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THE CLAIM OF FLEISCHMANN AND PONS TO HAVE ACHIEVED "COLD FUSION" IN A PALLADIUM CRYSTAL LATTICE SATURATED WITH LITHIUM HYDRIDE (DEUTERIDE) HAS STIMULATED MUCH DISCUSSION. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE AN UNEXPLAINED ENERGY SOURCE, THERE EXIST NO SATISFACTORY FUSION MODELS THAT CAN ACCOUNT FOR THEIR OBSERVATIONS. WE PROPOSE TO STUDY THE QUANTUM AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF VARIOUS MECHANISMS FOR NUCLEAR FUSIO ...

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 ...

MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMS REQUIRE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE IMPROVEMENT IN CAPACITY AND SPEED OVER CURRENT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE. THE PRINCIPLE OBSTACLES TO HIGHER PERFORMANCE ARE: THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF IMAGE DATA TO BE PROCESSED; IMAGERS UNOPTIMIZED FOR THE VISION TASKS (TARGET DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION, RECOGNITION, IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING); AND OPEN-LOOP SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE. IN ...

AN ELECTRONIC WARFARE VERIFICATION TEST SET (EWVTS) IS DESCRIBED WHICH CAN BE USED TO QUICKLY AND RELIABLY VERIFY THE OPERATION OF SHIPBOARD ECM AND ESM SYSTEMS. THE EWVTS IS COMPRISED OF THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ELEMENTS: (A) SIGNAL GENERATION SUBSYSTEM, (B) HIGH POWER AMPLIFIER, (C) ANTENNA WITH PEDESTAL AND FEED, (D) SIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, (E) CONTROL, AND (F) CALIBRATION SYSTEM. THE EWVTS WILL ...

A MULTISPECTRUM GUIDANCE TARGET GENERATION (MSGTG) SYSTEM IS PROPOSED WHICH WILL PROVIDE DYNAMIC, HIGH FIDELITY STIMULUS TO DUAL MODE SEEKERS. THE MSGTG WILL SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF SEEKER SYSTEMS COMPRISED OF AN ACTIVE RF SUBSYSTEM AND A TWO SPECTRUM INFRARED SUBSYSTEM. THE MSGTG WILL PROVIDE MULTISPECTRAL STIMULUS REPRESENTING MISSILE ENGAGEMENTS INVOLVING 1-ON-1, OR 1-ON-MANY, WITH COMPLETE FREE ...

THE MULTISPECTRAL TARGET GENERATION SYSTEM (MSTG) IS PROPOSED WHICH WILL PROVIDE DYNAMIC, HIGH-FIDELITY STIMULUS TO DUAL MODE SEEKERS. THE MSTG WILL SUPPORT TEST AND EVALUATION OF ANTI-AIR MISSILE SYSTEMS WHICH EMPLOY ACTIVE RF AND TWO SPECTRUM IR SEEKER SYSTEMS. THE MSTG WILL PROVIDE MULTISPECTRAL STIMULUS REPRESENTING MISSILE ENGAGEMENTS INVOLVING 1-ON-1, OR 1-ON-MANY, WITH COMPLETE FREEDOM OF ( ...

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INCREASES IN SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH TANDEM MULTI-JUNCTION STRUCTURES TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE AND SCALE OF SPACE PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATORS. THE "TOP SOLAR CELL" TANDEM APPROACH COULD INCREASE ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY BY AS MUCH AS 100%. A SELF-SUPPORTING ALUMINUM-GALLIUM-ARSENIDE (ALGAAS) TOP SOLAR CELL IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR MECHANICAL ATTACHMENT TO A SILICON CONCENTRAT ...

EXISTING METALLIC-TYPE CONTACTS ON GALLIUM ARSENIDE (GAAS) HAVE NOT BEEN STABLE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES BECAUSE OF INTERDIFFUSION AND/OR ALLOYING OF THE GAAS TOP LAYER. HIGH TEMPERATURE CONTACTS TO GAAS SPACE PHOTOLTAIC CELLS ARE BEING DEVELOPED BASED ON THE FORMATION OF A HIGHLY-STABLE INTERMEDIATE DEGENERATE SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER BETWEEN THE GAAS AND A HIGH TEMPERATURE METAL ALLOY. THE INTERMEDIATE S ...

UNIFORM LARGE AREA, DEVICE QUALITY INDIUM PHOSPHIDE (INP) EPITAXIAL LAYERS ON INSULATING SUBSTRATES COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF PRODUCIBLE, RADIATION-HARDENED MICROELECTRONIC AND OPTOELECTRONIV INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. INP ALLOYS OFFER THE ADVANTAGES OF: PROVEN RESISTANCE TO RADIATION DAMAGE; LOWER SURFACE RECOMBINATION THAN GAAS; HIGH PEAK ELECTRON VELOCITY; AND BANDGAPS THAT ...