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This proposal applies experience gained developing Measures of Proficiency for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and cognitive task analysis (CTA) techniques to develop multi-media diagnostic tools for team training. Phase I will result in full cognitive and team process analyses of teams performing mission tasks in Anti-Submarine Warfare in a simulator. A key facet of these analyses will be developm ...

This project will apply virtual reality (VR) technology, in the context of system engineering, to develop a more effective, convenient, and realistic virtual prototyping technology that will improve the capacity to develop and assess complex computer-based systems. An intermediate goal of this Phase I initiative is automatically generating executable VR-based simulation code from IDEF3 behav ...

We have designed an innovative adaptive-optics system to provide correction for laser beam distortion by large atmospheric turbulences such as in an aircraft boundary-layer. The adaptive-optics design is applicable to laser-based infrared countermeasure systems, laser rangefinders, and laser target designators. Our design is a new approach that specifically address large-scale turbulence in t ...

The Virtual Engineering firm is a reality, with a team of scientists and engineers scattered at home sites working together to solve tough engineering problems. This SBIR will perform research and development to provide collaborative system engineering tools for network engineering projects. We will explore new directions for collaborative systems engineering (SE) that enable distributed req ...

The objective of this proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of using Magnetorheological (MR) fluid based dampers for both shock and vibration isolation for the E-2C Hawkeye. Metron has previously developed a prototype system to accomplish this objective in a laboratory demonstration. This proposal represents the minimal level of effort to reproduce this laboratory demonstration. Furthermor ...

Novel techniques have been developed for the application of micromachining techniques to the fabrication of millimeter and submillimeter wave components for space based receivers and radar systems. These techniques may permit significant reductions in costs of fabrication. Also, design cycles and system development may be accelerated. These techniques are compatible with the fabrication of linea ...

The system consists of two laser diodes of either the same or different wavelengths in the visible range. Both laser diodes are driven by a single current oscillator at a pre-determined base frequency. This base frequency is divided into two electrical pulse trains at exactly half the original base frequency by a two-stage shift register. One of these electrical pulse trains is applied to the firs ...

Scientific innovations are commercially worthless until they are matched by corresponding manufacturing innovations. This dilemma characterizes the current status of nanometer metal powder technology. On one hand, years of scientific research have unambiguously demonstrated the utility of nanoscale metal materials for a myriad of high technology applications; on the other hand, current manu ...

Nomura Enterprise Inc. (NEI) proposes to extend a novel research technology, Laser-Based Spatial Dynamics Modeling (LSDM) for the solution of 3-D velocity fields over submerged structures using a scanning laser Doppler vibrometer (SLDV). NEI will be assisted by the Structural Imaging and Modal Analysis Laboratory of Virginia Tech. LSDM technology exploits high spatial density noncontact SLDV ...

We present an innovative design to achieve full-duplex ATM telemetry over existing single-coax tow cable systems which are used on many Navy ships and submarines for towing arrays. The proposal includes a comprehensive review of wireline standards, semiconductors, and modems from which we identify three enabling technologies to achieve full-duplex ATM links on single-coax tow cables: wireline ...