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THIS PROPOSAL COVERS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CRYOCOOLER WITH A REFRIGERATION CAPACITY OF 0.75 WATT AT 20 KELVIN. THE CRYOGENIC UNIT WILL HAVE A VOLUME OF LESS THAN 16 CM3, AND CAN PROVIDE COOLING FOR 5 MINUTES AFTER A COOLDOWN PERIOD OF LESS THAN 20 SECONDS. THE CRYOCOOLER USES A NEW FABRICATION TECHNIQUE THAT LEADS TO A HIGH RELATIVE EFFICIENCY WITH A MINIMUM VOLUME.

THE NEED FOR SOPHISTICATED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT IN NAVY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS CONTINUES TO GROW. HOWEVER, CONVENTIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES ARE NOT CURRENTLY MEETING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF NAVY DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, WHICH REQUIRE EXTENDED CAPABILITIES FOR HANDLING UNCONVENTIONAL DATA FORMATS AND TEMPORAL INFORMATION. IN THIS PROPOSAL, AQUIDNECK MANAGEMENT ASS ...

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 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 ...

COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL TURBOJET/TURBOFAN ENGINES, THE SUPERSONIC COMBUSTION RAMJET (SCRAMJET) IS A MORE EFFICIENT PROPULSION SYSTEM AT HIGH FLIGHT MACH NUMBERS AND ALTITUDE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT DATA TO ASSESS ENGINE CYCLE PAYOFFS. IT IS PROPOSED TO USE A VALIDATED COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) CODE TO PRODUCE THE NEEDED DATA. IN PHASE I, AN EXISTING FAVRE-AVERAGED, COMPRESSIBLE, ...

AN OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND NOVEL THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER ALLOYS WITH HIGH RESISTANCE TO ALL KNOWN HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS. A FURTHER OBJECTIVE WILL BE TO CROSSLINK INDIVIDUAL POLYMERS IN THESE ALLOYS TO FORM NON-MELTING INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS (IPN'S) WHICH WILL EXHIBIT GREATER RESISTANCE TO HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS THAN THE THERMOPLASTIC ALLOYS FROM WHICH THEY ...

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A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF AN ALUMINUM/AIR FUEL CELL TO POWER AN AUV WILL BE DEVELOPED BY ELTECH RESEARCH CORP., A HIGH TECH ELECTROCHEMICAL R&D COMPANY, AND APPLIED REMOTE TECHNOLOGY, INC., AN UAV ENGINEERING CONSULTING FIRM. THE OPERATIONAL, MAINTENANCE, AND RECHARGE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE DETAILED, AND THE ISSUES OF SAFETY AND MODULARITY WILL BE ADDRESSED. PERFORMANCE PROJECTIONS OF THE AL/AIR FUEL C ...