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THE OPPORTUNITY EXISTS TO EXTEND THE CAPABILITIES OF THE USAF ADVANCED DYNAMIC ANTHROPOMORPHIC MANIKIN (ADAM) WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO ASSESS THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN RESPONSES ON EJECTION SEAT PERFORMANCE. THE MORE REALISTIC ARTICULATIONS AND VERTICAL SPINAL RESPONSE OF ADAM CAN BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTATION TO ALLOW THE DEFINITION OF INJURY PROBABILITY ASSESSMENT CRITERIA. SIN ...

The Navy is developing the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) communications network to allow ships to share air defense radar and fire control data among a battle group. Current problems in the CEC's communication links are: the power required to meet operational specifications is higher than desired and the data throughput of the links is not as high as desired. FASTMAN has developed FASTW ...

Many presently fielded weapons systems as well as systems on the drawing boards, must transmit and store large volume sof digital data generated by electro-optic (EO), imaging infrared (IIR), millimeter wave (MMW) and fiber optic guidance systems. Real time data compresson offers the advantage of smaller storage devices and dat alink systems by reducing the volume of data without reducing the info ...

CHRONIC NEEDS FOR HIGHER PERFORMANCE IN PRESENT AND FUTURE ARMY ROTOCRAFT/AIR-VEHICLE SYSTEMS MANDATE IMPROVEMENTS IN MATERIALS PROPERTIES. LIGHTWEIGHT METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES (MMC) INCLUDING MAGNESIUM AND ALUMINUM ARE AMONG THE BEST CANDIDATES TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ENABLE LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES, ADVANCED PROPULSION, TRANSMISSIONS, ROTORS, THRUST DEVICES, ETC. A UNIQUE COATINGS APPROACH ...

The use of electric power in aeronautical and space applications shows an increasing trend throughout the years. Equipment used for communication and navigation, control systems, pumps, actuators, precision timing devices, life support systems etc., all require electric power in some form. This creates a need for an invertor which offers: high efficiency, high power density, miniaturization, lower ...

RESPONSIVE AND SENSITIVE FORCE CONTROL IS ESSENTIAL FOR SOPHISTICATED ROBOT TASKS SUCH AS ASSEMBLY AND FINE MANIPULATION. HOWEVER, THIS KIND OF CONTROL IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR MANIPULATORS DRIVEN BY ELECTRIC MOTORS WITH GEARED TRANSMISSIONS, PRIMARILY DUE TO FRICTION IN THE DRIVE TRAIN. YET THESE TYPES OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ARE OFTEN THE MOST PRACTICAL FOR MANY APPLICATIONS. TWO PRIMARY TYPES OF CON ...

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It is the purpose of this proposal to develop the key technologies required to construct a man-portable advanced multimedia imaging helmet system. We will develop and demonstrate three helmet designs including a monocle headset, a goggle headset, and a face plate. These three helmet platforms will be founded on the miniaturized CPU, communications, display, audio, and sensor technologies establis ...

Todays thermoelectric cooling materials exhibit a peak performance, termed ZT, of about 1.0. Recent development in the theory of quantum-well superlattices suggest that ZTs of up to 9 are possible. Work is ongoing to synthesize superlattices using techniques such as molecular beam epitaxy, sputtering and chemical vapor deposition but to date high quality thermoelectric superlattices have not bee ...