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THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER (TPE) BY INJECTION MODLING OFFERS AN ALTERNATE METHOD FOR FORMING CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE GLOVES A SOCMPARED TO THE CONVENTONAL DIP PROCESS USING BUYTL RUBBER SOLUTIONS. THE ADVENT OF VARIOUS TPES WITH OLEFINIC, STYRENIC, URETHANE, ENGINEERING RESINS AND ALLOYS AND BLENDS OFFER THE ADVANTAGE OF INJECTION MODLING PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN CONVENTIONALLY MADE BY ELASTOMER COMPOUND ...

ICE PHOBIC COATING MATERIAL, CURRENTLY USED BY THE U.S. NAVY SURFACE SHIPS OPERATING IN ARCTIC REGIONS AND NORTH AATLANTIC, IS ENVIRONMENTALLY UNSTABLE, PRASITIC, AND SACRIFICIAL IN NATURE. THIS PAPER PRESENTS A TECHNICAL APPROACH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TOP COAT/PAINT THAT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY STABLE, MAINTENANCE FREE WITH BUILT-IN RESISTANCE TO ICE AND FROST ACCERTION OR FORMATIO ...

THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A NOVEL MINIATURE PULSE WIDTH MODULATED POWER DRIVER FOR ACTUATORS, I.E. DC MOTOR. THE POWER DRIVER WILL DELIVER 50 AT 50VDO IN A DOUBLE INON PACKAGE. THIS COMPACT DESIGN CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE COMBINATION OF MODER POWER SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, PROPRIETORY CIRCUIT DESIGN, AND STATE-OF-THE-ART PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY WHICH UTILIZES NEW HEAT CONDUCTIVE ...

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ADVANCED PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS (APC) PROPOSES TO EXPAND A PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED TACTICAL DISPLAY SYSTEM (TDS) TO ORIENT IT FOR USE BY TANK AND OTHER ARMORED VHEICLE COMMANDERS. THIS TDS WILL (FOR PHASE I) BE UPDATED VIA SMALL VHF PORTABLE RADIOS USING X.25 PROTOCOL. THE TACTICAL DISPLAY WILL CONSIST OF TERRAIN, OWN UNIT POSITION, FRIENDLY AND ENEMY UNIT POSITIONS AND MAP OVERLAYS FOR REFERENCE. FREE ...

COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS DEPEND ON GROUND SUPPORT FOR NAVIGATION. THE GROUND SOLUTION CAN BE COSTLY AND MAY PROVIDE LESS ACCURACY THAN NEEDED. A GPS-BASED REAL-TIME AUTONOMOUS SPACECRAFT NAVIGATION SYSTEM IS PROPOSED. AN ALGORITHM WILL BE DEVELOPED WHICH COMBINES GPS-DERIVED POINT POSITION ESTIMATES WITH A PROPAGATED A PRIORI POSITION ESTIMATE. THE POINT POSITIONS ARE ...

THIS PROJECT INVOLVES ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF SEVERAL CONFIGURATIONS FOR PASSIVE AIRBLAST VALVES TO STRONGLY ATTENUATE BLAST FROM CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS. DESIGN GOALS ARE ATTENUATION OF INCIDENT BLAST OVERPRESSURES BY AT LEAST TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE, WHILE OFFERING NO MORE RESTRICTION TO NORMAL AIRFLOW THAN EXISTING ACTIVE BLAST VALVES. WE PROPOSE TO BASE OUR DESIGNS ON VENTED PANEL CONFIGURATIONS W ...

THE PROBLEM OF INTEREST IS TO IMPROVE PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES BY DECREASING THE TRAINING TIME FOR ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (ANN) AND INCREASING THE ROBUTNESS OF THE RECALL OF ANN. WE PROPOSE TO DECREASE TRAINING TIME BY INTRODUCING MORPHOLOGICALLY BASED RECONFIGURABLE SAMPLING ARRAYS. WE WILL INCREASE THE FAULT TOLERANCE OR ROBUSTNESS OF OBJECT DETECTION TASKS BY INTRODUCING A HYBIRD MODE ...

AN INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM (ITS) WILL BE DEVELOPED AND INCORPORATED INTO A PROTOTYPE PC-BASED DESKTOP TRAINER FOR COMBAT FORWARD OBSERVERS AND FORWARD AIR CONTROLLERS. THIS TRAINER WILL USE DIGITAL VIDEO INTERACTIVE (DVI) TECHNOLOGY TO PRESENT THE TRAINEE WITH A SERIES OF HIGHLY REALISTIC INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS OF THE FORWARD OBSERVER/CONTROLLER'S COMBAT ENVIRONMENT. THIS TRAINER MAKES EXTENS ...

CURRENT DEFENSE CENTRIFUGES FOR HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION ARE MORE THAN 25 YEARS OLD, ARE LIMITED IN THE PROFILES WHICH THEY REPRODUCE, AND INTRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SIMULATION ARTIFACT. A RANGE OF SIGNIFICANT PROFILES EXISTS WHICH CANNOT BE ADEQUATELY SIMULATED WITH CURRENT CENTRIFUGES, IMPACT FACILITIES, OR SPATIAL DISORIENTATION TRAINERS. THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL PROFILES WHICH CO ...