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AN SBIR PROJECT IS PROPOSED HERE TO DEVELOP NOVEL TECHNIQUES FOR DIRECTIVE/RETRODIRECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, BY USING BLIND ADAPTATION ALGORITHMS TO ADJUST THE ARRAY WEIGHT ON THE RECEIVE/TRANSMIT PATHS OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. THE PROPOSED PROCESSOR HAS THE CAPABILITY TO AUTOMATICALLY EXTRACT SIGNALS FROMTHE RECEIVED ENVIRONMENT, AND TO TRANSMIT SIGNALS BACK TO THE SIGNAL SOURCE USING AN ANTENNA P ...

RESEARCH INTO VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR HEURISTIC PROCESSES IS PROPOSED, INCLUDING THE DESIGN OF A SOFTWARE SYSTEM IN WHICH THESE TECHNIQUES ARE IMPLEMENTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE,THE SYSTEM DESIGN WILL INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF USER INTERFACE FUNCTIONS AND A STRATEGY FOR INTERFACING WITH EXISTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS. EXISTING WORK IN ALGORITHM ANIMATION AND I ...

ADS PROPOSES TO ADAPT AND APPLY CHANGE DETECTION PROCESURES DEVELOPED FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO THE PROBLEM OF SUPPORT FOR THE BATTLEFIELD COMMANDER. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH BOTH OF THE DOMINANT CHANGE DETECTION PARADIGMS WITH BOTH PIXEL LEVEL AND SYMBOLIC CHANGE DETECTION AND DETERMINING WHICH OF THE TWO OR POSSIBLE HYBRIDIZATION WILL PROVIDE THE BEST SHORT TERM CHANGE DETECTION.

A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODEL FOR PREDICTING CLOUD COVER, FOG, AND HAZE UNDER BATTLEFIELD CONDITIONS IS DEVELOPED. THE PROGRAM UTILIZES REAL TIME METEOROLOGICAL DATA (WHEN AVAILABLE) TO PREDICT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS OVER IRREGULAR TERRAIN. THE COMPUTER PROGRAM IS RELATIVELY SIMPLE AND EXECUTES QUICKLY ON A VARIETY OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS. PROBLEMS REQUIRING SEVERAL THOUSAND NODES CAN BE SOLV ...

TO MEET THE KINETIC ENERGY ANTI-SATELLITE (KE ASAT) REQUIREMENTS FOR TIMELY AND RELIABLE KILL ASSESSMENT, AEROMET PROPOSES TO RECOMMEND INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN REAL-TIME KILL ASSESSMENT SPECTROSCOPY. BECAUSE IT CAN BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO ACCURATELY VERIFY SATELLITE ELIMINATION, A KILL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM MUST DISCERN BETWEEN VARIOUS HIT AND MISS PHENOMENA, INCLUDING THE USE OF POTENTIAL COUNTER ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I RESEARCH IS TO IDENTIFY LOW COST, CORROSION RESISTANT GASKET CONCEPTS AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS WHICH CAN BE USED TO HARDEN THE DOOR SEALS OF A SHELTER AGAINST EMI/EMP THREATS. THE GASKET PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED BY THE ARMY ARE STRINGENT, BUT WITH THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS AND FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS, SUCH REQUIREMENTS CAN BE ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I RESEARCH IS TO IDENTIFY A LOW COST, LIGHTWEIGHT, COMPOSITE MATERIAL WHICH CAN BE USED TO HARDEN A SHELTER AGAINST EMI/EMP THREATS. THE WEIGHT REDUCTION GOAL OF 80% OF EXISTING 30 MIL ALUMINUM SHEET IS AMBITIOUS, BUT WITH THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS AND FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS, SUCH A GOAL IS ATTAINABLE. THE RESEARCH PROPOSED HEREIN IDENT ...

THIS SBIR PROPOSAL DEFINES AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR AUTOMATING CURRENT METHODS USED FOR BEARING INSPECTION. THE PROPOSED SEMI-AUTOMATED SCRIBER (SAS) WILL RELY ON AN INSTRUCTED PROBE COUPLED TO A PC-BASED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM. IN THE FIRST TASK OF THE PROCESS, A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THIS PROBE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AND USED ON KNOWN DEFECT TYPES AND GEOMETRY TO HELP EVALUATE THE TEST METHODS A ...