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A MINIATURE TWO STAGE JOULE-THOMSON (J-T) CRYOSTAT IN A DEWAR WITH 0.5 IN. DIA X 0.5 IN. LENGTH IS PROPOSED WHICH CAN COOL TO LESS THAN 80 K IN AN AMBIENT OF 75 DEG C. HIGH EFFICIENCY IN THE VERY SMALL HEAT EXCHANGER IS MADE POSSIBLE BY NEW TECHNOLOGY. THE PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE A DEMONSTRATION OF RUN TIME IN EXCESS OF 10 MINUTES USING 15 IN(3) OF GAS.

THIS PROPOSAL IS BASED ON THE REVERSE ENGINEERING OF SOFTWARE METHODOLOGY DEVELOPED UNDER A PHASE I NSF SBIR GRANT (#ISI 876-0223). THE NSF SPONSORED PROJECT PRODUCED AN ALGORITHM FOR TRANSLATING A PROCEDURAL FORTRAN PROGRAM INTO AN EQUATIONAL SPECIFICATION IN MODEL. THE LATTER IS INPUT TO THE MODEL SYSTEM WHICH REGENERATES THE PROGRAM IN PL/1, C OR ADA. THIS PROPOSAL IN DIRECTED TOWARDS APPLYING ...

DATA FUSTION IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTI-TARGET, MULTI-SENSOR OCEAN SURVEILLANCE IS A PROBLEM OF CONSIDERABLE CURRENT INTEREST. THE CURRENT GENERATION OF CORRELATION AND TRACKING ALGORITHMS (CTAS) GENERATE AND PROCESS MULTIPLE REPORT-TO-TRACK CORRELATION HYPOTHESES. THE LARGE VOLUME OF INFORMATION POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE FROM SUCH MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS CONTACT MANAGEMENT ALGORITHMS (MHCMA) HAS THE POTENTI ...

DHWA PROPOSES TO DEVELOP ALGORITHMS FOR LONG-RANGE, PASSIVE TARGET MOTION ANALYSIS (TMA). THE ALGORITHMS WILL USE EXTENDED FILTERS SIMILAR TO THOSE FOUND IN CURRENT ALGORITHMS (JASA, MPKAST, AND MTST), BUT WILL UNIFY AND EXTEND THESE TECHNIQUES IN IMPORTANT WAYS. WE HOPE TO ELIMINATE MOST OF THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CURRENT METHODS. THE DIFFERENCES AMONG CURRENT ALGORITHMS, AND THEIR LIMITATIO ...

THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ECM/ESM CONTACT REPORTS ON BOARD A NAVY SURFACE SHIP. THE SYSTEMWILL COMBINE REPORTS FROM ORGANIC AND REMOTE (0TH) SENSORS WITH OTHER AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND WITH REASONABLE ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING TARGET TACTICS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE INFORMATION OF VALUE TO THE MISSION COMMANDER. OUR APPROACH IS TO COMBINE TWO EXISTING SYSTEMS ...

OPERATIONS ANALYSIS OF NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS REQUIRES A MODEL FOR THE DETECTION PROCESS, AND IN PARTICULAR, FOR PASSIVE ACOUSTIC SENSORS. SUCH MODELS DEPEND IN TURN ON HAVING A MODEL FOR ACOUSTIC FLUCTUATIONS, A TERM WHICH TYPICALLY DESCRIBES ALL RESIDUAL UNCERTAINTY IN THE SONAR EQUATION COMPONENTS. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A RATIONALE FOR AN ACOUSTIC FLUCTUATION PROCESS WHICH IS A COMPOSITE OF PROC ...

THE S-3B AIRCRAFT IS THE LEAD PLATFORM FOR THE ACTIVE BLOCK UPGRADEPROGRAM FOR INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION OF THE ERAPS AND ADAR SYSTEMS. BECAUSE OF THE QUANTITY AND COMPLEXITY OF OPERATOR CHOICES IN DEPLOYING AND USING THESE SYSTEMS, TACTICAL OPERATOR AIDS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION OF THESE NEW ACTIVE SYSTEMS. IN THIS PHASE I STUDY, SPECIFIC AIDS ARE TO BE IDENTIFIED FO ...

GENERAL SCIENCES, INCORPORATED (GSI) PROPOSES THE THERMOCHEMICAL AND KINETIC NALYSIS OF THE TI + B + H20 REACTION SYSTEM. THE HIGHLY EXOTHERMIC NATURE OF THE TITANIUM/BORON REACTION IN ITS GENERIC STATE AND IN COMBINATION WITH BINDERS AND OXIDIZERS HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY INVESTIGATED BY GSI WITH SEVERAL FORMULATIONS UNDER PATENT FOR SPECIFIC DOD APPLICATIONS. THE PRESENT EFFORT IDENTIFIES METHODS AN ...

COMPOSITES HAVE MATURED TO A POINT WHERE DIFFERENT FORMS OF HYBRIDS ARE BEING MANUFACTURED SO THAT THE BEST CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH CONSTITUENT MAY BE UTILIZED FOR CRITICAL APPLICATIONS. FAILURE MODES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF HYBRID COMPOSITES AND LAMINATES ARE INFLUENCED BY THE CONSTITUENTS WITHIN EACH COMPONENT MATERIAL AS WELL AS RESIDUAL PROCESSING STRESSES WITHIN THE COMPONENTS OR THEIR CONSTIT ...

Microcom will design a secure Data Relay System for transmission of GPS position, platform sensor, and weapons event data collected from a large number of fleet exercise participants distributed over an extended open-ocean area. We plan to modify our existing R Cubed Transponder (AN/URY-3) design to yield a 400 percent increase in data throughput and add a GPS receiver and Inertial Guidance unit f ...