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INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE IS NORMALLY ACCOMPLISHED BY HIGHLY TRAINED, HIGHLY SKILLED TECHNICANS. THE ABILITY TO PLACE SUCH SKILLED PERSONNEL IN "REMOTE-FIELD POSITIONS" HAS BECOME ECONOMICALLY IMPRACTICAL BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FAILURES THAT OCCUR AND THE HIGH COST OF TRAINING. THIS BEING THE CASE, WE MUST LOOK TO STATE-OF-THE-ART ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO BRING THE EXPERTISE OF THESE ...

THE TACTICS AND DOCTRINE OF THE MODERN BATTLEFIELD DICTATE THE NEED FOR INTELLIGENT MACHINES TO ASSIST HUMAN OPERATORS. THE TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH ENCAPSULATING THE KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNIQUES USED IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO CAPTURE THE REASONING PROCESS THAT HUMAN EXPERTS PERFORM WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON FUTURE COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR THE MILITARY. EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS THE DEVEL ...

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ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT CHALLENGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMART MUNITIONS IS THE DESIGN OF SIMPLE, RELIABLE ROLL (OR ROLL RATE) SENSORS. ROLL SENSORS NOW IN USE ARE USUALLY COMPLEX, EXPENSIVE, LARGE AND/OR HEAVY. THE ELECTRO-OPTICAL ROLL SENSOR PROPOSED IN THIS SBIR PROJECT ATTEMPTS TO OVERCOME THESE SHORTCOMINGS BY UTILIZING THE INHERENT SIZE, POWER, PERFORMANCE AND WEIGHT ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY ...

THIS PROJECT WILL STUDY THE REMOVAL OF SOX FROM COM- BUSTION PROCESS FLUE GASES FOLLOWED BY DIRECT CONVERSION TO ELEMENTAL SULFUR, USING CHELATED IRON THAT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO FORM A CHELATE:FES COMPLEX. THE PROCESS WOULD HAVE SALEABLE ELEMENTAL SULFUR AS THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT BYPRODUCT AND WOULD OPERATE WITH THE CHELATED IRON AS A REGENERABLE CATALYTIC REAGENT. THE REACTIONS TO BE EXAMINED IN THIS ...

THIS PHASE I SBIR PROGRAM PROPOSES TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY (DR), LAMINOGRAPHY, AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) TO EXAMINE LAMINAR BONDS IN COMPOSITE SAMPLES SUPPLIED BY THE ARMY. THE PROJECT WILL UTILIZE DISCRETE, SOLID-STATE X-RAY DETECTORS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY BIO-IMAGING RESEARCH, INC. THE PHASE I PROGRAM WILL ALSO RECOMMEND A PRELIMINARY DESIGN F ...

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THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS AN INTELLIGENT INTERFACE FOR A COMMAND AND CONTROL DECISION-MAKER TRYING TO USE MULTIPLE ARTIFICAL-INTELLIGENCE BASED DECISION AIDS IN A COORDINATED MANNER. IT ADDRESSES THE CRITICAL NEED FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL DECISION-MAKERS TO BE ABLE TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AIDS WITHOUT COMPROMISING THEIR INTUITIVE COGNITIVE APPROACH TO THE REAL TIME AND MULTI-TASKING DEMANDS OF C ...

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