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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEMONSTRATE A PROTOTYPE CONTROLLER FOR A HOWITZER USING A HYBRID NETWORK AND PRODUCTION RULE SYSTEM. THE RESULTING ADAPTIVE CONTROLLER WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A REVOLUTIONARY CONTROLLER CAPABLE OF ADAPTING IN A DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT, MONITORING AND DIAGNOSING BEHAVIOR, AND PREDICTING FUTURE FAULTS AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. ABTECH HAS DEVE ...

IN ORDER FOR ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT GENERATION, IT MUST EVOLVE FROM STANDALONE COMPONENT OPERATION TO THE CONCEPT OF TOTALLY INTEGRATED SYSTEMS OF MANY CONCURRENTLY EXECUTING SUBSYSTEMS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING. FURTHER, THIS TECHNOLOGY MUST SUPPORT ADDITIONAL SYSTEM ACTIVITIES SUCH AS REAL-TIME DIAGNOSTICS, DECISION AID SUPPORT, BUILT-IN TRAINING, AND REAL-TIME RECONFIGURATI ...

Satellite Communication (SATCOM) is a necessity for teams (military or commercial) that are deployed away from their parent organizations. Unfortunately they may not have sufficient power supply/battery capability. By combining a SATCOM Antenna and Solar Cell Array protable, lightweight, and self-sufficient SATCOM Radio will increase the teams efficiency. Astron's experience in the design of UHF S ...

1A systematic means of studying the models which are currently available in the field for establishing a relationship between Digital Terrain Data accuracy and detail to the ability of a unit to perform its mission is to be determined. The approach involves an anlysis of the unit mission into the essential functions to accomplish that mission, and then proceeds to analyze the effect of the Digital ...

ORGANOPHOSPHORUS ACID ANYDRASES (OPA) HAVE ENORMOUS POTENTIAL TO BE USED IN THE DECONTAMINATION AND DEMILITARIZATION OF EXTREMELY TOXIC CHEMICALS THAT INHIBIT CHOLINESTERASE. AS THE NUMBER OF OPAS BEING DISCOVERED IS EXPANDING RAPIDLY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO PRODUCE AND PURIFY SAMPLES OF THE MORE INTERESTING OPAS FOR COMPARISION BY DETAILED BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZTION OF THEI ...

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Misacylated transfer RNA's bearing unusual amino acids will be prepared on a preparative scale and employed in in vitro protein biosynthesizing systems to produce polypeptides containing one or more modified amino acids at predetermined positions. The specific goals of the project include (i) determination of the feasibility of preparing misacylated tRNA's on a preparative scale, (ii) assessment o ...

THE USE OF IRRADIATION (TYPICALLY ELECTRON BEAM PROCESSING) TECHNIQUES TO CURE COMPOSITE MATERIALS OFFERS SEVERAL ADVANTAGES: (1) CURING AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES (2) REDUCED CURING TIMES (3) CONTINUOUS OPERATION ALLOWING IMMEDIATE NEXT PROCESS (4) IMPROVED RESIN STABILITY (5) LESS ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION (6) INCREASED DESIGN FLEXIBILITY THROUGH PROCESS CONTROL A REVIEW AND SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR ...

Decision Science Associates, Inc. (DSA) proposes to design and prototype an automated decision aid for the assessment of pre-flight risk by Army rotorcraft pilots. This aid will support the rapid assessment of risk based on readily available information. Phase I consists of 4 tasks. In Task 1 we will identify sources of information and determine the critical predictive factors and the types of dat ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PLAN FOR DEFINING THE FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INCORPORATION OF AIR-TO-GROUND AND COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR CAPABILITIES INTO THE HELICOPTER AIR-TO-AIR VALUE-DRIVEN ENGAGEMENT MODEL (HAVDEM). HAVDEM IS AN ENGAGEMENT LEVEL SIMULATION OF HELICOPTER AIR-TO-AIR COMBAT DEVELOPED BY DSA AND THE AVSCOM AVIATION APPLIED TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE (AATD) AT FT. EUSTIS. ITS PHYSICAL ...