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THE INTENT OF THIS WORK IS TO DEVELOP AN ADVANCED ESTIMATED ALGORITHM FOR MANEUVERING TARGET STATE ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION FOR FIRE CONTROL AND TO DEVELOP A DESIGN OF A VHSIC SYSTOLIC ARRAY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALGORITHM. THE DESIGN OF THE ALGORITHM WILL CONSIDER MANEUVERING TARGETS INCLUDING AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTERS. IT WILL INCLUDE THE USE OF ADVANCED SENSOR INFORMATION SUCH AS AN IMAGERY ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION CONCEPTS FOR APPLICATION OF SUPERVISORY CONTROL TECHNIQUES TO ROBOTIC/TELEOPERATOR SYSTEMS. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART IN MANIPULATOR AND MOBILITY SYSTEM OPERATOR INTERFACE AND CONTROL TECHNIQUES WILL BE EVALUATED AGAINST FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF ANTICIPATED ARMY ROBOTIC/TELEOPERATOR APPLICATIONS TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS HANDLING ...

INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF DESIGNING FOR PRODUCIBILITY. KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS NOW OFFER CONSIDERABLE PROMISE IN THIS FIELD. IF THE GROUND DATA FOR THE INFERENCES OF SUCH A SYSTEM CAN BE CAPTURED DIRECTLY FROM A DESIGN DRAWING THEN ANALYSIS CAN BE CONDUCTED WITH THE AID OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM AND RESULTS MADE AVAILABLE AT A CAD WORKSTATION TO PROMPT IMMEDIATE REVISION IF ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD OF GENERATING EFFECTIVENESS MEASURES FOR USER TESTING OF C2 SYSTEMS. THE MEASURE, CALLED A "MOMENT-TO MOMENT" (MTM) MEASURE, INDICATES THE IMPACT OF PERFORMANCE OF EACH COMMAND GROUP TASK ON OVERALL BATTLE SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS. IN ADDITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD FOR GENERATING THE MEASURE, IT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP A MTM ...

A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A SIMULATION OF ONE-VERSUS-ONE HELICOPTER AIR-TO-AIR COMBAT IS PROPOSED. IT WILL PROVIDE A POWERFUL ANALYTIC TOOL FOR EXPLORING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HELICOPTER DESIGNS, WEAPONS, AND SENSORS AS WELL AS TACTICS AND ENVIRONMENTS. THE EFFORT BUILDS UPON THE EXISTING TAC BRAWLER COMPUTER SIMULATION OF AIR-TO-AIR COMBAT INVOLVING FIXED WING AIRCRAFT. IT EMPLOYS EXPLICIT REPRESENTATI ...

EFFECTIVE USE OF CURRENT FUNCTIONAL AND PROCESS ORIENTED REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THEIR STATIC NATURE AND COMPLEX NOTATIONS. THESE METHODOLOGIES HAVE MOLDED REQUIREMENTS INTO A FUNCTIONAL FRAMEWORK WITH A SYSTEM BEING DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF WHAT IT DOES, NOT WHAT IT IS. OBJECT ORIENTED REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS, AN EXPRESSIVE AND EASILY ADAPTABLE REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS ME ...

EDWARDS COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRO-OPTICS (ECE) WILL DEFINITIVELY DETERMINE THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY OF USING ECE'S REMOTELY OPERABLE SENSORS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS FOR EARLY WARNING OF IMMINENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WILL PERFORM A 'PROOF OF PRINCIPLE' EXPERIMENT TO DEMONSTRATE THE PROPRIETARY PROTECTION CONCEPT. THE ALL-PASSIVE, FIELD SENSORS EMBODY ECE'S PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY ...

A NOVEL METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT, NON-INVASIVE IN-SITU PHOTODIODE EVALUATION ON THE WAFER IS PROPOSED. THE PROPOSED METHOD IS BASED ON A MODIFIED FORM OF THE SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE (STM). ALTHOUGH PRIMARILY A TOOL FOR MATERIALS SURFACE RESEARCH, WE BELIEVE THE TECHNIQUE CAN BE ADAPTED TO MEASURE CURRENT THROUGH THE DIODE VIA TUNNELING FROM THE PROBE TIP TO THE CONTACTIVE PADS OF THE DIODES. I ...