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THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES AN APPROACH TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE ANTI-RADIATION MISSILE (ARM) ELECTRONIC COUNTER-COUNTERMEASURE (ECCM) TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPMENTAL AND PLANNED AIR FORCE RADARS TO COUNTER CURRENT AND ADVANCED HOSITLE ARMS. THE APPROACH DETERMINE THE VULNERABILITY OF AIR FORCE AIRBORNE RADARS TO PROJECTED THREATE ARMS, DEVELOPS AND EVALUATES RADAR ARM ECCM AND TACTICAL ARM COUNTERMEASURE, ...

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES HAVING RISE AND FALL TIMES AS SHORT AS 10 PS AND PULSE DURATIONS FROM 100 PS TO 10 NS ARE USEFUL FOR AIR FORCE APPLICATIONS RANGING FROM IMPULSE RADAR TO ULTRAWIDEBAND (UWB) WEAPON SYSTEMS. IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THESE SYSTEMS AND EVALUATE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE SINGLE PULSES HAVING BANDWIDTHS UP 30 GHZ IN A NONPERTURBING MANNER. AT PRESENT T ...

THE PHASE I RESEARCH WILL EXAMINE NOVEL METHODS FOR APPLICATION OF SINGLE PHASE AND COMPOSITE GLASS AND GLASS-MATRIX COATINGS FOR OXIDATION AND EROSION RESISTANCE IMPROVEMENT OF AFR700B MATRIX COMPOSITES. SINGLE PHASE AND COMPOSITE COATINGS WILL BE APPLIED TO COMPOSITE SUBSTRATES BY SOL-GEL, SOLUTION/MELT PROCESSING, AND BY LOW POWER THERMAL SPRAYING TECHNIQUES. COATING MICROSTRUCTURES WILL BE FUL ...

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL CONDUCT BOTH THERMOCHEMICAL AND THERMOMECHANICAL ANALYSES OF CANDIDATE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COATING MATERIALS AND CONFIGURATIONS FOR SIC MONOFILAMENTS. ANALYSES WILL CONSIDER SINGLE AND DUPLEX COATINGS TO BE DEPLOYED IN A RANGE OF TITANIUM ALLOY AND TITANIUM INTERMETALLIC MATRICES. SELECTED EXAMPLES OF PROMISING COATING CONCEPTS WILL BE EXPERIMENTALLY PREPARED AND SUPPL ...

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A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN IMPLEMENTING OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS IS THE INHERENT ATTENUATION CAUSED BY THE SPLITTING AND COMBINING OF OPTICAL SIGNALS. ACTIVE INTERCONNECTS USING SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOAS) SHOW GREATPROMISE FOR OVERCOMING THOSE INHERENT LOSSES, AND FOR IMPROVING INTERCONNECT SPEEDS FROM MEMORY, PROCESSORS AND DISPLAYS IN DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING APPLICATIONS. HOWEVER, THES ...

A NOVEL CONCEPT OF A MINIATURIZED, RUGGED, PERMANENTLY ALIGNED, ALL-SOLID-STATE SPECTROMETER SENSOR IS PROPOSED FOR A MISSILE SEEKER. A SET CONTAINING TWO OR THREE SUCH SENSORS CAN RESOLVE THE COMPLETE UV THROUGH IR SPECTRUM OF A SOURCE IN THE FIELD-OF-VIEW. IT IS INTENDED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS SPECTRUM WHEN PROCESSED VIA SPECTRAL-DOMAIN ALGORITHMS CAN PRODUCE A COUNTERMEASURE-IMMUNE MISSILE SE ...

THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A TELEROBOTIC CONTROL GLOVE (TCG) FOR THE CONTROL OF ROBOTIC DEXTROUS HANDS. THE GLOVE WILL BE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING BOTH THE POSITION OF AND THE FORCES EXERTED BY THE FINGERS OF THE ROBOTIC HAND. FEEDBACK OF BOTH TACTILE AND FORCE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE OPERATOR. THE SYSTEM WILL BE EASILY INTEGRABLE WITH TELEROBOTIC ARM CONTROL SYSTEMS. THE TCG WILL ...

ORBITEC PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A MEANS TO PRODUCE AND UTILIZE SOLID OXIDIZERS IN A COMBUSTION CHAMBER. CONDENSION GASEOUS OXYGEN DIRECTLY TO THE SOLID STATE APPEARS AN INTRACTABLE APPROACH BECOUSE OF LOW DENSITY OF THE FROST FORMATION. RAPID FREEZING FROM THE LIQUID PHASE HOWEVER, ASSURES A DENSE, COHERENT SOLID PHASE FORMATION. TO SIMPLIFY DELIVERY TO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, WE PROPOSE TO USE THE CO ...

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