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In the phase I program, Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc. (ACR) fabricated in situ metallic foams by using a unique water-soluble polymer blend and ACR's Extrusion Freeform Fabrication (EFF) method. When the green parts were heated for binder burnout, thebinder was found to foam and create uniform closed, high-aspect ratio porosity. The freeform fabrication also could create open porosity ranging f ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES DESIGNED TO AID IN THE ABILILTY TO DEVELOP DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENT. THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION WILL FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND AND EVALUATION OF INTERCEPTOR MANAGEMENT ALGORITHMS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PLANNING TECHNIQUES. THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED DURING PHASE I WILL INCLUDE DEVELOPING AN ...

THIS PROPOSAL CONCERNS THE BASIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED TO DEFINE AN OPERATIONS MONITORING ASSISTANT (OMA) WHICH IS INTENDED AS A TOOL FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF CURRENT EVENTS ON A CORPS, OR DIVISION LEVEL OPERATIONS PLAN. THE SYSTEM IS PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED WITH FULFILLING AN INDICATIONS AND WARNING FUNCTION, THAT IS, WITH PREDICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPORTANT BATTLEFIELD EVENTS I ...

TEAMWORKS IS AN APPROACH TO THE MULTIPLICATION OF COMBAT POWER THROUGH THE EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF TELEROBOTIC SYSTEMS. WE PROPOSE TO BUILD A SIMULATION GAMING LABORATORY, DISTRIBUTED OVER A NETWORK OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS, FOR THE STUDY OF TEAMWORK AMONG HUMANS AND ROBOTS. OUR LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVISE AN ADVANCED AUTIO/ VISUAL INTERFACE THROUGH WHICH A TANK COMMANDER CAN MANEUVER A SIMU ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR RESEARCH TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TERRAIN ANALYST'S WORKSTATION, WHICH WILL PERFORM TERRAIN REASONING TASKS IN SUPPORT OF DIVERSE USERS DURING ARMY TACTICAL MISSION PLANNING AND OPERATIONS. IN SPECIFIC, THE GOAL IS TO BUILD ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE BASED SYSTEM WITH A MIXED INITIATIVE INTERFACE FORMAT THAT IS ABLE TO IDENTIFY FEATURES OF MILITARY INTEREST FROM DIGITIZED MAP ...

THE ARMY TANK COMMAND, TO DEVELOP ITS ROBOT COMMAND CENTER, IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CONTROL MORE VEHICLES WITH FEWER PEOPLE. THE SPECTRUM OF VEHICLE AUTONOMY RANGES FROM TELEOPERATION UP THROUGH TELEROBOTICS AND ON TO VEHICLE GOVERNED SOLELY BY GOAL SPECIFICATIONS.WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A TECHNOLOGY THAT PERMITS VEHICLES TO REACT AUTONOMOUSLY TO EXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES, WHILE ALSO PERMITTING A HUMAN ...

DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE LIQUID WATER (LWC) FOR FOG AND CLOUDS IS PROPOSED. SUCH DATA ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE RESEARCH IN CLOUD PHYSICS, ACID PRECIPITATION, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION, AND AIRCRAFT ICING. CURRENTLY, THE METHODOLOGIES FOR MEASURING LWC ARE TIME-CONSUMING, LACK VERSATILITY, AND LACK ACCURACY. UNDER THIS PROGRAM, THE RECENTLY DEVELOPED PHA ...

Currently available handheld mine detectors are effective in detecting metal mines and pieces of metal used in the firing mechanisms of non-metallic mines. However, these detectors can have a very high false alarm rate due to an inability to discriminatetargets, particularly the types and shapes of small metal-firing mechanism parts, and they are not effective at localizing small metallic targets ...

A NEED EXISTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED COMPUTER PROGRAM (ALGORITHM) WITH A HEURISTIC DATA BASE, OPERATIVE ON A MILITARIZED 16-BIT MICROPROCESSOR, SUCH AS, INTEL 8086 WHICH WOULD BE RESIDENT ON A COMBAT VEHICLE, FOR THE AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION OF MILITARY TARGETS. TARGET IDENTIFICATION WHICH INVOLVESCOMPLEX HUMAN DECISION MAKING IS NOT VERY RELIABLE WHEN SUCH DECIS ...

A BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS BEEN INITIATED AT THE ARMANENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ARDC) ENCOMPASSING THE FIELDS OF AI AND ROBOTICS FOR APPLICATIONS TO WEAPON PLATFORM AUTOMATION AND FIRE CONTROLSYSTEMS. THE THRUST OF THE PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP "SYSTEM-BUILD" TOOLSOR SOFTWARE MODULES TO SUPPORT EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPE DEMONSTRATION OF AN AUTONOMOUS/SEMI-AUTONOMOUS PLATFORM ...