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The research presented here is a follow on to previous efforts [Pachter, Barba, 2007] in which a tight control loop...  Read More >>

A design method has been developed by which an airfoil with a substantial amount of natural laminar flow can be...  Read More >>

As the Department of Defense (DoD) moves to a capability based approach for requirements definition and system development,...  Read More >>

Cost growth is a problem in U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) acquisitions. A particular component of cost growth...  Read More >>

On September 11th 2001, Al-Qaeda used the principles of fourth generation warfare (4GW) to achieve strategic effects...  Read More >>

How ideas about aerodynamics first developed and how the science and technology evolved to forge the airplane into...  Read More >>

Near Vertical Incident Skywave (NVIS) techniques involve physical propagation using the electromagnetically reflective...  Read More >>

A critical issue for designers of communication systems is the characterization of the communication channel. The...  Read More >>

Airborne Laser testing and evaluation can be aided by developing a spectrally-based infrared camera simulation to...  Read More >>

In order to determine whether Reserve Component (RC) forces are essential to the task of exploiting imagery intelligence...  Read More >>

In July 1994, the Joint Staff Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) Directorate (J6)...  Read More >>

One critical step in providing the Air Force the capability to explore unknown environments is for an autonomous...  Read More >>

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. The...  Read More >>

To estimate the state of a maneuvering target in clutter, a tracking algorithm must becapable of addressing measurement...  Read More >>

Spray painting operations using chromate-containing primer paints produce particles which may expose workers to...  Read More >>

The United States Air Force fighter training squadrons build weekly schedules using a long and tedious process....  Read More >>

The red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) is classified under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as an endangered...  Read More >>

This paper examines the state of the nation and the Air Force with regard to energy. First, it describes in detail...  Read More >>

This study defines joint times-sensitive targeting, looks at a few instances of joint sensor fusion and extracts...  Read More >>

Presented in this work are the results of an investigation of alternative means for powering spacecraft and launch...  Read More >>

Significant concentrations of lead can be generated at indoor and outdoor firing ranges during firing operations...  Read More >>

This research designs an off-line evolutionary system to create multi-UAV behavior capable of searching for and...  Read More >>

Three materials, Inconel 718, Haynes 188, and 316 stainless steel, were tested under an axial-torsional stress state...  Read More >>

In the most recent years, the Command, Control and Communications, Counter Measures, Intelligence, Surveillance...  Read More >>

In support of the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) vision of the layered sensing operations center, command...  Read More >>