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Space Operations
America's capability to operate in space is increasing with every passing day. Space operations are
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Security Force Assistance Logistics
When are a nation's security forces deemed self-reliant? Security force assistance (SFA) is one pro
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Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) are a joint effort of the U.S. Army Corps of Enginee
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Stability Analysis of Concrete Structures
This manual provides guidance and assistance to design engineers in the development of different ty
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Alternative Disinfectants and Oxidants Guidance Manual
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Lasers Weapons in Space
This study presents a comparison of competing space-based architectures given the progress made wit
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A Comparison of Film Cooling Techniques in a High Speed, True Scale, Fully Colled Turbine Vane Ring
An effort was undertaken to understand the impact of different film cooling configurations in a tru
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Unmanned Horizons
The one and only shot the US had against Osama bin Laden was all down to a new surveillance aircraf
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Investigation Into Fretting Fatigue Under Cyclic Contact Load and Inconjunction With Plain Fatigue of Titanium Alloy
Fretting fatigue is the surface damage that occurs at the interface between two components that are
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The New Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Cockpit
The purpose of this paper is to examine how unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
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The Future of Robotics
Intelligent, autonomous systems will undeniably be a future Department of Defense force multiplier.
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Can You See Me Now? Visualizing Battlefield Facial Recognition Technology in 2035
Facial recognition technology will create the capability to provide positive identification of pers
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Parametric Reliability of Space-Based Field Programmable Gate Arrays
The high cost of failure for microelectronic devices operating in the space environment has led to
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Shaping the Engineer Force for the Asymmetric Threat
This monograph looks at the current state of the divisional engineer capability in both the heavy a
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The Slimeball
To date, the development of non-lethal weapons (NLW) has concentrated on one-on-one applications an
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Characterizing the Impact of Precision Time and Range Measurements From Two-Way Time Transfer Systems on Network Differential GPS Position Solutions
Precise positioning plays an important role for both military and civilian users, from cell phones
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Air Gap Error Compensation for Coaxial Transmission Line Method of Electromagnetic Material Characterization
This research analyzes material characterization measurements where axially symmetric air gaps exis
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Integrating Oil Debris and Vibration Measurements for Intelligent Machine Health Monitoring
A diagnostic tool for detecting damage to gears was developed. Two different measurement technologi
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Microdot
As satellites become more complex, the on-board processing capabilities must keep up. Many satellit
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Fault Tree Handbook
In accordance with the 1988 amendment to the Act, the NRC's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) w
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Graphitized Carbon Foam With Phase Change Material
The transient heating and cooling responses of graphitized carbon foam infiltrated with phase chang
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Effect of Prior Aging on Fatigue Behavior of IM7/BMI 5250-4 Composite at 191-C
IM7/BMI 5250-4 with carbon fiber orientations and [0/90] were aged in air at 191-C for up to 1000 h
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Beyond Awareness
Ever since the United States beat the Soviet Union in the space race, the United States has lived w
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Stretching the Umbilical Cord
This study addresses the question of whether or not the Air Force should continue to develop a Spli
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An Examination of Range and Doppler Mismatch and Their Effects on Radar Modeling
A commonly accepted airborne phased array radar model simplifies the analytical derivation by assum
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Comparative Analysis of Internal and External Solutions to Provide Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation Functionality
Major Panarisi summarizes the development of current and proposed family of Air combat Maneuvering
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Thermal Characteristics of Pitch Based Carbon Foam and Phase Change Materials
Phase-change thermal energy storage devices offer thermal control systems an option that allows a s
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Relevance
Operation DESERT STORM led to the awareness that space assets could be instrumental at the operatio
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Direction Finding With Mutually Orthogonal Antennas
Estimating the direction-of-arrival of incident electromagnetic plane waves (a.k.a. direction findi
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Tailoring the Statistical Experimental Design Process for LVC Experiments
The use of Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) Simulation environments are increasingly being exam
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Geosynthetic Clay Liners Used in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Behavior of Three Metallic Alloys Under Combined Axial-Shear Stress at 650 C
Three materials, Inconel 718, Haynes 188, and 316 stainless steel, were tested under an axial-torsi
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Electromagnetic Pulse
This research provides evidence that preemptive employment of an electromagnetic pulse device by a
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Dynamic Response of a Collidant Impacting a Low Pressure Airbag
There are many uses of low pressure airbags, both military and commercial. Many of these applicatio
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High Power Radio Frequency Weapons
The emergent technology of high power radio frequency in a directed energy role has huge potential
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High Frequency Direction Finding Using Structurally Integrated Antennas on a Large Airborne Platform
Estimating the angle of arrival (AOA) of a high frequency (HF) signal, 2- 2 MHz, is challenging, es
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Finite Element Analysis of Lamb Waves Acting Within a Thin Aluminum Plate
Structural health monitoring (SHM) is an emerging technology that can be used to identify, locate a
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USAF Aircraft Maintenance Management
Aircraft maintenance performance has steadily declined since the Objective Wing organizational stru
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Design, Build and Validation of a Small Scale Combustion Chamber Testing Facility
This study investigated the design parameters necessary for the construction and use of a testing f
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Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes of a Nonlinear, Uniform Cantilevered Beam
A series of experiments in 1975, referred to as the Princeton Beam Experiments, were performed to m
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Effects of Environment on Creep Behavior of Nextel 720/Alumina-Mullite Cermaic Composite at 1200-C
The creep behavior of an oxide-oxide ceramic matrix composite (CMC) was investigated at 1200-C in l
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High Temperature Degradation of 5250-4 Polymer Resin
5250-4 bismaleimide resin is used in high performance polymer matrix composites with high temperatu
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Structural Response of the Slotted Waveguide Antenna Stiffened Structure Components Under Compression
The Slotted Waveguide Antenna Stiffened Structure (SWASS) is an aircraft system that can provide th
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Radiation Effects on the Electrical Properties of Hafnium Oxide Based MOS Capacitors
Hafnium oxide-based MOS capacitors were investigated to determine electrical property response to r
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Comparative Energy and Cost Analysis Between Conventional HVAC Systems and Geothermal Heat Pump Systems
To sustain the United States current affluence and strength, the U.S. Government has encouraged ene
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General Principles of Pumping Station Design and Layout
This manual provides guidance and assistance to design engineers in the development of different ty
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UFC 4-021-01 Design and O&M
Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) documents provide planning, design, construction, sustainment, re
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A New Mechanical Characterization Method for Thin Film Microactuators and Its Application to NiTiCu Shape Memory Alloy
The Office of Scientific & Technical Information (OSTI), is a part of the U.S. Department of Energy