| An Apparatus and Method for Soldering and Contouring Foil E-Beam Windows. |
05 FEB 1987 |
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| Authors:
Scott A. Lissit; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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 | A method for soldering and contouring foil E-beam windows for an excimer laser using a two step procedure during soldering to prevent stressing the foil material. The foil material is plated with nickel and soldering material in narrow strips that are spaced slightly greater than the spacing between the coolant ribs. The excess foil material between the ribs forms the desired foil curvature between ribs. The foil is pressed into ... |
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| Inspection Workstation Data Entry Method. |
03 FEB 1987 |
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| Authors:
David Strong; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| An inspection workstation data entry method is used by electronic assembly inspector to substantially increase throughput and eliminate data entry errors. The method utilizes a sonic digitizer cursor and x-y linear microphones to record unique registration data and defect data. The inspector, without manual intervention for data entry, positions the assembly in a workarea, records a registration hole location and defect locations along with identifying information or processing requirements. The ... |
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| Hermetic Chip Carrier Compliant Soldering Pads. |
03 FEB 1987 |
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| Authors:
Paul F. Hemler; William A. Rohr; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| Compliant soldering pads allow for expansion and contraction between an hermetic chip carriers (HCC) and printed wiring boards (PWB) due to coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch and prevent solder cracking which in turn causes electrical discontinuities. The pads allow for flexing in three axes. (Patents) |
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| Electrical Cone Connector. |
03 FEB 1987 |
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| Authors:
Edward A. Strate; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The electrical interface of two sets of wires is accomplished with the use of a conically shaped male plug, a female socket, an indexing key and a self locking center bolt. The male plug terminates a first set of wires in a plurality of contacts on its conically shaped mating surface. The female socket terminates a second set of wires in a concave conical surface which is complementary to the ... |
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| Coherent Dual Automatic Gain Control System. |
03 FEB 1987 |
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| Authors:
Raymond J. Masak; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| Improved gain control in a multiplexed adaptive array processor having main and a reference channel receiver is achieved by means of an AGC circuit controlling the gain of the reference channel receiver over its dynamic range, an AGC circuit slaved to the reference channel receiver AGC circuit controlling the main channel receiver, and a separate AGC circuit controlling the output of the main channel receiver. |
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| Optical Mark Reader. |
03 FEB 1987 |
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| Authors:
Bruce R. Archambeault; David P. Rancour; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The reading of the presence or absence of a pencil or similar mark at various locations on a sheet of paper is accomplished by an optical Mark-Reader comprised of a completely solid state sensing mechanism with no moving parts. The Optical Mark Reader (OMR) contains a matrix of light sensitive transistors with their geometry and logic circuits capable of being tailored for a plurality of answer sheets. The internal logic ... |
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| Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Guam Cleanup of Uruno Beach |
FEB 87 |
275 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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 | The U.S. Air Force was mandated to remove debris deposited by the military during the 1940's and 1950's from the project site. The alternatives considered are real estate acquisition of the private property which would not require cleanup; a total cleanup where either a cable system which requires a crane and dragline to haul debris up the slope of the cliffs for disposal or a bulldozer attached to a cable ... |
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| Distortion Free Fiber Optic System. |
27 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
Michael M. Salour; Gustav W. Fehrenbach; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| A distortion free fiber optic system having a single mode optical fiber utilized in combination with a semiconductor material mounted in optical alignment therewith. Although it is preferable for the semiconductor material to be adjacent the input end of the fiber, it may, in the alternative, be placed adjacent the output end of the fiber. For appropriate distortion free propagation of a beam of electromagnetic radiation through the optical fiber, ... |
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| Wide-Band Phase Locked Loop Amplifier Apparatus. |
27 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
Francis W. Hopwood; Stephen P. Caldwell; Martin J. Decker; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| A wide-band amplifier apparatus utilizing a low frequency and a high frequency phase lock loop to achieve low phase delay at the loop bandwidth. The bandwidth products of the low and high frequency loop paths are combined and applied to the voltage controlled oscillator to minimize phase delay and to achieve a more stable loop. (Patents) |
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| Optically Phased Laser Transmitter. |
27 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
Janet S. Fender; Salvatore J. Cusumano; Robert R. Butts; Christopher R. DeHainaut; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| An apparatus and technique are described for phasing the outputs of a multiplier telescope array used as a laser transmitter. The technique uses samples of the transmitted beams to control optical path lengths through the separate telescopes so that the beams add coherently at the receiver. The phasing concept is applicable both to systems which provide inputs to the multiple telescopes by dividing a single laser beam and to systems ... |
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| Fatigue Test Machine. |
20 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
David I. Jones; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| This document describes a fatigue testing machine for testing materials under combined static and dynamic loads. The machine comprises a right circular ring, a pair of specimen clamps adapted for slidably fitting into diametrically opposed openings in the ring, a support cradle for the ring and a shaker. The clamps comprises means for applying a static load to a specimen clamped therebetween. (Patents). |
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| Dual Material Exhaust Nozzle Flap. |
20 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
Dudley O. Nash; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| An exhaust nozzle flap capable of resisting high exhaust temperatures of turbojet engines is disclosed. The flap is composed of a two-part structure of high-strength metal, in a support member, combined with a heat resistant base member made from a ceramic of carbon-carbon material. The different materials in the base and support members, having substantially different rates of thermal expansion, are not bolted or riveted together, but attached in a ... |
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| Unique Signal, Safe and Arm Device. |
13 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
Stanley D. Battle; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| A unique signal, safe and arming device for preventing the inadvertent detonation of an ordnance, having an initiator barrier disk and an ignitor barrier disk situated adjacent respective opposite open ends of at least one transfer tube containing an initiator therein. The barrier disks are interconnected to move in synchronism with each other from a first position blocking the ends of the transfer tube to a second position unblocking the ... |
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| Dual Mode Heat Exchanger. |
13 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
Frank E. Altoz; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The invention comprises a compact, light weight, dual mode heat transfer device. The dual mode heat transfer devices provides for air cooling of heat dissipating electronic components at moderate aircraft speeds and when the available ambient air is below a preselected temperature. At elevated aircraft speeds and when the ambient air temperature is above the preselected temperature a coolant liquid is converted to steam or vapor in order to cool ... |
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| Piezoelectrically Driven Fast Response High-Torque Clutch Unit. |
13 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
Bryan L. Glett; Mark A. Murphy; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The coupling of driving shaft with a driven shaft is accomplished at high torques and high speeds of rotation using a piezoelectric shack, a passive clutch system, and a hydraulic clutch activation system. The piezoelectric stack is housed in the rotating driving shaft, and extends along the axis of the shaft when it receives an engagement signal. This extension of the piezoelectric stack depresses a disk spring into the hydraulic ... |
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| Extracting Digital Data from a Bus and Multiplexing It with a Video Signal. |
13 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
Duane O. Hague; James E. Barnes; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| A television video data instrumentation recording system is coupled to a Bus Monitor/Video Encoder to incorporate a digital data recording capability within the normal video signal recording process while allowing for later digital data recovery during video playback. The digital data is acquired from a device addressable serial data bus which is normally an anchronously polled system for exchanging data messages between a bus master device and multiple slave devices ... |
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| Active Dispersion Control for a Doppler Broadened Laser. |
06 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
Roger L. Facklam; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| A method of controlling the output of a laser in a laser clock to compensate for changes in the output of the laser due to optical dispersion resulting from laser aging and changes in laser temperature is described, which comprises, comparing the output frequency of the laser clock with a standard of known frequency, such as an atomic clock, calculating the change in laser discharge current corresponding to any difference ... |
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| Discrete Phase Conjugate Technique for Precompensation of Laser Beams Transmitted through Turbulence. |
06 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
alan j. macgovern; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| A process and apparatus are disclosed for aligning a laser beam from a laser transmitter with an incoming laser beam, and driving any sensed tilt differences on an aperture and subaperture basis to zero. The apparatus uses a shared apperture component to sample the outgoing laser beam and the incoming target beam, retroreflector array to reverse the direction of the subaperture samples of the outgoing beam, a common-mode wavefront sensor ... |
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| Moving Aperture Device for Reducing Scattered Light in an Optical System. |
06 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
Michael P. Wirick; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| In order to reduce the amount of internally scattered radiant energy in an optical system having a collecting optical chamber and a secondary optical chamber, a moving aperture device is positioned in a first focal plane between the chambers; the aperture device has a continuous moving metal band that has staggered slits therein. The band is sprocket driven and cryogenically cooled to reduce thermal emission. The band can be synchronized ... |
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| Method for Making Semiconductor Crystals. |
06 JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
Christopher M. Devaney; Robert J. Martineau; John L. Miles; Theodore T. Wong; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| A planar solid-state recrystallization process for growing mercury cadmium telluride (MCT) crystals suitable for semiconductor applications, in which molten MCT material is solidified in a horizontal sealed ampoule having a substantial portion of its lower external surface (i.e. a part of the ampoule surface which contains molten material) in heat-transfer contact with a heat sink, and having no substantial portion of the vapor-containing segment of the external ampoule wall in ... |
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| Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Years 1988/1989 Submitted to Congress. Operation and Maintenance, Air Force. Volume 1 |
JAN 87 |
756 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Operation and Maintenance, Air Force appropriation supports combat readiness and sustainability of Air Force operations through the financing of the day-to-day costs of operating and maintaining the Air Force (excluding military pay and allowances). This appropriation provides the money needed to buy fuels, lubricants and expendable parts for aircraft, missiles, and vehicles. It is also used to support space launches, maintain runways and facilities, operate the physical plants, train ... |
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| Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Years 1988/1989 Submitted to Congress. Operation and Maintenance, Air Force. Volume 2. Data Book for FY 1988/ FY 1989 |
JAN 87 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| Contents: Summary of Price and Program Changes; Summary of Increases and Decreases; Audiovisual Services; Civilian Personnel Budget Calculations; Depot Level Maintenance; Headquarters Operations and Administration; Legislative Affairs; Maintenance and Repair of Real Property; Changes in Manpower End Strength; Military Bands; Appropriated Funds Support of Morale, Welfare and Recreation Activites; Public Affairs; Reimbursable Program; Cumulative Monthly Civilian Employment Plan; Summary of Significant Maintenance and Repair Projects. |
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| Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Years 1988/1989 Submitted to Congress. Aircraft Procurement, Air Force |
JAN 87 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| Contents: Appropriation Lanaguage; Basic program & financing; Basic object classification; Program & financing; Budget activity justification: (1) Combat aircraft; (2) Airlift aircraft; (3) Trainer aircraft; (4) Other aircraft; (5) Modification of In-Service aircraft; (6) Aircraft Spares & Repair Parts; (7) Aircraft support equipment & facilities; Comparison of FY 1986 Program Requirements and Financing; Comparison of FY 1987 Program Requirements and Financing; Flight Simulator Procurement Program. |
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| Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Years 1988/1989 Submitted to Congress. Air Force Stock Fund |
JAN 87 |
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| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Air Force Stock Fund (AFSF) consists of six divisions: System Support, General Support, Medical-Dental, Fuels, Commissary, and Air Force Academy Cadet Store. These divisions provide for the financial management, inventory control, and distribution of consumable items of supply and low-cost equipment to support both peacetime and wartine operations. The stock fund operates under a revolving fund concept. The corpus of the stock fund consists of inventory and cash. Each ... |
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| Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Years 1988/1989 Submitted to Congress. Military Personnel, Air Force |
JAN 87 |
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| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Military Personnel, Air Force Appropriation provides financial resources to compensate active military personnel required to support the approved force structure. The Appropriation also includes funds for retired pay accrual, unemployment compensation and social security benefits for widows and orphans of military personnel. Addition of these entitlements were approved by Congress and enacted via Public Law. The tables in Sections 3 through 5 contain budget data for Pay and Allowances ... |
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| Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Years 1988/1989 Submitted to Congress. Missile Procurement, Air Force |
JAN 87 |
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| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The cost estimates in this document pertains to construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories therefor, ground handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior ... |
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| Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Years 1988/1989 Submitted to Congress. Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve |
JAN 87 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| Section 1 - Narrative Justification: Program and Financing; Object Classification; Summary of Requirements by Subactivity; Summary of Requirements by Program Package; Aircraft Operations; Stock Fund Refunds; Non-flying Operations; Depot Maintenance; Base Operating Support; Command Support; Section 2 - Special Analyses: Fiscal Years 1987, 1988 and 1989; Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve Appropriation Summary; Summary of Increases and Decreased; Civilian Personnel Budget Calculation; Depot Level Maintenance; Headquarters Operation and Administration; ... |
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| Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Years 1988/1989 Submitted to Congress. Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard |
JAN 87 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| Contents: Volume I--Justification of Estimates for FY 1988 and FY 1989- Summary of Requirements by Budget Activity; A5, Mission Forces; B5, Depot Maintenance; C-5, Other Support; Training and Organization of Mission Forces - Stock Fund Refunds; Volume II--Data Book- Appropriation Summary of Price/Program Growth; Civilian Personnel Budget Calculations; Depot Maintenance Program Summary; Headquarters Operations and Administration; Maintenance and Repair of Real Property; Manpower Changes in End Strength; Military Bands; Reimbursable ... |
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| Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Years 1988/1989 Submitted to Congress. Other Procurement, Air Force |
JAN 87 |
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| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| Contents: Appropriation Language; Basic Program Financing; Basic Object Classification; Budget Activity Justification; Munitions & Associated Equipment; Vehicular Equipment; Electronics & Telecommunications Equipment; Other Base Maintenance & Support Equipment; Comparisons of FY 1986 and 1987 Programs & Financing. |
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| Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Years 1988/1989 Submitted to Congress. Reserve Personnel, Air Force |
JAN 87 |
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| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| This appropriation finances the military personnel costs of the Air Force Reserve. Because the types of authorized training programs vary, the budget request is presented by pay category for the minimum activity required to full train members. In addition, school and special tours of active duty reflect training requirements for a limited number of personnel to acquire and maintain skill level proficiency and to accomplish mission assignments. This appropriation also ... |
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| The Planning, Programming and Budgeting System (PPBS). A Primer |
JAN 1987 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| PPBS is the DOD resource management system. Controlled by the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), its purpose is to identify mission needs, match them with resource requirements, and translate them into budget proposals. System outputs include the Defense Guidance (DG), the Five Year Defense Program (FYDP) and the DOD portion of the President's Budget. The system is dynamic and evolves continually for many reasons ranging from changes in key personnel to ... |
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| Department of the Air Force Supporting Data for Fiscal Year 1988/89 Budget Estimates Submitted to Congress. Descriptive Summaries. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation. |
JAN 1987 |
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| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| This document has been prepared to provide information on the United States Air Force (USAF) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Program to Congressional Committees during the Fiscal Year 1988/89 hearings. This information is in addition to the testimony given by DOD witnesses. The Descriptive Summaries provide narrative information all RDT&E program elements and projects, except those listed in para 4b, within the USAF FY 1988/89 RDT&E Program. A Test ... |
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| Tactics: A Soviet View |
87 |
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| Authors:
V. G. Reznichenko; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| This work on military theory examines the subject of military tactics, its role in the art of war, the material basis of modern combined arms combat, its nature, and the most important principles for conducting it. Principal attention is given to the tactics of offensive, meeting, and defensive engagements, as well as to troop movement. (Russian translations) |
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| Air Force Journal of Logistics. Volume 11, Number 2, Spring 1987 |
1987 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| Air Force Journal of Logistics. Volume 11, Number 1, Winter 1987 |
1987 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| Stabilizing Force Feedback in Bio-Actuated Control Systems. |
30 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Daniel W. Repperger; Donald G. McCollor; William G. Gruesbeck; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| A biomechanical feedback arrangement wherein a varying force tending to improve the neurometer tracking response of a human subject, particularly in the presence of lateral or front-back G force fields, is added to the test subject input member of a feedback control system. Use of the biomechanical feedback in a high-performance aircraft and in a ground-based simulator apparatus is also disclosed, along with comparison results from simulator testing of human ... |
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| Battery Control and Fault Detection Method. |
30 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Wayne E. Bishop; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| This is a method for control, fault detection, fault isolation, and state-of-health monitoring of batteries and battery arrays. The method consists of measuring all of the battery, cell, or cell group voltages, using statistics to determine a means voltage and a standard deviation voltage, then comparing all of the measured voltage deviates from the mean voltage by an arbitrary amount (number of standard deviations) corrective action can be implemented or ... |
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| Instantaneous Frequency Measurement Receiver with Digital Processing. |
30 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
James B. Tsui; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The receiver comprises a 90 deg hybrid and analog-to-digital converters between the RF section and digital processing; which makes it possible to eliminate a phase correlator, four diode detectors and two differential amplifiers used in previous IFM receivers to obtain the sine and cosine signal samples at an initial time and a delayed time. (Patents) |
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| Flexible (Multi-Mode) Waveform Generator. |
30 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Paul W. Goetz; Kim R. Merley; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The generation waveforms is accomplished using: two random access memories (RAM), a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), two modulators, two oscillators, and multiplier. The computer inputs a set of digital waveforms and a first control signal into the first RAM which, when directed, conducts them to the DAC. The DAC converts the digital waveform and first control signal to the first modulator. The first modulator produces an output signal by single sideband ... |
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| Method of Constructing a Dome Restraint Assembly for Rocket Motors. |
23 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Peter F. O'Driscoll; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| This report discusses an adjustable restraint assembly connectable between a dome portion of a solid propellant rocket motor casing and a rigid base or support, for use during the curing of a propellant in the casing. The assembly includes an upper attach bracket connectable to the dome portion, a lower attach bracket connectable to a rigid base, upper and lower flanges connected to the upper and lower brackets, respectively, and ... |
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| Reflector Antenna Having Sidelobe Suppression Elements. |
23 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Daniel Jacavanco; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| Suppression of selected sidelobes in a reflector antenna is accomplished by the positioning of two or more metallic disks on the reflector surface at specific distances above the reflector surface. (Author) |
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| High or Low-Side State Relay with Current Limiting and Operational Testing. |
23 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Carlisle R. Dolland; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The switch comprises a circuit from a first output terminal via parallel MOS devices in series with current-sensing resistance to a second output terminal, with alternative high-side and low-side configurations having a load between the second terminal and ground, or the first terminal and the DC supply voltage. An input terminal for a digital control signal is coupled via an input diode and two Schmitt Trigger CMOS inverters to a ... |
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| Vibration Isolated Cold Plate Assembly. |
23 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Richard T. Dolbeare; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| This patent describes a vibration isolated cold plate assembly having a cold plate cover and a base interconnected together by means of a pair of elongated, rectangular-shaped elements made of elastomeric material. The elongated elements form therebetween a channel through which a coolant flows in communication with a plurality of cooling fins which are secured only to the undersurface of the cold plate cover. Electronic components are mounted on the ... |
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| Optical Control Method for Solid Fuel Rocket Burn Rate. |
23 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Peter C. Winch; Mick Blackledge; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| A solid fuel rocket burn rate control method is discussed wherein grain preheating energy is supplied to the grain region just ahead of the regressing burn face by optical conductors such as fiber optic filaments that are buried in the gain and dispersed across the gain cross section. The optical conductors receive optical energy from one of several types of electrical-to-optical energy transducers such as a semiconductor laser or an ... |
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| Dielectric Resonator Stabilized Microstrip Oscillator. |
16 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Edward C. Niehenke; Patrick A. Green; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| A microstrip L-band bipolar dielectric resonator stabilized oscillator (DRO) devised in a moderate size (2 ft x 5 in x 3.6 in), low-cost, reproducible circuit. Embedment of back to back varactors in the DRO provide voltage tuning for phase lock application without compromise of noise performance. Extremely low phase noise with a low 1/f noise corner is achieved and the DRO is essentially constant in frequency and output power over ... |
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| Adapter Pallet System. |
16 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Foster R. Harris; Martin S. Traister; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| A bifurcated adapter pallet system for providing an interface between the U.S. Department of Defense 463L configured carrier and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) container. Each adapter has mounting faces to attach to an ISO container at the container corner fittings and 463L equipment. The ISO/463L adapter pallet facilitates efficient and appropriate tiedown and transportation of ISO cargo by means of vehicles equipped with the 463L handling system. (Patents). |
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| Active Secondary Mirror Mount. |
16 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Graham A. Horine; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| An active secondary mirror mount is used in a telescope requiring the mount have five degrees of freedom in movement. The spider legs are connected between the telescope tube and a central housing. Within the central housing are two concentrically mounted tubes. The outer tube is fixedly held by the central housing and the inner tube is flexibly held within the outer tube. X-axis and Y-axis actuator rods pass through ... |
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| Low Pass T-Section Digital Phase Shifter Apparatus. |
16 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Binboga S. Yarman; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| A low pass T-section digital phase shifter apparatus having a pair of serially connected inductor-diode combination connected in series which includes a parallel circuit connected between the common junction and ground. The parallel circuit has an inductor in parallel with a series capacitor and diode to provide a balanced insertion loss at each diode switching state. When the diodes are in the forward-biased state they act as closed short circuit ... |
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| Seismic-Acoustic Low-Flying Aircraft Detector. |
16 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
Robert J. Fogler; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The detection of low-flying aircraft is accomplished using both a microphone and geophone as sensors and signal system for measuring the correlation between the seismic ad acoustic signals. The signal processing system contains two amplication and band-limiting circuits, a delay circuit, an adaptive noise cancelling circuit, two signal smoothing circuits and a comparison circuit. The two amplification and bandlimiting circuits enhance a selected portion of the seismic and acoustic signals ... |
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| Method for Fabricating Battery Plaque and Low Shear Nickel Electrode. |
16 DEC 1986 |
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| Authors:
David H. Fritts; John F. Leonard; DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The present invention relates to batteries and more particularly to battery cells having nickel electrodes. In one aspect, this invention relates to novel nickel electrodes; in another aspect it relates to a method for fabricating nickel electrodes. Large shear stresses exist in sintered nickel hydroxide electrodes. The principal cause of these stresses is the mechanical inhomogeneity introduced by the electrode current collectors, which are substantially more rigid than the nickel ... |
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