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For this Phase I effort, Observera proposes to develop an attribute based system for automated image quality assessment of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery. Observera's expertise in SAR image analysis, image quality assessment and digital image processing algorithms are uniquely suited to this program. The imagery community uses the Radar National Imagery Interpretation Rating System (RNII ...

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There is an explosion of 3-D graphics technology in the mainstream commercial market. A $10,000 3-D graphics PC outperforms a $100,000 UNIX 3-D graphics workstation in virtually all aspects, in particular the 3-D rendering speed. We have an opportunity to exploit this new technology so every analyst or war-fighter can use their desktop PC to visualize in real-time 3-D urban and terrain data. In ...

CONVENTIONAL MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY (MBE) GROWTH CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE EITHER OPERATED MANUALLY OR WITH SIMPLE LINEAR CONTROLLERS USING PREDEFINED RECIPES. WE WILL SUPPLEMENT A STANDARD CONTROL SYSTEM WITH A NEURAL NETWORK BASED CONTROLLER. THE NEURAL NETWORK WILL BE TAUGHT BY GROWING GAAS/ALGAAS SUPERLATTICES USING THE CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE NEURAL NETWORK WILL BE ALLOWED TO TAK ...

RGI, THROUGH ITS ARRANGEMENTS WITH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE THROUGH ANALYSIS THE FEASIBILITY OF USING MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE OMAR (OPTICAL MICROWAVE APPROACH AND RANGING) SYSTEM TO ENHANCE THE RELIABILITY OF RPVS. OMAR, CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AS A PRECISION, LOW VISIBILITY LANDING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT (WITH EMPHASIS ON HELICOPTERS), LENDS ITSELF ...

THIS PHASE I SBIR PROPOSAL EXPLOITS RTA'S RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICS (NLD)-BASED PROCESSING METHODOLOGIES TO THE PROBLEM OF AUTOMATIC AND ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION. RTA WILL ANALYZE PROPRIETARY TECHNIQUES AND ADVANCES IN THE OPEN LITERATURE, TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF PERFORMANCE. ADDITIONALLY, RTA WILL EXTEND THE THEORETICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN TRADITIONAL NOISE CANCELLATION PROCESSING A ...

To meet dependability requirements dictated by current trends in both defense and commercial technologies, massive modular redundancy and application specific designs will have to give way to more efficient, scalable and cost-effective approaches. This Phase I proposal introduces a method which takes a basic architectural approach to fault-tolerant system design. The proposed research will addre ...

Many simulations environments, particularly those used for training purposes, employ simulated human behavior. To date, users frequently complain that such simulated behavior is not very intelligent and easy to "game" thus reducing the effectiveness of the training. We propose to improve intelligent agent technology through improved techniques for eliciting expert problem solving knowledge on wh ...

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OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE GROWN HIGH QUALITY CVD DIAMOND CRYSTALLITES AS CONFIRMED BY RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY, X-RAY DIFFRACTION, AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY ON A VARIETY OF SUBSTRATES INCLUDING SILICON USING A LOW TEMPERATURE (