| Designing Bare Base Systems for Logistics Efficiency in the Joint Operational Environment |
DEC 2007 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Trautmann William D.; AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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 | The current service-centric approach to bare base capability has produced capability overlaps and logistics inefficiencies. The two primary bare base systems the Air Force Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) and the Army Force Provider have limited interoperability. In recent conflicts, the lack of joint doctrine or joint bare base architecture has hampered the ability of the services to achieve fully operational forward locations within a satisfactory length of time. The ... |
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| Characterization of Two 12-mm Primers - the M129 and M125 |
DEC 2007 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen L. Howard; Anthony W. Williams; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD WEAPONS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH DIRECTORATE
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| Increased precision/lethality of large-caliber weapons has been a goal of many for a number of years. Different (more energetic propellant compositions and configurations have provided much of the increases in performance. However, ever-increasing loading densities and the goal of more insensitive propellants translate to the need for ignition systems that are optimized for the propelling charge. Without such optimization, pressure waves can increase, thus endangering the gun and crew, or ... |
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| Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health Problems Among Active and Reserve Component Soldiers Returning From the Iraq War |
14 NOV 2007 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
CHarles S. Milliken; Jennifer L. Auchterlonie; Charles W. Hoge; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH SILVER SPRING MD DIVISION OF NEUROSCIENCE
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| Described the Department of Defense's (DoDs) screening efforts to identify mental health concerns among soldiers and Marines as they return from Iraq and Afghanistan using the Post-Deployment Health Assessment (PDHA). However, the article also raised concerns that mental health problems might be missed because of the early timing of this screening. It cited preliminary data showing that soldiers were more likely to indicate mental health distress several months after return ... |
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| Summary Information on the Army's New Guidance Policy for the Revised Airborne Exposure Limits for Chemical Warfare Agents |
09 NOV 2007 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS AGENCY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| On June 18th, 2004, the Army issued a guidance policy to implement the new airborne exposure limits (AELs) for chemical warfare agents published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the last year. This fact sheet summarizes the Army's new guidance policy. |
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| Computation of the Circular Error Probable (CEP) and Confidence Intervals in Bombing Tests |
NOV 2007 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Armido Didonato; NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DAHLGREN DIV VA
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| The objective of this report is to assess the performance of a radar bomb director (RBD) by computing its CEP (Circular Error Probable) on the basis of measurements of miss distances in actual bomb drops falling under an uncorrelated bivariate normal distribution. in addition, confidence intervals (CIs) for the CEP are established. On the basis of these results and the assignment of a nominal CEP, one can also decide whether ... |
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| Profiles for High-Priority Species. Focus of the Army Threatened and Endangered Species Research Program |
NOV 2007 |
185 pages |
| Authors:
Harold E. Balbach; Elizabeth L. Keane; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| A need arose during the conduct of Threatened and Endangered Species (TES) research for a source of material about the Army s priority TES that would be accessible to (primarily) non-biologist researchers performing various studies on habitat associations using remote sensing, GIS, and other technologies. This is a primer to the characteristics of the species, and why they were of interest to the Army; it also identifies in a preliminary ... |
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| Threatened and Endangered Species Surveillance in Inaccessible Areas: A Feasibility Study |
NOV 2007 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Harol Balbach; Donald Pitts; William Meyer; Scott Tweddale; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Monitoring threatened and endangered species on Army installations is not always feasible with respect to the areas that are either inaccessible or have limited times for entry. When biologists are unable to enter an area freely for periodic surveys, it prevents normal application of standard methods, which results in the data being unavailable for reporting either management successes or problems. If these species are present in the inaccessible area, they ... |
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| Handheld UXO Sensor Improvements to Facilitate UXO/Clutter Discrimination. Volume 1 |
Nov-2007 |
119 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas Bell; Leslie Collins; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP (SAIC) CARY NC
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| This work was a collaborative effort between Duke University and SAIC (formerly AETC Incorporated). The final report consists of two volumes. This first volume gives a complete description of the overall effort as it evolved and culminated in a successful demonstration of IMU-based positioning of a handheld EM61 sensor for data collection to support target characterization of buried UXO. Volume 2 is a complete report of the supporting activities at ... |
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| Handheld UXO Sensor Improvements to Facilitate UXO/Clutter Discrimination. Volume 2: Signal Processing for Handheld UXO Improvements |
Nov-2007 |
126 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas Bell; Stacy L Tantum; Leslie M Collins; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP (SAIC) CARY NC
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| The goal of this work is to develop robust algorithms to precisely determine the position of a handheld UXO sensor as it is swept above a suspected UXO object. It is critical that the sensor position be known precisely because research results have established that one of the most important factors in using UXO sensor data to characterize buried targets is precise knowledge of the sensor location and attitude while ... |
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| Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Quarterly Report to the United States Congress |
30 OCT 2007 |
244 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Bowen Stuart W.; OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL ARLINGTON VA SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
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| I am pleased to submit to the Congress, Secretary Rice, Secretary Gates, and the American people the 15th Quarterly Report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR). During this quarter, I visited Iraq for the 17th time since 2004 to continue SIGIR's robust and rigorous oversight of the U.S. relief and reconstruction program in Iraq. Two notable developments frame this Report. First, total relief and reconstruction investment for ... |
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| Development of a Model for Marburgvirus Based on Severe-Combined Immunodeficiency Mice |
25 OCT 2007 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Kelly L. Warfield; Derron A. Alves; Steven B. Bradfute; Daniel K. Reed; Warren V. Kalina; Gene G. Olinger; Sina Bavari; Sean VanTongeren; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FORT DETRICK MD
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| The filoviruses, Ebola (EBOV) and Marburg (MARV), cause a lethal hemorrhagic fever. Human isolates of MARV are not lethal to immmunocompetent adult mice and, to date, there are no reports of a mouse-adapted MARV model. Previously, a uniformly lethal EBOV-Zaire mouse-adapted virus was developed by performing 9 sequential passages in progressively older mice (suckling to adult). Evaluation of this model identified many similarities between infection in mice and nonhuman primates, ... |
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| Seismic and Infrasound Energy Generation and Propagation at Local and Regional Distances Phase 1 - Divine Strake Experiment |
11 OCT 2007 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Brian Stump; Relu Burlacu; Chris Hayward; Kristine Pankow; Sue Nava; Jessie Bonner; Sebastin Hock; David Whiteman; Aileen Fisher; Tae-Sung Kim; SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIV DALLAS TX DEPT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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| Eleven single infrasound systems and six infrasound arrays were deployed at existing seismic sites in Utah in order to gather a comprehensive set of seismic and infrasound recordings from rocket motor explosions. These preliminary efforts have resulted in the identification of regular (over 21 recorded) and large (40,000-80,000 lbs) surface explosions at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) of the Hill AFB. The rocket motor explosions occur about every ... |
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| Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Blind Grid Scoring Record No. 830 |
01 OCT 2007 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis Teefy; ABERDEEN TEST CENTER MD
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| This Scoring Record documents the efforts of NAEVA Geophysics, Inc., to detect and discriminate inert unexploded ordnance (UXO) utilizing the APG Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Blind Grid. This Scoring Record was coordinated by Dennis Teefy and the Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Scoring Committee. Organizations on the committee include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, the ... |
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| Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Blind Grid Scoring Record No. 831 |
OCT 2007 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis Teefy; ABERDEEN TEST CENTER MD
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| This Scoring Record documents the efforts of NAEVA Geophysics, Inc., to detect and discriminate inert unexploded ordnance (UXO) utilizing the APG Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Blind Grid. This Scoring Record was coordinated by Dennis Teefy and the Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Site Scoring Committee. Organizations on the committee include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, the ... |
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| Modelling Plasticity of Ni3Al-Based L12 Intermetallic Single Crystals. II. Two-Step (T1) and T2) Deformation Behaviour (Postprint) |
OCT 2007 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Y. S. Choi; D. M. Dimiduk; M. D. Uchic; T. A. Parthasarathy; UES INC DAYTON OH
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| The two-step (T1 and T2) deformation behaviour of Ni3Al-based single crystals was modelled under the framework of a new constitutive model proposed by Y.S. Choi, D.M. Dimiduk, M.D. Uchic, et al. [Phil. Mag. 87 1939 (2007)]. A new set of formulations and criteria, which identify thermally reversible and irreversible components of the constitutive variable a and define the relative significance of those components, was developed and implemented within the new ... |
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| AMR Magnetometer Data on Moving Military Vehicles at Aberdeen Proving Ground |
01-Sep-2007 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Jonathan E Fine; Alan S Edelstein; David M Hull; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD SENSORS AND ELECTRON DEVICES DIRECTORATE
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| We have collected magnetic signature data on three vehicles of military interest at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, in September 1999 using low cost, commercial anisotropic magnetoresistance sensors. Vehicles were driven passed sensors that were located at 12 ft and 36 ft from the center of the track. The magnetic signatures that were obtained were different for the three different vehicles investigated, although some details of the signal were lost at ... |
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| Role of STAT5b in Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis |
SEP 2007 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Teresa Bernaciak; VIRGINIA UNIV CHARLOTTESVILLE
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| The signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 5b is involved in tumorigenic signaling in a number of cancers including breast cancer. However, its importance in breast cancer metastasis has not been investigated. Thus, this research aims to determine the role of STAT5b in breast cancer migration, invasion, and metastasis. We have found that STAT5b is essential for BT-549 and MDA-MB-231 migration to serum, as evidenced by the fact that ... |
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| Intelligent Adaptive Systems: Literature Research of Design Guidance for Intelligent Adaptive Automation and Interfaces |
SEP 2007 |
275 pages |
| Authors:
Simon Banbury; Michelle Gauthier; Andrea Scipione; Ming Hou; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (ONTARIO) JUDGEMENT AND DECISION-MAKING GROUP
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| Human-machine system performance can be significantly improved by using technologies that can intelligently adapt the operator machine interface (OMI) and/or task automation provided to the operator in accordance with both the external context (i.e., task environment) and internal context (i.e., operator state). However, a lack of established design guidelines presents a significant challenge to the effective design of Intelligent Adaptive Systems (IASs). An extensive literature review was conducted to examine ... |
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| Smooth Rotation of 2-D and 3-D Representations of Terrain: An Investigation into the Utility of Visual Momentum |
SEP 2007 |
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| Authors:
Justin G. Hollands; Nada J. Pavlovic; Yukari Enomoto; Haiying Jiang; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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 | Objective: The potential advantage of visual momentum in the form of smooth rotation between two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) displays of geographic terrain was examined. Background: The relative effectiveness of 2-D and 3-D displays is task dependent, leading to the need for multiple frames of reference as users switch tasks. The use of smooth rotation to provide visual momentum has received little scrutiny in the task-switching context. A cognitive model ... |
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| A Scaling Analysis of Frequency Dependent Energy Partition for Local and Regional Seismic Phases from Explosions |
31 AUG 2007 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
John R. Murphy; Brian W. Barker; Jamil D. Sultanov; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP SAN DIEGO CA
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| Seismic identification of small explosions relies on the application of discriminants that are effective in the regional distance range. The most reliable regional discriminants identified to date are those based on high frequency spectral ratios of the amplitudes of the regional shear phases Sn and Lg to those of the corresponding direct P phases Pn and Pg. However, the universal applicability of such discriminants remains in question because there is ... |
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| Modeling Plastic Shocks in Periodic Laminates with Gradient Plasticity Theories |
26 AUG 2007 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
G. Ravichandran; A. Molinari; CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH PASADENA
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| Steady plastic shocks generated by planar impact on metal-polymer laminate composites, are analyzed in the framework of gradient plasticity theories. The laminate material has a periodic structure with unit cell composed of two layers of different materials. First and second order gradient plasticity theories are used to model the structure of steady plastic shocks. In both theories, the effect of the internal structure is accounted for at the microscopic level ... |
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| MDA Ice Detection and Measurement Camera Development and Validation for NASA-KSC (2004-2007) |
17 AUG 2007 |
102 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas Meitzler; Darryl Bryk; Euijung Sohn; Mary Bienkowski; Kimberly Lane; Michele Charbeneau; Gregory Smith; James Ragusa; ARMY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND WARREN MI
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| The formation of frost, ice, and ice balls are common occurrences on the insulated External Tank (ET) of the Space Transportation System (STS) during National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)-Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida launch preparations. The metal ET tank, 154 ft. tall and 27.5 ft. in diameter, is covered by insulating Sprayed On Foam Insulation (SOFI). However, internal ET fuel and oxidizer tanks contain large quantities of cryogens-in this ... |
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| Advanced Operational Concepts for Information Sharing and Coordination Centers |
JUL 2007 |
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| Authors:
L. B. Scheiber; M. H. Anstice; B. Drifmeyer; J. E. Hartka; J. J. Karrels; P. N. Miller; E. R. Smothers; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Federal Government has been working to increase the security of U.S. ports including the supply chains that move goods and materiel that pass through these ports. This is especially true in the case of war materiel moving between forts and depots in the United States and theaters of operation. The Delaware River Maritime Enterprise Council (DRMEC) has developed a facility, called RAPID Center, to support this effort. Beginning in ... |
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| Spatial Representation and Reasoning for Human-Robot Collaboration |
JUL 2007 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
William G. Kennedy; Magdalena D. Bugajska; Matthew Marge; William Adams; Benjamin R. Fransen; Dennis Perzanowski; Alan C. Schultz; J. G. Trafton; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| How should a robot represent and reason about spatial information when it needs to collaborate effectively with a human? The form of spatial representation that is useful for robot navigation may not be useful in higher-level reasoning or working with humans as a team member. To explore this question, we have extended previous work on how children and robots learn to play hide and seek to a human-robot team covertly ... |
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| Badlands Bombing Range, South Dakota. Executive Summary |
Jul-2007 |
98 pages |
| Authors:
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP (SAIC) CARY NC
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| The objective of this demonstration was to compare the discrimination potential of three dynamic surveys among themselves and with static grid data over common targets at the CT-3A Bombing target, Former Badlands Bombing Range, South Dakota. This demonstration leveraged an ordnance and explosive removal action funded by the Corps of Engineers, whose objective was to remove all items larger than a 40mm projectile. We analyzed data from part of the ... |
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| COMPOEX Technology to Assist Leaders in Planning and Executing Campaigns in Complex Operational Environments |
19 JUN 2007 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Alexander Kott; Peter S. Corpac; DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY ARLINGTON VA
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| The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is developing transformational technologies to enhance the capability of military commanders and their civilian leaders to plan and conduct campaigns in a complex operational environment. Leaders must understand the operational environment, develop campaign plans that include multiple lines of effort such as security, governance, political-economic development, rule of law and employ all elements of national and international power. The Conflict Modeling, Planning and Outcomes ... |
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| Enhanced Electromagnetic Tagging for Embedded Tracking of Munitions and Ordnance During Future Remediation Efforts. Revision 2 |
JUN 2007 |
219 pages |
| Authors:
Keith A. Shubert; R. J. Davis; T. J. Barnum; B. D. Balaban; R. L. Amdor; B. J. Sikorski; T. J. Peters; J. W. Griffin; BATTELLE COLUMBUS OPERATIONS OH
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| The program's objective was to investigate means of tagging ordnance items before they are fired or launched and thereby allow a more efficient means for locating unexploded ordnance (UXO) while maintaining very low false alarm rates. Five candidate munitions were selected as being representative of meeting the criteria. Physical mounting options for these five candidate munitions are documented in this report. After investigating radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, Battelle concluded ... |
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| A Quantitative Model-Driven Comparison of Command Approaches in an Adversarial Process Model |
JUN 2007 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
Robert Regal; Rebecca Reed; Matt Largent; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER NORTH CHARLESTON SC
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| In this research, we will demonstrate that for a given mission, certain Command Approaches are more effective against other Command Approaches (e.g. Control Free may be more effective against Interventionist than Problem Solving). Lenahan identified metrics and techniques for adversarial C2 process modeling. We intend to further that work by developing a set of adversarial process models that will allow us to "compete" Command Approaches (Control Free, Problem Solving and ... |
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| Command and Control During the First 72 Hours of a Joint Military-Civilian Disaster Response |
JUN 2007 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Robert Dourandish; Nina Zumel; Michael Manno; QUIMBA SOFTWARE INC SAN MATEO CA
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| Civilian emergency response has a number of unique properties that make joint military-civilian operations particularly challenging. Chief amongst these attributes is the collaborative nature of civilian emergency response that often includes multiple disciplines such as police and fire, each with its own mission, protocols, role, resources, and command structure. Furthermore, while military C2 is designed to proactively manage multiple tactical operations in the context of a larger strategic objective, civilian ... |
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| Modeling and Agent-Based Simulation of Organization in a Stochastic Environment |
JUN 2007 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Sui Ruan; Swapna S. Gokhale; Woosun An; Krishna R. Pattipati; David L. Kleinman; CONNECTICUT UNIV STORRS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
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| This paper describes a generic model and agent-based simulation to facilitate the analysis of interplay of information collection (task identification) and decision making (task execution) processes, as well as the information flow behaviors in organizations in the face of stochastic mission environments. In these mission environments, task arrivals are stochastic, the characteristics of tasks are not known a priori, but maybe inferred to a certain degree by undertaking the information ... |
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| The Future of C2: Agility, Focus and Convergence |
JUN 2007 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
David S. Alberts; OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR NETWORKS AND INFORMATION INTEGRATION WASHINGTON DC
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| The future is not necessarily a linear extension of what we are doing now. To understand what capabilities are needed and whether we are on the right track or need to change course we need to answer the following: 1) What is the critical capability for the 21st Century? and 2) What are the implications for Command and Control? 21st Century Security Challenges are characterized by huge amounts of uncertainty ... |
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| Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview |
30 MAY 2007 |
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| Authors:
Mildred Amer; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| "Secret," or "closed," sessions of the House and Senate exclude the press and the public. These sessions are used for Senate deliberations during impeachment trials, as well as to discuss issues of national security, confidential information, and sensitive communications received from the President. During a secret session, the doors of the chamber are closed, and the chamber and its galleries are cleared of all individuals except Members and those officers ... |
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| Terahertz Frequency Detection and Identification of Materials and Objects |
01-May-2007 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
X C Zhang; RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INST TROY NY
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| There is early demonstration of amplification of THz wave in laser induced air plasma in the workshop, however, solid state THz amplifiers, the workhorse of conventional electronics, still do not exist at THz frequencies but the workshop felt that devices based on QCL and SLED structures will soon be a practical possibility. For broadband generation it is likely that femtosecond pulsed fibre laser THz sources will replace the Ti:sapphire system ... |
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| Assessment of Optimal Interrogation Approaches |
MAY 2007 |
130 pages |
| Authors:
David E. Smith; David Hoff; Joseph Gier; Jerard Kehoe; EXPERT ADVOCATES IN SELECTION INTERNATIONAL CONSULT LLC SAINT LOUIS MO
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| In March 2006, the Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (DoDPI) [now the Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment (DACA)] Research Division requested research to determine the optimal approaches or techniques used by an interrogator. Specifically, DACA wanted the researchers to gather information from "expert" interrogators (referred to as "superior" interrogators) regarding the approaches and techniques they used in obtaining confessions/admissions following a failed credibility assessment and compare them with the more ... |
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| Telemedicine in the Context of Force Protection |
01 MAR 2007 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
David M. Lam; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND FORT DETRICK MD TELEMEDICINE AND ADVANCED TECH RESEARCH CENTER
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| The best form of force protection is to be able to offer your soldiers the highest level of medical care, both before and after they become ill or injured. This has been the goal of military medicine for centuries, and generally each war has seen advances over the past. However, the world of military medicine has changed dramatically in the past 20 years, and now we must develop new ways ... |
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| NATO Multinational Medical Operations and the Requirement for Interoperability and Data Exchange |
01 MAR 2007 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
David M. Lam; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND FORT DETRICK MD TELEMEDICINE AND ADVANCED TECH RESEARCH CENTER
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| As we discuss interoperability and force protection, it is important to realize that NATO military forces did not develop the ability to successfully operate together simply through long association, but through a structured and focused process of agreeing on and implementing common standards in operations, logistics, materiel development, and administration. For the expansion of multinational medical operations, a sine qua non which has been well demonstrated is that of standardization. ... |
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| Our Mission |
06 FEB 2007 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS AGENCY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The mission of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) is to protect, safely store, and destroy aging chemical weapons while working toward the effective recovery, treatment, and ultimate elimination of the nation's chemical warfare materiel. The CMA headquarters management team, as well as scientific, communications, and support staff, is based at the Edgewood Area of the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, while other dedicated managers and staff fulfill the ... |
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| Human-Automation Collaboration: Support for Lunar and Planetary Exploration |
FEB 2007 |
227 pages |
| Authors:
Jessica J. Marquez; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
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| Balancing task allocation between humans and computers is crucial to the development of effective decision support systems. This thesis investigates the appropriate balance between humans and automation for geospatial path problem solving within the high-risk domain of human planetary surface exploration, where decisions are time critical and humans must adapt to uncertainty. In order to develop flexible and robust decision support systems for Lunar and planetary exploration, human-automation role allocations ... |
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| Shallow Water UXO Technology Demonstration Site Scoring Record Number 4 (CTC, FEREX, DLG-GPS, MAG) |
JAN 2007 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
Gary W. Rowe; ABERDEEN TEST CENTER MD
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| This report documents the efforts of Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) to detect and discriminate inert unexploded ordnance (UXO) using a FEREX DLG-Global Positioning System (GPS) magnetometer (MAG). Testing was conducted at ATC, Standardized Shallow Water UXO Technology Demonstration Site. A description of the tested system and an estimate of survey costs along with the analysis of the system performance are provided. |
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| Shallow Water UXO Technology Demonstration Site Scoring Record Number 5 (NAEVA/XTECH, EM61 MKII) |
JAN 2007 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Gary W. Rowe; ABERDEEN TEST CENTER MD
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| This report documents the efforts of NAEVA/XTECH to detect and discriminate inert unexploded ordnance (UXO) using an EM61 MKII. Testing was conducted at ATC, Standardized Shallow Water UXO Technology Demonstration Site. A description of the tested system and an estimate of survey costs along with the analysis of the system performance are provided. |
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| Evaluation of airborne Electromagnetic Systems for Detection and Characterization of unexploded ordnance (uXo) |
JAN 2007 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
William Doll; Scott Millhouse; T. J. Gamey; Les P. Beard; OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB TN
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| As a result of past military training and weapons-testing activities, an estimated 6 million hectares (approximately 15 million acres) of U.S. land is potentially contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO) and/or weapons testing- and training-related artifacts. Using current technologies, the costs associated with detection, identification, and mapping of this contamination has been estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars. Current surface-based technologies are generally labor-intensive, slow, and expensive. ... |
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| Feature-based Detection and Discrimination at DuPont's Lake Success Business Park, Connecticut |
JAN 2007 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Dean A. Keiswetter; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP (SAIC) CARY NC ADVANCED SENSORS AND ANALYSIS DIVISION
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| The objective of this demonstration was to determine if laser-positioned, high-density EM61 data acquired in a moving survey mode could support feature-based discrimination decisions for a canopied site in Bridgeport Connecticut. Inversion results were benchmarked using cued data acquired in a controlled, gridded approach over 40 targets. The site was seeded with inert UXO, ranging in size from 37mm to 105mm projectiles. We inverted the measured EM61 field data assuming ... |
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| Navy/OSD Collaborative Review of Acquisition Policy for DoD C3I and Weapon Programs |
2007 |
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| Authors:
Daniel Gonzales; Eric Landree; John Hollywood; Steven Berner; Carolyn Wong; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The purpose of the project is to review current DoD policy governing the development and upgrade of interoperable command, control, communication, and intelligence (C3I) and weapon systems. Our focus, therefore, is those elements of DoD policy that pertain to the IT component of these programs. We reviewed this policy area to identify ambiguities, conflicts, overlaps, and shortfalls in these policies and to recommend solutions for clarifying the ambiguities, mitigating the ... |
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| Automation Architecture for Single Operator, Multiple UAV Command and Control |
2007 |
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| Authors:
M. L. Cummings; S. Bruni; S. Mercier; P. J. Mitchell; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE
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| In light of the Office of the Secretary Defense's Roadmap for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), there is a critical need for research examining human interaction with heterogeneous unmanned vehicles. The OSD Roadmap clearly delineates the need to investigate the "appropriate conditions and requirements under which a single pilot would be allowed to control multiple airborne UA (unmanned aircraft) simultaneously." Toward this end, in this paper, we provide a meta-analysis of ... |
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| New Approaches to the Use and Integration of Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Historic Resource Identification and Evaluation |
10 NOV 2006 |
395 pages |
| Authors:
Kenneth Kvamme; Eileen Ernenwein; Michael Hargrave; Thomas Sever; Deborah Harmon; Frederick Limp; Burgess Howell; Michele Koons; Jason Tullis; ARKANSAS UNIV FAYETTEVILLE DEPT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
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| This is the final report on a SERDP research project whose focus is the identification of specific combinations of remote sensors and data integration methods for the detection, identification, and interpretation of cultural resources in various environments and archaeological circumstances. The extensive suite of sensor technologies employed for this task include magnetometry, magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, electromagnetic conductivity, ground penetrating radar, aerial thermal infrared and high resolution multispectral satellite imagery. ... |
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| Sensitive Bioanalytical Methods for Mustard Gas Exposure Diagnosis |
01 NOV 2006 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Xiannu Jin; Radharaman Ray; Prabhati Ray; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH SILVER SPRING MD
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| Sulfur mustard (SM, 2, 2'-dichlorodiethyl sulfide) is an alkylating vesicating agent. The injuries resulting from SM exposure are mainly characterized by epithelial damage of the tissues through which it is absorbed, i.e., skin, eye, and respiratory tract. The skin blistering action of SM is not seen until about 12 24 hr after exposure. This time lag provides a window of opportunity for an early diagnosis of SM exposure and medical ... |
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| The Role of Energy Metabolism in Cutaneous Sulfur Mustard Injury |
01 NOV 2006 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
M. E. Martens; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INST OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| Over the past 17 years, our research efforts have focused on systematic studies of the effects of sulfur mustard (2,2'-dichlorodiethyl sulfide, HD) on energy metabolism in human epidermal keratinocytes (KEK). Our objectives are to define mechanisms of HD-induced metabolic injury, determine their role in the cutaneous pathology observed and provide mechanistic information that can be used in development of vesicant agent medical countermeasures. We have characterized effects of HD on ... |
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| Lightweight Small Arms Technologies |
01 NOV 2006 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Kori Spiegel; Paul Shipley; ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER PICATINNY ARSENAL NJ
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| From the groundwork laid by the Objective Force Warrior program, the concept of the Soldier as a System was established to create a fully integrated, modular soldier system, based in part on the Future Combat System concept. One of the major reasons for this new way of thinking is that while technology advances and becomes more readily available to ground troops, it results in increasing combat load. The Lightweight Small ... |
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| A Novel Detector of Broadband Transient Signals |
NOV 2006 |
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| Authors:
Juri Sildam; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ATLANTIC DARTMOUTH (CANADA)
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| A novel approach for detection of broad-band (BB) transients (DBBT) is proposed. DBBT is based on an analysis of the spectrograms, calculated from time series of one or more hydrophones. A spectrogram is divided into locally normalized time-frequency cells (TFC). Two TFCs, which are measured at the same time but at different neighboring frequencies, are said to include a signature of a broad-band transient signal if their empirical centres of ... |
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| Experience With Wound VAC and Delayed Primary Closure of Contaminated Soft Tissue Injuries in Iraq |
NOV 2006 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Brian E. Leininger; Todd E. Rasmussen; David L. Smith; Donald H. Jenkins; Christopher Coppola; WILFORD HALL USAF MEDICAL CENTER LACKLAND AFB TX
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| Wartime missile injuries are frequently high-energy wounds that devitalize and contaminate tissue, with high risk for infection and wound complications. Debridement, irrigation, and closure by secondary intention are fundamental principles for the management of these injuries. However, closure by secondary intention was impractical in Iraqi patients. Therefore, wounds were closed definitively before discharge in all Iraqi patients treated for such injures at our hospital. A novel wound management protocol was ... |
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Magnetic & Electric Fld Detection & Detectors
