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A cognitive computing natural-language question/answer system for defense contracting documents is proposed. The results of the Phase I effort are discussed. A detailed Phase II technical plan is presented. This includes refinements to the Phase I work, extended build-out and testing of the proposed system. Implementation plans are presented.

ABSTRACT:In Phase II Distributed Communication Systems (DCS) proposes to improve the operational abilities of first in warfighters to transmit real-time weather data for ingestion into the AFW enterprise and receive up-to-date weather products, both text based and graphical, from AF-WEBs in support of their mission from anywhere on earth. DCS plans to accomplish this by building off of the success ...

Fiber Materials Inc. teamed with Boeing Corporation propose to design and manufacture representative Common Aero-Vehicle (CAV) acreage TPS sections that will satisfactorily fulfill the currently planned trajectory for the global reach vehicle. The TPS sections will include the aero-shell surface structure (including any coatings or treatments), insulating materials, and support structures. This ...

The purpose of the proposed Phase II research is to develop a prototype of the TFLAMES core software model. This model and attendant sub-routines will make it possible to calculate the stress and life of each individual engine component using actual flight data in near-real time, replacing the current method of using analysis of generic missions and bookkeeping Total Accumulated Cycles (TAC). In ...

Our country is now faced with new challenging terrorist threats to our civil infrastructure and transportation segments. Meeting these challenges will require high performance material developments on a grand scale, which have the capability of meeting minimum ballistic requirements from handgun threats and the containment of high velocity fragments from the use of explosive devices. In Phase I a ...

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FIBER MATERIALS, INC. (FMI) PROPOSES SENSORS WHICH CAN BE EMBEDDED IN PAVEMENT TO MEASURE STRESS AND STRAIN FROM TRUCKS PASSING OVER AT SPEEDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE SIMPLE, DURABLE SENSORS WILL BE MADE FROM PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES WHICH ACT AS PASSIVE SENSORS AND DEVELOP A CHARGE PROPORTIONAL TO THE APPLIED PRESSURE. THE CHARGE IS CONVERTED TO A VOLTAGE WHICH IS RECORDED ON NEARBY EQUIPMENT. THE PH ...

A DEFINITION OF THE INFLUENCE OF HEATING RATE ON THE MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF PHENOLIC COMPOSITES USED IN ROCKET MOTOR COMPONENTS IS REQUIRED. IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL, IT IS NECESSARY TO FIRST DEFINE THE INDEPTH TIME-TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF THESE PHENOLIC COMPONENTS SUBJECTED TO THE MOTOR ENVIRONMENT. ONCE THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, THE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES WHICH HAVE BEEN USED ...

CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES ARE USEFUL HIGH TEMPERATURE STRUCTURAL MATERIALS OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR THEIR USE IN HOT, OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS, BUT PROTECTION SYSTEMS HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED TO PREVENT OXIDATION WHICH POSES A SERIOUS PROBLEM ABOVE 400 DEGREE C. CONVENTIONAL OXIDATION RESISTANT COATING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING THIN LAYERS OF EITHER SIC OR SI N CRACK WHILE UNDERGOING LARGE TEMPERATURE CHANGES DUE ...