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We propose to investigate the use of new three-layer metallization schemes for wire bond pads to improve the reliability of wire bonding interconnects used in high temperature silicon carbide electronics. Current wire bonding technology does not have the ability to survive elevated temperatures (500" C) for extensive periods of time without failure by several mechanisms which include corrosi ...

Computing technology (as well as control and display technology) is rapidly becoming more powerful, miniaturized and wearable. These trends will allow Navy personnel to be increasingly mobile, not tethered to hardwired console and computer systems. In conjunction with wearable display systems, wireless LANs, and alternative control mechanisms (such as voice recognition), system operators may, ...

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A Phase I and Phase I option research program is presented which is designed to provide the DOD, DOT, and aircraft manufacturers with a valuable design tool to help improve water impact survivability. It is recognized that impacts into water can be more deleterious to structure and occupants as compared to similar accidents on rigid terrain. The proposed program involves the use of existing c ...

The objective of this study is to provide state-of-the-art crashworthiness engineering to better protect the occupants of Naval helicopters which crash into the sea. To date, crash dynamic analysis and crash design criteria have been based mainly on rigid ground impacts and are therefore not of real use to the Navy, where nearly 90 percent of crashes occur into water. When a helicopter cras ...

Weapon payloads are needed to degrade an adversary's military capability while minimizing the destructive effect on civilian populations. A payload which inhibits operation of internal combustion engines while having no destructive impact on human beings would meet a variety of non-lethal weapon requirements. Immobilization of engines by uptake of fuel combustion inhibitor (FCI) compounds, tailor ...

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Advancements in how pilots perceive and process critical approach and landing information is of great value to the aviation community. Specifically, this systems integration process provides a complementary adaptation of engineering and human factors for improving aircrew performance within a variety of shipboard environments. This performance, with regard to depth perception, recognition, vis ...

TRIDENT SYSTEM PROPOSES TO SUPPORT THE NAVY-S REQUIREMENT TO IDENTIFY INTERACTIVE/VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE AIRBORNE ASW MISSION. CURRENT NAVY ASW DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, AND MAN-MACHINE INTERFACES (MMI), REQUIRES UPGRADING TO PREVENT OPERATOR OVERLOAD IN HIGH DATA RATE AND COMPLEX DATA/HIGH DISPLAY DENSITY SITUATIONS. MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF ...

Multimedia packet switching communication networks are now being installed worldwide, including the Internet, ATM, the future information super-highway and wireless cellular networks. The NAVY must have access to these networks while maintaining complete internal communications security. A new lossless data compression technique, based on a new information theory known as the self-learning ...