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We shall develop a dynamic agent web architecture and software prototype that builds on top of COTS database integration technology to deliver view management and data mining services.The data mining services shall consist of case based reasoning and association. We shall use case based reasoning and association agents in identifying new links and relationships within data contain in shipboar ...

This SBIR project will determine the feasilibility of acoustic interference rejection techniques for a submarine acoustic intercept system. The signal processing techniques developed will permit the continuous tracking of active weapon sonars in the presence of interference from countermeasures and other sources. Existing submarine acoustic sensors will be used. Multiple emitter location techniq ...

One of the most important applications of mid-caliber (5-inch) Naval guns is in meeting the defensive requirements of the Close-In-Weapon-System (CIWS). The function of the CIWS is to engage and defeat aircraft and cruise missile threats that have avoided or survived the extended area defenses. AMELEX offers to explore combining a guidance and control/divert system with a radar or IR seeker in the ...

Airborne SAR systems currently exist and are used for wide-area surveillance and ground mapping. The majority of deployed systems have frequencies (400 MHz-30 GHz) which, in most cases, cannot penetrate the soil to the depth required for detection of buried mines and unexploded ordnance. Lower frequencies are required for penetration of the ground. However, in the lower parts of the frequency spec ...

Many modern systems rely on multiple innovative actuators and effectors to improve performance, versatility, and survivability. In systems where several actuators or actuator combinations are capable of affecting the behavior of a single controlled varaible, an opportunity exists to incorporate non-traditional features in the control law, including post-failure reconfiguration and optimi ...

Autonomous control of uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs) presents a number of challenges, including detecting failures across the entire flight regime/mission envelope, differentiating between behavioral changes due to failures and those due to uncertainties, real-time control law redesign, and real-time modification of UAV trajectories and sensor-allocation strategies. Barron Associates, Inc. ...

The project is dedicated to the development of a composite construction for the launch tube of an out board submarine system that would attain an extended service life of 10 years. This is a complex R&D project that includes: determination of design parameters of operational force-temperature-time conditions; selection of the appropriate structural and refractory coating materials; selection of a ...

The Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) is a new and promising multi-role and multi-mission system concept currently under development and evaluation by the armed forces. Similar to current generation of weapon systems, simulation of the UCAV mission profile will undoubtedly be an essential part of the system development process. Further, the rapid pace of their development and the evolution of ...

Spinal injury (vertebra fracture) during aircraft ejection or vertical helicopter crash is a serious problem due to the human body's inability to tolerate excessive +Gz acceleration. Although anthropomorphic test devices (ATD) or manikins have been used to assess, develop and standardize ejection seat and crash safety, they do not represent the spinal response under high acceleration loading. Fle ...

We propose a small low powered satellite based instrument package consisting of EUV monitoring system, a modern swept frequency type sounder and a two frequency beacon. This package will provide primary standard measurements of electron density distributions in the topside ionosphere, where most of the ionization resides. Intercomparison of different satellite instruments and ground based measur ...