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THE DISTRIBUTION AND ACCESS OF DATA IN A HIGHLY DECENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION CREATES SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS AND INEFFICIENCIES IN MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, AND HUMAN RESOURCES. THREE STANDARDS PROGRAMS, IISS, PDES, AND GOSIP ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF MULTI-VENDOR DATABASE ACCESS. THESE STANDARDS ARE ESSENTIAL, HOWEVER THEY CAN ONLY BE APPLIED TO "GREENFIELD" FACILITIES OR ISOLATED APPLICATIONS. BILLIONS OF ...

IT IS DESIRED TO REDUCE BOTH THE COST AND THE WEIGHT OF THE CURRENT M855 CARTRIDGE. THE CARTRIDGE CASE IS THE MOST VIABLE COMPONENT OF THE ASSEMBLY IN WHICH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT CAN BE MADE. CONCEPT ANALYSIS CORPORATION (CAC) PROPOSES HEREIN A PROTOTYPE DESIGN OF THE NEW M855 CARTRIDGE. THIS DESIGN MAKES EXTENSIVE USE OF A GLASS FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMERIC RESIN AND IS PROJECTED TO REDUCE THE WE ...

OCCUPANT INJURY CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED BY THE INCORPORATION OF PADDING OF HARD SURFACES IN VEHICLE INTERIORS. SEVERAL INTERIOR HARD SURFACES SUCH AS ROOF HEADER, A-PILLAR, AND B-PILLAR ARE DIFFICULT TO PAD DUE TO LIMITED SPACE. WAT IS NEEDED IS AN INFLATABLE PLASTIC BI-LAYER THAT COULD BE ATTACHED TO HARD SURFACES AND GIVE ACCEPTABLE WEAR AND APPEARANCE WHEN UNINFLATED, YET BE INFLATABLE DUR ...

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THIS PROPOSAL IDENTIFIES A STRATEGY, BASED ON NEW OFF-THE-SHELF TOOLS, PROTOTYPING, AND INTERACTION WITH MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, FOR DEVELOPING INFORMATION PRESENTATION GUIDELINES WHICH SUPPORT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WITH VARIOUS EXPERIENCE LEVELS, THE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH THE MAINTENANCE IS PERFORMED, THE DIFFERENT MEDIA AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE INFORMATION DISPLAY, AND THE COST-EFFECTIVE OF IMPLEMENT ...

KVH INDUSTRIES PROPOSES TO THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE BOTH CONVENTIONAL AND INNOVATIVE USES FOR THE SELF POWERED VEHICLE DETECTOR (SPVD) AND TO MODIFY THE EXISTING DESIGN, IF REQUIRED, TO MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW APPLICATIONS. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE PROPOSED SBIR PHASE IEFFORT CAN BE SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVES: RESEARCH INTO THE VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF SPVD TECHNOLOGY AND ...

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THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM IS TO EXPLOIT SOME NEWLY DISCOVERED ALLOY PHASES BASED ON ALLOY-MODIFIED CUBIC AL3TI AS COATING MATERIALS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE TITANIUM BASED ALLOYS. THE NEW ALLOYS FORMED BY ADDING CHROMIUM OR MANGANESE TO AL3TI READILY FORM A DESIRABLE SCALE OF AL2O3 IN OXIDIZING ATMOSPHERES AND HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND OXIDATION RESISTANCE (AT 2200 DEG ...

DOWEL BARS HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN USED AS AN IMPORTANT LOADTRANSFER MECHANISM ON OUR FEDERAL HIGHWAYS. A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM OCCURRS WITH THE USE OF THESE BARS DUE TO RUST AND RESULTANT SPALLING AND CRACKING CONCRETE. COMPOSITE REINFORCING BARS (CRB) HAVE BECOME WIDELY USED FOR CRACK CONTROL IN MANY REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES EXPOSED TO AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTS. A LIMITED AMOUNT OF DATA IS AVA ...