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ADVANCES IN ELECTRONIC COMBAT APPLICATIONS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE ABILITY OF PILOTS TO OUTPERFORM A LARGE NUMBER OF ADVERSARIES IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THERE IS AN EXTREME INFORMATION PROCESSING BURDEN. THE NUMBER OF FACTORS PILOTS MUST CONSIDER IN MAKING ELECTRONIC COMBAT RELATED DECISIONS IS VERY HIGH AND OFTEN INVOLVE UNKNOWN RELATIONSHIPS THAT MUST BE LEARNED FROM EXPERIENCE. IN ADDITIO ...

THIS PROJECT WILL RESEARCH MATERIALS AND DEVELOP A DESIGN AND CONCEPT FOR MAKING A ULTRA-STRONG, LIGHT WEIGHT SMALL CRATER REPAIR SYSTEM USING ULTRA-LIGHT, ULTRA-STRONG ADVANCED MATERIALS. THE END PRODUCT FOR PHASE I WILL BE A DETAILED DESIGN AND ANALYSIS FOR THE SYSTEM. THE ADVANCED MATERIAL SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND PROPRIETARY ...

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STANDARD TOADS CRYSTALS DO NOT PERFORM CONSISTENTLY AT LOW OVERPRESSURES DUE IN PART TO LOW SIGNAL OUTPUT OF THE PZT CRYSTAL AND ALSO DUE TO ELECTRICAL CROSSTALK. WE PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE TWO TOA TRANSDUCER TYPES THAT ARE PROVEN CONCEPTS IN OTHER APPLICATIONS. WE WILL DESIGN TECHNICIAN FRIENDLY INTERFACES FOR THESE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS. THE PHASE I DESIGN WILL INTERFACE WITH STANDARD TOADS III REC ...

A METHOD FOR THE EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION IS PROPOSED. DAMAGE OF A RIGID RUNWAY CONCRETE SLAB WILL BE OPTIMIZED FOR VARIOUS EXPLOSIVE ENERGY RELEASE RATES. THE STEPS FOR THE PROGRAM ARE: 1) COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF RUNWAY TEST DAMAGE RESULTS, 2) PRELIMINARY LITERATURE SEARCH FOR APPROPRIATE HYPERGOLIC ENERGY RELEASE RATE, 3) NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF EXP ...

THE ASTRON PROPOSED UNDERGROUND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM UTILIZES AN INNOVATIVEPHASE MODULATED RF TRANSMISSION WHOSE MODULATION RATE IS ADJUSTED TO PROVIDE DECREASED TRANSMISSION LOSSES THROUGH SOIL/ROCK ENVIRONMENT AS COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL RF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. ADDITIONAL MAJOR ADVANTAGES ARE: A. DECREASE TRANSMISSION LOSSES THROUGH OTHER MEDIA (IF DESIRED); B. INCREASED DATA RATE ABOVE THE U ...

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A NEED EXISTS FOR A PROCESS FOR SEPARATING OXYGEN FROM AIR WHICH IS HIGHLY SELECTIVE, RAPID, OR MINIMAL WEIGHT AND BULK, AND ENERGY EFFICIENT. WE PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE A NOVEL SYSTEM IN WHICH OXYGEN IS SEPARATED FROM AIR BY A CYCLIC PROCESS; OXYGEN IS FIRST BOUND BY AN EXOTHERMIC REACTION AT A TRANSITION METAL SITE IN A CARRIER MOLECULE, AND LATER RELESED BY A PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION INDUCED BY IR ...

THE CURRENT CLASS OF SMALL PISTON ENGINES AS USED IN VARIOUS REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLES AND SMALL AIRCRAFT SUFFER FROM A LACK OF POWER DENSITY AND HIGH VIBRATION LEVELS. THE CORDRAY ROTARY ENGINE IS A NEW TYPE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OPERATING ON THE OTTO CYCLE PRINCIPLE THAT OFFERS AT LEAST A FOURFOLD INCREASE IN POWER DENSITY OVER PISTON ENGINES AND A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN VIBRATION. IN A ...