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A novel coating technology is proposed for increased wear and improved li fe and reliability of commutator bars in electrical sliding devices found in manned and unmanned underwater vehlilles. Diamond-Like Nanocomposite (DLN) coatings represent a famil Of thiWrfilms that bxhibit unique combinations of technologically interesting properties including high adhesion to virtually any substrate (inclu ...

A preliminary design for a despun control section for a spinning cannon launched projectile will be developed. It will incorporate the electronic packaging scheme of IDC (patent pending) and a variant of the CHAMP system that has been under development by Sanders for 10 years. The proposed design will be ultra-lightweight, extremely compact, very strong and inexpensive. System design issues wil ...

The Navy is imposing weight limits on the Cooperative Engagement (CeC) Program, the electronic equipment racks presently used by the Navy are very heavy and expensive to produce, this Program will develop a lightweight rack which will meet the operational requirements and be less expensive to product. Military systems are becoming increasingly complex and have to meet a larger arra of requirement ...

Throughput has been an issue for embedded and stand-alone real-time systems for many years. Systems rarely exhibit the performance necessary for successful operation in the field without significant rework to reduce time requirements after the initial software development. SPS proposes Project Tempus to develop a software measure that predicts the performance of a real-time system early in its d ...

THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE NEED TO PROVIDE AN AUTOMATIC BEST SOURCE SELECTION OR BEST DATA ESTIMATE FOR UP TO SIX SPACE-DIVERSIFIED SOURCES OF TELEMETRY DATA. AN AUTOMATED BEST SOURCE SELECTOR IS PROPOSED WHICH MEETS THE REQUIREMENT WITH THREE OUTPUT MODES; A BEST SOURCE SELECTION, A BEST ESTIMATE VIA MAJORITY VOTING, AND COMBINED MODE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY OUTPUTS THE BEST SOURCE WHEN AT LEAST ONE ...

A SHALLOW WATER SONAR SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED AND ANALYZED USING A UNIQUE RAY-BASED SHALLOW WATER PROPAGATION AND REVERBERATION MODEL. THE BASELINE CANDIDATE SYSTEM IS A PLANAR ARRAY SONAR IN A VDS CONFIGURATION. THE ARRAY USES LIGHTWEIGHT CYLINDRICAL TRANSMITTING ELEMENTS AND DIFAR RECEIVING ELEMENTS TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN A COMPACT CONFIGURATION. ITS SIZE AND WEIGHT ARE APPROPRIATE ...

SPS SHALL UNDERTAKE AND R&D EFFORT TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF AN "INTELLIGENT EXPERT ASSISTANT" WHICH APPLIES EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY IN CONJUNCTION WITH COMPUTER-AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (CASE) TOOLS FOR STRUCTURED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT. THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVE IS TO SHOW THAT HIGHER-QUALITY, FASTER, AND MORE EFFICIENT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IS ACHIEVABLE WITH AN EXPERT SY ...

THE PHASE I PROGRAM WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-TEMPERATURE, HIGH-SPEED TURBINE WHEEL DRIVEN BY HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMPRESSED AIR. CONCEPTS AND DETAILS WILL BE FORMULATED AND DESIGNED WITH REGARD TO EFFICIENCY, WEIGHT, COST, OPERATING PARAMETERS, AND RELIABILITY. OVERALL SIZE OF THE TURBINE WHEEL WILL BE LESS THAN 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER. TURBINE WHEEL/NOZZLE CONFIGURATIONS WILL B ...

CONAX HAS EXTENDED THE EXPERIENCE GAINED IN 14 YEARS OF ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL PENETRATORS TO SEALING DEVICES FOR FIBER OPTICS. FIBER OPTIC PENETRATORS WITH A TOTAL OPTICAL LOSS OF 0.3 DB AT 10,000 PSI HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED. AN INNOVATIVE USE OF COMPRESSIVE SEALING IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP A PENETRATOR FOR SINGLE MODE FIBER WHICH IS MORE RUGGED AND HAS A WIDER OPERATING TEMPERATUR ...

U.S.M.C. CURRENT MUST MAINTAIN TWO SEPARATE SYSTEMS FOR MID AIR REFUELING; A LOW SPEED SYSTEM FOR HELICOPTERS AND A HIGH SPEED SYSTEM FOR JETS. THIS STUDY PROPOSES A RETROFIT TO EACH SYSTEM FOR DUAL PURPOSE FUNCTIONS.