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EMISSION CONTROL (EMCON), INCLUDING RADAR EMISSION MANAGEMENT, IS A SUBDIVISON OF THE MUCH GREATER SUBJECT OF BATTLE MANAGEMENT. AT PRESENT, THERE IS NOT A FULL DEVELOP AND NAVY ACCEPTED TECHNIQUE FOR EXAMINING THE ENTIRE TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT OF POTENTIAL SEA BATITLES. THIS PROPOSED EFFORT WILL FOCUS ON A VALUABLE SUBSET OF BATTLE STRATEGY, THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSION CONTROL AN ...

A MAGNETIC GRADIOMETER BASED ON THE PROVEN CONCEPT OF A FIBER OPTIC INTERFEROMETRIC MAGNETIC TRANSDUCER IS PROPOSED FOR THE DETECTION OF DEEPLY BURIED ORDNANCE. THE LOCAL MAGNETIC GRADIENT CAN BE MEASURED WITH HIGH SENSITIVITY WITH A MACH-ZEHNDER OPTICL INTERFEROMETER; THE TWO SENSING ARMS ARE COMPOSED OF A SINGLE MODE OPTICAL FIBER COATED WITH, OR OTHERWISE ATTACHED TO, A MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MATERIA ...

THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION (RAIN, SNOW, FOG/HAZE, HAIL) HAS TRACTIONALLY RELIED ON HUMAN JUDGMENT. RECENTLY, THE WAVE PROPAGATION LABORATORY OF DEVELOPED A TECHNOLOGY FOR AUTOMATIC WEATHER IDENTIFICATION USING LASER SCINTILLATION AND SCATTERING. THE TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TESTED IN FIELD OPERATION. HOWEVER, THE SYSTEM IS TOO CLUMSY AND EXPENSIVE FOR LARGE-SCALE FIELD ...

THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSED WORK IS TO DEVELOP AN END-TO-END IMAGING SONAR SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY AND SURVEILLANCE OF THE SEA-BOTTOM. SPECIFICALLY, THE SYSTEM IS TO EXHIBIT ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR SONAR SIGNAL PROCESSING TO DETECT, SIZE AND CLASSIFY MINE TARGETS. AN IMAGE SONAR PROCESSOR SOFTWARE PACKAGE WILL BE DEVELOPED. ALTHOUGH SIDE-LOOKING SONARS WILL BE INCLUDED, THE PROCESSOR WILL ...

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I PROPOSAL IS TO IDENTIFY SYSTEM PARAMETERS AND UTILIZE THIS INFORMATION TO PERFORM PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR A ROBOTIC DECK SCRUBBER WITH DISTRIBUTED (MULTIPROCESSOR) INTELLIGENCE. SELECTION OF VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR SENSORY, POWER, LOCOMOTION, AND CLEANING SYSTEMS WILL BE MADE TO ALLOW RELIABLE OPERATION WITHIN THE CARRIER HANGER DECK ENVIRONMENT. THE OBSTACLE AVOID ...

THERE IS A CONTINUING NEED BY THE MILITARY FOR IMPROVED VISUAL CAMOUFLAGE AND COLORATION TO RENDER OBJECTS LESS VISIBLE FROM CERTAIN BANDS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, ESPECIALLY RADAR CROSS SECTION AND\OR REFLECTANCE IN THE INFRARED AND LASER SPECTRUM. VARIOUS MATERIALS HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS BUT IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEED. THIS PROJECT USES A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO THE DESIGN OF INNOVATIV ...

THE PROPOSED STUDY IS INTENDED TO IDENTIFY THE COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COMBAT OPERATIONS ON USN SURFACE COMBATANTS, AND APPLY THE LASTEST TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNICATION INDUSTRY TO DEVELOP DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VOICE, DIGITIZED VOICE, AND DISPLAY SYSTEMS, TO REQUIRED, AS SATISFY THE COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS THE STUDY WILL RESULT IN 1) SPECIFICATION OF COMBAT COMMUNICATIO ...

THE ISOCON IS A UNIQUE CAMERA TUBE AND PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR X-RAY APPLICATIONS. THE PROBLEM WITH THE HERTR CAMERA SYSTEM IS NOT WITH THE TUBE BUT RATHER WITH THE CAMERA DESIGN. THE PROPOSAL SUGGESTS THAT THE CAUSE OF THEEARLY TUBE FAILURE BE ISOLATED, AND WITH THIS INFORMATION, A NEW CAMERA BE DESIGNED WHICH REMOVES THIS WEAKNESS AND INCORPORATES INTO THE DESIGN THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS IN SOME ...

NEW GEVEV DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES CAN PROVIDE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED PERFORMANCE WITH HIGH RESOLUTIION EVEN FOR SMALL ARRAYS. THE SIGNAL PROCESSORS USE GENERALIZED EIGENVECTOR/ EIGENVALUE (GEVEV) SOLUTIONS FOR THE ESTIMATED SIGNAL-PLUS-NOISE MATRIX IN THE METRIC OF THE ESTIMATED NOISE-ONLY MATRIX. ALMOST ALL SIMILAR INVESTIGATIONS HAVE RELATED TO INCOHERENT NOISE (THAT WE CALL THE EVE ...

STATE-OF-THE-ART DOPPLER SONAR NAVIGATORS DO NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENTLY PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF RELATIVE MOTION FOR USE WITH ADVANCED, HIGH DEFINITION, SONAR MAPPING SYSTEMS. THIS SHORT-COMING IS PARTICULARLY ACUTE WHERE THE REFLECTIVE SURFACE IS HIGHLY IRREGULAR, RELATIVE VELOCITIES ARE LOW, AND AVERAGING PERIODS ARE SHORT. IN CONTRAST, CORRELATION SONAR TECHNIQUES OVERCOME MANY OF THE INHERENT LIMI ...