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Reuse in software engineering is an exciting concept that has yet to be reliably implemented. The number of program subroutines that are truly generic (and therefore applicable across all applications) is limited. However, there are specific applications that are required by many organizations, albeit with a set of constraints specific to each organization. This project proposes to design a too ...

The Air Force's need to identify hostile threats from beyond visual range is an essential goal if air superiority is to be maintained into the next century. One promising avenue of non-cooperative identification lies in the characterization of physical attributes associated with a particular threat. Such physical attributes can be derived from reception and analysis of radar pulses emitted from ...

An existing hypersonic vehicle design code predicts EISP performance increases of 200-400 seconds over traditional single-stage-to-orbit configurations. If realized, such increase may have profound effects on the vehicle weight and maximum airbreathing Mach number. To date, these improved results have only been obtained for vehicles at a specified design point, and no off design analysis has been ...

In this SBIR program, Brimrose proposed to build and develop a miniature solid-state spectrometer capable of determining the identity of individual petrochemical fuels in fluid flow channels and reacting to their presence by automatically implementing safety control processes. Optical spectral analysis will be achieved by utilizing an integrated-optic acousto-optically tunable filter (IOAOTF) impl ...

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Cardinal Scientific Inc., has designed, fabricated and tested a number of lightweight structural support systems that are used in different product applications. Using our modeling capability, we performed a brief computer analysis of the initial loading conditions for this long span roof framing system and found that a truss design can meet the loading requirements. Truss structures use combina ...

We propose to develop DIALOG, an environment for collaborative decision making that will enable health care providers and administrators to model, learn, and reason about their business enterprise. DIALOG will utilize a user-friendly, pen- and gesture-based graphical interface, and will enable "any time/any place" collaboration over shared digital libraries and dynamic "microworld" simulations. ...

This proposal focuses on the development of an in-situ atmospheric sensor capable of identifying and evaluating regions of corrosion occurring specifically on aircraft. The sensor is antiucipated to have an electrode applied on the coating of the test coupon. When this electrode and coupon are exposed to moisture, either by immersion or high humidity, the near de impedance of the coating-metal sys ...

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Passive detection and classification of missiles, aircraft, and units with internal combustion engines and rocket motors beyond the visual horizon is a capability of substantial tactical significance. Electromagnetic radiation from ions in engines has been identified as a potentially exploitable emission. Ions from combustion have been measured with relatively modest equipment in previous studie ...