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LONG WAVELENGTH GROUND-BASED MULTISTATIC RADAR SYSTEMS WHICH MAY BE IN THE HF, VHF, OR UHF BANDS OFFER POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH PERFORMING THE TACTICAL ARMY MISSION OF FOREWARD AREA AIR DEFENSE (FAAD) AND WEAPONS LOCATION WITH MONOSTATIC SHORT WAVELENGTH RADARS. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS ARE ALSO INTRODUCED WITH THE USE OF THESE LONG WAVELENGTH BISTATIC RADAR SYSTEMS ...

SEVERAL METHODS, INCLUDING SPUTTERING, E-BEAM EVAPORATION, LASER ABLATION AND METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (MOCVD), HAVE SUCCEEDED IN DEPOSITING HIGH QUALITY THIN FILMS OF HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS (HTSC) ON 1 CM2 SUBSTRATES. HOWEVER, THE GROWTH OF HIGH QUALITY THIN FILMS OVER LARGE AREAS HAS YET TO BE ACHIEVED AND PROCESS REPRODUCIBILITY IS MARGINAL. THESE TWO SHORTCOMINGS ARE TH ...

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES THAT PROVIDE RELIABLE HIGH POWER OR OPERATE AT EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY IN HARSH ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS SUSTAINED HIGH RADIATION LEVELS ARE REQUIRED FOR ASAT APPLICATIONS. THIS NEED FOR DEVICES THAT CAN OPERATE AT INCREASED TEMPERATURES OR WITH MINIMUM RADIATIVE COOLING HAS BEEN SPAWNED BY THE SIGNIFICANT ENGINEERING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COOLING REQUIREMENTS OF ELECTRON ...

THE ARMY HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A REAL-TIME MEASUREMENT SYSTEM TO MESURE DUST CONCENTRATIONS WITH SMALL SENSING UNITS SUITABLE FOR MOUNTING ON MILITARY VEHICLES UNDERGOING DUST TESTING. LIGHT SCATTERING IS A LEADING CHOICE OF TECHNIQUES. HOWEVER, THE SCATTERING DATA MUST PERMIT A MEASURE OF PARTICLE SIZE OF PROPERLY RELATE SCATTERING INTENSITY TO DUST CONCENTRATION (I.E. PARTICLE-SIZ ...

TO PROVIDE A REALISTIC FIRE RESISTANCE RANKING OF HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS, LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX (LOI), MEASUREMENTS SHOULD BE MADE AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE. THE MORE FIRE RESISTENT THE MATERIAL, THE HIGHER THE TEMPERATURE REQUIRED. CURRENT COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF OPERATING UP TO 400 DEG C. HOWEVER, IMPROVED MATERIALS, ESPECIALLY COMPOSITES, REQUIRE EVEN HIGHER TEMPERATURE ...

THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A NOVEL MINIATURE PULSE WIDTH MODULATED POWER DRIVER FOR ACTUATORS, I.E. DC MOTOR. THE POWER DRIVER WILL DELIVER 50 AT 50VDO IN A DOUBLE INON PACKAGE. THIS COMPACT DESIGN CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE COMBINATION OF MODER POWER SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, PROPRIETORY CIRCUIT DESIGN, AND STATE-OF-THE-ART PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY WHICH UTILIZES NEW HEAT CONDUCTIVE ...

HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SENSOR TESTING PUTS STRONG CONSTRAINTS ON TARGET MODELING DUE TO THE NEEDS FOR HIGH SPEED AND ACCURACY. THESE CONSTRAINTS CAN BE MET BY SPECIFIC APPROACHES TO GEOMETRIC AND RADIANCE DEGRADATION. GEOMETRIC DEGRADATION MUST PRESERVE THE OVERALL OBJECT SHAPE, AND THE MAJOR REGIONS OF DIFFERENT RADIOMETRIC PROPERTIES. THIS CAN BE DONE BY CURVATURE APPROXIMATION AND DETAIL REDUCTIO ...

THE PRESENT NEED TO TEST IR SUPPERSSORS ON APPLICATION ENGINES INCURS SIGNIFICIANT COSTS DUE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF A FULL-SCALE ENGINE INCLUDING: ITS FUEL UE, SAFE EXHAUST DISPOSAL, AND THE NECESSITY OF UTILIZING FULL-SCALE, HEAT-RATED SUPPRESSOR PROTOTYPES. THESE COSTS CAN BE REDUCED USING A CORRECTLY SCALED AMBIENT TEMPERATURE TEST FACILITY. RELIABLE ESTIMATES OF GAS TURBINE ENGINE EXHAUST SYST ...

AGILIS CORPORATION PROPOSES TO DEVELOP THE SYSTEM CONCEPT FOR A MODULAR SOLDIER'S COMPUTER. THIS EFFORT IS A DIRECT EXTENSION OF AGILIS' ONGOING WORK WITH COMMERCIAL CLIENTS TO DEVELOP SIMILAR CAPABILITIES. THE MODULAR SOLIDER'S COMPUTER MUST BE VERY SMALL (POCKET-SIZED), LIGHT WEIGHT (1 TO 2 POUNDS), RUGGED, POWERFUL, NETWORKED, AND HAVE AN ADVANCED USER INTERFACE. MILITARY APPLICATIONS INCLUDE B ...

MERCURY IS A HIGHLY TOXIC MATERIAL THAT OCCURS IN BOTH ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FORMS. BECAUSE OF ITS WIDESPREAD INDUSTRIAL USE THE WHOLE POPULATION IS EXPOSED TO MERCURY COMPOUNDS EVERYDAY. THERE IS A NEED FOR A FAST, EASY TO USE, INEXPENSIVE, SENSITIVE METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF MERCURY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF CHRONIC EXPOSURE. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR THE SELECTIVE DETECTION ...