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DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SCIENCE AND ADHESION AND ADHESIVE BOND- ING HAVE LET TO INCREASED EFFICIENCY IN THE USE OF FOREST PRODUCTS. HOWEVER, TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF FABRICA- TION OPERATIONS AND TO EXPAND THE USE OF WOOD-BASED MATERIALINTO APPLICATIONS IN WHICH IMPROVED SHEAR AND BENDING STRENGTH INCREASE RELIABILITY AND STRUCTURAL LIFE, IT IS NECESSAY TO INCREASE THE INTERLAMINAR BOND STRENGTH ...

FIVE MILITARY SPACE LASER APPLICATIONS, LOCAL AND GLOBAL WIND MAPPING, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY MEASUREMENTS, AIR AND SPACE BORNE OBJECT ID AND SURVEILLANCE, SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERSATELLITE POWER RELAY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THESE APPLICATIONS ALL REQUIRE 100 TO 1000 WATTS OF CONTINUOUS LASER POWER. THE ONLY PRACTICAL WAY TO ORBIT LASER RESOURCES OF THIS HIGH POWER IS THE SOLAR PUMPED LASE ...

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MODEL BASED VISION IS A PROMISING TECHNIQUE FOR RADAR AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION. ITS APPLICATION TO INFRARED IMAGERY HAS BEEN STYMIED BY TWO PROBLEMS. FIRST, MOST IR SIGNATURE MODELS WERE DEVELOPED FOR REDESIGN APPLICATIONS AND ARE NOT WELL SUITED FOR USE IN MODEL BASED VISION. SECOND, THERE HAS BEEN INSUFFICIENT OVERLAP BETWEEN THE AI MBV COMMUNITY AND THE IR MODELING COMMUNITY. DCS PROPOSES T ...

MODERN TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC FORCES DEPEND HEAVILY ON THE RELIABILITY AND CAPABILITY OF THEIR SUPPORTING COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS FOR SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS. AS THE ELECTRONIC BATTLEFIELD HAS MATURED, IT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FULFILL ALL THE CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS PLACED ON THE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, LASERS, MILLIMETER WAVES AND VARIOUS F ...

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MULTISHIP AIR COMBAT TRAINING REPRESENTS THE FIGHTER PILOT'S MOST COMPLEX AND DEMANDING PEACETIME CHALLENGE. MASTERY OF THIS ART IS CRUCIAL TO THIS SUCCESS IN COMBAT. YET, CURRENT PROGRAMS AFFORD THE FIGHTER PILOT LITTLE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN FOR MULTISHIP AIR COMBAT. MOST AVAILABLE FLYING TIME IS DEVOTED TO THE ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF INDIVIDUAL SKILLS WHICH ARE PREREQUISITE TO MULTISHIP TR ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN RURAL AREAS DO NOT HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. ASIDE FROM THE CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE THERE IS NO STRUCTURED WAY IN WHICH TO FIND OUT ABOUT FUNDING FROM A VARIETY OF FEDERAL SOURCES. STATE AND PRIVATE SOURCES OF FUNDING ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY MEANINGFUL, ACCESSIBLE WAY. THE OBJECTIVE O ...