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DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE DURABLE, STABLE, ANTIREFLECTION COATING WITH EXTENDED WAVELENGTH CHARACTERISTICS, LOW ABSORPTION, AND HIGH TRANSMISSION, SUITABLE FOR EXTERNAL WINDOWS AND INTERNAL OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF STAR SENSOR AND OTHER WIDEBAND SYSTEMS.

TAC PROPOSES TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS FORWARD-LOOKING AUTONOMOUS SENSORS AND ALGORITHMS FOR TLAM-C. THE CURRENT TLAM-C USES A TERRAIN MAPPING RADAR ALTIMETER AND CORRELATES THE SENSED AREA AT KEY WAYPOINTS WITH A STORED DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TERRAIN AREA AT THE WAYPOINTS TO PROVIDE MID-COURSE AND TERMINAL GUIDANCE CORRECTION TO THE INERTIAL NA ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP NEW ANALYTIC METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING MINE WARFARE EFFECTIVENESS. IT WILL USE A COMBINATION OF A PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF SEQUENTIAL CHOICE OUTCOMES AND UNCERTAINTY IN SEQUENTIAL OUTCOMES. THE APPROACH WILL BE TO DEVELOP A SEQUENTIAL DESIGN ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE FOR INDIVIDUAL MINE FIELDS WHICH FULLY CHARACTERIZES SYSTEM PERFORMANCE LINKED TO OBJ ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS DEVELOPMENTAL EFFORT IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A COMPUTER INTEGRATED ROBOT WORK CELL GAGING FINISHED PARTS OR OTHER ASSEMBLY/MACHINING OPERATIONS. THE FOCUS OF THE RESEARCH IS TO CONTROL THE ROBOT TOOL CONTROL POINT (TCP) THROUGH AN ADAPTIVE FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM. THE ROLE OF THE FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM IS TO CONTROL AND MODIFY THE PATH OF THE TCP TO WIT ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS TO DETERMINE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A THREE DIMENSIONAL VISION BASED PASSIVE OBJECT RECOGNITION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF GENERATING THREE DIMENSIONAL COORDINATE LOCATION INFORMATION IN REAL TIME AT VIDEO FRAME RATES OF 30 FRAMES PER SECOND. THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION UNDER INVESTIGATION WILL UTILIZE PARALLEL PROCESSING OF RAW VIDEO INPUT FROM MULTIPLE C ...

THE INTENTION IS TO INVESTIGATE THE SHIP MOTION EFFECTS ON ROBOT DYNAMICS AND EQUIPMENT LIFE. THE ON-BOARD ROBOT IS EQUIVALENT TO A STATIONARY ROBOT WITH BASE EXCITATION DUE TO SHIP MOTION. THE EXCITA-TION AT THE ROBOT BASE WILL BE MONITORED EITHER BY PLACING GYROSCOPES AND ACCELEROMETERS AT THAT POSITION, OR BY ASSUMING THE SHIP IS A RIGID BODY AND PLACING GYROSCOPES AND ACCELEROMETERS ON THE SHI ...

CONCEPT ANALYSIS CORPORATION (CAC) PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NEW ANALYTICAL APPROACH FOR THE FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION OF FIBERREINFORCED COMPOSITES. THE BASIC PHYSICAL FAILURE MODES IN THE FORM OF; FIBER BREAKAGE, MATRIX CRACKS, FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACE DEBOND, FIBER PULLOUT, AND MATRIX YIELDING (WHICH ARE CHARACTERISTICS OF THESEHETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS) WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY PERFORMING A MICRO ...

THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED EXPERT SYSTEM WILL BE PROVEN THROUGH ACHIEVEMENT OF THREE GOALS IN PHASE I. THESE GOALS ARE: 1) DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, 2) DEFINITION OF COST/BENEFITS, AND 3) DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A PROTOTYPE EXPERT SYSTEM ON A PERSONAL COMPUTER. THE OUTPUTS OF PHASE I WILL BE A WRITTEN REPORT AND A WORKING COPY OF THE PROTOTYPE. THE PROPOSED EXPERT SYSTEM WOULD ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS TO INVESTIGATE CURRENT PACKAGING AND LABELING PRACTICES IN THE NAVY AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCEPTS FOR COST-EFFECTIVE IMPROVEMENTS. FOCUS WILL BE ON TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN MARKING AND LABELING PRACTICES AND EQUIPMENT, AND MATERIALS THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROTECTION TO INSENSITIVE MUNITIONS FROM UNPLANNED STIMULI, AS WELL AS INNOVATIVE CONTAINER CONCEPTS THAT ...

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