| Connotative Meaning of Military Chat Communications |
Sep-2009 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Sharon M Walter; Emily Budlong; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB ROME NY INFORMATION DIRECTORATE
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 | Automatic processing of military chat text in operational environments will be necessary to provide automated data collection, collation, and usage for tactical updates, post-mission operational analysis, and watch turnover. The informal nature of chat communications allows the relay of far more information than the technical content of messages. This AFRL in-house project combined components of the methodology applied in a Syracuse University project for IARPA's AQUAINT program with additional research ... |
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| Integrating Distributed Interactive Simulations With the Project Darkstar Open-Source Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) Middleware |
Sep-2009 |
136 pages |
| Authors:
Tariq M Rashid; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Recently, a great deal of attention has been given to the use of Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGS) for both gaming and military applications. The revenue generated by MMOGs and the effect that they have on the network infrastructure has resulted in significantly more developmental resources being applied to commercial MMOG technology than for military distributed virtual (DVE) development. All DVEs share a common set of characteristics, and additional requirements ... |
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| Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered, Ultra-Low Power Microsystems With a Focus on Vibration-Based Electromechanical Conversion |
Sep-2009 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
Sean M Forester; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Wireless distributed microsensor systems offer reliable monitoring and control of a myriad of applications ranging from machine state and perimeter security to nuclear/chemical/biological and other military applications. Historically, batteries have supplied power to mobile, embedded, and ultra-low power microsensors. While there are many obvious short-term advantages of using batteries, they do have a long-term negative environmental impact. An alternative to batteries exists in harnessing the ambient energy surrounding the system ... |
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| Adaptive Design for Sensitivity Experiments and Related Problems |
07-Aug-2009 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
C F Wu; Roshan J Vengazhiyil; GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP ATLANTA
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| The main goal of this research is to develop novel methodologies in the design and modeling of sensitivity testing and related experiments, which are commonly encountered in military applications. The research has progressed well with four papers accepted and scheduled to appear, one tentatively accepted and one under review. Paper 1 proposes a new sequential procedure for root finding in highly nonlinear situations. Paper 2 addresses the modeling and data ... |
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| Modeling Human Visual Perception for Target Detection in Military Simulations |
01-Jun-2009 |
172 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick Jungkunz; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The search and target acquisition models used in current military simulations for visual detection of ground soldiers are empirical. Although taking into account human performance data collected in field trials, they do not attempt to realistically model human search behavior. This, however, is necessary to achieve realistic target detection performance, including such phenomena as false positive detections at realistic locations. Working towards this goal, this research creates a model of ... |
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| Knowledge of the Military Retirement System Among Naval Postgraduate School Officers and Analysis of Associated Retirement Information Sources |
01-Jun-2009 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Carlos A Iglesla; Asa D Kim; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The MBA Project assessed the knowledge of the military retirement system among U.S. military officers attending the Naval Postgraduate School and correlated the level of knowledge to the effectiveness of the underlying communication sources used by the population. A web-based survey site was used for primary data collection, as well as preliminary survey results analysis. The MBA Project: (1) determined the areas of the retirement system that are unfamiliar to ... |
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| Crosstalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. Volume 22, Number 4 |
Jun-2009 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Watts S Humphrey; Roger Heller; Lori Holmes; Anita D Carleton; William A Christian; Howard D Jr; Kuettner; Donald S II; Hanline; Timothy J Trapp; Martin Guldahl; Kasey Thompson; Robert Cloutier; Portia Crowe; William R Nichols; Ilya Lipkin; James W Over; Martin Allen; SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT CENTER HILL AFB UT
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| When asking a customer when they need something done you've most likely heard the reply, Yesterday! Why is this answer so common? Possibly it's because customers typically do not request products until they are needed. I liken this phenomenon to my lunchtime habits. I don't go looking for food until I'm saying out loud, I'm starving! Both are an exaggeration, but both cause the consumer to seek out those who ... |
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| Applications of Psychophysiological Measures in Uninhabited Air Vehicle Tasks |
Jun-2009 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Krystal Thomas; Glenn Wilson; James Christensen; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS DIRECTORATE
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| To enhance the performance of Air Force systems, we must keep the human operator in mind during our development and testing. The work performed has kept this thought at its forefront evidenced by the studies performed. Our objectives have included developing methodologies, tools, and algorithms for real-time psychophysiological assessments and application of operator functional state as well as applying muti-sensory and adaptive interfaces to improve total system performance. |
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| Operational Leadership and Advancing Technology |
04-May-2009 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Rodney R LeMay; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Technology is advancing at an ever increasing rate in the 21st century. Many of these advances have been incorporated into the military. The latest gadgets are often bought from commercial vendors; the so called, off the shelf solution. Although this often provides a short term benefit, often too little analysis is conducted on to best integrate the technology into the way we fight. This paper uses a case study of ... |
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| Longitudinal Risk and Resilience Factors Predicting Psychiatric Disruption, Mental Health Service Utilization & Military Retention in OIF National Guard Troops |
Apr-2009 |
98 pages |
| Authors:
Melissa A Polusny; Christopher R Erbes; Paul Arbisi; Madhavi K Reddy; MINNESOTA UNIV MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL SCHOOL
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| This report describes progress towards completing a 4-wave longitudinal cohort study of predeployment risk and resilience factors predictive of post-deployment levels of mental health disruptions, mental health service utilization, and military retention and attrition over time. Using standard mail survey methodology, Wave 2 self-report measures have been gathered from 81% of the original Baseline/Wave 1 cohort with response bias appearing minimal. Wave 3 data have been collected from 64% of ... |
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| Proceedings of the Military Applications for Emerging Water Use Technologies Workshop |
Apr-2009 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
John Hall; William D Goran; Kurt Preston; Gary L Gerdes; Richard J Scholze; Malcolm McLeod; David Sheets; Richard Sustich; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| This first ever Military Applications for Emerging Water Use Technologies workshop gathered Department of Defense (DOD), academic, trade association, and other government subject matter experts to explore the topic of water for the military at the installation and forward operating levels. The goals of this workshop were to share information, spread visibility on current efforts, explore the potential of existing, emerging, and future technologies and other options for military installations ... |
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| Discrete Event Command & Control for Networked Teams with Multiple Missions |
16-Mar-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Greg Hudas; Frank L Lewis; Chee K Pang; Matthew B Middleton; Christopher Mcmurrough; TEXAS UNIV AT ARLINGTON AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS INST
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| During mission execution in military applications, the TRADOC Pamphlet 525-66 Battle Command and Battle Space Awareness capabilities prescribe expectations that networked teams will perform in a reliable manner under changing mission requirements, varying resource availability and reliability, and resource faults. In this paper, a Command and Control (C2) structure is presented that allows for computer-aided execution of the networked team decision-making process, control of force resources, shared resource dispatching, and ... |
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| Mitigating Distributed Denial of Service Attacks with Multi-Protocol Label Switching-Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE) |
Mar-2009 |
135 pages |
| Authors:
Ioannis Vordos; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| A Denial of Service (DoS) occurs when legitimate users are prevented from using a service over a computer network. A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a more serious form of DoS in which an attacker uses the combined power of many hosts to flood and exhaust the networking or computing resources of a target server. In recent years, DDoS attacks have become a major threat to both civilian ... |
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| Exploitation of Intra-Spectral Band Correlation for Rapid Feature Selection, and Target Identification in Hyperspectral Imagery |
Mar-2009 |
190 pages |
| Authors:
Michael K Miller; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| This research extends the work produced by Capt. Robert Johnson for detecting target pixels within hyperspectral imagery (HSI). The methodology replaces Principle Components Analysis for dimensionality reduction with a clustering algorithm which seeks to associate spectral rather than spatial dimensions. By seeking similar spectral dimensions, the assumption of no a priori knowledge of the relationship between clustered members can be eliminated and clusters are formed by seeking high correlated adjacent ... |
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| Multi-Scale Biomimetic Adhesives |
10-Feb-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Kimberly L Turner; CALIFORNIA UNIV REGENTS SANTA BARBARA OFFICE OF RESEARCH
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| Over the life of this grant, significant technical contributions have been made. When this grant commenced, we were at the very beginnings of building a hierarchical gecko-inspired adhesive. Since that point, we have developed hierarchical synthetic adhesive has been developed which utilizes milli/micro/nanofabrication to build active adhesive devices. In addition, in the final year of the grant, the adhesive was made actively reversible, and we were able (with additional funds ... |
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| Magnesium Technology and Manufacturing for Ultra Lightweight Armored Ground Vehicles |
Feb-2009 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Kyu Cho; Tomoko Sano; Kevin Doherty; Chian Yen; George Gazonas; Jonathan Montgomery; Paul Moy; Bruce Davis; Rick DeLorme; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The current paper summarizes magnesium alloy metallurgy and wrought manufacturing with an initial emphasis on the Elektron WE43 alloy system for lightweight armored ground vehicle applications. Engineering design factors are reviewed and initial mechanical property data are presented along with ballistic results and findings from blast simulations. Finally the future role of magnesium alloys in ultra light metallic armor is discussed in terms of material development and application. |
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| Detection of Frequency-Hopped Signals Exposed to Non-Stationary Interference |
Dec-2008 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Steven C Layfield; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Frequency-hopped spread spectrum signals are widely used in military communications to help combat or suppress interference due to jamming, other users of the channel, and multipath propagation. Frequency-hopped signals may be difficult to detect when embedded in background noise. Previous research has demonstrated techniques for interference reduction and filtering frequency hopped spread spectrum waveforms with minimum distortion when the frequency-hop rate is on the order of 1,000 hops per second ... |
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| Keeping Current and Increasing The Effectiveness of the Decision-Making Process and the Interoperability in the Digital Age: Geospatial Intelligence and Geospatial Information Systems' Applications in the Military and Intelligence Fields for the Mexican N |
Dec-2008 |
251 pages |
| Authors:
Salomon C Meillon; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The birth of the digital era full of new technologies and information systems that increase as time goes by has forced the military to embrace these innovations so that they do not lose effectiveness or become obsolete when compared with other countries armed forces. One of these innovations is the Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), which is the result of geography's evolution from its application for naming and delineating the boundaries ... |
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| Multi-Robot Systems in Military Domains (Les Systemes Multi-Robots Dans les Domaines Militaires) |
Dec-2008 |
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| Authors:
NATO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)
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 | IST-032/RTG-014 aim was to consider the potential of modern multi-robot systems for the use in military domains. There has been substantial interest in the use of MRS for a variety of military purposes. A better understanding of human computer and/or robot interaction requirements and development of techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of MRS to meet military purposes will provide military users with a basis for determining their requirements for this ... |
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| KMAPPER - An Automated Knowledge Assets Discovery Application in Support of the Armed Forces |
Dec-2008 |
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| Authors:
Regine Lecocq; Alexandre B Guyard; Marc-Andre Morin; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER (QUEBEC)
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| This paper presents a newly developed knowledge mapping (k-mapping) application called KMapper along with its underlying multidimensional approach. The KMapper, as a network science technology, is an automated application allowing the discovery, identification, localization, access and support for the exploitation of KAs by the Commander and the Soldier. Subsequently to presenting the concept of k-mapping in general, we describe the foundations for the KMapper developed by DRDC Valcartier. We then ... |
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| Self-Deployment of Mobile Agents in Manets for Military Applications |
Dec-2008 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Conner; M U Uyar; Cem S Sahin; Elkin Urrea; Ibrahim Hokelek; Giorgio Bertoli; Christian Pizzo; CITY COLL NEW YORK DEPT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
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| We present bio-inspired computation techniques, such as genetic algorithms, for real-time self-deployment of mobile agents to carry out tasks similar to military applications. Under the harsh and bandwidth limited conditions imposed by military applications, self-spreading of autonomous mobile nodes becomes much more challenging. In our approach, each mobile agent exchanges its genetic information, which is composed of speed and direction encoded in its chromosome (genome), with the neighboring nodes located ... |
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| Theoretical and Numerical Investigation of Polymer-Particle Nanocomposites and their Effective Materials Properties |
Nov-2008 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Qi Wang; FLORIDA STATE UNIV TALLAHASSEE DEPT OF MATHEMATICS
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| Polymer paniculate nanocomposites (PNCs) have many industrial and military applications. They can achieve very high mechanical modulus and possess superior transport or barrier properties. The project aimed to study the mesoscopic structure formation during flow processing and the corresponding rheological consequence leading to characterization of material properties in solid states. Significant progress has been made to model the materials and to understand their rheological properties in melt or solution processing ... |
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| Bridging the Gap in Military Robotics (Combler le Fosse Existant dans le Domaine de la Robotique Militaire) |
Nov-2008 |
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| Authors:
NATO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)
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| There appears to exist a gap between the ideas of the military on the use of ground robotics for their purposes and the technical possibilities offered by industry and research. In many cases the military are offered robots created by industry, but to a lesser degree robots developed to explicitly meet military needs. To bridge this gap, a NATO workshop was organised September 2004 in Bonn, attended by over 70 ... |
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| Photochemical Tissue Bonding for Military Medical Applications |
30-Jun-2008 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis McCal; Scott Prahl; NLIGHT PHOTONICS CORP VANCOUVER WA
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| Report developed under STTR contract for topic number AF07-T033. The overall goal is to develop a complete system for micro-anastomosis of blood vessels. This involves (1) a unique laser system that uses water as the absorbing chromophore, (2) a clinically useful handpiece that is appropriate for microsurgery, (3) a novel albumin stent to support the vessel during anastomosis, (4) in vitro testing of the device to assess thermal damage, strength, ... |
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| Barriers, Bridges, and Progress in Cognitive Modeling for Military Applications |
Jan-2008 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin Gluck; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB MESA AZ WARFIGHTER READINESS RESEARCH DIVISION
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| The role of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), like the other service laboratories, is to conduct the basic and applied research and advanced technology development necessary to create future technology options for the Department of Defense. At the Warfighter Readiness Research Division of AFRL's Human Effectiveness Directorate, we have initiated a research program focused on mathematical and computational cognitive process modeling for replicating, understanding, and predicting human performance and ... |
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| Geometric, Algebraic and Topological Structure for Signal and Image Processing |
19 DEC 2007 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Kirby; COLORADO STATE UNIV FORT COLLINS
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| Military information collected from streaming video of real-time unmanned aerial reconnaissance, battlefield operations or from multi-spectral satellite imagery, for example, requires intelligent processing by analysts to reduce response time and increase accuracy of interpretation. This research concerns the understanding of, i.e., modeling and classifying of, information in data. Of primary focus has been development of new algorithms for processing large data sets. In particular the proposed techniques emphasize exploiting all ... |
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| Assessing the Acceptance and Functional Value of the Asymmetrical Software Kit (ASK) at the Tactical Level |
DEC 2007 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
Peter H. Hopewell; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Asymmetrical Software Kit (ASK) is a software package built for U.S Army Special Operations Command (USASOC). It is designed to greatly expand and digitize the Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) process for Special Forces units. The purpose of this Thesis is to thoroughly evaluate the Tactical user's acceptance of this technological innovation. Technology Acceptance Model, which psychometrically measures users perceptions of ease-of-use and utility to predict their intention ... |
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| Microwave Magnetic Materials for Radar and Signal Processing Devices - Thin Film and Bulk Oxides and Metals |
29 NOV 2007 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Carl E. Patton; COLORADO STATE UNIV FORT COLLINS DEPT OF PHYSICS
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| ONR Grant N00014-06-1-0889 has supported a program on new magnetic materials in thin film and bulk form for Navy microwave devices and systems in particular and overall defense applications in general. During the funding period from June 4, 2006 to August 3, 2007, there were numerous accomplishments. Seven archival papers were published on (1) ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) measurements in Permalloy films with an emphasis on the comparison of measurement methods, ... |
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| The Air Force "In Silico" -- Computational Biology in 2025 |
NOV 2007 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher Coates; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL CENTER FOR STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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| The biological sciences have recently experienced remarkable advances and there are now frequent claims that "we are on the advent of being able to model or simulate biological systems to the smallest, molecular detail." Such a capability, the product of a science known as computational biology, could radically change the health and life sciences and may have enormous impact in many fields, including military operations. This study addresses the questions ... |
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| Understanding Mission Essential Competencies as a Work Analysis Method |
AUG 2007 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
George M. Alliger; Rebecca Beard; Jr. Bennett Winston; Charles M. Colegrove; Michael Garrity; GROUP FOR ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS (GOE) ALBANY NY
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| The United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Human Effectiveness Directorate, Warfighter Readiness Research Division, in conjunction with the United States Air Force Major Command, Air Combat Command (ACC), has for a number of years pursued a program of research whose focus is the rational integration of networked flying, flying-related, and command and control simulators into current training via Distributed Mission Operations (DMO). The Mission Essential Competency (MEC) work analysis ... |
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| Demonstration of Military Composites With Low Hazardous Air Pollutant Content |
JUL 2007 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
John J. La Scala; Theresa Glodek; Caroline Lochner; Xing Geng; Ashiq Quabili; Ken Patterson; Frank Bruce; Edward Bartling; Charlie Johnson; Philip Myers; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD WEAPONS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH DIRECTORATE
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| Liquid resins used for molding composite structures are a significant source of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. One method of reducing styrene emissions from vinyl ester (VE) resins is to replace some or all of the styrene with fatty acid-based monomers. Fatty acid monomers are ideal candidates because they are inexpensive, have low volatilities, and promote global sustainability because they are derived from renewable resources. ... |
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| Electronic Combat in Space: Examining the Legality of Fielding a Space-Based Disruptive Electromagnetic Jamming System |
15 JUN 2007 |
106 pages |
| Authors:
Kurt M. Schendzielos; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Significant debate surrounds the concept of "peaceful use of space" as it is delineated in various international treaties and in United States Space Policy. The U.S. interpretation of that concept allows for military space applications. Within this context, the author explores the following question: What are the legal limits concerning the fielding of a nonlethal electronic countermeasures capability in space? The potentially aggressive yet nonpersistent effect of electromagnetic jamming (EM ... |
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| Remote Tactile Displays for Future Soldiers |
MAY 2007 |
87 pages |
| Authors:
Richard D. Gilson; Elizabeth S. Redden; Linda R. Elliott; UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ORLANDO
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| This report is a consolidated description of past work performed to develop the University of Central Florida's tactile belt display system and to evaluate its potential for use as a covert means of communication to the individual warfighter. Previously, the results from these evaluations were distributed as technical reports, meeting presentations, and live demonstrations spanning the past several years. This report documents the full body of work and combines it ... |
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| Ramgen Power Systems for Military Engine Applications |
MAY 2007 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Franklin H. Holcomb; Chang W. Sohn; Gunnar Tamm; Daniel Brown; Daniel Mahoney; Peter Baldwin; Karen Belshaw; Aaron Koopman; Dennis Witmer; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Ramgen Power Systems, Inc. (RPS) is developing two high efficiency gas turbine engine concepts that combine many of the proven features of supersonic compression and expansion systems, commonly used in supersonic flight inlet and nozzle designs, with conventional axial flow turbo-machinery practices to create two entirely new gas turbine engines. The superior efficiency is a result of high pressure shock wave compression and supersonic expansion phenomena to produce high component ... |
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| Developing European Security and Defense Policy: Finnish Strategic Choice |
26 MAR 2007 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Jari Kytola; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The European Union (EU) is moving toward a more common foreign and security policy (CFSP). To help execute this goal, it has started to create its own military capability to conduct crisis management and peace enforcement operations. A great number of EU-nations are also members of NATO. While the goal of both organizations has been complementary efforts, there is a risk of creating an inefficient competitive situation for financial and ... |
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| Defence Applications |
01 MAR 2007 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Ayman El-Fatatry; LOUGHBOROUGH UNIV (UNITED KINGDOM)
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| The potential opportunities promised by nanotechnology for enabling advances in defence technologies are staggering. Although these opportunities are likely to be realised over a few decades, many advantages are currently being secured, particularly for defence applications. This lecture will provide an insight into the capabilities offered by nanotechnology which will enable new defence capabilities, including; smart materials, harder/lighter platforms, new fuel sources and storage as well as novel medical applications. ... |
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| Effective Mobile Routing Through Dynamic Addressing |
MAR 2007 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Heungsoon Park; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Military communications has always been an important factor in military victory and will surely play an important part in future combat. In modern warfare, military units are usually deployed without existing network infrastructure. The IP routing protocol, designed for hierarchical networks cannot easily be applied in military networks due to the dynamic topology expected in military environments. Mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) represent an appropriate network for small military networks. But, ... |
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| MEMS and Nanotechnology Workshop: An Emerging Army Technology |
08-Feb-2007 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Tom Meitzler; TACOM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
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| Introductory talk of the MEMS and Nanotechnology Workshop, focusing on microelectromechanical systems and Army applications. |
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| The Thin Green Line: An Assessment of DoD's Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative to Buffer Installation Encroachment |
01-Jan-2007 |
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| Authors:
Beth E Lachman; Anny Wong; Susan A Resetar; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| When first established decades ago, most U.S. military installations were far from major cities and towns. That is no longer true. A growing population and changing land development patterns over the past several decades have led to lands vital to military readiness being surrounded by urban, suburban, and other types of development. Such development, especially large residential tracts, can limit the installation's operational capability. Complaints about noise, dust, and smoke ... |
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| Technical Evaluation Report (Workshop on Visualising Network Information) |
01 DEC 2006 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Lisbeth M. Rasmussen; DANISH DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT COPENHAGEN
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| The workshop brought together operational users, developers and researchers to explore the connection between visualisation technologies and network analysis for military and civil protection applications. NATO commanders, defence analysts, crisis managers etc., visualise the networks that affect their operations. Developers produce tools to assist network visualisation. Researchers discover the concepts and methods that developers turn into tools. In this context, networks include both physical networks, e.g. information and service infrastructure ... |
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| A Performance Analysis of BGP MPLS VPN Failover Functionality |
DEC 2006 |
111 pages |
| Authors:
Guan C. Tan; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Future military systems, many of which have unique timing requirements, will rely on the Global Information Grid (GIG) as the core data communication infrastructure. The GIG currently uses the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)/Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology to provide secure and robust IP-level connectivity. This technology supports the provisioning of IP connectivity by a service provider to multiple customers over a common physical IP backbone while ... |
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| Watershed Similarity Analysis for Military Applications Using Supervised-Unsupervised Artificial Neural Networks |
NOV 2006 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
B. B. Hsieh; M. R. Jourdan; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| Incorporation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) into Unsupervised-Supervised Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) was applied to quantify the similarity of watershed characteristics. The goal of this approach is to find the best match watershed from a large knowledge base of over one thousand quantifying watersheds and to determine the reliability of transplant watershed information during the clustering and classification stages. The prediction stage of the study compares the hydrographs between this ... |
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| Scalable and Secure IPv6 Solutions for Connecting Mobile Networks to the GIG |
NOV 2006 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Isil Sebuektekin; Anthony McAuley; TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC PISCATAWAY NJ
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| Future military programs are mandated to use IPv6; however, little emphasis has been placed on exploiting the potential in IPv6 to more efficiently support mobile networks. Current approaches mimic IPv4 solutions, which may prevent the full benefits of IPv6 from being realized in dynamic networks. These IPv4-copycat solutions may, for example, degrade routing performance and scalability. In this paper we analyze the alternatives available within IPv6 to improve the interconnection ... |
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| Development of Cementing Systems and Composites Based on Inorganic Gel-to-Crystal Transitions for Military Applications |
NOV 2006 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Jr. Weiss Charles A.; Melvin C. Sykes; Donna C. Day; Mariangelica C. Mangual; Philip G. Malone; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| Composite materials (fiberglass, carbon-fiber composites) are considered to be the Army's greatest opportunity to develop a new generation of lighter, stronger materials that will be the basis of new shelters, vehicles and weaponry. While a great deal of effort has gone into examining and refining the reinforcing material (metal, carbon and glass fibers) very little attention has been paid to the cement that will be employed in bonding the elements ... |
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| North Korean Civil-Military Trends: Military-First Politics to a Point |
SEP 2006 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Ken E. Gause; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Unlike the study of other authoritarian regimes, first the Soviet Union and more recently China, which have given rise to a cottage industry of analysis on all aspects of things military, the same cannot be said of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the armed forces of the Democratic People s Republic of Korea (DPRK). In the small world of Pyongyang watchers, articles and books devoted to the KPA are few ... |
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| Commission on the National Guard and Reserves |
05 JUN 2006 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES ARLINGTON VA
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| As we undertake our assignment, the Commission is mindful of the long and honored history of the National Guard and Reserves. More than a hundred years before the birth of the United States military, the concept of the reserves was adopted in the American colonies. Then, as now, citizen-patriots were called on to provide for the common defense and to secure the homeland in time of need. America s founding ... |
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| Financing the DOD Acquisition Budget: Innovative Uses of Public-Private Partnerships |
01 JUN 2006 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph G. San Miguel; John K. Shank; Don Summers; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This project identifies a need for alternative financing options in the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide increased capability to the warfighter in today's exigent military environment. Further, this project compares the history of Public-Private Partnerships in the U.S. Government with the United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Defense (MOD). We intend to showcase the increased capabilities currently enjoyed by the UK MOD from entering into these agreements. Additionally, it will ... |
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| What is the Right RFID for Your Process? |
30-Apr-2006 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Uday Apte; Geraldo Ferrer; Nick Dew; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has several applications in both military and civilian organizations. Numerous configurations are possible, and multiple new applications are envisioned in the near future. Currently, RFID technology is evolving at a very fast pace, leaving room for speculation regarding the benefits that RFID investments may or may not provide. Meanwhile, managers continue to struggle with the decision to adopt this technology, trying to select the configuration that ... |
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| Joint Experimentation on Scalable Parallel Processors (JESPP) |
APR 2006 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Dan M. Davis; Robert F. Lucas; Ka-Thia Yao; Gene Wagenbrath; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MARINA DEL REY
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| The Joint Experimentation on Scalable Parallel Processors (JESPP) project exemplified the accessibility and the utility of High Performance Computing for large-scale simulations. In order to simulate the future battlespace, the US Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Experimentation Directorate (J9) required expansion of its joint semi-automated forces (JSAF) code capabilities; including number of entities, behavior complexity, terrain resolution, infrastructure features, environmental realism, and analytical potential. The USJFCOM J9 was charged with developing ... |
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| Bigger Shield: Alliance, Politics, and Military Change in Japan |
MAR 2006 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Lynn H. Winward; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| Military change has been a persistent characteristic of Japan's re-emergence from World War II. However, most studies focus on Tokyo s evolutionary-like and incremental efforts, rooting them in a host of structural impediments to change. Nonetheless, Japan continues to strengthen its reliance on the U.S. sword while building a broader more effective shield. Through three case studies (U.S alignment in the 1950s/1960s, the 1981 expansion to a 1,000nm defense perimeter, ... |
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