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THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERIOR SEA WATER BATTERIES INCORPORATING RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED AMORPHOUS PALLADIUM-SILICON CATHODES AND RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED CRYSTALLINE ALUMINUM ALLOY ANODES. THE SEA WATERBATTERY PERFORMANCE WILL BE EVALUATED AND THE CORROSION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ANODE WILL BE CORRELATED WITH THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND ALLOY COMPOSITION OF THE ANODE MATERIAL. ...

A PROMISING METHOD OF SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE OPERATING SPEEDS OF ROBOTS WILL BE INVESTIGATED. THE PRIMARY ROBOT SPEED LIMITATION IS FROM RESONANCES IN THE ARM, AND THE ASSOCIATED DIFFICULTY OF CONTROL LAW DESIGN. THE PROPOSED APPROACH FOCUSES ON ANNIHILATING THE VIBRATIONS AS THE ARM APPROACHES THE ENDPOINT OF ITS MANEUVER WHICH IS USUALLY THE ONLY POINT WHERE STRINGENT ACCURACY IS REQUIRED. ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT NUMERICAL ALGORITHM (COMPUTER CODE) CAPABLE OF DETERMINING THE UNKNOWN MATERIAL COMPOSITION AND SHAPE OF AN ARBITRARY TARGET FROM THE MEASURED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN THE FAR FIELD REGION WILL ENHANCE THE CAPABILITY OF THE DEFENSE RADAR SYS-TEM TO DEFEAT KNOWN EVASIVE SCHEMES. THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY IMPROVING THE PROVEN ITERATIVE NUMERICAL ALGORITHM, GENERALIZED P ...

SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC MATERIALS WILL BE TESTED FOR THEIR PROCESSABILITY IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING. THE MATERIALS TO BE TESTED INCLUDE POLYPHENYLENE, POLYPHTHALOCYANINES, POLYACRYLONITRILES, TETRATHIAFULVENE HALIDES, AND POLYSILASTYRENE. THESE MATERIALS, WHEN PROPERLY DOPED, HAVE GOOD ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES AS WELL AS MAINTAINING EXCELLENT THERMAL STABILITY OF 400 DEG C. RATHER THAN D ...

THE MILITARY SERVICES ARE IN CONSTANT NEED OF IMPROVEMENTS IN PERFORMANCE OF ALL TYPES OF BATTERIES. NORMALLY, THESE IMPROVEMENTS COME IN THE FORM OF SMALL EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES IN PRODUCTION METHODS AND MATERIALS, AND OCCASIONALLY AS A STEPWISE CHANGE DUE TO USE OF A NEW BASIC MATERIAL. THE PRESENT SOLICITATION TOPIC SEEKS A NEW APPROACH THAT WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER STEP IMPROVEMENT, OR HOPEFULLY, EV ...

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES A TECHNIQUE FOR DEVELOPING A PERFORMANCE METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATING ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS. THE METHODOLOGY PROPOSED IS BASED ON RESEARCH DONE BY THE FUTURES GROUP UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. THE METHODOLOGY, TERMED "STATE OF THE ART" (SOA) TECHNOLOGY MEASUREMENT ANALYSIS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY USED TO ANALYZ ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPRESSION PROJECTILE ACCELERATOR THAT CAN MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION AS KINETIC ENERGY WEAPON IS PROPOSED. THE PRINCIPAL VIRTUE OF THE PROPOSED CONCEPT, IN ADDITION TO SIMPLICITY AND HIGH EFFICIENCY TYPICAL OF ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHER CONCEPTS PRESENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT IS ITS EXPECTED RELIABILITY DUE TO THE FACT THAT, IN CONTRAST TO RAIL GUNS, C ...

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RESEARCH WORK ON INTELLIGENT MOBILE MACHINES IS HINDERED BY THE LACK OF MOBILE ROBOT BASES SUITABLE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. TRC WILL WORK WITH DARPA AND DARPA RESEARCHERS TO DEVELOP REQUIREMENTS, ANALYZE AND SELECT THE DRIVE SYSTEM, AND DESIGN THE CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBSYSTEMS. DRIVE OPTIONS TO BE ANALYZED INCLUDE A VARIETY OF WHEELED, TRACKED, AND OTHER MOBILITY SYSTEMS. COMPUTER CONT ...