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WE PROPOSE TO ANALYZE THE PERFORMANCE OF LOW FREQUENCY SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC FIELD MEASURING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING THIN FILM ELEMENTS. BASED UPON THIS ANALYSIS, WE WILL DEVELOP THIN FILM DESIGNS FOR: 1. THIN FILM PICKUP LOOPS FOR MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT MEASUREMENT; 2. THIN FILM DC SQUID, AND 3. INTEGRATED GRADIENT MEASURING SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A THIN FILM PICKUP COIL AND THIN FILM SQUID ON A SING ...

THE PROPOSED SPREAD-SPECTRUM DETECTION AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION TECHNIQUE, THE SPECTRAL CORRELATION DISCRIMINATOR (SCD), PROVIDES A MEANS OF PROCESSING WIDE-BAND SPREAD-SPECTRUM SIGNALS CORRUPTED BY COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE. THE SCD DISCRIMINATES AGAINST INTERFERING SIGNALS THAT DO NOT EXHIBIT CERTAIN SPECTRAL CORRELATION PROPERTIES. THE SPECTRAL CORRELATION OF A SIGNAL DEPENDS ON ITS SIGNAL PARAMET ...

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED CHEMICAL SYSTEMS WOULD BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THE AVAILABILITY OF NEW INSPECTION TECHNIQUES WHICH COULD IMAGE MATERIALS WITH SUBMIRCON RESOLUTION. BENEFITS OF SUCH A CAPABILITY WOULD INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO NONDESTRUCTIVELY EXAMINE SAMPLES IN THREE DIMENSIONS TO HIGH RESOLUTION; OBTAIN SPATIALLY RESOLVED CHEMICAL ELEMENT MAPS; EXAMINE FILLER PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; MA ...

THREE DIFFERENT TRACK SMOOTHING ALGORITHMS WILL BE EVALUATED USING AN AUTOMATIC TRACKING SYSTEM DRIVEN BY BOTH A RADAR TARGET SIMULATOR AND A PASSIVE TARGET (ESM) SIMULATOR. THE ACTIVE TRACK SMOOTHING ALGORITHMS ARE ALSO TESTED USING PLAYBACK OF PREVIOUSLY RECORDED LIVE RADAR DATA. ALL PROCESSING IS PERFORMED ON IBM PC-COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS USING EXISTING HARDWARE, AND EXISTING SOFTWARE MODIFIED WI ...

IN THE PHASE I EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT EFFORT, AKM ASSOCIATES PROPOSES TO PERFORM AN ADA RUNTIME SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS BASED ON THE STUDY OF A NUMBER OF REAL-TIME EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS DEFINE A METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE RUNTIME SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMON NAVY COMBAT SYSTEMS USING ADA. THE OVERALL EFFORT WILL CONSIST OF FOUR STEPS: (1) IDENTIFY THE CRITICAL AREAS OF EMBEDDED ...

THERE IS A CONSTANT NEED FOR LESS COSTLY AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE SENSORS, FOR WHICH LARGE NUMBERS OF THESE SENSORS ARE REQUIRED. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO PERFORM STUDIES LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) ALTITUDE SENSOR FOR AVIONICS AIR-DATA INSTRUMENTATION. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A HIGH PERFORMANCE ALTITUDE SENSOR WHICH WILL UTILIZE STATE-OF-THE ...

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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 ...