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THE INNOVATIVE PROPOSED HEREIN CONCERNS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HOLOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES IN THE FLOWS OVER A RV BALLISTIC RANGE MODEL. AN EXPERIMENT IS IDENTIFIED IN WHICH HOLOGRAPHIC PLASMA MEASUREMENTS WILL BE USED FOR REFINEMENT AND VALIDATION OF COMPUTATIONAL FLOW/CHEMISTRY ANALYSIS. THE TECHNICAL APPROACH IS BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A T ...

ACCELERATED SMALL SPECIMEN SCREENING TESTS FOR SCC RESISTANCE ARE NECESSARY FOR COST/TIME EFFICIENT EVALUATION OF WELD/BASE METAL FORMULATIONS IN WELD OR ALLOY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF WELDED HY-130 STEELS. TEST DATA THAT IS CAPABLE OF MEASURING THE STRESS INTENSITY FOR CRACK INITIATION IN CATHODICALLY PROTECTED VESSELS IN NATURAL SEA WATER IS NECESSARY FROM DESIGN CONSIDERA ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A COMPACT, RUGGED, AND AUTONOMOUS PROGRAMMABLE LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETER (LDV) FOR MARINE APPLICATIONS. THE SYSTEM WILL INCLUDE TWO MAJOR INNOVATIONS IN LDV TECHNOLOGY: A PROGRAMMABLE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR (DSP), AND A PULSED LASER DIODE. THE DSP PROVIDES THE HIGHEST COMPUTATIONAL POWER AND PROGRAMMABILITY IN A COMPACT SIZE ALLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATIO ...

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BECAUSE OF RECENTLY DEFINED TACTICAL THREATS IT IS DESIRABLE TO IMPROVE THE MANEUVERABILITY AND TAKE-OFF/LANDING ASPECTS OF AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT SUCH IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE USE OF THRUST REVERSERS OR VECTORED JETS. IN ORDER TO DESIGN AIRCRAFT SATISFACTORILY IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A PREDICTION METHOD THAT IS SUFFICIENTLY ACCURATE. THE MOST DIFFICULT FL ...

CONFIRMING THE ACCURAY OF LIFE-PROTECTING INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE TEST EQUIPMENT OR SIMULATING MILITARY ENVIRONMENTS OFTEN REQUIRES SOPHISTICATED AND CUMBERSOME TEST CHAMBERS DEPENDENT ON COMPLICATED CALCULATIONS. THE CALIBRATION OF SUCH TEST EQUIPMENT MAY BE EASILY COMPROMISED BY OPERATOR ERROR WHERE INVOLVED CALCULATIONS ARE USED AND COMPLICATED INTERCONNECTIONS AND VALVES ARE EMPLOYED. WE PROPOSE TO ...

AN INNOVATIVE CONCEPT FOR A TUNABLE IMAGING IR SPECTROMETER IS PROPOSED. THE DEVICE WILL CONSIST OF AN ACOUSTOOPTIC TUNABLE FILTER COUPLED TO A TWO-DIMENSIONAL FOCAL PLANE ARRAY DETECTOR. THIS IMAGING SPECTROMETER WILL COMBINE HIGH THROUGHPUT (APPROACHING 100%) WITH THE TUNABILITY AND HIGH RESOLUTION OF A GRATING SPECTROMETER, AND THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING CAPABILITY OF AN INTERFERENCE FILTER. T ...

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF KINETIC ENERGY SPACE-BASED INTERCEPTOR MAY BE CONSIDERABLY ENHANCED BY ON-BOARD UV SENSORS CAPABLE OF DETECTING A POTENTIAL TARGET'S UV SIGNATURE. SUCH UV SENSORS MAY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN TARGET IDENTIFICATION, TRACKING, SEEKING AND DISCRIMINATION AND MAY PROVE INSTRUMENTAL FOR EARLY WARNING OF ATTACK AND KILL DETERMINATION. SPACE-BASED APPLICATIONS, IN PARTICULAR, HAVE CRE ...

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ACTIVATED STEEL FOIL FABRICATED INTO ELEMENTS TO BE PACKAGED AS EXPENDABLE DECOYS HAS SHOWN GOOD PERFORMANCE IN LOW IR SIGNATURE APPLICATIONS. THE PRESENT BATCH PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THESE FOILS ENTAILS, IN PART, TWENTY HOURS OF FURNACE TREATMENT. A COMBINATION OF NINE SEPARATE OPERATIONS, LOW PRODUCTION RATES AND HIGH LABOR COSTS YIELDS A UNIT MANUFACTURING COST OF MORE THAN $250.00. WE PROPOSE ...