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THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE A PROOF OFCONCEPT EVALUATION OF AN INSTRUMENT CAPABLE OF MEASURING NO,02, AND SO2 USING UV ABSORPTION AND A PHOTODIODE ARRAY SPECTROPHOTOMETER. IF SUCCESSFUL, THIS INSTRUMENT WOULD SATISFY ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF A CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORING SYSTEM REQUIRED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. SINCE ALL THREE GASES WOULD BE MEASURED WITH A S ...

A PROJECT IS PROPOSED WHERE EXISTING MODELS ARE USED TO PREDICT THE EFFECT OF MULTIPLE BURST AIRSLAP ON HARDENED SILOS. A SMALL NUMER OF THREAT/TARGET CONFIGURATIONS WILL BE SELECTED AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE OF GREATEST INTEREST OR AS BOUNDING THE AIRSLAP PROBLEM. THE MODELS WILL BE EVALUATED AND MATCHED TO THE THREAT/TARGET CASES FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE. THE PREDICTIONS WILL BE TABULATED AS A R ...

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A MANIPULATOR DESIGN IS PROPOSED WHICH USES ADVANCED MATERIALS AND CONTROL TECHNIQUES TO ACHIEVE PERFORMANCE FAR SUPERIOR TO THAT OF CONVENTIONAL MANIPULATORS. PRELIMINARY STUDIES INDICATE THAT A MANIPULATOR CAN BE DESIGNED WITH A USEFUL LOAD CAPACITY OF 100 KILOGRAMS, A USEFUL REACH OF 2.5 METERS, AND END-EFFECTOR SPEED OF AT LEAST 5 METERS/SEC, AND A WEIGHT OF LESS THAN 500 KILOGRAMS. THE DESIGN ...

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LARGE, EMBEDDED REAL-TIME SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS OFTEN LACK PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING EXPERTISE DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF PERFORMANCE EXPERTS. EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OFFERS A SOLUTION TO THE SHORTAGE OF PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING EXPERTS. TWO TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES MUST BE RESEARCHED BEFORE AN EXPERT SYSTEM BASED ASSISTANT FOR PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING CAN BE DEVELOPED: (1) DEFINITION OF A BODY OF UNDERLYING E ...

THIS PROJECT WILL RESEARCH AVAILABLE DATA AND LITERATURE TO SELECT THE MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD OLOGY USEFUL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WAXLESS, REDUCED LENGTH MILITARY SNOW SKI. FROM THE DATA BASE DEVELOPED, T THOSE SKIS AND TECHNOLOGY MOST PROMISING TO FULFILL THE GOALS OF THE CONTRACT WILL BE PURCHASED/CONSTRUCED AND TESTED FOFOR THEIR SUITABILITY AS A MILITARY SNOW SKI. PAR ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO EFFECTIVELY DEMONSTRATE THE APPLICABILITY OF ADA LANGUAGE TO THE ATD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND REDUCE THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSLATION OF THE ADA LANGUAGE FOR FUTURE ATD DEVELOPMENTS. THE PROJECT SUCCESS IS ENHANCED THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF EXPERIENCED SOFTWARE ENGINEERS WHO HAVE DEVELOPED COMPLEX SIMULATION PROGRAMS COUPLED WITH AN EXPERT IN THE DEVELOP ...

THERE IS A DIRE NEED FOR AN EFFECTIVE OPTICAL COUNTERMEASURE TO PROTECT ARMY ASSETS FROM OPTICAL THREATS. THIS PROPOSED EFFORT IS DESINGED TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A POTENTIAL OPTICAL COUNTERMEASURE THAT CAN BE USED BOTH IN THE AIR AND JON THE GROUND. THE INTERACTION OF UTLTRSONIC RADIATION WITH LIGHT HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THE VISUAL OBSERVATION OF A TARGET IS COMPOSED ...

PHASE I OF THIS PROPOSAL WILL DEFINE THE PARAMETERS ATTENDANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SATELLITE JAMMING SYSTEM. THE TARGETS FOR SUCH A SYSTEM MAY BE SPACEBORNE, AIRBORNE, OR GROUND DEVICES AND THE RD SPECTRUM WILL BE THAT OF BOTH CURRENT AND UPCOMING WEAPONRY. THE FIGURE OF EMRIT WILL BE THE PENETRATOR EXPOSURE AND SURVIVABILITY. THE TECHNIQUE OF SIDELOBE JAMMING FROM ORBIT WILL REQUIRE CONSIDERAT ...