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PROPOSAL TO CONTRUCT PTOTOTYPE AND TEST CONCEPT FOR TERNARY KEYBOARD WHICH MIGHT BE GENRALLY USEFUL FOR DATA ENTRY. KEYBOARD IS UNCONVENTIONAL IN CONSTRUCTION AND CAN ONLY BE EVALUATED EXPERIMENTALLY BECAUSE HUMAN FACTORS WILL REGULATE ITS UTILITY.

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO DEMONSTRATE A SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT MAKES CORRELATIONAL/FACTOR TYPE ANALYSES OF LARGE DATA BASES PRACTICAL ON MICROCOMPUTER-CLASS MACHINES, AND IS ABLE TO COMPUTE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS AT A SPEED THAT MAKES REAL-TIME FEEDBACK CONTROL MECHANISMS POSSIBLE. THE SOFTWARE PROTOTYPE DEVELOPED WILL ACCESS A DATA BASE COMPOSED OF A W ...

THIS PROPOSAL DEMONSTRATES THE REQUIREMENT FOR AND ADDRESSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL OF AN IEEE 802.4 TOKEN PASSING BUS PROTOCOL WHICH OPERATES IN REAL TIME. THE ADVANTAGE OF THE REAL TIME APPROACH IS THAT IT EXTENDS THE EFFECTIVE LIFE OF THE MODEL TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE SYSTEM DESIGN PHASE, BUT ALSO THE SYSTEM MODIFICATION AND UPGRADE PHASES WHICH TYPICALLY OCCUR DURING THE LIFE CYCLE OF MILI ...

THE EMERGENCE OF ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY FROM THE LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT INTO GENERAL PRACTICE OFFERS A PROMISING APPROACH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS. MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS BUILT WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL BE PARTICULARLY VALUABLE FOR SECOND AND THIRD TIER SUBCONTRACTORS IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY, BECAUSE THEY WILL ALLOW THE CAPTURE AND TRANSMISSION ...

THE PROPOSED CONCEPT FOR MEASURING ICE THICKNESS FROM A SUBMARINE IS FUNCTIONALLY SIMILAR TO THE BQS-15 IN THAT IT MEASURES THE HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE AT THE SUBMARINE AND THE UPWARD DISTANCE TO THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE ICE. THE PRESSURE IS DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE WATER COLUMN PLUS THAT OF THE ICE; SO, FROM THE TWO MEASUREMENTS, THE WEIGHT AND HENCE THE ICE THICKNESS CAN BE COMPUTED. HOWEVER, RATHER ...

TO KEEP PACE WITH RAPIDLY GROWING NUMBERS OF EXOTIC EMITTERS, AND TO KEEP EQUIPMENT SIZE, WEIGHT AND COST DOWN AT THE SAME TIME, FURTHER ESM SYSTEMS MUST EMPLOY INTELLIGENT INFORMATION PROCESSING PROCEDURES TO PERFORM THEIR JOBS OF GENERATING COMPLETE, ACCURATE, AND UP-TODATE "MAPS" OF THE ENEMY'S RADAR ENVIRONMENT. INTELLIGENT DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES ARE REQUIRED TO ALLOW THE ESM SYSTEM TO FOC ...

A SERIES OF BROADBAND HF ANTENNA STRUCTURES WAS ANALYZED FOR POTENTIAL SHIPBOARD APPLICATIONS. INCLUDED WERE ALTSHULTER INSERTIONS, DIELECTRIC LOADING, MULTIPLE REACTIVE INSERTIONS, ACTIVE TRANSMIT ANTENNA, AND MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION LINES. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE 3 TO 1 MAXIMUM VSWR OVER THE 2 TO 30 MHZ BAND, OMNI-DIRECTIONAL, MEET SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS, HIGH EFFICIENCY, AND OPERATE WITH ...

SIX POLYMERIC MATERIAL SYSTEMS ALL HAVING EXCELLENT DIELECTRIC STRENGTH ARE TO BE EXAMINED TO DETERMINE THEIR FAST RISETIME PULSE DIELECTRIC STRENGTH. THE MATERIALS TO BE TESTED INCLUDE EPOXIES, POLYURETHANES AND SILICONE ELASTOMERS. A SURVEY WAS MDE TO LOCATE A TEST FACILITY THAT COULD DUPLICATE THE SOLICITATION PULSE SIGNATURE. NONE WAS FOUND, HOWEVER, THE WESTINGHOUSE CORP. HAS SUBMITTED A PROP ...

CERTAIN APPLICATIONS IN COASTAL HYDROGRAPHY REQUIRE A SHORT PULSE WIDTH, HIGH REPETITION RATE OUTPUT FORMAT IN THE GREEN SPECTRAL REGION. A DESIGN FOR A SOLID-STATE LASER IS DESCRIBED WHICH WILL GENERATE 5 NANOSECOND PULSES AT AN ENERGY OF 0.5 MJ PER PULSE AND A REPETITION RATE OF 10KHZ. THE OUTPUT WAVELENGTH WILL BE 532 NM. THE ONLY SYSTEM WHICH CURRENTLY CAN GENERATE VERY SHORT PULSES AT THE 10K ...

NARROWBAND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS IS AN IMPORTANT SIGNAL PROCESSING APPROACH FOR THE DETECTION OF TARGETS/OBJECTS THAT MAY BE IMBEDDED IN VARIOUS TYPES OF NOISE BACKGROUNDS. HOWEVER, THE SPECTRA EMITTED BY MANY TARGETS/OBJECTS IS BROADBAND IN NATURE, AND REQUIRES A DIFFERENT SIGNAL PROCESSING APPROACH TO MAXIMIZE PROBABILITY OF DETECTION FOR A FIXED PROBABILITY OF FALSE ALARM. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STU ...