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AN INCREASING WORLDWIDE AWARENESS OF POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE CLANDESTINE EXPLOSIVES TRANSPORT ONTO AIRCRAFT HAS UNDERSCORED EFFORTS TO DEVELOP METHODS TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE THIS POTENTIAL SOURCE OF AIR DISASTERS. WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AN INCREASED IMPORTANCE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY DIRECTED TOWARD HIGHLY SENSITIVE AND SELECTIVE DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES. RECENT P ...

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INTEGRATED DAMAGE CONTROL SYSTEMS (IDCS) HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE MONITORING, DECISION-MAKING, AND RESPONSE TO SHIPBOARD EMERGENCIES. ULTIMATELY, IMPLIMENTATION OF THESE SYSTEMS MAY REDUCE MANPOWER. THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE OF PHASE I WILL BE TO PROVIDE THE USCG WITH SEVERAL DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR INSTALLING IDCS ON USCG SHIPS. THIS WILL INCLUDE ALTERNATIVES FOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AS A FUNCTIO ...

EXISTINT TRAFFIC DETECTION EQUIPMENT DOES NOT PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF THEPROPOSED IVHS (INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEM) FUNCTIONS AND IS FRAGMENTED AMONG DIFFERENT SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, DVP PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NEW, DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (DSP)-BASED VEHICLE DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY AIMED AT PROVIDING A FLEXIBLE, HIGHLY-CONFIGURABLE FRAMEWORK FOR THE ECONOMICAL AND ...

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THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) HAS LONG BEEN INTERESTED IN THE MITIGATION OF HAZARDS TO LIFE SAFETY FROM FIRE ONBOARD COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERIOR FIRE RETARDANT (FR) ADDITIVES FOR POLYMERIC MATERIALS, WHICH MIGHT BE USED IN THE INTERIORS OF AIRCRAFT, IS ONE WAY TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL EXAMINE THE EFFICACY OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FIRE RETAR ...

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 ...

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THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING A VISUALLY8ORIENTED DATABASE OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN AT THE STATE LEVEL UNDER ISTEA. THESE ENHANCEMENTS COULD INCLUDE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS, LANDSCAPING AND SCENIC ENCHANCEMENTS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND MITIGATION OF HIGHWAY RUNOFF IMPACTS ON WATER QUALITY. THE GOAL OF THE DATAB ...

AVAILABLE NDT TECHNIQUES CAN DETECT RELATIVELY LARGE DEFECTS IN DRILLED SHAFTS. TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SIZE OR SHAPE OF THE DEFECT, SOME TECHNIQUES REQUIRE EMBEDDING SENSORS INSIDE OF HAVING ACCESS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE SHAFTS. SUCH REQUIREMENTS LIMIT THEIR APPLICABILITY TO NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SHAFTS AND ALSO COMPLICATE THE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION PROCESSES. IN THE STRESS WAVE APPROACH, ...