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During this effort, Cybernet Systems will study existing Personal Communications System (PCS) concepts which can be used to create an optimal digital video distribution system using PCS technology. In addition, we will provide the design specifications for a system which facilitates wide area distribution and receipt of information by the soldier. Commercial applications for the digital video di ...

High-speed large-format solid state imaging devices have been used for several years in a variety of scientific, industrial, and consumer applications. As the format size increases, however, the problem of post-capture processing becomes significantly larger, not only in terms of raw memory required but also in terms of processor throughput. Ideally, an imager capable of performing significant p ...

Here OptiMetrics Inc. proposes to develop an Information Architecture for the simulation of intelligence information, processes and sensors that are the components of C3I systems. That Information Architecture (IA) builds on the concepts of High Level Architecture (HLA) for DIS. It would provide the logical structure for the integration of existing and future intelligence simulations and for eva ...

3-D visualization of multiple RF fields requires innovative display techniques to overcome a number of technical challenges, including surface polygon reduction for increased graphics speed, and discrimination of multiple overlapping surfaces. The innovation in the present proposal derives from the PI's recent development of a 3-D tactical display for the Navy in which the interaction of sonar ac ...

Successful development of advanced turbine engines will depend heavily upon rapid development of new, reliable, lightweight metal matrix composites (MMC's) having unprecedented high temperature properties. Recent developments in the manufacture of MMC's by vapor deposition methods offer the prospect of producing polyphase microcomposite precursors in the form of continuous monofilaments or thin m ...

This Phase I project pertains to the synthesis and biological evaluation of novel L-nucleoside-derived antimalarial compounds. A major recent finding has been that during the development of the malaria parasite in the host erythrocyte, profound alterations are caused in the permeability of the host cell-membrane. Recent investigations have discovered that a new transport pathway for nucleosides ...

This SBIR Phase I project will create an event representation framework and generate a catalogue of reasoning mechanisms for transforming domain specific events into a convenient representational framework. The choice of the representation scheme used to model a domain for analysis by the neural network of fuzzy logic system can make an enormous difference in the ease and efficiency of the proble ...

This proposal develops an experimental prototype employing beam shaped acoustic pulse in soil for the integrated detection and location of buried metallic and non-metallic targets. Detection of buried mines exploiting the electromagnetic spectrum has had limited success because of the intrinsic trade-off in system (pixel) resolution, search rate, signal and image processing, as well as lack of ro ...

The notion of using an inexpensive inertial augmentation system for a tube launched ordnance, either with or without a terminal homing sensor, has existed for some time now. The main drawback has been the high cost associated with reliable inertial components and the hardening problem with gyroscopes or other rate sensing elements. Some of the solutions that have been proposed to date attempt to ...

This proposal is focused at testing a new family of intermetallic materials for superior wear resistance in automotive applications due to the self-lubricating potential of the base material at a significant reduction in operating cost and capital investment. The proposed materials are produced by a new technique resulting in uniquely superior properties. Due to the ultrafine microstructure resu ...