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PRESENT DATA RECOVERY FROM ASW BUOYS REQUIRES THE PRESENCE OF P-3 AIRCRAFT. ALTERNATIVELY, SOME SATELLITE DATA READOUT CAPABILITY EXISTS, BUT TIDBIT RATE PER SATELLITE PASS IS TOOLOW, AND IT IS NOT REAL TIME. WE PROPOSETHE DEVELOPMENT OF A REAL TIME 2000 MILE HF DATA LINK FOR REMOTE BUOYS. A PRACTICAL HF BUOY LINK MUST USE SHORT NARROWBAND ATENNAS THAT CAN BE TUNED ACROSS THE BAND TO THE OPTIMUM F ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I PROJECT IS TO CONSTRUCT AND DELIVER A "BRASSBOARD" FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTRUM ANALYSIS PROCESSOR FOR MAGNETIC FIELD INSTRUMENTS HAVING A BANDWIDTH OF 0-10 HZ. IT WILL BE DESIGNED TO OPERATE AT A POWER CONSUMPTION OF LESS THAN 1 W AND INCORPORATES EXTENSIVE POST-PROCESSING DATA COMPRESSION CAPABILITIES. THIS CMOS BASED PROCESSOR CONSISTS OF A LOWPASS FILTER FOLLOWED BY ...

THE DEWPOINT CONCEPT UTILIZES CO-ALIGNED HIGH POWER MICROWAVE AND MODERATE POWER LASER DEVICES TO IRRADIATE OPTICAL AND/OR RF RECEIVERS IN THE INCOMING ANTI-SHIP MISSILE. THIS FLEET DEFENSE WEAPON CONCEPT HAS THREE IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS: 1. ABILITY TO PERMANENTLY OR INTERMITTENTLY DEBILITATE THE GUIDANCE/HOMING SUBSYSTEM OF ALL CLASSESOF THREAT ANTI-SHIP MISSILE EXCEPT PURE BALLISTIC NUCLEAR W ...

THIS EFFORT WILL DESIGN AND DEMONSTRATE BY A COMPUTER SIMULATION A TYPICAL SPACECRAFT TEMPERATURE-CONTROL SYSTEM SYSTEM THAT USES A NON-AZEOTROPIC, TWO-PHASE FLUID AS THE WORKING MEDIUM. THE INNOVATION LIES IN THE USE OF THE NON-AZEOTROPIC FLUID. EXISTING RESEARCH AND EXISTING DESIGNS ARE BASED ON HAVING CONVENTIONAL, SINGLE-COMPONENT OR AZEOTROPIC FLUIDS AS THE WORKING MEDIUM. NON-AZEOTROPIC FLUI ...

HAZE LAYERS APPEAR AS ANOMALOUS PATTERNS ON SATELLITE IMAGERY AND ARE VIEWED AS NOISE BYMOST RESEARCHERS. ONLY OVER OCEANS, WHERE THERE IS A CONSISTENT RADIATION BACKGROUND, HAVE EEFORTS TO MEASURE HAZE LAYERS PROVEN SUCESSFUL. THE FEW AVAILABLE POIRT MEASUREMENTS OF TURBIDITYAND AEROSOLS OF HAZE LAYERS DO NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO DEVELOP METHODS FOR MEASURING HAZE LAYERS OVER LAND. E ...

AN ENEMY WILL ATTEMPT TO COVER, CONCEAL AND APPLY DECEPTION TO PREVENT DISCOVERY OF HIS CAPABILITIES, ACTIVITIES AND INTENTIONS. THE PROBLEM OF COUNTERING CC&D IS ANALOGOUS TO SEEING THROUGH THE SLEIGHT-OF-HAND TRICKS OF A MAGICIAN. IF ONLY ONE SENSOR WITH ONE PERSPECTIVE IS USED TO OBSERVE AN OBJECT OR ACTION, THE OPTIONS OF A DECEIVER ARE MANY AND SIMPLE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ANAL ...

THIS PROPOSAL SUGGESTS AN UNCONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUE FOR CORRELATING LINES OF BEARING OBTAINED FROM INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENTS OF EMITTER CHARACTERISTICS. THE TECHNIQUE WILL EMPLOY SPECIFIC EMITTER IDENTIFICATION IN THE BROADEST SENSE USING ALL INFORMATION WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO CORRELATE LINES OF BEARING: SIGNAL NUANCES, GEOMETRY, FEATURE-EMITTER ASSOCIATIONS, EMITTER-EMITTER ASSOCIATIONS, EMITTERTARG ...

COMBAT INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION IS AN ECHELONED, CENTRALIZED PROCESS. WHILE THE OTHER FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE ARMY'SCOMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (ACCS) UNDER DEVELOPMENT ARE DISTRIBUTED AND DECENTRALIZED, THE INTELLIGENCE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM IS STILL CENTRALIZED. THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSES THE CONCEPT OF A DISTRIBUTED, DECENTRALIZED COMBAT INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENT AND DISTR ...

A METHOD OF PREDICTION IS PROPOSED TO PROVIDE CREDIBLE, TIMELY AND COMPLETE PRICE INFORMATION ON SPARE PARTS AND REPAIR PARTS. THE METHODOLOGY, A NOVEL COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS APPROACH, IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO COMPLETE UNIT AND SUBASSEMBLY COST AND PRICE ESTIMATES. TECHNIQUES ARE PROPOSED TO ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR MINIMUM EXPENDITURESAND REASONABLENESS OF PRICES PRIOR TO CONTRACT AWARD, AS WELL AS ME ...

THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES A SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET SYSTEM TO SUSPEND AIRPLANE AND MISSILE MODELS IN WIND TUNNELS WITHOUT MECHANICAL STINGS. THE NEW OPPORTUNITY IS TO ACHIEVE MORE POWERFUL, MORE COMPACT, LESS EXPENSIVE, AND MORE RELIABLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE TO PREPARE AND EVALUATE SEVERAL ADVANCED CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMS BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY WORK DESCRIBED IN REPORT NASA C ...