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There is a major need for unmanned vehicles that act autonomously from humans,thereby reducing both the amount of supervision necessary and the cost associatedwith their operation. In order to accomplish this task, autonomous vehicles musthave the ability to make decisions, assess their health and environment, dynamicallyre-plan, and control their movements in a dynamic and unpredictable environm ...

As a recognized leader in computer-aided synthesis and simulation of microwave andRF electronics, Eagleware Corporation is interested in further developing andexpanding its present offering of RF/microwave software tools. At present, RF tools are limited primarily to linear circuits. Also, available software is essentiallylimited to

Laser radars (ladars) have been investigated for the detection, classification and terminal tracking of military targets. One area of concern is the performance of automatic target acquisition (ATA) algorithms on targets that are stochastically obscuredby foliage. A program is proposed that will increase the understanding of target obscuration while increasing the set of non-proprietary ATA algo ...

Current guidance and control technology is recognized as an impediment to the common military, civil, and commercial goal of achieving reliable, low-cost, aircraft-type operations into space. A team lead by Guided Systems Technologies, Inc. hassuccessfully demonstrated the key components of a fully adaptive ascent guidance and control system that offers a high degree of mission flexibility, fault ...

Current guidance and control technology is recognized as an impediment to the common military, civil, and commercial goal of achieving reliable, low-cost, aircraft-type operations into space. A team lead by Guided Systems Technologies, Inc. hassuccessfully demonstrated the key components of a fully adaptive ascent guidance and control system that offers a high degree of mission flexibility, fault ...

The overall goal of the proposed research is to develop a comprehensive, efficient, and well validated model of various remelting processes used for the production of ingots of superalloys and titanium alloys. Phase I research has demonstrated thefeasibility and the validity of developing a unified computational model for efficient and accurate prediction of AC and DC electromagnetics, fluid flow, ...

The overall goal of the proposed research is to develop a comprehensive, efficient, and well validated model of various remelting processes used for the production of ingots of superalloys and titanium alloys. Phase I research has demonstrated thefeasibility and the validity of developing a unified computational model for efficient and accurate prediction of AC and DC electromagnetics, fluid flow, ...

The advancements in thin-film manufacturing brought about by the development of the combustion chemical vapor deposition process has opened the door to a new class of microwave devices enabled by ferroelectric materials. One device in particular, aferroelectric phase shifter, shows promise as a way of reinvigorating the development of phased array radar systems. Costly phase shifter designs, wit ...

NVE will produce and package IC's that monolithically integrate their existing high speed GMR signal isolator silicon into a prototype 800 Mbits/sec. 8 bit transceiver. Commercial high speed data bus interfaces between subsystems such as IEEE 1284 andIEEE 1194 have not been galvanically isolated due to performance, size and cost constraints. These interfaces would benefit from the inclusion of m ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will demonstrate two types of linear spin-valve sensors with excellent linearity and sensitivity as well as optimized bias points, and will also demonstrate the feasibility of their application inanalog isolator devices. The first type of linear spin-valve sensor will be designed similarly to a spin-valve recording head. The second type of li ...