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Diamondlike multinetwork and network-crystalline atomic-scale composite coatings constitute a new class of materials with unique properties including high adhesion to virtually any substrate (including materials, crystalline and glass dielectrics, plastics), excellant thermal and diffusion barrier properties, good hardness, high elasticity and flexibility, very high thermal shock resistance, extre ...

This proposal describes a basic research effort to establish the feasibility of a cost-effective, modular, high-fidelity, reconfigurable, realtime simulator of radar warning receivers. An open architecture, multi-processor design for the simulator is proposed which will allow individual EW processing functions to be evaluated in the context of full EW system operations in dense, realtime mission s ...

An innovative ESM impulse detection and processing concept is described, incorporating three individual, but complementary, wideband processors used in selected combinations to provide a versatile and cost effective design which can be scaled to the anticipated battlefield or civilian environment. A program is proposed to determine performance and implementation of the individual processors and th ...

ASTROPOWER PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH EFFICIENCY, MONOLITHICALLY INTERCONNECTED THIN SILICON SOLAR CELL ARRAY. THE ARRAY INCORPORATES AN INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUE TO ACHIEVE ELECTRICAL ISOLATION AND INTERCONNECTION OF THE ARRAY ELEMENTS. A MONOLITHICALLY INTERCONNECTED ARRAY TECHNOLOGY OFFERS REDUCED COST AND COMPLEXITY AS WELL AS INCREASED RELIABILITY AND YIELD COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL SO ...

The goal of this project is to create tools to support the formal verification of VHDL designs. Two existing formal verification tools will be enhanced to support VHDL. The first, Spectool, will allow a class of designs, the synchronous finite-state controlled systems, to be specified and verified and then translated into VHDL. This capability will allow VHDL to be used as an interface between Spe ...

The Air Force currently lacks a facililty to perform rapid turn-around parametric evaluation of low-speed, high angle-of-attack configuration development, modifications and flow field investigations. With the current trends in aircraft design and execution driving maneuvering requirements for military aircraft to progressively higher angles of attack the need for such a facility is becoming paramo ...

THE PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY OF EMERGENCY ESCAPE SEATS IS LIMITED AT HIGH AIRPLANE SPEEDS AND LOW ALTITUDES BY THE OCCURRENCE OF WINDBLAST INJURIES. CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART SEATS, AT SPEEDS OF 600 KEAS EXPOSE THE OCCUPANT TO FORCES BEYOND PHYSICALLY TOLERABLE LIMITS, DUE TO LARGE DRAG FORCES ACTING ON THE ESCAPE SYSTEM. FUTURE AIRCRAFT MISSIONS WOULD REQUIRE OPEN SEAT EJECTION AT UP TO 725 KEAS. TH ...

Development of combined Air-Turbo-Rocket(ATC/Scramjet component technology suitable for numerous USAF propulsion missions is proposed. Preliminary component design will focus on attaining fully throttleable boost and sustain thrust, vehicle speeds from Mach 0 to 8, and range as required. Activities during Phase I include: (1) Generator of an ATR/Scramjet system and component analysis methodology b ...

Linguistically-based text generation techniques will be used to automate the generation of software documentation from CASE tools. Two types of software documentation are typically produced: (l) formal documentation describing the structure, interfaces, data types and other mathematical properties of software, and (2) semantic documentation describing the meaning and purpose of software components ...

In situ Thermal Accelerated Vacuum Extraction and Bioremediation processes are proposed for feasibility study. Both Vacuum Extraction and Bioremediation are acceptable means for in situ soil decontamination; however, both have practical limits related to soil temperature. Vacuum Extraction is limited to semi-volatiles, a vapor pressure/molecular weight criteria, while bioremediation is vastly affe ...