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In an information-rich environment, the possibility of enhancing the decision-making processes and outcomes is closely tied to the proper and timely management and analysis of information. In a team decision making environment coopertion, communication, collaboration, shared situational awareness and mental models become critical parameters for success. Computer technology, hardware and software ...

An effective process for recycling plastics and composites used in aircraft does not currently exist. As a result, scrap and used materials are disposed of in landfills. A chemical recycling process is proposed that will allow the components of these waste materials to be converted to valuable hydrocarbons, fillers and fibers that can then be reused or sold. The proposed chemical recycling process ...

A novel tertiary recycling process is proposed for investigation as an economical means for reclaiming scrap aircraft transparency materials. Early development work has shown that this process can convert a wide variety of polymers and composites into low molecular weight hydrocarbons at temperatures below 200 C. The hydrocarbons produced can then be reused as chemicals, fuels, or monomers. Met ...

Exploiting the many analogies between biological neurons and the cells within a spreadsheet application, we have succeeded in constructing independtly functioning, self-trained neural network cascades that are capable of (1) forming models of their spreadsheet environment, (2) manipulating data, (3) identifying anomalous information or noise, (4) locomotion, and (5) control over extern ...

A new class of thin film coating materials, diamond-like nanocomposites (DLN) have been developed. These materials have a combination of properties making them an excellent choice for use as wear resistant coatings on mechanical cryogenic coolers for space applications. In particular, the reliability and maintainability of conventional mechanical coolers could be enhanced by engineering the surf ...

The proposed research combines an innovative eigenvector method with other electromagnetic techniques to produce a hybrid approach towards solving the EM coupling to satellite cavity problem. The physical structure is divided into an exterior region and one or more interior regions. The exterior region is modeled with method of moments (MOM) and or hybrids of MOM with the uniform theory of diffr ...

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THE MATE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE STANDARDS TO THE ATE INDUSTRY. IN PARTICULAR, MATE SOFTWARE WAS INTENDED TO USE A STANDARDIZED TEST LANGUAGE - ATLAS - ON A STANDARDIZED TEST EXECUTIVE, THE MTE, ALL RUNNING ON A STANDARD OPERATING SYSTEM, THE MOS. THE MOS WAS DESIGNED TO BE EASILY REHOSTABLE AND HAS, IN FACT, BEEN REHOSTED TO SEVERAL HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS. HOWEVER, ...

MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS ARE REQUIRED IN SIMULATION TEST SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO TEST INTEGRATED SENSOR SYSTEMS THAT COMBINE RF, INFRARED AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSORS. RF ENVIRONMENT SIMULATORS CAN NOW GENERATE EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR COMBAT SCENARIOS. NO EQUIVALENT CAPABILITY EXISTS TO GENERATE LARGE NUMBERS OF IR AND EO TARGET SIGNATURES SO THAT IR AND EO SENSORS CAN BE TESTED IN THESE SAME SCENARI ...

ACCURATE RF ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZATION IS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE REALISTIC REQUIREMENTS FOR EW SYSTEMS. THE SUPPRESSOR ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZER WILL INTEGRATE THE SUPPRESSOR C3 OPERATION AND DECISION MODEL WITH A STATE-OF-THE-ART PULSE MODEL TO PRODUCE THE DATA NECESSARY TO ANALYZE THE RF ENVIRONMENT.