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THE GOAL OF PHASE I IS TO DEMONSTRATE AN ADVANCED TECHNIQUE FOR THE GROWTH OF MULTILAYERS OF MERCURY CADMIUM TELLURIDE (MCT) AT LOW TEMPERATURE (

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THE PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE USING EXPANDING MONOMERS IN COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR AIRCRAFT TRANSPARENCIES SUCH AS THOSE USED IN POLYCARBONATE WINDOWS. IT SHOWS HOW THE BONDING BETWEEN THE COATING FILM AND THE SUBSTRATE CAN BE MADE EXTREMELY INTIMATE SO THAT CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE AND HUMIDITY DO NOT RESULT IN DELAMINATION OR DESTRUCTION OF COATING PROPERTIES. ...

THIS RESEARCH HAS A LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE TO FULLY DEVELOP A NEW DENTAL RESTORATIVE MATERIAL THAT WILL BE SUPERIOR TO NONMETALLIC MATERIALS NOW IN USE. THEY ARE BASED UPON POLYMERIC RESINS THAT HAVE THE UNIQUE PROPERTY OF EXPANSION OR ZERO SHRINKAGE WHEN THEY ARE TRANSFORMED FROM THE LIQUID (UNCURED) TO THE SOLID (CURED) STATE. THE PHASE I FEASI- BILITY STUDY WILL PREPARE THE MONOMER IN SUFFICIENT Q ...

MILLIMETER-WAVE SYSTEMS ARE RAPIDLY EMERGING WITH NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING VARIOUS RADAR SYSTEMS AND GUIDANCE FOR SELF-CONTAINED MUNITIONS. VIABILITY OF MANY MILLIMETER-WAVE SYSTEMS RELIES HEAVILY UPON ACHIEVING THE LOWER COST AND SMALL SIZE AFFORDED BY CIRCUIT INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES. DIELECTRIC-BASED WAVEGUIDES, SUCH AS INSULAR LINE, ARE HIGHLY APPROPRIATE MEDIA FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATION BY ...

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NON-NUCLEAR MUNITIONS AND ARMAMENTS IS ENHANCED IF TERMINAL GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED. ILLUMINATION OF THE TARGET FROM A SELF-CONTAINED TRANSMITTER PROVIDES THE GREATEST MISSION FLEXIBILITY. THE USE OF MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH TERMINAL GUIDANCE TARGET SEEKERS IS NOW UNDER FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION BECAUSE OF SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE RELATIVE TO OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SYSTEMS IN ADVERSE BATTLEFI ...

THE GUIDANCE OF SMALL MUNITIONS AND MISSILES USING SEEKER FRONT ENDS AT MILLIMETER WAVE LENGTHS HAS GAINES INCREASING DEVELOPMENT ATTENTION. MILLIMETER SEEKERS HAVE ADVANTAGES IN TERMS OF GROUND CLUTTER REJECTION AND OTHER BATTLE FIELD CONDITIONS (SMOKE AND DUST). THE MAJOR PROBLEM PLAGUEING THESE SYSTEMS TO DATE HAS BEEN THE HIGH COST DRIVEN BY THE INABILITY TO INTEGRATE AND MASS PRODUCE. MICROST ...

COUNTS OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC TO JUSTIFY SIGNALS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER FACILITIES IN OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT ARE DONE MANUALLY. COST OF TAKING THIS DATA WOULD BE REDUCED IF A RELIABLE, AUTOMATIC PEDESTRIAN DETECTION DEVICE WERE AVAILA-BLE. THE DEVICE MUST BE RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE, DURABLE, PORTABLE AND ADAPTABLE TO OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENTS. A LINEAR PESTRAIN SENSOR ARRAY (LPSA) IS PROPOSED FOR PHASE I RESE ...

GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT PERFLUOROALKYL ETHERS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. THE FLUORINATED PRODUCTS, SERVING AS MODEL COMPOUNDS FOR HIGHER MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS, WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE STABILITY PARAMETERS FOR HIGHER MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS. SIMPLE MOLECULES, TYPICALLY DIMETHYLETHER DERIVATIVES FOR THE BASIC REPEATING UNIT OF THE POLYMER OF INTEREST, WILL BE SYNTHESI ...