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THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO REDUCE THE SIZE, WEIGHT, AND COST OF THE RELAY OPTICS OF THE AIRCRAFT HEAD UP DISPLAY (HUD), BY REPLACING IT WITH TRANSMISSION HOLOGRAPHIC LENSES. HOLOGRAPHIC LENSES ARE VERY LIGHT AND CAN BE MANUFACTURED AT VERY LOW COSTS. APPLICATIONS OF HOLOGRAPHIC LENSES TO HUD WERE LIMITED IN THE PAST, DUE TO WIDE SPECTRAL BAND OF THE HUD - CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT). HO ...

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THE PROGRAM WILL INVESTIGATE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART IN PROPELLANT MIXING, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THOSE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES WHICH REDUCE PERSONNEL EXPOSURE, IMPROVE QUALITY AND REDUCE LABOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROCESSING OPERATIONS. INVESTIGATED APPROACHES WILL INCLUDE THE USE OF ROBOTICS AND ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL/MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE INGREDIENT WEIGHING AND PREBAT ...

HIGHLY RELIABLE COMPUTERS ARE NEEDED TO SUPPORT EXECUTION OF SAFETY CRITICAL SOFTWARE. MODERN VLSI TECHNOLOGY, COUPLED WITH ADVANCED FAULT TOLERANCE TECHNIQUES, OFFERS THE POTENTIAL OF A COMPUTER WITH A PREDICTED RELIABILITY OF .9999 OVER A 5 YEAR OPERATING CYCLE WITHOUT REPAIR. USING VOTING TECHNIQUES TO DETECT AND MASK THE EFFECTS OF BOTH...AND TRANSIENT FAILURES, IT APPEARS PRACTICAL TO REDUCE ...

AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS CAN BE PROTECTED FROM FIRE AND EXPLOSION BY FILLING THE VAPOR SPACE ABOVE THE LIQUID FUEL WITH AN INERT GAS SUCH AS NITROGEN. A LOW-MAINTENANCE, MEMBRANE-BASED ON-BOARD INERT GAS GENERATION SYSTEMS (OBIGGS) IS A PROMISING ALTERNATIVE TO THE CURRENTLY USED HIGH-MAINTENANCE LIQUID NITROGEN SYSTEM. HOWEVER, RECENTLY DEVELOPED MEMBRANE-BASED OBIGGS ARE INEFFICIENT IN THEIR REMOVAL ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT, OBJECTIVE MODEL FOR ASSESSING THE PROGRAM COSTS OF SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEMS IS PROPOSED. PARAMETRIC COST MODELS WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR BOTH EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES AND REUSABLE VEHICLES (I.E. THE SHUTTLE). A DETAILED COST DATA BASE FOR LAUNCH VEHICLES WILL BE GENERATED; AND WILL INCLUDE NOT ONLY RAW COST DATA BUT INFORMATION ON NON-TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING T ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO FABRICATE AN INLINE FIBER-OPTIC MODULATOR. WITH OUR EXPERIENCE IN BUILDING ACOUSTO-OPTIC DEVICES WE HAVE DEVELOPED A UNIQUE BONDING TECHNIQUE WHICH ALLOWS US TO BOND ANY PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTAL TO ANY SUBSTRATE. IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, BRIMROSE HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN DESIGNING AND CONSTRUTING ACOUSTOOPTIC LASER BEAM DEFLECTORS. IN 1984, WE WERE THE FIRST COMPANY T ...

THERE IS AN IMPLICIT NEED FOR THE ABILITY TO PROBE INTERNAL NODES IN GAAS MMIC'S TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STRATEGICALLY CRITICAL COMPONENTS. SYSTEMS USING THE ELECTRO-OPTIC EFFECT HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN THIS APPLICATION, BUT THESE SYSTEMS ARE EX-PENSIVE AND DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN AND USE. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL LEAD TO A SYSTEM BASED ON A CW LASER AND EXISTING AND HI ...

THERE ARE MANY MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS WHERE VERY HIGH SPEED AND HIGH RESOLUTION SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTING, IMAGE PROCESSING AND VISION SYSTEMS ARE DESIRABLE. CURRENT SYSTEMS ARE SEVERELY LIMITED BY DEVICES THAT REQUIRE RELATIVELY LONG TIMES TO GET INFORMATION INTO AND OUT OF THE SYSTEM. APPLICATIONS SUCH AS SURVEILLANCE, TRACKING, PROCESS MONITORING, QUALITY CONTROL AND MANY OTHER ...

A FEASIBILITY STUDY IS PROPOSED TO INVESTIGATE THE GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS IN SMALL-SCALE MODELING WITHOUT USING CENTRIFUGE MODEL TECHNIQUE. THE STUDY WILL CRITICALLY REVIEW THE EXISTING STATE-OF-THEART THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SCALE MODELING TECHNIQUES AND EVALUATE THEIR ABILITY TO ACCURATELY SIMULATE THE SOIL AND STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS. THE FINDINGS OF THIS STUDY WILL IDENTIFY THE VARIABLES MOST INFLU ...