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Rotorcraft limit envelopes are complex and difficult for pilot compliance. Exceedances are unsafe and shorten useful life of the aircraft, while piloting that isn't close to limits cannot fully exploit performance capabilities. Accurate, automatic limit-onset prediction/detection would alert the pilot and trigger automatic limit-avoidance control to prevent exceedances. Neural network (NN) tech ...

The objective of this task is to develop a transient waveform data acquisition system for IR lidar sensors. The proposed data acquisition system will incorporate a wide bandwidth front end amplifier (possibly with a time-varying gain capability), a high speed analog to digital converter, sample buffer memory, and programmable trigger outputs on a single card. The card may also include a DSP unit f ...

A program is proposed to demonstrate fabrication of functionally gradient materials (FGMs) for advanced armor against small arms threats, through leverage of Cercom's existing technology database for fabrication of cermet TiB/Ti FGMs up to 150mm square. The program will advance state of the art technology for FGMs, with a fabrication method adaptable to high volume, low cost production, in contra ...

A design study is proposed for a simulator which permits an individual soldier to walk or run in a simulated environment, including turning, climbing, or descending on simulated rough or smooth terrain. Soft or unstable terrain surfaces can also be simulated. The device permits standing, crouching, kneeling, and prone stances, and does not encumber the soldier with mechanical attachments, wires, ...

In response the the need of flexible superconductor applications, Concord Analysis, Inc. (CA), proposes the fabrication and development of superconductor wire with high critical current density by modified liquid-phase-epitaxy technique. for superconductor wire formation, the most used powder-in-tube method has encountered problems such as: stoichiometric composition, uniformity, second phases, u ...

Vaccines have significantly improved the health of animals and humans during the past century. However, there are still problems associated with cost, distribution and safety in administration of the vaccines, e.g., needle-stick injuries. Anthrax caused by Bacillus anthracis is a world-wide problem affecting both animals and humans. Although current anthrax vaccines for humans and animals have ...

With the propagation disturbances for which HF is notorious, and the narrow bandwidths that are available, the effective use of HF networks for data communications requires efficient algorithms for network establishment and adaptive routing control after the network is operating. In military operations, the variabilities are further magnified by the mobility of the network nodes and the highly un ...

Fiber and Sensor Technologies, Inc. proposes to develop a fiber optic sensor that can be embedded in a polymeric matrix composite to monitor the state of the composite "from cradle to grave". During fabrication, the sensor will output quantitative data which will indicate the degree of polymerization of the matrix resin. In service, the same sensor will monitor internal strains of the composite pa ...

For survivability, future command posts will be established and operate in a dispersed configuration. Each commander and staff officer will operate from a small, highly mobile command element. Current C3 systems based primarily on voice and text transmission will not adequately support such a command environment. The proposed effort will result in a videoconferencing architecture that supports u ...