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BECAUSE OF A LACK OF ADEQUATE FLIGHT OR GROUND TEST DATA FOR HYPERSONIC REENTRY CONDITIONS, THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXISTING AND FUTURE BRVS, MARVS AND DECOYS WILL INCREASINGLY BENEFIT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCURATE AND RELIABLE NUMERICAL TOOLS FOR PREDICTING SUCH HYPERSONIC FLOWFIELDS. TO EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS STUDIES, THE NUMERICAL SCHEMES REQUIRE A UNIQUE COMBINATION ...

To field characterize laser systems the laser power, beam divergence, intensity profile and spot size of the laser must be measured with a robust, vibration insensitive system. While some of these parameters can be obtained using conventional components, beam divergence is difficult to measure because of the complexity and vibration sensitivity of typical interferometry based elements. We propos ...

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The Cesium vapor magnotometer and ground-penetrating radar senors currently used to identify subsurface Unexploded Ordnance locations also respond to underground clutter and anomalies. The ultimate objective of this project is to develop a classifier or discriminator that has the potential of providing significantly improved performance on target discrimination for subsurface ordnance ...

Simulation-based optimization techniques that enlist reinforcement learning controllers are ideally suited for complex and multi-objective optimization problems that cannot be solved easily using traditional techniques, especially when the stochastic natures or the environment, resources, and external interactive entities are taken into account. Reinforcement learning based on incremental value i ...

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