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NOVEL BATTERY CONFIGURATIONS WITH MICROELECTRODES ARE DESCRIBED. THESE BATTERIES SHOULD EXHIBIT VERY LOW INTERNAL CELL RESISTANCE, GREATLY REDUCED CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION EASE OF ACTIVATION IN THE RESERVE MODE AND EXTREMELY RAPID DISCHARGE. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR PRELIMINARY DESIGNS OF LI/SOC1(2) CELLS WITH MICROELECTRODES. AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM IS DESCRIBED TO DEVEL ...

THE SODIUM HEAT ENGINE (SHE) IS AN EFFICIENT DEVICE FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF THERMAL ENERGY TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY. THE DEVICE HAS HIGH SPECIFIC POWER BOTH ON A VOLUME AND WEIGHT BASIS, HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY WHICH IS INDEPENDENT OF SIZE, AND NO MOVING PARTS WHICH IMPLIES POTENTIALLY HIGH RELIABILITY. THESE ATTRIBUTES MAKE THE SHE AN ATTRACTIVE DEVICE FOR SDI APPLICATIONS. ALTHOUGH THE PRINC ...

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPACEBORNE WEAPONS SYSTEMS FOR THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE ORGANIZATION (SDIO) HAS CREATED THE NEED FOR MATERIALS CAPABLE OF HANDLING SUBSTANTIAL ELECTRIC POWER LOAD. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE SUGGEST THE DEVELOPMENT OF METAL-METAL MICROFILAMENTARY COMPOSITES AS HIGH CURRENT CONDUCTORS FOR SPACEBORNE APPLICATIONS. METAL-METAL MICROFILAMENTARY COMPOSITES ARE A NOVEL CLASS OF MATE ...

SPAACE-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS WILL REQUIRE SOURCES OF PULSED POWER TO OPERATE PROSPECTIVE DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS. POWER MUST BE AVAILABLE INSTANTANEOUSLY AND SEQUENTIAL POWER PULSES MUST HAVE MINIMAL INTERPULSE DELAYS. IN PRINCIPLE, AN ELECTROCHEMICAL POWER SOURCE CAN PROVIDE POWER AT A MUCH LOWER WEIGHT THAN ALTERNATIVE MAGNETIC OR ELECTRIC FIELD DEVICES (CAPACITORS OR INDUCTORS). HOWEVER ...

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A COMPUTER CODE TO SIMULATE SHORT-WAVELENGTH (SINGLE-PARTICLEINTERACTION DOMAIN) FREE ELECTRON LASER (FELS), INCLUDING ALL THE IMPORTANT PROPERTIES OF THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH UNSTABLE OPTICAL RESONATORS, WILL BE DEVELOPED. THIS CODE WILL BE APPLIED TO A NOVEL CLASS OF UNSTABLE RESONATOR THAT HAS A COMPACT OUTPUT BEAM. THIS CLASS OF UNSTABLE RESONATOR IS ESPECIALLY WELL ADAPTED TO THE FEL BECAUSE, ...

SPACE WEAPONS FIRE CONTROL REQUIRES THAT THE FINAL WEAPON AIM POINT BE PREDICTED WITH A PRECISION IN THE TENS OF NANORADIANS RANGE. THIS REQUIRES THAT THE ANGULAR COORDINATES OF THE TRACKING OR DESIGNATING SEEKER BE MEASURED, TRANSMITTED AND REPEATED WITH SIMILAR PRECISION. CLASSIC APPROACHES FOR MAKING HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION MEASURMENTS INCLUDE MAGNETIC SYNCHROS (RESOLVERS) AND OPTICAL SHAFT ENC ...

THE PROBLEM OF DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN TARGETS AND DECOYS IN A SDI OR BMD SCENARIO WILL MOST LIKELY REQUIRE THE USE OF IMAGING SYSTEMS OPERATING AT TWO OR MORE VASTLY DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS (E.G. MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL). REAL-TIME OPTICAL PROCESSORS THAT COULD, FOR EXAMPLE, EMPLOY IMAGE UNDERSTANDING TECHNIQUES AND THEREBY EXTRACT AND COMBINE THE SALIENT FEATURES OF, SAY, RANGE-DOPPLER RADAR IMAGES A ...