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THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SCRUBBER ON THE HF HIGH ENERGY LASER WILL BE MEASURED UTILIZING FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FTIR). CONCENTRATIONS OF HF AND FLOWS WILL BE MEASURED BEFORE AND AFTER THE SCRUBBER, AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO IMPROVE SCRUBBER EFFICIENCY, IF NECESSARY. AMBIENT AIR SAMPLING USING EITHER FTIR OR OTHER WET CHEMICAL METHOD WILL BE PERFORMED TO VALIDATE THE MODEL PREDICTI ...

WE PROPOSE AN IN-SITU OPTICAL FIBER ORGANIC MATRIX CURE/TEMPERATURE MONITOR WHICH ALLOWS ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF LOCALIZED STATE OF CURE DURING TYPICAL COMPOSITE FABRICATION PROCESSES. THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A RESIN FIBER WAVEGUIDE ENSOR WHICH MEASURES CHANGES OF REFRACTIVE INDEX AS THE RESIN CURES, AND A NON-SILICA CORE FIBER DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR WHICH COMPENSATES FOR TEMPERATURE INDU ...

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THE OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF PHASE I ARE TO DEVELOP FEASIBLE, EFFECTIVE SYSTEM CONCEPTS FOR UTILIZING SPACE-BASED ASSETS AS PLATFORMS FOR RF DECEPTION EQUIPMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE BATTLEFIELD COMMANER. THIS PHASE WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC SYSTEM DESIGNS WHICH IMPLEMENT THE CONCEPTS DEEMED EFFECTIVE. THE STUDY WILL FOCUS ON DEFINING THE SUITABILITY OF SPACE ASSETS TO THE FOLLOWING USES ...

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POTOMAC SYNERGETICS, INC. (PSI), A WOMAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS, PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE THE USE OF PHASE CONJUGATE TECHNIQUES AS LASER COUNTERMEASURES. THREE GENERIC SYSTEMS CONCEPTS ARE SUGGESTED WHICH WILL BE INVESTIGATED AND EVALUATED. A FOUR TASK PHASE I PROGRAM IS PROPOSED TO DETERMINE WHICH TECHNIQUE OFFERS THE MOST PROMISE TO FULFILL THE NEEDS OF THE ARMY STRATEGIC DEFENSE COMMAND. THIS TECH ...

THE UNCERTAINTY IN MEASURING NEUTRON DOSE EQUIVALENT RATES RESULTS IN UNCERTAINTY IN ASSIGNMENT OF THE PROPER DOSE TO OCCUPATIONAL RECORDS AND CAN RESULT IN IMPROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTROLS TO LIMIT THE EXPOSURE. A NOVEL PORTABLE NEUTRON SPECTROMETER IS PROPOSED WHICH WILL REDUCE THE UNCERTAINTY OF SUCH MEASUREMENTS TO LESS THAN 20%. MANYCOMPONENTS OF THIS DEVICE ARE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE. SYS ...

A FEASIBILITY STUDY IS PROPOSED ON A NOVEL CONCEPT FOR A GENERATION OF A VERY LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGHLY FOCUSED GAMMA RADIATION BEAM USEFUL FOR MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS IN DEFENSE SUCH AS KILL OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS IN LAND WARFARE, AND (AS DESCRIBED HEREIN) DISCRIMINATION OF TARGETS IN SPACE. THE DEVICE IS SMALL ENOUGH TO "PIGGY BACK" ON THE PROPOSED REENTRY VEHICLE (RV) INTERCEPTOR MISSILES, OR BE CARRIED ...

A STRATEGY COMBINING REGIONALLY ADAPTED PROCEESSES (SCRAP) IS PROPOSED FOR SIMULATING TRANSONIC OR SUPERSONIC FLOW OVER PHYSICALLY AND GEOMETRICALLY COMPLEX FINNED MISSILE CONFIGURATIONS. FLOW FIELDS OFTEN INCLUDE SUBDOMAINS DOMINATED BY DIFFERENT PHYSICAL PROCESSES. A TECHNIQUE IS PROPOSED IN WHICH EACH ZONE HAS AN ASSOCIATED NUMERICAL SCHEME AND COULD BE SUBJECT TO AUTOMATIC LOCAL EMBEDDING. THI ...

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