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Providing Near-Term, Combat Effective Space Situational Awareness
Early on in the space age, the US and USSR tacitly agreed not to interfere with each other's satell
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Vision-Aided Autonomous Precision Weapon Terminal Guidance Using a Tightly-Coupled INS and Predictive Rendering Techniques
This thesis documents the development of the Vision-Aided Navigation using Statistical Predictive R
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JSTARS, E-10A and the Kill Chain
This research paper examines the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS), its succes
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Development of a Real Time Guidance System for a Kinematic Test Vehicle
Differential carrier phase GPS measurements are capable of giving centimeter-level accuracies. Thes
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Minimizing Losses in a Space Laser Power Beaming System
A mathematical model is developed to track the amount of power delivered in a wireless laser power
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On-Board Thermal Management of Waste Heat From a High-Energy Device
The use of on-board high-energy devices such as megawatt lasers and microwave emitters requires air
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Back-Pressure Effect on Shock-Train Location in a Scramjet Engine Isolator
The isolator of the scramjet decelerates the incoming high Mach flow to a lower Mach number and sta
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Military Dependence on Commercial Satellite Communications Systems--Strength or Vulnerability?
The military's growing dependence on commercial satellite communications systems will become a stre
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Constellation Design of Geosynchronous Navigation Satellites Which Maximizes Availability and Accuracy Over a Specified Region of the Earth
Currently, there are four Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) either being developed or in e
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2025 Operational Analysis
In the summer of 1995 the Air Force chief of staff tasked Air University to do a year-long study, 2
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Unmanned Undersea Vehicles and Guided Missile Submarines
During the Cold War the United States developed the Trident class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN
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Forecasting Readines
According to many experts, the readiness of America's armed forces has deteriorated throughout the
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Stunning Swarms
This paper proposes and advocates the concept of Micro-Air Vehicle Incapacitating Swarms (MAVIS) as
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Using Lasers in Space
Orbital debris in tow-Earth orbit ranging in size from 1 to 10 centimeters (cm) in diameter, poses
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Multiple Model Methods for Cost Function Based Multiple Hypothesis Trackers
To estimate the state of a maneuvering target in clutter, a tracking algorithm must becapable of ad
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Lasers and Missile Defense
weapons? Recent advances in lasers, optics, and spacecraft technologies may bring high-energy laser
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Basic Field Manual, Vol. IV
This text includes signal regulations and technical information needed by officers and enlisted men
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Three-Dimensional Dynamic Stress Analysis of Sandwich Panels
A layerwise geometrically nonlinear theory for a thick sandwich plate was developed by introducing
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Geophysical Exploration for Engineering and Environmental Investigations
This manual provides guidance and assistance to design engineers in the development of different ty
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Quality Assurance Representative's Guide
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE, also sometimes shortened to CoE) is a U.S. federa
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Geosynthetic Design Guidance for Hazardous Waste Landfill Cells and Surface Impoundments
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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TM 5-811-7
The United States Army Publishing Directorate is the Army's leader in publishing and delivering inf
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Assessment of the Undiscovered oil and gas of the Senegal Province, Mauritania, Senegal, the Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau, Northwest Africa
Undiscovered, conventional oil and gas resources were assessed in the Senegal Province as part of t
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All About Milk
"All About Milk" by M. J. Rosenau, first published in 1914, is a comprehensive treatise on milk, it
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Ventilation and Heating
Explore the principles of indoor climate control with "Ventilation and Heating" by John Shaw Billin
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Utilization of Inertially Guided Weapons in Performing Close Air Support
This thesis investigates the question: Should inertially guided air-to-ground weapons be used to pe
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An Evaluation of a Networked Radiation Detection System
First responders assess a Nuclear/Radiological (NUCRAD) event in a timely and accurate manner by cr
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Space Power Theory
Is there a single comprehensive theory that could shape future space and air forces? This essay exa
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A Survey of Satellite Communications System Vulnerabilities
The U.S. military's increasing reliance on commercial and military communications satellites to ena
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A New Age for Aerostats
Both the U.S. and its allies have increasingly relied upon civilian transport aircraft, such as the
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Conceptual MEMS Devices for a Redeployable Antenna
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) are becoming an integral part of our lives through a wide r
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Autonomy, Unmanned Ground Vehicles, and the U.S. Army
As a result of technological maturation, Congressional mandate, and battlefield use, the U.S. Army
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Developing a Predictive Model for Unscheduled Maintenance Requirements on United States Air Force Installations
The United States Air Force Civil Engineer community continually strives for more descriptive metho
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Non Co-Operative Detection of LPI/LPD Signals via Cyclic Spectral Analysis
This research proposes and evaluates a novel technique for detecting LPI/LPD communication signals
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Operationally Responsive Space
The Department of Defense's Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) initiative is intended to develop
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The Need for a Permanent Gun System on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Historically, the United States Air Force (USAF) concentrates on advanced or future weaponry when i
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Decision Analysis With Value-Focused Thinking as a Methodology in Structuring the Civil Engineer Operations Flight
The organizational structure of the civil engineer operations flight has been in a constant state o
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A Verification and Validation Assessment of Rapid Availability Prototyping for Testing Operational Readiness
Through out the world, new techniques are developed to test and evaluate systems. The Department of
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Cost Effectiveness of the Civil Engineering Self-Help Program
Self-help began as a method for base organizations to perform minor tasks such as painting to upgra
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The Elimination of Corrosion
United States Air Force aircraft currently average 30 years old. As this aircraft fleet continues t
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Using the GPS to Improve Trajectory Position and Velocity Determination During Real-Time Ejection Seat Test and Evaluation
Test and evaluation of the United States Air Force's latest aircraft escape system technology requi
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Understanding the Emergence of Disruptive Innovation in Air Force Science and Technology Organizations
Although innovation is widely discussed in both military and industry venues, many organizations co
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Critical Infrastructure Rebuild Prioritization Using Simulation Optimization
This thesis examines the importance of a critical infrastructure rebuild strategy following a terro
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Time-Frequency Analysis of Terahertz Radar Signals for Rapid Heart and Breath Rate Detection
We develop new time-frequency analytic techniques which facilitate the detection of a person's hear
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Assessing the US's Current Ability to Understand and Test EMP Effects on Systems
During the Cold War, the United States as a nation, and its military in particular, were very focus
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Weaponeering the Future
Direct Energy weapons can exist on the battlefield of today. Yet, the warfighter needs to know what
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Evaluation of an Emitec Resistively Heated Metal Monolith Catalytic Converter on Two M100 Neat Methanol-Fueled Vehicles
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Abrasive Blasting Operations Engineering Control and Work Practices Manual
Research indicates that some 100,000 abrasive blasters are exposed to silica dust, inhalation of wh