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Chrome replacement and corrosion protection coatings in thermal environments is needed. Combustion chemical vapor deposition (CCVDsm), a process invented by the principal investigator, is the only open atmosphere CVD technique for ceramics and metals. The CCVD method has been shown to inexpensively and quickly apply dense, adherent thin films in a continuous manner. This technology can be use ...

Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) proposes to develop an expendable, low cost data link from a camera mounted in a gun launched projectile to a Naval surface ship for use in targeting, identification and battle damage assessment. The Expendable Video Data Link will consist of an RF Layer, Channel Encoding layer and Video Compression Layer. Link budget analysis methods will be employed to ...

OPTICAL NEURAL NETWORKS HAVE DEVELOPED TO THE POINT WHERE VIABLE ARCHITECTURES SUCH AS OPTICAL ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSORS FOR VISUAL PERCEPTION HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED IN DETAIL. HUNDREDS OF PAPERS ARE PUBLISHED AND SEVERAL TOPICAL CONFERENCES ARE HELD ANNUALLY ON THE SUBJECT. HOWEVER, FEW DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OFACTUAL OPERATING SYSTEMS DUE TO THE UNAVAILABILITY OF AN "IDEAL" OPTICAL NEURON H ...

Society is currently plagued by the disposal of post consumer plasti c waste products which represent 30% by volume of the National solid waste stream. The Navy has particular problems when a vessel is at sea with several thousand men consuming foods and beverages contained in plastic. The plastic waste volume becomes both a sanitation and storage problem. At sea, dumping is no longer permit ...

ORDNANCE RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES RESULT IN A SURPLUS OF PLASTIC BONDED EXPLOSIVES (PBXS). AS CURRENTLY FORMULATED, THESE MATERIALS ARE TOO ENERGETIC FOR COMMERCIAL BLASTING APPLICATIONS. PBXS COULD BE MODIFIED THROUGH THE USE OF LOW DENSITY FILLERS TO GENERATE APPROPRIATE EXPLOSIVE CHARACTERISTICS. SUCH MATERIALS COULD REDUCE DRILLING REQUIREMENTS FOR BLASTIN PURPOSES, THUS, ACHIEVING COST SAVINGS. ...

Atmospheric data collection often requires the simultaneous use of multiple instruments. Currently, different instruments are often packaged separately on the aircraft, with unique fairing/airframe integration for each. This method often requires extensive modifications to the airframe, makes maintenance of the total instrument package difficult, makes addition and removal of specific instrum ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A COMPACT, RUGGED, TWELVE-CHANNEL (MINIMUM) DIGITAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF MEASURING AND RECORDING SHOCK EXPERIENCES ASSOCIATED WITH WEAPON DELIVERY AND USE. THE SYSTEM MAY BE MODULAR, BUT EACH MODULE MUST CONTAIN FOUR DATA CHANNELS AND BE NO LONGER THAN 2.5 INCHES MAXIMUM DIMENSION. MECHANICAL DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM MUST BE SUCH THAT IT WILL O ...

THE DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION PHASES OF AIRBORNE ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW) HAVE, IN THE PAST, RELIED HEAVILY ON PINGER OR EXPLOSIVE ACTIVE ADJUNCTS TO THE PASSIVE SONOBUOYS OR TO ACTIVE SONOBUOYS. BOTH OF THESE REQUIRE EXPENSIVE EXPENDABLES WHICH SEVERLY LIMIT THE DATA RATE. THIS PHASE I PROPOSAL IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING LASER PULSES FROM THE AIRCRAFT TO GENERATE LOW FREQUENCY S ...

MANY VULNERABILITY CODES ARE OF THE "DUSTY DECK" FORTRAN VARIETY. THIS RESEARCH PROPOSES TO MOVE A SET OF VULNERABILITY CODES TO A MODERN GRAPHICS WORKSTATION, AND TO INTEGRATE THEM WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE GRAPHICS, AND A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE. THE RESULTING SYSTEM WILL UTILIZE INDUSTRY STANDARDS SUCH AS UNIX, X WINDOWS, AND THE PHIGS GRAPHICS INTERFACE TO MAXIMIZE THE PORTABILITY OF THE SYSTEM A ...

This proposal is for a feasibility study to develop an interface system capable of presenting data from multiple sources and of varying types to operator in an easy, clear and unambiguous manner. The proposed standar interface system will be based on the Multi-dimensional, User-oriented Synthetic Environment (UuSE). UuSE has been developed at DOE's Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, a ...