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A VARIETY OF ELECTRICAL/HYDRAULIC MOTORS, PUMPS, FANS, AND BLOWERS EMPLOYED WITHIN COMBAT VEHICLES IMPOSE UNACCEPTABLE NOISE LEVELS ON CREW MEMBERS. THIS INVESTIGATION ADDRESSES DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A PROTOTYPE NOISE REDUCTION PROCESSOR SUITABLE FOR LATER IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN A SELF- CONTAINED HEADSET. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN CREW MEMBERS WOULDBE ACOUSTICALLY COUPLED WITH NOISE REDUCTION ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES PROCEDURES FOR MEASUREMENT OF ACTUALLOADS DURING FLIGHT OPERATIONS OF NAVY AIRCRAFT BY ATTACHINGTRANSDUCERS TO SENSITIVE COMPONENTS OF THE NOSE AND MAIN LANDING GEAR. STRAIN GAGES ARE THE ANTICIPATED TRANSDUCERS HOWEVER, INDUCTIVE, CAPACITIVE AND OTHER RESISTIVE TRANSDUCERS SHALL BE EVALUATED FOR USE IN THIS SYSTEM. PROCEDURES ARE OUTLINED TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMUM LOCATIONS ...

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THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEF STUDY IS TO REVIEW THE PRESENT STATUS OF ENHANCED RADIATION WEAPONS FROM A TECHNICAL, MILITARY, AND POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW, AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THESE WEAPONS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INTERRELATED REASONS FOR UNDERTAKING SUCH A TASK AT THIS TIME. FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS THERE APPEARS TO BE A GENERAL RELUCTANCE TO CONTINUE THE ERW DEBATE AT TH ...

DURING PHASE I MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION PROPOSES TO PERFORM A STUDY OF THE UTILITY OF CAVITY RESONATORS TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND MODIFY THE BANDWIDTH OF MICROWAVE EMMISSION FROM THE VIRCATOR. THE RESEARCH WILL INCLUDE BOTH A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL EFFORT. NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE CAVITY DESIGN WILL BE CARRIED OUT USING A THREE DIMENSIONAL FULLY RELATIVISTIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC ...

WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A REPETITIVE, FAST-OPENING SWITCH FOR PULSED-POWER APPLICATIONS EMPLOYING SATURABLE MAGNETIC MATERIALS. THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS PROVEN EFFECTIVE AND RELIABLE IN ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS (ESS) USED IN TELEPHONE EXCHANGES. FOR PHASE I WE WILL DESIGN A PROOF- OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENT; OPTIMIZING THE DESIGN, WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT CONSIDERATIONS OF COST. SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD BE ...

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A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP MATERIALS FOR PACKAGING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS (LCDS) USINGPLASTIC SUBSTRATES. THE PLASTIC LCD TECHNOLOGY WILL MEET THE DOD'S NEED OF DISPLAYS RANGING FROM HAND HELD TO BLACKBOARD SIZE. THE KEY TECHNOLOGY IS SELECTION OF PLASTIC SUBSTRATES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION METHOD FOR A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE THIN FILM ON THE ...

AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION OF LAMINATED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, BASED ON THE COMPTON INTERACTION TOMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES IS PROPOSED. ACTUAL AS WELL AS SPECIALLY FABRICATED COMPOSITE OBJECTS WILL BE EXPERIMENTALLY TESTED ON A LABORATORY TOMOGRAPHIC SYSTEM. EMPIRICAL DATA BASE OBTAINED, IN CONJUCTION WITH COMPUTER SIMULATION STUDIES, WILL EXTENSIVELY ANALYZED TO DETERMINE PARAM ...