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CURRENT FUEL-AIR EXPLOSIVE WARHEATS USE A LIQUID FUEL. LIQUIDS CHARACTERISTICALLY INTRODUCE HANDLING AND STORAGE HAZARDS AND HAVE A LOW ENERGY DENSITY. USE OF PRACTICAL SOLID FUELS COULD OVERCOME THOSE DEFICIENCIES. SOLID FUELS ARE PROPOSED THAT COULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF DISPERSION IN UNDER 20 MILLISEC AND FINAL PARTICLE SIZE UNDER 10 MICRONS BY DISPERSION AS VAPORIZED FUELS AND MOLTEN METAL ...

THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURES AND ALGORITHMS WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS AND EVALUATE THOSE ARCHITECTURES AND ALGORITHMS VIA SIMULATION AND MODELING. WE DEFINE HEREIN A SYSTEM CONSISTING OF TWO DIFFERENT NEURAL NETWORK PARADIGMS WHICH ARE INTEGRATED TO PERFORM AUTOMATIC IDENTIICATION AND DEMODULATION OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SIGN ...

XMCO INC, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE RAIL COMPANY, PROPOSES A PHASE I FEASIBILITY STUDY TO DEVELOP A COMPUTER PROGRAM LIKE INTEGRATING NAVAIR AUTOMATED RCM WORKSHEET DATA WITH THE MIL-STD-1388-2A AUTOMATED LOGISTIC SUPPORT ANALYSIS RECORD. STUDY ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED INCLUDE DATA ELEMENT COMPATABILITY BETWEEN AUTOMATED SYSTEM, SUFFICIENCY OF DATA TO SUPPORT REQUIRED ANALYSES, COMMONALITY OF SYSTEM HA ...

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THIS PROPOSAL IS A PLAN FOR A PROOF OF CONCEPT DEMONSTRATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED DECISION AID TO INTEGRATE PLANNING AND ANALYSIS OF AIR DEFENSE NETWORKS ON A SINGLE WORKSTATION. PROCEDURES FOR PLANNING AND ANALYZING AN AIR DEFENSE NETWORK ARE TIME AND LABOR INTENSIVE. THESE PROCEDURES CONSTITUTE ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT ASPECTS OF OPERATIONAL PLANNING BECAUSE OF TRANSITORY AIRSPAC ...

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SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERSONIC FLIGHT VEHICLES AND ENGINES WILL DEPEND HEAVILY UPON RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF NEW, HIGH-TEMPERATURE METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE (MMC'S). FIBER REINFORCED TITANIUM ALUMINIDE ALLOYS HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL TO MEET THE ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH STRUCTURES. CONSIDERABLE EFFORT HAS GONE INTO DEVELOPING THESE MMC'S WITH LARGE-DIAMETER SILICON CARBIDE FIBERS (5.6 MIL MONOF ...

A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, NONHYDROSTATIC CLOUD MODEL IS USED AS A TOOL TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM OF THUNDERSTORM INITIATION. OPERATIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS DO A POOR JOB OF PREDICTING THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE WARM SEASON, WHEN THE LARGE SCALE CIRCULATION IS RELATIVELY WEAK. THE CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES USED IN CURRENT MESO-BETA-SCALE RESEARCH MODE ...

IT IS PLANNED TO DEVELOP A MINIATURIZED SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) VAPOR DETECTION SYSTEM AS A PERSONAL MONITOR FOR TOXIC ORGANIC VAPORS. THE SAW SENSORS ARE VERY PROMISING ASTHEY CAN BE MADE VERY SENSITIVE TO ESSENTIALLY ANY TOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUND WITH AT LEAST MODEST VAPOR PRESSURE. THEY CAN DETECT SOLVENTS SUCH AS BENZENE AND DICHLOROETHANE IN THE LOW PPM RANGE AND MANY OF THE HIGH MOLECULAR, ...