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1A systematic means of studying the models which are currently available in the field for establishing a relationship between Digital Terrain Data accuracy and detail to the ability of a unit to perform its mission is to be determined. The approach involves an anlysis of the unit mission into the essential functions to accomplish that mission, and then proceeds to analyze the effect of the Digital ...

The primary objective of the Phase I research is to determine the feasibility of fast and non-obtrusive methods for representing situation knowledge in a naturalistic battlefield environments. A second key goal is to ground the selected methods firmly in cognitive research on knowledge representation and knowledge elicitation. To achieve these goals, we propose four tasks: (1) cognitive analysis ...

An important facet to a soldier's survivability depends on the clothing worn during combat and training exercises. Common fibers used in the textile industry, particularly nylons and polyesters, are flammable, produce toxic smoke and are potentially hazardous when worn soldiers. Flame retardant materials applied directly to these fibers may adversely alter the properties of the fabric and/or deg ...

The topic presented in this proposal has direct application to the development of non-lethal devices capable of temporarily incapacitating personnel, controlling crowds, immobilizing small vehicles, and other applications where a controlled amount of acoustic c energy needs to be delivered a a distance. The proposed effort would determine the characteristic acoustic waveforms and amplitudes gener ...

Proposed here is a method by which large area, thick sectioned, whisker and particulate reinforced, aluminum matrix composites may be produced for lightweight armor applications. The first objective of this work is to conduct preliminary process optimization producing reinforced specimens 6" by 6" by 1" thick. Aluminum alloys 5083 and 224.2 will be infiltrated into SiC whiskers, alumina particula ...

The objective of active suspension is to minimize passenger acceleration, suspension travel, and tire deflections. Although the work done in preview control for active suspension has advanced a great deal over the last 27 years since the pioneering work of Bender (1968), several important issues still need to be addressed. These are: 1. Saturation and rate limiting of actuator control inputs, w ...

Computational vision models (CVM) of the pre-cognitive, retino-cortical "front end" stages of human vision have demonstrated successfully explained visual performance for simple visual tasks with simple stimuli. However, extending these models to predict or simulate human visual performance for complex involving target discrimination such as discriminating, a tank from a truck, have not been very ...

Recent advances in the development of lightweight materials which possess high strength, are dimensionally stable over wide temperature ranges, and can be machined to optical tolerances offer the potential to reduce the complexity and cost of future infrared (IR) tolerances offer the potential to reduce the complexity and cost of future infrared (IR) seekers systems and other electro optical syste ...

KaZaK Composites Incorporated (KCI) has teamed with Northrop Grumman Corporation and Dastin Associates Company to develop and demonstrate technology and manufacturing prcesses for productio of composite rod with embedded fiber optics for smart structures appl.lications. During the course of Phase I, the program team will conduct laboratory studies of the basic properties of Fujikura PANDA Polariz ...

The Department of Defense (DoD) Test and Evaluation (T&E) Process is a disciplined iterative process. Live tests are valuable in the T&E process, but are hampered by safety, cost and reconfigurability restrictions. The team of FAAC Incorporated and Amherst Systems proposes to develop a fully Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) compliant threat simulation/SAFOR prototype that incorporates a ...