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THE DOD SOFTWARE INITIATIVE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED THE CHALLENGES FOR FUTURE SYSTEMS. THEY WILL HAVE TO BE LARGER AND MORE COMPLEX, DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED MORE RAPIDLY, AND MAINTAINED OVER LONGER PERIODS. TRADITIONAL PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES, HOWEVER, APPEAR TO HAVE REACHED THEIR LIMITS, MAKING MUCH LARGER SOFTWARE SYSTEMS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN. AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH, CALLED FUNC ...

IN THIS PHASE I EFFORT WE PROPOSE TO DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF A PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING INFRARED DEVICE THAT ACCURATELY AND IN REAL-TIME PROFILES ATMOSPHERICTEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, AND REFRACTIVE INDEX. THIS PROPOSED EFFORT IS A LOGICAL EXTENSION OF A PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL ALGORITHM STUDY WITH THE ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE. SINCE THEIR CHARTER IS FOR BASIC THEORET ...

DESIGN OF EFFECTIVE MAN-MACHINE INTERFACES (MMI) IS CRITICAL TO THE OPERATIONAL EFECTIVENESS OF INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS. UNFORTUNATELY, MMI DESIGN FLAWS USUALLY ARE NOT UNCOVERED UNTIL LATE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE WHEN THEIR CORRECTION IS VERY EXPENSIVE OR IMPOSSIBLE. RAPID PROTOTYPING TOOLS HAVE BEEN USE TO ALLEVIATE THESE PROBLEMS BY ALLOWING MMI DESIGNS TO BECOME VISIBLE AND MODIFIABLE ...

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS IN THE FIELDS OF SYSTEM DYNAMICS AND PATTERN RECOGNITION IS THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A SYSTEM ARE KNOWN THAN AN ACCURATE MATHERMATICAL MODEL COULD BE CONSTRUCTED AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SYSTEM COULD BE DEVELOPED. THIS WOULD HELP IMPROVE ITS DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE, MADE ITS IDENTIFICATION EASIER, FACILITATE INSPEC ...

FLUORROALKYLARYLENESILOXANYLENE (FASIL) POLYMERS POSSESS EXCELLENT THEMAL STABILITY, LOW EMPERATUE, AND HYDROCARBON SOLVENT RESISTANCE. POLYMERS BASED ON FASIL HAVE EXTENSIVE PROMISE FOR MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS IF THEY COULD BE RELIABLY AND EFFICIENTLY PRODUCED. THE PROGRAM WILL DEVELOP METHODS FOR RELIABLE PREPARATION OF FASILPOLYMERS ON A ROUTINE BASIS. PHASE I WILL EVALUA ...

THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF USING COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN TECHNOLOGY TO PROJECT SYSTEM RELATED MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS. MANPOWER AND SKILL DETERMINATIONS HAVE HISTORICALLY OCCURED LATTE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND THUS HAVE HAD LITTLE IMPACT UPON SYSTEM DESIGN DECISIONS. THE INCREASING SCARCITY OF MANPOWER RESOURCES REQUIRES THAT THEY BE GIVEN AN INTERACTIVE ROLE IN SYSTEM DEVELOP ...

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COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES (CTA) PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PROFESSIONAL WORKSTATION TO BE USED BY ENGINEERS AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON, TO DEFINE ALTERNATIVES FOR MIGRATION OF MICRO COMPUTERS INTO PROFESSIONAL WORKSTATIONS, AND TO RECOMMEND A PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS MIGRATION. ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED WILL INCLUDE THE INTEGRATION OF OFFTHE-SHELF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AS WELL AS ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF PASSIVE ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR REENTRY VEHICLE FLIGHT TEST MEASUREMENT OF HYDROMETER MASS AND NUMBER DENSITY IS PROPOSED.

CHARACTERIZING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF INDIVIDUAL AEROSOL PARTICLES IN THE AEROSPACE ENVIRONMENT REQUIRED TO ALLOW PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF OPTICAL AND INFRARED SYSTEMS AND OPTICAL OBSCURATION COUNTERMEASURES. THERE EXISTS A NEED TO DEVELOP NEW INSTRUMENTATION WHICH CAN AUTOMATICALLY AND REMOTELY (IN-SITU) MEASURE AND RECORD THE TOTAL SCATTERING PATTERN FROM INDIVIDUAL AIRBORNE PARTICLES OF DIFFE ...