE MISSILE SYSTEM, INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SIGNATURES, AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF SIGNATURES TO OPERATIONAL FACTORS. SIGNATURES WHICH ARE VULNERABLE TO ENEMY CY 1990-2000 DETECTION, TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE ANALYZED FOR DETECTION-IDENTIFICATION PROBABILIT ...