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THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO DETERMINE IF A MODIFIED TWO-COMPARTMENT ULTRASONIC VAPOR DEGREASER CAN BE BOTH AN EFFECTIVE CLEANER AND AN EFFECTIVE STERILANT FOR FREQUENTLY-USED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

INNOVATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SOLVE MANY COMPLEX AIR FORCE PROBLEMS. ADVANCES IN COMPUTING SPEED AND EXISTING SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY ALONE ARE UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN REAL-TIME AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF MEETING THE COMPLEX REQUIREMENTS OF THE AIR FORCE MISSION. RATHER, AN ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY SUCH AS ABDUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY, A NEW TECHNOLOGY PRESENTED IN THIS ...

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OF THE OVER 600,000 HIGHWAY BRIDGES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 RAILROAD BRIDGES IN THE U.S., MANY ARE DIFFICULT TO INSPECT BECAUSE OF LIMITED ACCESSIBILITY. REMOTE INSPECTIONBY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES MAY PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT INVOLVES CONSIDERATIONS OF VEHICLE SUITABILITY (HELICOPTER, BLIMP DUCTED FAN VEHICLE), THE BRIDGE LOCAL ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, AND THE TYPE OF CONTROL (R ...

CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION MEASUREMENTS OF A TRACER GAS CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISPERSION AND TRANSPORT OF AN AIR MASS. THERE HAS BEEN A DEARTH OF SUCH DATA BECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE OF INEXPENSIVE, SIMPLE-TO-OPERATE INSTRUMENTATION MEETING THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS OF FAST RESPONSE, HIGH SENSITIVITY, AND STABILITY. IT IS THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM TO DEVELOP AN INEXPENSIVE, HIGH ...

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AN SBIR PROJECT IS PROPOSED HERE TO DEVELOP NOVEL TECHNIQUES FOR DIRECTIVE/RETRODIRECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, BY USING BLIND ADAPTATION ALGORITHMS TO ADJUST THE ARRAY WEIGHT ON THE RECEIVE/TRANSMIT PATHS OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. THE PROPOSED PROCESSOR HAS THE CAPABILITY TO AUTOMATICALLY EXTRACT SIGNALS FROMTHE RECEIVED ENVIRONMENT, AND TO TRANSMIT SIGNALS BACK TO THE SIGNAL SOURCE USING AN ANTENNA P ...

A DYNAMIC ATTRIBUTE SPECIFICATION AND ATTACHMENT KIT (DASAK) IS PROPOSED TO SERVE AS A SUPPORT COMPONENT FOR THE RAPIDLY RECONFIGURABLE CREWSTATION (RRC) PROGRAM. A DASAK WILL PROVIDE A USERFRIENDLY INTERFACE TO COCKPIT DESIGNERS WITHOUT PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE FOR DEFINING DYNAMIC ATTRIBUTES AND ATTACHING THEM TO GRAPHIC OBJECTS, SUCH AS TARGET AIRCRAFT, WEAPONS, ETC., WHICH ARE FOUND IN COCKPIT D ...

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR PERFORMING FUSION USING MULTIPLE SENSORS, NATIONAL ASSETS, AND DOCTRINAL INFORMATION IS PROPOSED. THE TARGET APPLICATION OF THE PROPOSED APPROACH IS THE STRATEGIC RELOCATABLE TARGET PROBLEM. A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM REQUIRES CAPABILITIES BEYOND CURRENT CAPABILITIES. A NOVEL MULTI-STAGE MODEL-BASED APPROACH IS PROPOSED. INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGY ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF ...

RESEARCH INTO VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR HEURISTIC PROCESSES IS PROPOSED, INCLUDING THE DESIGN OF A SOFTWARE SYSTEM IN WHICH THESE TECHNIQUES ARE IMPLEMENTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE,THE SYSTEM DESIGN WILL INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF USER INTERFACE FUNCTIONS AND A STRATEGY FOR INTERFACING WITH EXISTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS. EXISTING WORK IN ALGORITHM ANIMATION AND I ...