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CM SYSTEMS WHICH ARE MULTI-SPECTRAL IN NATURE ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PROTECT ARMY AIRCRAFT IN ADVANCED SCENARIOS DUE TO THE INCREASED SOPHISTICATION AND UTILIZATION OF THE TOTAL SPECTRUM BY ENEMY AIR DEFENSE NETWORKS. IN ORDER TO OPTIMIZE THE ARMY'S POSITION IN THIS MATTER A VITAL NEED EXISTS TO PERFORM A COMPREHENSIVE ENGINEERINGLEVEL ANALYSIS OF ELECTRONIC BATTLEFIELD. IN ORDER TO DETERMINE ...

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A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEPOSITING PHOTOCHROMIC POLYMER COATINGS IS PROPOSED. BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PROVEN POSSIBLE TO DEPOSIT INTRINSICALLY COLORED POLYMER COATINGS AND BECAUSE THE SYSTEM SO WELL BEHAVES THE PHYSICS OF COLLOIDAL CHEMISTRY, IT SEEMS LOGICAL TO ATTEMPT TO EXTEND THE SCIENCE OF PHOTOCHROMIC MATERIALS. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO DEMONSTRATE FEASIBILITY OF A PHOTOCHROMIC ...

TAC PROPOSES TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF DETECTION AND LOCALIZING OIL DRUM SIZE OBJECTS ON/IN THE BOTTOM OF SURF ZONES. THE APPROACH IS TO ANALYZE THE PERFORMANCE PROBABILITIES AND DESIGN FEASIBILITY OF LOW FREQUENCY (20 TO 500 HZ) ACTIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC DESIGNS IN A TOWABLE, SUBMERGED HYDROFOIL CONFIGURATION. DETECTION SYSTEMS WOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED FOR LOCALIZATION BY EITHER NAVIGATIONAL FIX METH ...

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THE FEASIBILITY STUDY INCLUDES R&D TASKS TO INVESTIGATE THE FOLLOWING: A) WORKPIECE CLASSIFICATION; B) WORKPIECE LOCATION AND ORIENTATION, AND C) WORKPIECE SURFACE CONDITION. THESE TASKS INCLUDES PREPROCESSING OF REAL-TIME VIDEO DATA FROM A SPECIAL 3-D VISION SYSTEM, AND APPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED COMPUTER VISION METHODOLOGIES TO CARRY OUT THE INVESTIGATION OF A), B), AND C).

THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING POLYIMIDE PRECURSORS WHICH CANBE DIRECTLY IMAGED BY ELECTRON-BEAMS WILL BE INVESTIGATED. THESE DIELECTRICS WILL HAVE ALL OF THE ADVANTAGES OF POLYIMIDES, AND SAVE PROCESS STEPS BECAUSE THEY WILL BE DIRECTLY IMAGABLE. INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROCESS TESTS WHICH INCLUDE THICKNESS AND UNIFORMITY OF COATINGS, ADHESION TESTS, AND THERMAL STABILITY WILL BE PERFORMED. THE SENSITI ...

A BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAM IS PROPOSED TO STUDY CAPACITIVE ENERGY STORAGE AT 77 K BASED ON CADMIUM-LEAD NIOBATE CERAMICS FOR TWO REASONS: (1) THE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT IS UNUSUALLY LARGE AT THESE TEMPERATURES (\8000); AND (2) THE FERROELECTRIC TRANSITION CAN BE COMPOSITIONALLY ADJUSTED BELOW 77 K. TWO ADVANTAGES ACCRUE: (1) THE STORED ENERGY DENSITY AT 77 K IS MAXIMIZED; AND (2) ON DISCHARGE (I.E., E ...

THIS PROGRAM IS BASED ON THE DISCOVERY OF VARISTOR CHARACTERISTICS AT 4.2 DEGREES K IN A NEW ZNO CERAMIC COMPOSITION, AND ROUGH ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT A SMALL (-0.1 CM) CRYOVARISTOR DEVICE BASED ON THIS MATERIAL WOULD SWITCH AT -4 V AND CARRY -10 KA. IT IS PLANNED TO MEASURE THE ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF THIS ZNO CERAMIC AT HELIUM TEMPERATURES, INCLUDING MEASUREMENTS IN INTENSE MAGNETIC ...