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"3 Sigma Research proposes an innovative two-part approach that provides both a newinformation visualization capability called the InfoSlider and a scientifically-basedCase Study methodology called the Visualization Evaluation Environment (VEE). TheInfoSlider allows users to visualize data through various ranges of objectattributes. This assists the user in quickly locating objects that meet speci ...

"A detailed feasibility study of the most viable options for RF dual mode communications for enhanced survivability will be conducted. Three major configurations will be investigated and compared. Adept has developed a network analysis tool for survivabletopologies that will be used to perform a survivability-cost-performance tradeoff between the different configurations. The feasibility of the be ...

"The proposed program is focused on studying UAV critical technologies. Two technologies considered significant to meet the emerging UAV requirements include power extraction and the engine centrifugal compressor material. Therefore, two studies will beconducted in the proposed program:¿ A detailed study will be conducted to evaluate secondary power extraction propulsion system optimizatio ...

"The United States Navy is using and/or experimenting with active, coherent and incoherent sources to detect and localize submarines operated throughout the world. As the U.S. Navy continues to develop and employ active sensors and moves into littoralareas occupied by higher densities of marine mammals, adverse environmental impacts are likely to occur. Recently, in a U.S. Department of Commerce ...

"This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project intends to develop a solar-based expandable, parallel-connected power system with robust maximum power point tracking (MPPT) capability.Solar energy is regarded as an important resource of power energy in the future. As the need for flexible, scalable solar power requirements increases, and in an effort to avoid redesign of solar based power ...

"The Athena Group, Inc. will develop an innovative, low-power, fast Fourier transform (FFT) and inverse FFT (IFFT) processor for use in mitigating both intentional and unintentional narrowband jamming and interference in handheld global positioning system(GPS) receivers. Athena's advanced digital signal processing (DSP) technology is capable of performance levels well beyond those of conventional ...

"Mobile wireless communication systems designers face the challenge of increasing the digital content of their solutions. Digital processing begins with the first analog-to-digital converter (ADC), which ideally is as close to the antenna as possible. Atpresent, however, existing ADC technology imposes significant speed, power, and precision implementation barriers. For this reason, the U.S. Air F ...

"Automated storage and retrieval systems have proven effective methods of increasing efficiency and lowering overhead costs in many land-based industries. Implementing such systems in Navy Destroyer class ships is the objective of the next generation DDX.Automated or semi-automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) improve the efficiency of and reduce manpower required for storing, retrieving ...

"The U.S. Army is conducting extensive research involving the development of innovative algorithms for detecting and classifying high-value military targets using LADAR sensors. Many of these designs employ a model-based approach in which targets,background, and target/background interactions are modeled. A central tenet of this approach is that the large number of target, sensor, and background ...

"The U. S. Air Force has identified a need to develop innovative concepts for gathering timely and accurate bomb damage assessment (BDA) information. This information is used by mission planners to quantify the success of an airborne attack, determine theextent of any collateral damage, and ultimately provide information as to whether additional attacks are necessary. One particularly attracti ...