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SENSITIVITY OF STELLAR GUIDANCE OPTICS IS LIMITED BY REFLECTION OF STRAY LIGHT INSIDE THE OPTICAL SYSTEM. IMPROVEMENT BY 50-100% OR MORE CAN BE OBTAINED WITH A BLACK COATING, DISCOVERED BY CHARLES FELDMAN AT JOHNS HOPKINS APPLIED PHYSICS LABROATORY, CONSISTING OF SUBMICROSCOPIC COLUMNS OF AMORPHOUS SILICON PRODUCED BY ETCHING THE SURFACE OF A SOLID SILICON LAYER. THE PROGRAM, WITH DR. FELDMAN AS C ...

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 ...

THE MARINE CORPS TRAINS ITS COMMANDERS AND THEIR STAFFS UNDER A NUMBER OF CONSTRAINTS (TIME, MONEY, TRAINING AREAS, ETC.) NEW C3I SYSTEMS AND WEAPON SYSTEMS REQUIRE MORE TRAINING THAN EVER BEFORE. ONE INNOVATIVE TOOL THE MARINE CORPS HAS DEVELOPED IS THE TACTICAL WARFARE SIMULATION EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM (TWSEAS) IT IS, HOWEVER, BECOMING OBSOLETE AND ITS REPLACEMENT WILL REQUIRE CAREFUL AN ...

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A SONOBUOY ON THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CAN ACHIEVE LONG DETECTION RANGES BY USE OF THE RELIABLE ACOUSTIC PATH (RAP). BY PUTTING AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSOR IN THE BUOY TO DO SPECTRUM ANALYSIS AND CONTACT REPORT GENERATION, THE DATA TRANSMITTED TO SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT CAN BE REDUCED TO SHORT BURSTS ON A SCHEDULE THAT MEETS PATROL AIRCRAFT REVISIT REQUIREMENTS FOR INCREASED AIRCRAFT UTILIZATION AT ...

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