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The U.S. Navy has identified a need for development of an innovative data compression technique to facilitate distribution of video and animated environmental products over low bandwidth communication channels. To address this need, American Research Corporation of Virginia (ARCOVA) proposes the development of an intelligent data compression interface for transmission of video imagery, graphics an ...

Project objectives are to develop an innovative method for estimating total logistics life cycle costs for Navy systems/equipment, provide for trade-off analysis between competing designs, and select the lowest logistics life cycle cost. This exploratory effort will produce a methodology for estimating each of the logistics cost drivers associated with each phase of the life cycle that can be tail ...

Warhead design calculations and weapons effectiveness estimates require a methodology to predict the terminal ballistic structural response and the associated functional damage to operating missile batteries subjected to warhead fragment impacts at speeds up to 16,000 ft/sec. The objectives for the proposed Phase I study effort are to develop a candidate structural representation for the missile b ...

Monopole and dipole antennas have been determined to radiate most efficiently when the size of the antenna is proportional to the frequency being transitted or received, ie.e, one-quarter, one-half or one wavelength. As the operating frequency is varied from that ideal frequency, nulls begin to develolp which threaten the integrity of the communication link. Experience has shown that small excusio ...

Unmanned aircraft and lightweight instruments are a dual-use technology that offer dramatic new opportunities to both the atmospheric research community and to operational missions of the US Navy. Aurora Flight Sciences is the first company in the world to develop an unmanned aircraft, Perseus, specifically for enviromental sensing missions. The purpose of this proposal is to use Perseus as a demo ...

The proposed research will develop a requirements document, demonstration system, and (in Phase II) a working prototype for ASIUWTDA. This decision support system will be designed to operate within the JOTS/NTCSA as a fully contained and integrated package. Its menu structure has already been designed and implemented in demonstration form by the proposing firms. The interface is designed to suppor ...

This proposal research will develop algorithms and systems for optimizing the allocation of acoustic surveillance resources. S S will have access to the best acoustic prediction models and data. Settings which provide good performance in one acoustic enviroriment may be subpar in other envirormients. We propose to design SRAPS to interface with SPARS to take advantage of existing and planned SPARS ...

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The contractor has patented technology for a unique process that directly converts a two-dimensional acoustic disturbance, such as a wave front, into an intensity-mapped visible image in real-time without electronic circuitry; i.e., it is a direct pressure gradient imager. This device can allow a small, battery powered acoustic source to be easily located and ranged using a small flashlight sized ...

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