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THIS EFFORT WILL ASSESS THE TECHNICAL STATE OF THE ART FOR MODELBASED VISION APPROACHES TO ANALYZING RADAR AND OTHER ACTIVE SENSOR IMAGERY. MODEL-BASED APPROACHES RELY HEAVILY ON USING SEMANTIC MODELS TO PREDICT IMAGE OBJECTS AND FEATURES IN A MANNER THAT FACILITATES RECOGNITION OF THE OBJECT IN THE IMAGE. TO DATE, RESEARCH IN THIS AREA HAS FOCUSED PREDOMINATELY ON OPTICAL IMAGERY. THE STUDY WILL ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF FINITE INDUCTIVE SEQUENCE PROCESSING (FISP) (A PROPRIETARY PROCESSING TECHNIQUE OWNED JOINTLY BY ADS AND CIS) TO PROVIDE AUTOMATED DECISIONS AND CONTROL REQUIRED TO EFFECT OPTIMUM EMPLOYMENT OF AIRCRAFT ONBOARD COMMUNICATIONS IN THE YEAR 2000 AND BEYOND. FISP IS AN ALGORITHMIC APPROACH TO A KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) SYS ...

INNOVATIVE TECHNICAL APPROACHES FOR DETECTING AND CHARACTERIZING BULK DEFECTS IN LARGE AEROSPACE STRUCTURES ARE URGENTLY NEEDED. THE INTEGRITY OF BONDED SURFACES IN THE Y-JOINT AND RESTRICTER REGIONS OF LARGE SOLID BOOSTERS, SUCH AS TITAN 34D MOTORS, IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A CRITICAL APPLICATION WITHOUT A DEPENDABLE INSPECTION METHOD. IN FULLY ASSEMBLED T34D MOTORS, THESE ZONES, WHICH ARE THE MOST C ...

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FUTURE MILITARY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) SYSTEMS WILL USE TECHNOLOGIES SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED OVER TODAY'S EQUIPMENTS. THE SYSTEM WILL BE PASSIVE IN THAT THEY WILL USE AIRCRAFT DERIVED POSITION DATA IN LIEU OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RADAR DATA. IT WILL BE HEAVILY RELIANT ON AUTOMATED AND SEMI-AUTOMATED PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR TRACKING, ROUTING AND THE OTHER BASIC CONTROL FUNCTIONS. THE CONTROLLE ...

AN AIR-TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT (ATFM) TOOL BASED EITHER ON STRICT MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION, AND/OR ONEBASED ON HEURISTIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DISTRIBUTING THE FLOW OVER THE NETWORK MAY PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM, PERHAPS MUCH BETTER AND OBJECTIVE THAN THE ONE MADE PRESENTLY BY A CADRE OF EXPERTS UNDER STRESSFUL CONDITIONS. THE SYSTEM SHOULD COMPLEMENT THE HUMAN DECISIONS MADE DA ...

THE ADVANCED MANNED AERIAL SCOUT (AMAS) PROJECT ISA PHASE PROGRAM TO DEFINE AND DEVELOP A MODERN, LIGHT, FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT TO BE THE LINCHPIN OF COMBINED-ARMS OPERATIONS AND DOMINATE THE LOW-ALTITUDE BATTLEFIELD ARENA. IT IS INTENDED NOT ONLY TO REPLACE EXISTING OBSERVATION AIRCRAFT, BUT ALSO TO SUPPLANT THE CURTAILED OH-58D PROGRAM, COMPLIMENT THE LHX, ACAF, AND INTERIM CAS PROGRAM, AND MAKE PO ...