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A REVISED ARCHITECTURE CONCEPT FOR ASW INFORMATION MANAGEMENT BY REDUCING SHORE-TO-SHIP AND INTER-PLATFORM DATA TRANSMISSION TIME AND BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS THROUGH COST EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION IS NOW POSSIBLE. APPLICATION OF THE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY TO THE STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, AND TIMELY PRESENTATION OF COHERENT TACTICAL PICTURES WILL BE IMPORTANT BY-PRODUCTS. PROPER INFO ...

THIS IS A SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS/PRELIMINARY DESIGN STUDY WHICH WILL INCLUDE A DEMONSTRATION OF A NEAR REAL-TIME TRUE PRESPECTIVE TERRAIN IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO INSERT STATIC OR DYNAMIC OBJECTS, SUCH AS BUILDINGS OR VARIOUS TARGET CLASSES, INTO THE DATA BASE. COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SOFTWARE, OPTIMIZED FOR THE HOST PROCESSOR, WILL BE EMPLOYED, AND BENCHMARK M ...

THIS OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND BUILD A PROTOTYPE OF A DC TO DC VOLTAGE CONVERTER TO BE USED IN ELECTRONIC FOIL INITIATOR APPLICATIONS. THE DC TO DC CONVERTER WILL WORK AT 80% EFFICIENCY USING CURRENT MODE CHARGING. THE WORKING VOLTAGE WILL BE 2.5 KV WITH AN OVERALL POWER DENSITY OF 25 WATTS PER CUBIC INCH. THE DC TO DC REQUIRES AN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTAL INPUT FOR CHARGING. THIS UN ...

A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, NONHYDROSTATIC CLOUD MODEL IS USED AS A TOOL TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM OF THUNDERSTORM INITIATION. OPERATIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS DO A POOR JOB OF PREDICTING THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE WARM SEASON, WHEN THE LARGE SCALE CIRCULATION IS RELATIVELY WEAK. THE CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES USED IN CURRENT MESO-BETA-SCALE RESEARCH MODE ...

THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL RESULT IN A MAJOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE CURRENT ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND DIAGNOSE THE RADAR CROSS SECTION (RCS) INTEGRITY OF MODERN MILITARY AIRCRAFT. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE EFFORT IS TO DEFINE A RADAR AND HIGH-SPEED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM THAT MEETS NAVY AND MARINE CORPS SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY MULTIFREQUENCY OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT RCS DIAGNOSTIC MEASUREMENT, BY ...

ADVANCES IN PROGRAMMABLE SIGNAL PROCESSING HARDWARE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES FOR OPTIMIZING SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS TO ACHIEVE HIGH PROCESSOR THROUGHPUT RATES HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP A PROGRAMMABLE, LINEAR DIGITAL BEAMFORMER WITH THE FLEXIBILITYTO MEET A WIDE RANGE OF BEAMFORMING OBJECTIVES AT A REASONABLE COST. THE PROPOSAL PRESENTS AN APPROACH WHICH WOULD EMPLOY HIGH THROU ...

IT IS PLANNED TO DEVELOP A MINIATURIZED SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) VAPOR DETECTION SYSTEM AS A PERSONAL MONITOR FOR TOXIC ORGANIC VAPORS. THE SAW SENSORS ARE VERY PROMISING ASTHEY CAN BE MADE VERY SENSITIVE TO ESSENTIALLY ANY TOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUND WITH AT LEAST MODEST VAPOR PRESSURE. THEY CAN DETECT SOLVENTS SUCH AS BENZENE AND DICHLOROETHANE IN THE LOW PPM RANGE AND MANY OF THE HIGH MOLECULAR, ...

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF PHASE I ARE TO DEVELOP FEASIBLE, EFFECTIVE SYSTEM CONCEPTS FOR UTILIZING SPACE-BASED ASSETS AS PLATFORMS FOR RF DECEPTION EQUIPMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE BATTLEFIELD COMMANER. THIS PHASE WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC SYSTEM DESIGNS WHICH IMPLEMENT THE CONCEPTS DEEMED EFFECTIVE. THE STUDY WILL FOCUS ON DEFINING THE SUITABILITY OF SPACE ASSETS TO THE FOLLOWING USES ...

A PROTOTYPE OF ESM/ELINT RECEIVER SYSTEM UTILIZING ACOUSTIC CHARGE TRANSPORT (ACT) TECHNOLOGY IN AN ADAPTIVE CHANNELIZER IS PROPOSED. THE TYPES OF ACT TECHNOLOGY TO BE EXPLOITED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT ARE TUNABLE FILTERS WITH PROGRAMMABLE BANDWIDTHS AND ADJUSTABLE DELAY LINES FOR DELAY LINE DISCRIMINATORS. A VERY LONG DELAY USING ACT TECHNOLOGY WILL ALSO BE INVESTIGATED. THIS ADAPTIVE RECEIVER BUILDS ...

HIGH POWER TRANSIT-TIME AMPLIFIERS ARE A NEW CLASS OF RF SOURCE THAT CONVERTS THE KINETIC ENERGY OF AN ELECTRON BEAM INTO RF RADIATION IN A VERY EFFICIENT WAY. WHEN THE BEAM CROSSES THE CAVITY OF PROPER DIMENSIONS, IT WILL INTERACT WITH A SINGLE CAVITY MODE THEREBY RADIATING COHERENTLY AT THE MODE'S FREQUENCY. MODE GROWTH CONTINUES UNABATED UNTIL THE RF FIELDS ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO MODIFY THE BEAM O ...