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An automated electrical load management system to provide load shedding during periods of high demand is required for adaptation to the V-22 Tilt-Rotor aircraft. A low cost and flexible system is required in order to extend current mission capabilities without significant overhaul of the electrical power system. Three steps toward solving this problem are: 1) determination of electrical load shedd ...

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Changes in the world political situation from a U.S.-Soviet bipolarity to a new multipolar world have resulted in a change to the U.S. national military strategy. In this post-Soviet world, U.S. forces will be presented with not only expanded regional conflicts among Third World countries but also an increased nuclear, chemical, and biological (NBC) weapons threat in terms of diversity and frequen ...

Improved neutron imaging methods, to couple with the new availability of non-reactor sources for neutron radiography, are needed to expand the use of this nondestructive testing method. this proposal addresses the development of improved scintillators for thermal (and cold) neutron imaging and the development of a complete imager employing new solid state cameras. This new approach for neutron ima ...

Imaging bundles of infrared fibers will be developoed for use in an IR scene generation system. The fibers will be made from zirconium fluoride glass for the 3-5 micron region, and chalcogenide glass for the 8-12 micron region. Low loss chalcogenide glass fibers will be developed by improving the perform and fiber processing techniques, and using high purity starting materials and glasses. In part ...

INDIVIDUALS CHALLENGED BY DEVELOPMENTAL DIABILITIES ENCOUNTER DAILY EVENTS IN RESIDENTIAL, EMPLOYMENT, AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS THAT REQUIRE THE USE OF DECISION-MAKING TO MAKE INFORMED CHOICES. THE NUMBER AND MAGNITUDE OF THE DECISIONS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE IS INCREASING DRAMATICALLLY WITH THE TREND TOWARD EXPANDING THEIR PERSONAL AND LEGAL EMPOWERMENT. FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS, TRAINING AND ON-G ...

The Navy Desktop Computer (DTC) hosting the Submarine Fleet Mission Program Library (SFMPL) is a dynamic computer system capable of providing support accross a spectrum of activities from basic administrative duties to complex tactical decision making support. Readily available access to training for personnel using this system is critical to ensuring that its capabilities are used. This training ...

Shock waves which form forward of an occupied ejection seat in a supersonic airstream can produce static and total pressure values which indicate safe altitude/airspeed conditions suitable for recovery parachute operation when in acutality, extreme high altitude/airspeed conditions still exist. A simple means for reliably determining supersonic airspeed condisitons and an optimum means for deployi ...

Development of safe and efficient procedures for humans working under hyperbaric conditions requires a thorough understanding of decompression physiology and gas dynamics. Some current theoretical decompression models consider free gas phases in tissue; however, there is as yet no reliable mechanism for direct experimental verification of tissue gas bubble formation and growth. In this project, ca ...

This project will develop an electronic covering analogous to human skin, which can be mounted on robots or other devices to provide environmental information such as proximity, force and temperature. Merritt Systems Inc. (MSI) proposes to investigate and develop a skin that incorporates a variety of sensing media and to accomplish this task. MSI has previously developed a whole-arm coverage, non- ...