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THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE NEED TO PROVIDE AN AUTOMATIC BEST SOURCE SELECTION OR BEST DATA ESTIMATE FOR UP TO SIX SPACE-DIVERSIFIED SOURCES OF TELEMETRY DATA. AN AUTOMATED BEST SOURCE SELECTOR IS PROPOSED WHICH MEETS THE REQUIREMENT WITH THREE OUTPUT MODES; A BEST SOURCE SELECTION, A BEST ESTIMATE VIA MAJORITY VOTING, AND COMBINED MODE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY OUTPUTS THE BEST SOURCE WHEN AT LEAST ONE ...

The Navy is imposing weight limits on the Cooperative Engagement (CeC) Program, the electronic equipment racks presently used by the Navy are very heavy and expensive to produce, this Program will develop a lightweight rack which will meet the operational requirements and be less expensive to product. Military systems are becoming increasingly complex and have to meet a larger arra of requirement ...

A novel coating technology is proposed for increased wear and improved li fe and reliability of commutator bars in electrical sliding devices found in manned and unmanned underwater vehlilles. Diamond-Like Nanocomposite (DLN) coatings represent a famil Of thiWrfilms that bxhibit unique combinations of technologically interesting properties including high adhesion to virtually any substrate (inclu ...

SPS SHALL UNDERTAKE AND R&D EFFORT TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF AN "INTELLIGENT EXPERT ASSISTANT" WHICH APPLIES EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY IN CONJUNCTION WITH COMPUTER-AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (CASE) TOOLS FOR STRUCTURED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT. THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVE IS TO SHOW THAT HIGHER-QUALITY, FASTER, AND MORE EFFICIENT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IS ACHIEVABLE WITH AN EXPERT SY ...

CONAX HAS EXTENDED THE EXPERIENCE GAINED IN 14 YEARS OF ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL PENETRATORS TO SEALING DEVICES FOR FIBER OPTICS. FIBER OPTIC PENETRATORS WITH A TOTAL OPTICAL LOSS OF 0.3 DB AT 10,000 PSI HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED. AN INNOVATIVE USE OF COMPRESSIVE SEALING IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP A PENETRATOR FOR SINGLE MODE FIBER WHICH IS MORE RUGGED AND HAS A WIDER OPERATING TEMPERATUR ...

THE PHASE I PROGRAM WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-TEMPERATURE, HIGH-SPEED TURBINE WHEEL DRIVEN BY HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMPRESSED AIR. CONCEPTS AND DETAILS WILL BE FORMULATED AND DESIGNED WITH REGARD TO EFFICIENCY, WEIGHT, COST, OPERATING PARAMETERS, AND RELIABILITY. OVERALL SIZE OF THE TURBINE WHEEL WILL BE LESS THAN 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER. TURBINE WHEEL/NOZZLE CONFIGURATIONS WILL B ...

THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING ADA AS THE SOFTWARE LANGUAGE ON MAJOR TRAINING SYSTEMS ACQUISITIONS WHICH INCORPORATE DISTRIBUTED MICROPROCESSORS AS THE SIMULATION SYSTEM. MANY IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES HAVE BEEN DEFINED FOR SINGLE MICROPROCESSOR REAL-TIME SYSTEMS PROGRAMMED IN ADA AND SOME SOLUTIONS ARE BEING DEVELOPED. HOWEVER SIMILAR DEFINITIONS AND SOLUTION ...

THE TACTICAL AIR OPERATIONS CENTRAL - 1985 (TAOC-85) ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT MODEL (EDM) SOFTWARE/FIRMWARE IS BASELINED TO 1979 - 1980 MILITARY DOCUMENTATION STANDARDS. INDEPENDENT VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION (IV&V) OF THIS COMPLEX PROGRAM PACKAGE IS REQUIRED. THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM IS TO PREPARE AN INDEPENDENT VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION PLAN WHICH WILL ...

IMPULSIVE SOURCES (LANDSLIDES, EXPLOSIONS, AND SO FORTH) ARE CAPABLE PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE WAVES IN SUFFICIENTLY DEEP WATER. IF CONTAINED IN A STEEP-WALLED FORD-LIKE CHANNEL, SUCH WAVES CAN BE PROPAGATED WITH LITTLE LOSS OF ENERGY OVER SIGNIFICANT DISTANCES. THE MAJOR ENERGY DISSIPATOR IN THIS CASE MIGHT BE THE OCCURRENCE OF BREAKING IN THE NARROW SHALLOW ZONES ALONG EACH BANK; THIS LOSS MECHA ...

A preliminary design for a despun control section for a spinning cannon launched projectile will be developed. It will incorporate the electronic packaging scheme of IDC (patent pending) and a variant of the CHAMP system that has been under development by Sanders for 10 years. The proposed design will be ultra-lightweight, extremely compact, very strong and inexpensive. System design issues wil ...