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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 ...

RESEARCH TO DETERMINE IF ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR COUNTIES ON A REASONABLY CURRENT BASIS ARE VALID. THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WHICH ARE AVAILABLE ON A CURRENT BASIS FOR COUNTIES WILL BE COMPARED FOR RECENT YEARS WITH REFERENCE DATA FROM ESTABLISHED STATISTICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD RESOURCES. IF THE CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE RELIABLE FOR S ...

QUALITATIVE ADVANCES IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY HAVE LEVELED OFF SUFFICIENTLY TO JUSTIFY THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-USER, MULTI-FUNCTION, COMPREHENSIVE VISUAL TESTING INSTRUMENT FOR OPHTHALMOLOGISTS, VISUAL SCIENTISTS, AND OPTOMETRISTS. SUCH A SYSTEM COULD BE DEVELOPED WITH RELATIVE EASE WERE IT NOT FOR THE INDUSTRY STANDARD REFRESH RATE FOR GENERATING VIDEO IMAGES. UNFORTUNATELY, 60 HZ IS TOO SLOW FO ...

THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH EFFORT IS TO BUILD AND DEMONSTRATE A FUNCTIONING MULTIAPERTURE OPTICAL (MAO) SYSTEM OPERATING IN THE IR AND MEASURE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SNR FOR DETECTION OF AN UNRESOLVED POINT TARGET. ALSO A MATHEMATICAL MODEL WILL BE DEVELOPED TO SIMULATE THE PERFORMANCE OF A MAO SYSTEM BASED ON REALISTIC DETECTOR DATA FOR VARIOUS GEOMETRICAL DESIGNS OF THE MAO SYSTEM (PHASE I). INNOVA ...

THIS PROPOSAL CONCERNS DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERACTIVE, MICROCOMPUTER/VIDEODISC TOOL FOR TEACHING LIFE SKILLS TO LEARNING DISABLED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE HAVE TERMED IT A LIFE SKILLS SYSTEM (LSS), AN ATTEMPT TO REMEDY PRESENT DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM DEFICIENCIES IN TRAINING LD STUDENTS TO FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY. THE LSS IS BASED ON FUNCTIONAL CONTEXT TRAINING, AND THUS IS A DISTINCT DEPART ...

THIS RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE PERFORMANCE MEAUREMENT TECHNIQUES AND COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNIQUES REQUIRED FOR AN ON-BOARD AIRCRAFT "EMBEDDED TRAINING" CAPABILITY APPLICABLE TO BOTH TRAINING AND MUNITION CONCEPT EVALUATION. DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR ON-BOARD SIMULATION OF THE MUNITIONS TO ACCOMPLISH SIMULATED LAUNCH, FLYOUT AND TERMINAL ENGAGEMENT WILL BE DETERMINED. AVAILABILITY OF REAL-WORLD INPUT ...

HEARING TESTING OF NEWBORNS AND INFANTS USING AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSES (ABR) HAS GAINED WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE AND HAS COME TO BE PREFERRED OVER OTHER LESS ACCURATE TECHNIQUES. ABR'S STRENGTH IS ITS DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF AUDITORY FUNCTION, WHICH RESULTS IN HIGH TEST SPECIFICITY AND SENSITIVITY. CLINICAL USE OF ABR, HOWEVER, IS STILL LIMITED BECAUSE OF THE PROFESSIONAL LABOR-INTENSIVE OPERATION ...

AN/PSC-2 DIGITAL COMMUNICATION TERMINAL (DCT) REQUIRES A POWER CONVERTER THAT CONVERTS 115 VAC TO 8 VDC FOR ABOARD SHIP USAGE. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONDITION ON THE SHIP, COMBINING WITH THE POSSIBLE SALTY ATMOSPHERE CAN GREATLY LOWER THE RELIABILITY OF ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICE BECAUSE OF THEIR CORROSIVE ACTION ON THEM. THE PROPOSED CONVERTER IS BELIEVED TO SURVIVE THE HARSH ATMOSPHERE CO ...

A DEVICE IS HEREIN PROPOSED WHICH CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO A PROJECTILE, SUCH AS A RAIL GUN PROJECTILE, TO CONTROL ATTITUDE. THE DEVICE, A MODIFIED NUTATION DAMPER, HAS ESSENTIALLY ONLY ONE MOVING PART AND SO CAN BE MADE, TO EXHIBIT EXTREME STRENGTH. BY CONTROLLING THE PROJECTILE'S ATTITUDE DURING FLIGHT, A STRAP DOWN SEEKER CAN BE MADE TO MECHANICALLY SCAN FOR TARGET ACQUISITION. THE ATTITUDE CON ...

AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO FORMING A NULL IN THE SECONDARY PATTERN OF A REFLECTOR ANTENNA IS DEVELOPED BY THIS PROJECT. AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLABLE REFLECTIVE SURFACE BEING DEVELOPED ON A NASA SBIR IS THE STARTING POINT FOR THE WORK. THIS PROJECT EXTENDS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SURFACE SO THAT IT IS USEFUL AS A NULL FORMER. THE RESULT IS CONSIDERABLY REDUCED COST OF NULL STEERING ANTENNAS. THE DE ...