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The Cranberry Culturist
The Cranberry Culturist is a comprehensive guide to the cultivation of cranberries, written by W. H
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Ambiguity Function Analysis and Direct-Path Signal Filtering of the Digital Audio Broadcast Waveform for Passive Coherent Location
This research presents an ambiguity function analysis of the digital audio broadcast (DAB) waveform
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Q-Switched and Mode Locked Short Pulses From a Diode Pumped, YB-Doped Fiber Laser
A diode-pumped, ytterbium (Yb)-doped fiber laser system was designed and demonstrated to operate in
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Impact of Weapon System Complexity on Systems Acquisition
This paper reviews the previous use of the term complexity with respect to weapon systems. It then
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Executive Agent for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The United States Air Force has requested Executive Agency over all Department of Defense (DoD) Unm
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Assessing Capabilities of the High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System Through Combat Simulations
High Energy Laser (HEL) technology continues to improve and its place in the battlefield is ever ev
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Lessons Learned From Early Implementation of The Maintenance Rule at Nine Nuclear Power Plants
This report summarizes the lessons learned from the nine pilot site visits that were performed to r
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Anatomy of a Capabilities Gap
The Air Force's first stealth fighter has had a long and distinguished service record for our natio
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War Department Technical Manual
The United States Army has released several previously restricted manuals on guns, Camouflage, Tank
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Dynamic Modeling and Evaluation of Recurring Infrastructure Maintenance Budget Determination Methods
The focus of this research is using system dynamics modeling to evaluate the impact of missed sched
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Material Perturbations to Enhance Performance of the Thiele Half-Width Leaky Mode Antenna
Microstrip traveling-wave antennas, often referred to as leaky-wave antennas, have been shown to ra
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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Coal-Biomass to Liquid Jet Fuel Compared to Petroleum-Derived JP-8 Jet Fuel
The United States (U.S.) imported 57 percent of the petroleum products that it consumed in 2008. Th
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Creep Performance of Oxide Ceramic Fiber Materials at Elevated Temperature in Air and in Steam
The effects of steam on the creep performance for several ceramic materials were investigated at te
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Efficient Electromagnetic Material Characterization via 2-D Rectangular Waveguide Reduction
A new, low-frequency, rectangular waveguide-based electromagnetic material characterization techniq
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Determination of Structure From Motion Using Aerial Imagery
The structure from motion process creates three-dimensional models from a sequence of images. Until
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Multiple Channel Laser Beam Combination and Phasing Using Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Optical Fibers
Brightness scaling lasers using stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in optical fibers is explored
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Chemical Mechanical Polishing Optimization for 4H-Sic
Scratch free surfaces are required for substrates used in epitaxial growth. Silicon carbide (SiC) i
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Creep and Fatigue Interaction Characteristics of PWA1484
One of the main methods for predicting the service life of jet engine turbine blades is through cre
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Comparison of Computational Electromagnetic Codes for Prediction of Low-Frequency Radar Cross Section
Radar cross section (RCS) prediction of full-scale aircraft is of interest to military planners for
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Electromagnetic Pulse Threats to U.S. Expeditionary Operations in 2010
US military forces depend on electronic systems and information dominance to produce overwhelming c
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Conceptual Study of Rotary-Wing Microrobotics
This thesis presents a novel rotary-wing micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) robot design. Two
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The All Seeing Eye
This research paper investigates the space environment in the 2030 timeframe with respect to the im
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Construction and Testing of Broadband High Impedance Ground Places for Surface Mount Antennas
The purpose of this research was to design and build appropriate broadband high impedance ground pl
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Finite Element Solution
The development and use of Micro Air Vehicles is becoming more and more important to the military.
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Tightly Integrating Optical and Inertial Sensors for Navigation Using the UKF
The motivation of this research is to address the benefits of tightly integrating optical and inert
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Rapid Prototyping, Acquisition and Deployment of Technology Pushed Weapon Systems Using Nontraditional Acquisition Processes
With the explosion of technology driven systems and their ability to effectively meet military oper
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The Need for a Dedicated Space Vehicle for Defensive Counterspace Operations
This paper investigates the defensive counterspace function as defined in Air Force Doctrine Docume
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Models for Sortie Generation With Autonomic Logistics Capabilities
The primary objective of this research is to investigate the impact of an autonomic logistics syste
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Design of an Oxygen Turbopump for a Dual Expander Cycle Rocket Engine
The design of a pump intended for use with a dual expander cycle (LOX/H2) engine is presented. This
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Evaluating Management Strategies for Automated Test Systems/Equipment
The management of United States Air Force ATS/E presents a variety of issues that affect the long-t
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Anatomy of Cyberterrorism
The United States is vulnerable to attacks from cyberterrorists. A "Digital World Trade Center Atta
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A Life Cycle Assessment and Economic Analysis of Wind Turbines Using Monte Carlo Simulation
The United States depends heavily on nonrenewable fossil fuels to generate electricity. Using renew
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Talking Back
The information age is altering weapon system development and improvement. Information communicatio
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Standard Review Plan for Decommissioning Cost Estimates for Nuclear Power Reactors
This Standard Review Plan (SRP) for decommissioning cost estimates provides guidance to Office of N
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Automated Civil Engineer Planning and Execution System
Air Force Civil Engineers have long supported the employment of airpower during contingency operati
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Enabling Battlespace Persistent Surveillance
In 2025, the military's need for persistent surveillance applications will extend beyond current ai
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Degradation Modeling of Polyurea Pavement Markings
Polyurea is a long life pavement marking material used for assets requiring long periods of uninter
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Ucav
Air superiority is an essential military mission, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable fu
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High Power Microwave and Ionizing Radiation Effects on CMOS Devices
Integrated circuits (ICs) are inherently complicated and made worse by increasing transistor quanti
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Protecting Commercial Space Systems
Key questions will address the impact on U.S. national security due to attacks on commercial space
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Counterair
This white paper examines the counterair mission in 2025--what it is, what the threats are, how we
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A Simulation Based Methodology to Examine the B-1B's AN/ALQ-161 Maintenance Process
This thesis looks at the maintenance procedures associated with the defensive electronic counter me
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Piezo-Electrochemical Transducer Effect Intercalated Graphite Micro-Electromechanical Actuators
The purpose of this research is to investigate the Piezo-Electrochemical Transducer (PECT) effect i
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Sentinel Chameleon
Sentinel Chameleon: A Concept of Operations for Employment of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Persisten
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Characterizing Cyclostationary Features of Digital Modulated Signals With Empirical Measurements Using Spectral Correlation Function
Signal detection is widely used in many applications. Some examples include Cognitive Radio (CR) an
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The Future Role of the USAF Technical Officer
This paper examines the role of USAF technical officers (TOs) as envisioned by the post-World War I
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Airborne Platforms for Emergency Communications and Reconnaissance in Domestic Disaster Response
Since the 19th century, aircraft have played a significant role in military operations worldwide. F
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Implementing Reliability-centered Maintenance Analysis in a Revised Preventive Maintenance Program for the F-15
Reliability-centered maintenance is an approach to analyzing how and when equipment fails in order