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A progressive system development is proposed which uses Bayesian methodology for combined detect, track, localize, and classify. The core paradigm focuses on detection followed by various estimation schemes to extract information on contact type, track, and location from the detector. A rapid prototype development using the Generic Multipurpose Processor (GMP) will provide optimal detection ...

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PRELIMINARY RESEARCH TO EVALUATE THE MERITS AND LIMITATIONS OF VARIOUS COIL DESIGNS AND THE CONCEPT FEASIBILITY OF A PULSED EDDY CURRENT IMAGING MINE DETECTOR.

It is well-recognized that it is difficult to effectively retrieve detailed technical knowledge from a subject matter expert (S&M) to use in an instructional system. The goal of this proposal is to provide a system to enhance the Navy's ability to retrieve this knowledge in order to augment the development of courseware, to provide additional information to instructors, and to identify and cap ...

3Tech proposes in the phase I effort to provide a detailed feasibility report analyzing the existing high voltage DC power supplies in the communications aircraft for weight reduction possibilities. In addition, 3Tech proposes a novel multiphase High Voltage Power Converter to Navy to power the Radio Frequency Power Amplifiers in the aircraft. The power converter is based on modern high frequen ...

The objective of this project is to design a new large caliber naval gun to fit in a relatively small volume within a ship and yet be capable of firing ranges considerably greater than are presently available from equal caliber guns and ammunition. This gun will have a very short recoil whose greater recoil forces will be passed directly to major load bearing structure near the ship's ke ...

Visidyne has discovered a now approach to determining whether or not an acoustic contact is submerged. Our approach has distinct advantages over previous methods; these add up, ultimately, to a higher degree of automation (at equal or better performance) and therefore a reduction in the cost of passive sonar. Our proposed work depends on the certain features of the amplitude modulation of o ...

Attachment areas in the regions of rotating components of gas turbine engines degrade due to fretting wear and fatigue. Plasma sprayed coatings are often used to protect these regions. A thin, dense, Ti(C, N) composite coating based on sol-gel process is proposed. The simple, cost-effective sol-gel process will coat complex shapes and will provide superior performance against fretting wear. Di ...

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, ...