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CURRENTLY, OFFICER REQUIREMENTS DETERMINATION IS PERFORMED BY HIGHLY EXPERIENCED AND SPECIALIZED MANPOWER ANALYSTS. A SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE A DEVELOPMENT TOOL TO ASSIST NON-EXPERTS IN ESTIMATING OFFICER MANNING REQUIREMENTS DURING THE EARLY PLANNING PHASES OF EACH NEW SHIP AND SUBMARINE ACQUISITION AND FOR EACH UPGRADE. THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH EFFORT IS INTENDED TO PRODUCE A PROTO ...

PHASE I OF THIS PROGRAM WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LABORATORY TESTING METHOD WHICH WILL ACCURATELY SIMULATE SOLID ROCKET CHAMBER ENVIRONMENTS. THE FEASIBILITY OF USING PROPELLANT GAS GENERATOR CARTRIDGES AND OTHER KEY PARTS OF THE LABORATORY APPARATUS WILL BE DEMONSTRATED. AN INTERNAL INSULATION PERFORMANCE DATABASE WILL BE CREATED WHICH INCLUDES CURRENT AND PAST SOLID ROCKET MOTOR DATA.

THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN AUTOMOBILE AIR CONDITIONER THAT INCLUDES A HEAT PUMP DRIVEN BY WASTE HEAT IN THE ENGINEEXHAUST. THE PUMP INCLUDES NO MOVING PARTS. THE WORKING MEDIUM IS HYDROGEN, WHICH SHUTTLES BETWEEN TWO HEAT EXCHANGERS WHOSE SURFACES ARE COATED WITH METAL HYDRIDE. A TECHNIQUE FOR COATING A METAL SURFACE WITH A METAL HYDRIDE USING SILICONE RUBBER (WHICH HAS A HIGH PERMEABILITY FOR H ...

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A PROTOTYPE OF A NEW MICROCOMPUTER-BASED "INTELLIGENT" MAGNIFIER, THE DIGITAL DOCUMENT MAGNIFIER (DDM), WILL BE CONSTRUCTED FOR USE AS A LOW VISION AID. THE DDM USES A HIGH RESOLUTION SCANNER TO PROVIDE CCTV-LIKE EASE OF DOCUMENT IMAGE ACQUISITION AND IMAGE QUALITY, TOGETHER WITH THE CONVENIENCE OF MAGNIFIED IMAGE MANIPULATION OF PREVIOUS COMPUTER-BASED MAGNIFIERS, AS WELL AS OFFERING LOW VISION " ...

MIL-STD-1760 DEFINES A STANDARDIZED ELECTRICAL INTERFACE BETWEEN AIRCRAFT AND STORES. THIS INTERACE AS PRESENTLY DEFINED INCLUDES CONNECTIONS FOR ANALOG, DIGITAL DATA, DISCRETE, AND POWER TYPE SIGNALS. SIGNAL TRANSFER MEDIA INCLUDE COAXIAL CABLE, TWISTED SHIELDED PAIR, AND DISCRETE WIRES. PROVISIONS ARE INCLUDED, HOWEVER, FOR THE FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION OF TWO FIBER OPTIC SIGNAL CONNECTIONS WHICH AR ...

THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A LONG ENDURANCE BALLOON VEHICLE HAVING A ONE-YEAR LIFE AT 120,000 FEET. THE CONCEPT MAKES USE OF THE EXPERIENCE GAINED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES IN FLYING SMALLER PAYLOADS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. THE APPROACH TO BE TAKEN WILL RESULT IN THE DESIGN OF A SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON WITH A WELL-DEFINED BIAXIAL STRESS DISTRI ...

TL-BA-CA-CU-O THIN FILMS HAVE ZERO RESISTANCE ABOVE 110K AND CRITICAL CURRENTS UP TO 10(6) A/CM(2) AT 77K. IN THICKER SAMPLES THE CRITICAL CURRENT IS LOWER. THUS, TO PREPARE STRONG, "BULK" SUPERCONDUCTORS WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE MULTILAYER SAMPLES COMPOSED OF STRONG SUBSTRATES (EITHER HASTALLOY OR CARBON FIBER) ON WHICH A LARGE NUMBER OF LAYERS OF SUPERCONDUCTOR AND BUFFER LAYERS HAVE BEEN DEPOSI ...

THE EFFORT PROPOSED HEREIN WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPING AND UNDERSTANDING IMPORTANT DESIGN PARAMETERS OF A COMPACT/HIGHLY EXPANDABLE, LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURAL WEAVED JOINT WHICH CAN BE EMPLOYED INEXPENSIVELY AS A BASIC CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT FOR OPERATIONS IN SPACE. A 12" DIAMETER PROTOTYPE IS AVAILABLE AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THIS PROPOSAL IF REQUESTED. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE USE OF THIS STRUCTURAL WEAVE ...

XERAD PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE THE UTILIZATION OF THE ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY CONCEPT KNOWN AS THE PARTICLE BED REACTOR (PBR) WHICH WAS BASELINED FOR AN AIR FORCE ASTRONAUTICS LABORATORY (USAFAL) STUDY FOR AN ORBIT TRANSFER VEHICLE (OTV). THE STUDY FOCUSED ON HYDROGEN AS THE WORKING FLUID. FOR AN ICBM APPLICATION, AN ALTERNATE PROPELLANT SUCH AS AMMONIA, WILL BE EMPLOYED IN ATMOSPHERIC ...