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The detection and recognition of man-made objects under foliage conditions requires the use of VHF/UHF ultra-wideband (UWB) radars such as P-3/SAR system developed by ERIM for NAWC/AD and DARPA. At low frequencies and long wavelengths, most of the scatters are in the Rayleigh scattering region and their RCS is low, which enables foliage penetration. However, this also results in a small number o ...

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Providing the commander with timely, accurate, and meaningful information is a critical problem in the design and deployment of battlefield information management systems. A methodology is needed for presenting the critical information in a situationally-relevant manner, to support the commander's visualization of the battlefield and assessment of tactical alternatives. We propose a hybrid solu ...

MAN-PORTABLE ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT SUCH AS THE MINI GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVER IS CURRENTLY POWERED BY HEAVY CHEMICAL BATTERIES. A WIND-UP SPRING DEVICE, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 4W AT 12V FOR 5 MIN AT ONE WINDING, WOULD BE A DESIRABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR BATTERIES. UNFORTUNATELY, CALCULATIONS SHOW THAT THE WEIGHT AND BULK OF A SPRING MECHANISM WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE. INSTEAD, A SMALL, HIGHLY EFFICI ...

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This proposal is part of a TRP whose aim is the development and commercialization of a generic 2 micrometers coherent lidar transceiver with a variety of airborne wind sensing applications in both commercial and military avionics. These include: flight-level-optimization, clear-air turbulence detection, wind shear detection and avoidance, and wake-vortex detection. For specifiec military use, ap ...

Improved magnetic and electromagnetic sensors covering a wide range of frequencies, 0 to 10kHz, and with extremely high sensitivity are proposed for broad area detection and characterization of underground targets. The sensors can be used for a variety of applications and for different e.m. sources. They can be configured as gradiometers, as vector or scaler sensors and can be used as internette ...

This Phase I study proposes to address the problem of providing robust guidance, navigation and control in the presence of jamming on high dynamic platforms. Specifically, we propose an innovative all-digital system architecture that tightly integrates an adaptive antenna spatial/temporal filter with the GPS/INS receiver to form multiple simultaneous beam/null patterns - one for each satellite be ...

We propose a SBIR program which will provide Basic Research and Exploratory Development of fluorinated graded index plastic optical fiber. Recent breakthroughs in the design of graded index plastic optical fibers have dramatically increased POF's data transmission rate. A bandwidth of more than 3 (three) Ghz at 100 meters has been demonstrated. Fluoropolymers with elevated glass transition temp ...

IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS SYSTEMS, THERE IS A NEED FOR PROPELLANTS AND EXPLOSIVES WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE POWERFUL AND LESS SENSITIVE THAN THOSE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. BECAUSE OF THE HIGH DENSITIES AND HIGH STRAIN ENERGIES CHARACTERISTIC OF SMALL CAGE MOLECULES, POLYNITRO CAGE COMPOUNDS ARE PRIME CANDIDATES FOR NEW POWERFUL EXPLOSIVES. PARTICULARLY INTERESTING ...