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THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACHIEVED IN THIS STUDY: 1. ASSESS THE AUTOMATIC TEST REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL (E/O) UNITS UNDER TEST (UUTS). 2. IDENTIFY AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT (ATE) STANDARDS FOR TESTING ELECTRO-OPTICAL UNITS UNDER TEST (UUT). 3. IDENTIFY SUITABLE MATE TESTING METHODOLOGIES AND STANDARDS FOR INTERFACING ELECTRO-OPTICAL UUTS TO THE ATE. SURVEYS OF MAJOR AIR FOR ...

THE MATE PROGRAM OFFICE HAS REQUESTED A REVIEW OF THE MATE GENERAL PURPOSE ELECTRICAL INTERFACE CONNECTOR STANDARD TO IMPROVE THE GUIDANCE TO DEVELOP THE MATE INTERFACE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY (ICA). THIS STUDY WILL GATHER INFORMATION, ANALYZE THE RESULTS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO VERIFY THAT THE ICA WILL MEET PROJECTED AIR FORCE TESTING REQUIREMENTS IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER. THE FOLLOWING TECHN ...

THE SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO OF INFRARED DETECTORS INCREASES DRAMATICALLYAS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE DETECTOR IS REDUCED TO CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES AND THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN CRYOCOOLERS TO MEET THIS NEED. HOWEVER, VALVES OF ONE TYPE OF CRYOCOOLER, THE JOULE-THOMPSON EXPANSION CRYOCOOLER, ARE PRONE TO PLUGGING BY THE FREEZING OF IMPURITIES IN THE HIGH-PRESSURE STREAM. TO ADDRESS THI ...

THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SYSTEM DESIGN FOR AN INNOVATIVE POWER-AMPLIFIER SYSTEM FOR THE ADAPTIVE-JAMMER APPLICATION. THIS SYSTEM OPERATES OVER THE ENTIRE HF AND VHF RANGE (3 - 300 MHZ), PRODUCES SIGNALS WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF MODULATION, AND CAN CONCENTRATE ALL OF ITS POWER ON A SINGLE TARGET OR DIVIDE ITS POWER AMONG SEVERAL TARGETS. ITS POWER AMPLIFIERS CAN BE OPERATED IN C ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A MULTI-RAIL RAILGUN AND A MULTI-ARMATURE LONG ROD PENETRATORS FOR ANTI-ARMOR APPLICATION. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT RODS OF L/D BETWEEN 20-30 CAN BE LAUNCHED TO VELOCITIES OF 2 TO 4 KM/S, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE PRESENT STATE-OF-THE-ART IN ANTI-ARMOR WEAPONRY. KEY TECHNICAL ISSUES ARE INTER-RAIL INSULATION OF THE MULTI-RAIL GUN AND ARMATU ...

THE ARMY IS CURRENTLY DEVLOPING/PROCURING FULLY AUTOMATIC SELF PROTECTION ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS. SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS, LIKE THE ALQ-136 (SEMA) AND THE APR-39 (XE-2), HAVE FUNCTIONS WHICH ARE SOFTWARE REPROGRAMMABLE TO ALLOW THE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE TO BE TAILORED FOR SPECIFIC MISSIONS. THE ORIGINAL MISSION PROGRAMMING, A COMPLEX SOPHISTICATED PROCESS WITH MANY INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS, IS PERFORME ...

PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF COST, SIZE, WEIGHT AND POWER CONSUMPTION FOR EW EQUIPMENT LEAD THE ARMY, AND OTHER SERVICES, TO EXAMINING WAYS AND MEANS OF OBTAINING MAXIMUM BENEFIT FROM EXISTING OR EMERGING EW SYSTEMS BY MAKING BEST USE OF "NON-EXOTIC" ECM TECHNIQUES. THE EXISTENCE OF ADVANCED DOPPLER THREAT TRACKING SYSTEMS MAKES THIS EXAMINATION MORE COMPLEX AND IS MORE DEMANDING FOR ECM. SPECIAL W ...

AN IMPORTANT RESULT OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE DOCUMENTED METHODS FOR DETERMINING FLOW REGIMES, CALCULATING THE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS, AND STRUCTURING THE MOMENTUM AND ENERGY EQUATIONS TO DETERMINE PRESURE DROPS AND ENERGY TRANSPORT FOR TWO-PHASE FLOWS IN MICROGRAVITY. EXPERIMENTS WILL BE PERFORMED AT CREARE TO PROVIDE KEY LABORATORY DATA FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS (WHERE LOW GRAVITY EFFECTS CAN BE ...

A COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDY IS PLANNED TO DEVELOP ADVANCED COMPOSITE PIPING SYSTEMS. DUAL WALL PIPE WILL BE DEVELOPED AND TESTED FOR IMPROVED IMPACT RESISTANCE AND TOUGHNESS. EPOXY AND POLYESTER RESINS WILL BE USED IN COMPOSITE PIPE SECTIONS AND BONDED WITH EPOXY ADHESIVES AS WELL AS WITH HEAT-SHRINKABLE ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE AND ADVANCED ELASTMERIC COUPLINGS AN ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PHASE II PROJECT IS TO EXPERIMENTALLY DEMONSTRATE THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL STIRLING CYCLE CRYOCOOLER WITH INNOVATIVE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FEATURES. THE EFFORT ENTAILS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPONENTS, INTEGRATION INTO AN ENGINEERING MODEL CRYOCOOLER, AND TESTING OF THE CRYOCOOLER FOR PERFORMANCE AND ENDURANCE. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS OF THE INNOVATIVE DESIGN INCLUDE FIVE ...