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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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BIOMAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS CAN NOW MAKE UNIQUE AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF ACTIVITY IN THE HUMAN BODY. MOST MEASUREMENTS ARE MADE WITH THE SQUID MAGNETOMETER WHICH HAS SEVERAL MAJOR DISADVANTAGES. THE LONG TERM TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY IN THIS PROPOSAL IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPACT, SENSITIVE, ROOM TEMPERATURE BIOMAGNETIC SENSOR BASED ON A LASER-STIMULATED FIBER OPTIC INTERFEROMETER ...

THE MATERIALS OF AEROSPACE COMPONENTS ARE SUBJECTED TO HIGH TEMPERATURES AND STRONG AERODYNAMIC FORCES DURING PROPULSION. THEREFORE, INNOVATIONS IN NON-INVASIVE SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF STRUCTURAL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. FIBER OPTIC VIEWING PROBES AND OTHER OPTICAL MEASURING TECHNIQUES, ALTHOUGH PROMISING, FAIL TO COMBINE FLEXIBILITY WITH QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF PHYSIC ...