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ASTROPOWER IS PROPOSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH PERFORMANCE, THIN LIGHT TRAPPING GAAS SOLAR CELL FOR ADVANCED SPACE POWER SYSTEMS. A THIN DEVICE LEADS TO HIGHER PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE, RADIATION RESISTANCE, AND SPECIFIC POWER. IN A THIN DEVICE, THE INCORPORATION OF LIGHT TRAPPING TO EXTEND THE OPTICAL PATH LENGTH PERMITS GREATER CURRENT GENERATIC THAN CA ...

THE INCREASING SPEED AND COMPLEXITY OF MODERN (AND FUTURE) AIR-VEHICLE SYSTEMS ARE PUSHING THE HUMAN OPERATOR TO HIS LIMITS, ESPECIALLY IN COGNITIVE-RELATED TASKS. IT IS THEREFORE OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES THAT ALLOW THE COMPUTER TO HELP THE HUMAN TO EXTEND THESE LIMITS. AN IMPORTANT CLASS OF SUCH ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES IS AN ACTIVE, MIXED-INITIATIVE MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE (MMI) ...

THIS DOCUMENT IS A TECHNICAL PROPOSAL TO DETERMINE BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO SIGNALS THAT WILL BE USED FOR TELEOPERATION OF MILITARY VEHICLES. DELTA PROPOSED TO PERFORM EXPERIMENTS, USING A DUAL-CONTROL VEHICLE THAT WILL ESTABLISH FRAME RATE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REMOTE DRIVING OF VEHICLES. STUDIES WILL ALSO BE MADE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ACQUISITION AND TRACKING OF GROUND ...

WE PROPOSE TO DESIGN AN ANTI-ARMOR TANDEM PENETRATOR CONSISTING OF AN EXPLOSIVE-FORMED PENETRATOR (EFP) WARHEAD AND KINETIC ENERGY (KE) ROD. THIS SYSTEM WILL EXPLOIT THE EFP'S PENETRATION EFFICIENCY AGAINST APPLIQUE AND BASE ARMORS, THUS ELIMINATING KE DEFEAT MECHANISMS. EFP WARHEAD, KINETIC ENERGY PENETRATOR, AND TANDEM SYSTEM DESIGNS WILL BE SELECTED TO ADDRESS A WIDE RANGE OF FUTURE ARMOR THREA ...

TRADITIONALLY, THE DETONATION HAS BEEN TREATED BY THE SHOCK THEORY, AND EXPLOSIVES AND PROPELLANTS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED AS ENERGETIC FLUIDS. MANY SOLID PROPERTIES HAVE NOT BEEN MEASURED AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE HANDBOOKS. RECENT RESULTS IN MUNITION SENSITIVITY STUDIES SHOW THAT SHEARING IS ONE OF THE MAIN MECHANISMS IN CAUSING DETONATION, AND IS CONTROLLED BY CERTAIN SOLID PROPERTIES. IN THE ...

A UNIQUE AND BENEFICIAL CONFIGURATION FOR A MULTIPLE INPUT OMNIDIRECTIONAL MICROWAVE ANTENNA IS DESCRIBED, IN WHICH A CIRCULAT PHASED ARRAY OF EIGHT ANTENNA ELEMENTS IS FED BY AN EIGHT INPUT BUTLER NETWORK. PROPER DESIGN OF THE ARRAY GEOMETRY AND NETWORK WILL ALLOW UP TO SEVEN TRANSMITTERS TO SHARE THE SAME ANTENNA SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHOUT INTERFERENCE, EACH TRANSMITTER PRODUCING AN OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE EFFORTS REQUIRED TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS MATERIALS ON THE REDUCTION OF ELECTRONIC INTERFACE IN THE PLASMA OF A RE-ENTRY VEHICLE HEAT SHIELD. A FUNDEMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANISM BY MEANS OF WHICH THESE MATERIALS ACHIEVE A REDUCTION IN ELECTRONIC INTERFERENCE IS THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATIONS, IN WHICH THE GSI FLAME TEST APPARATUS IS USED TO DETE ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS ADDRESSED TO THE TECHNICAL PROBLEM OF DETECTING AND IMAGING SUBSURFACE ANTI-TANK MINES OF EITHER DIELECTRIC OR METALLIC COMPOSITION USING MICROWAVE RADIATION. THE INNOVATIVE IDEA PROPOSED IS THE USE OF A DIGITAL FOCUSED AND SCANNED MICROWAVE ARRAY RADAR DETECTION SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM USES BISTATIC OBLIQUE FORWARD SCATTERING TO FORM A HIGH RESOLUTION THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF THE ME ...

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THERE IS A RAPIDLY GROWING NEED FOR TOOLS FOR THE DESIGN AND SYNTHESISOF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND MULTI-DEVICE CIRCUITS: TO SUPPORT GREATER CLOCK SPEEDS; PACKAGING DENSITITES AND CIRCUIT COMPLEXITY; TO ENABLE DESIGNERS TO RAPIDLY CREATE AND COMPARE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN CONCEPTS; TO ELIMINATE MULTIPLE RE-DESIGN CYCLES; AND TO ENABLE REUSE OF PRIOR DESIGN KNOWLEDGE. THERE ARE NO CAE TOOLS COMMERCIALLY A ...