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INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES ARE PROPOSED FOR INVESTIGATION IN A PHASE I EFFORT TO DETERMINE PASSIVE RF SURVEILLANCE AND TARGETING SENSORS AND ASSOCAITED METHODOLOGY FOR PERFORMING RAPID AND ACCURAGE MEASUREMENTS OF RANGE/LOCATION OF THREAT RF EMITTERS. THE ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS TO BE OBSERVED ARE SENSOR COMPATIBILITY WITH, AND PORTABILITY OF THE ASSOCIATED RANGE DETERMINATION/PROCESSING EQUIPME ...

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ADVANCED COMPOSITES LABORATORIES WILL DEVELOP AN IMPROVED MOUNTAINEERING SKI FOR MILITARY USE. WE WILL INCORPORATE THE BEST OF DOWNHILL SKI TECHNOLOGY WITH THE BEST OF TELE MARK AND MOUNTAINEERING SKI TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE A SKI FOR THE US MARINE CORPS WHICH WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MARINE CORPS TOICS N86-13. WE WILL USE ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS TO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE A HIGH PERFORMAN ...

AUTOMATIC AIDS FOR SITUATION ASSESSMENT, GENERAL INFORMATION FUSION, DECISION MAKING AND PLANNING ARE VULNERABLE TO DECEPTION IN ADVERSARIAL SITUATIONS. COUNTER-DECEPTION CAPABILITIES TO DETECT POSSIBLE DECEPTIVE ACTIONS AND OBTAIN THE CORRECT ASSESSMENT ARE NEEDED TO PRESERVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE AIDS. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL CREATE TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT SO THAT THE EFFECTS OF DECEPTION ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED STUDY IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE VERY FAST EXECUTION OF THE MINIMUF 3.1 HF PROGATION ALGORITHM WITHIN A PERSONAL COMPUTER. THE EXECUTION TIME GOAL FOR A LATITUDE - LONGITUDE POINT PAIR COMPUTATION IS 1 MILLISECOND OR LESS. THE APPROACH IN THIS PROPOSAL TO ACHIEVE THIS EXECUTION TIME CONSISTS OF TWO ELEMENTS. TH E FIRST ELEMENT IS TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF COMPUTATIONS NECE ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP AN OPERATIONAL MODEL FOR THE DESIGN AND PLACEMENT OF WIND BREAKS TO CONTROLSOIL EROSION. OPTIMUM PROTECTION IS RELATED TO PHYSICAL PARAMETERS (HEIGHT, WIDTH, POROSITY, MATERIAL), NUMBER OF BARRIERS, LOCAL TERRAIN FEATURES, SOIL CHARACTERISTICS (INCLUDING SIZE DISTRIBUTION, MOISTURE CONTENT, COMPOSITION)AND METEOROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS. CONSEQUENTLY, S ...

HALON 1301 (CF3BR) IS CURRENTLY IN WIDE SPREAD USE ON NAVAL VESSELSAS AN EFFECTIVE AND NON-TOXIC ACTIVE AGENT IN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS. UNFORTUNATELY, FUTURE MANUFACTURE AND USE OF CF3BR MAY BE SEVERELY RESTRICTED DUE TO ITS ROLE AS A POTENT AGENT IN STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION CHEMISTRY. ALTERNATIVE FIRE SUPPRESSION CHEMICALS NEED TOBE IDENTIFIED AND ASSESSED TO REPLACE HALON 1301 IN NAVAL S ...

THERE IS A MOVE UNDERWAY TO DECENTRALIZE COMMAND CENTERS FOR THE TOP ESCHELONS OF THE NAVY. ONE ASPECT OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP SITUATION ASSESSMENT DEVICES (I.E., HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE), USING SMALL POWERFUL COMPUTERS (SUCH AS MICROVAXII), FOR A LOWER LEVEL OF ANVY COMMAND, E.G., THE COMMANDER OF A SMALL SHIP. IT IS BECOMING RECOGNIZED WITHIN THE NAVY THAT A "FORCE MULTIPLIER" IS NEEDED BY TH ...