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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 ...

THE WORK PROPOSED WILL RESULT IN A COMPLETE, PRELIMINARY SYSTEM DESIGN OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PROJECTILE LAUNCHER, BASED ON THE STAR EML CONCEPT DEVELOPED BY AMERICAN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES. THE COMPLETED DESIGN WILL PERMIT THE AIR FORCE TO COMPARE THE PERFORMANCE, WEIGHT AND SIZE OF THE STAR EML WITH OTHER CONCEPTS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE STAR EML SYSTEM IS OF INTEREST TO THE AIR FORCE BECAUSE THE ...

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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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THREE CONCEPTS ARE PROPOSED FOR REACTIVE PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS FOR ABOVE-GROUND HARDENED STRUCTURES. THESE AND OTHER CONCEPTS WOULD BE EVALUATED FOR THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN DEFEATING OR SERIOUSLY DEGRADING THE TERMINAL BALLISTIC PERFORMANCE OF A VARIETY OF CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS WHICH COULD BE USED TO ATTACK AND DIRECTLY IMPACT HARDENED STRUCTURES. APPROXIMATE COST COMPARISONS WOULD BE MADE BETWEEN CO ...

BURNETT RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. PROPOSES TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP NEW SURFACTANTS CAPABLE OF EMULSIFYING MOLTEN INTERMOLECULAR EXPLOSIVES (IME'S). TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE HAVE FORMED A TEAM OF EXPERTS SKILLED IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF COLLOIDS AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY. MEMBERS OF THIS TEAM ARE RECOGNIZED EXPERTS IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. CONTROLLING SOLID/LIQUID DISPERSIONS AND LIQUID/LIQUID EMULSIO ...