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ADVANCES IN ELECTRONIC COMBAT APPLICATIONS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE ABILITY OF PILOTS TO OUTPERFORM A LARGE NUMBER OF ADVERSARIES IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THERE IS AN EXTREME INFORMATION PROCESSING BURDEN. THE NUMBER OF FACTORS PILOTS MUST CONSIDER IN MAKING ELECTRONIC COMBAT RELATED DECISIONS IS VERY HIGH AND OFTEN INVOLVE UNKNOWN RELATIONSHIPS THAT MUST BE LEARNED FROM EXPERIENCE. IN ADDITIO ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOISE ANALYSIS FOR IN-SITU RESPONSE TIME TESTING OF SAFETY SYSTEM PRESSURE SENSORS IN NUCLEAR POWERPLANTS IS UNDER WAY. THE TECHNIQUE IS BASED ON RECORDING THE NATURALLY OCCURRING FLUCTUATIONS THAT EXIST AT THE OUTPUT OF PRESSURE SENSORS AS THE PLANT IS OPERATING. THESE FLUCTUATIONS CAN BE ANALYZED TO GIVE THE SENSOR TRANSFER FUNCTION FROM WHICH THE SENSOR RESPONSE CAN BE DETERM ...

TO ACHIEVE THE PROGRAM GOALS OF ULTIMATELY FABRICATING AND DEMONSTRATING MINIATURIZED BROADBAND, HR/VHF ANTENNAS FOR USE ON AIR FORCE VEHICLES, THE TWO CRITICAL TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM, FORESHORTENING AND BROADBANDING, HAVE BEEN STUDIED, PROTOTYPE CONCEPTS DEVELOPED, AND ENGINEERIN FEASIBILITY ASSESSED IN AN EXTENSIVE PHASE I PROGRAM UNDERTAKEN BY ASTRON. REALIZATION OF THESE CONCEPTSREQU ...

THE ASTRON PROPOSED UNDERGROUND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM UTILIZES AN INNOVATIVEPHASE MODULATED RF TRANSMISSION WHOSE MODULATION RATE IS ADJUSTED TO PROVIDE DECREASED TRANSMISSION LOSSES THROUGH SOIL/ROCK ENVIRONMENT AS COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL RF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. ADDITIONAL MAJOR ADVANTAGES ARE: A. DECREASE TRANSMISSION LOSSES THROUGH OTHER MEDIA (IF DESIRED); B. INCREASED DATA RATE ABOVE THE U ...

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THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ABDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE REASONING ALGORITHMS THAT WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM (FCS) MAINTENANCE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND THAT WILL OVERCOME MANY OF THE LIMITATIONS OF EXISTING DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY. A FOCUS OF THE EFFORT WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CAPABILITY TO REASON ABOUT FSC FAULTS AT A SYSTEM LEVEL WITH UNCERTAIN INFORMATION. ...

THIS PROJECT IS AIMED AT DESIGNING A LIGHT WEIGHT AND COMPACT NEGATIVE ION CYCLOTRON USING A SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET. THE PROPOSED CYCLOTRON WILL COST 25% LESS THAN EXISTING RESISTIVE MAGNET CYCLOTRONS, WILL OCCUPY 50% LESS SPACE, AND WILL WEIGH APPROXIMATELY 4000 LBS COMPARED WITH 40,000 LBS FOR THE CONVENTIONAL CYCLOTRON. THE NEW CYCLOTRON OPERATING EXPENSE WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE OPERATIN ...

FUSION ENERGY POWER REACTORS WILL REQUIRE HIGH SPEED VACUUM PUMPS TO EXHAUST REACTION PRODUCTS FROM THE PLASMA. CRYOGENIC PUMPS, WHICH FREEZE GASES ON A LOW TEMPERATURE SURFACE, ARE POTENTIALLY VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR THIS TASK. HOWEVER, THEY MUST BE REMOVED PERIODICALLY FROM SERVICE TO BE REGENERATED (DEFROSTED), OTHERWISE THEY EITHER SATURATE OR ACQUIRE AN UNACCEPTABLY HIGH INVENTORY OF RADIOACTIVE ...

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