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Vendor: Michael T. Panarisi
A Comparative Analysis of Internal and External Solutions to Provide Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation Functionality
This research proposes alternatives that rely on avionics components currently installed on modern and future aircraft. Integrating the capabilities of existing hardware can offer insights for the development of a new, full-featured internal system.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important,...- $17.95
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Validation and Verification of Formal Specifications in Object-Oriented Software Engineering
The use of formal specifications allows for a software system to be defined with stringent mathematical semantics and syntax via such tools as propositional calculus and set theory. There are many perceived benefits garnered from formal specifications, such as a thorough and in-depth understanding...- $57.95
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Aerospace Ground Equipment Management's Impact on Homestation Sortie Production
Since the Air Force began its evolution into an Expeditionary Air Force, much effort has been expended in attempt to optimize the compositions of each Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) and the manner in which an AEF deploys. Air Force plans were previously based upon...- $57.95
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Vendor: Alistair D. Funge
Daytime Detection of Space Objects
Space Situational Awareness (SSA) requires repeated object updates for orbit accuracy. Detection of unknown objects is critical. A daytime model was developed that evaluated sun flares and assessed thermal emissions from space objects. Iridium satellites generate predictable sun glints. These were used as a...- $57.95
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Vendor: Oguz Okuyucu
Preliminary Design of a Joint Simulation, Analysis, and Wargaming Center for the Turkish General Staff
This study develops a framework for the design of a Joint Simulation, Analysis, and Wargaming Center (JSAWC). JSAWC is proposed as the primary decision support center for the Turkish General Staff. The complexity of warfare systems and the fog of future wars make military...- $57.95
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Moderating Effects of Perceived Organizational Support on the Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions for Recently Retrained USA
The United States Air Force uses a variety of human resources practices to manage nearly 350,000 personnel worldwide. Programs in place such as enlistment bonuses, base of preference selection, and voluntary retraining are some of the methods currently utilized. One program, the non-commissioned officer...- $17.95
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Spacecraft Demand Tasking and Skip Entry Responsive Maneuvers
The purpose of this research was to parametrically investigate the viability of skip entry maneuvers as an alternative to vacuum-only maneuvers, and to identify whether skip entry maneuvers can extend spacecraft mission lifetime by limiting propellant expenditure through the exploitation of the aerodynamic interaction...- $18.95
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American and German Fighter Control Through 1945: A Comparative Study
This thesis examines the development of American and German fighter control. It specifically seeks to provide a detailed history of fighter control's early development and how five factors, geography, technology, leadership, collaboration, and doctrine (GT-LCD Framework), played a role in shaping fighter control. The...- $17.95
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Theater Nuclear Forces and Extended Deterrence in a Multipolar World
The role played by nonstrategic nuclear forces in the cold war logic of extended deterrence is changing dramatically, as the US and Soviet Union retreat from the quasi-confrontational military postures of the past 40 years. What do present changes in the global security picture...- $57.95
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A Service in Transition: Forging an Integrated Institutional Identity for the United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is in the midst of a significant institutional transition. As noted by Dr. Thomas P. Ehrhard, Air Force culture has always been centered on the man, the machine, and the choreography of flight-the combat pilot, the aircraft, and the...- $18.95
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Beyond the Task Force Conops: The Path to a Capabilities-Based Modernization Framework for the Air Force
The chief of staff has articulated a vision for the future of Air Force modernization planning, based on a family of effects- and capabilities-based "Task Force Concepts of Operations." The initiative is slowly gaining momentum as a new "Capabilities Review and Risk Assessment" process...- $18.95
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Discrete Event Simulation of a Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) Mission
Contemporary military campaigns increasingly count on the use of air power. Suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) operations have been a crucial element of military air power for 50 years. Several developments and evolution in both air defense and attack systems suggest that SEAD...- $57.95
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Beyond Triage: The Escalation of Empowerment by U.S. Military Forces in Support of International Disaster Response
Joint military doctrine has yet to bridge the gap between lessons learned from U.S. domestic disaster relief and application for international disaster relief. The National Response Framework stresses the need for a response architecture emphasizing the rapid regeneration of local capacity for self-organization. Areas...- $17.95
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Development of the TFX F-111 in the Department of Defense's Search for Multi-Mission, Joint-Service Aerial Platforms
In 1961, the new Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara directed a joint aircraft acquisition program called the TFX, which would produce the first common aerial platform for multiple services. The resulting drama, subterfuge and resistance by the Air Force, the Navy and multiple sources...- $57.95
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Vendor: Timothy R. Frambes
Army Battle Command System Functions, Integration, and Parallel Support of the Military Decision-Making Process
The US Army's doctrinal problem solving method is the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP). This formal process is tailorable in application and serves as a standard guide for developing solutions to operational and tactical problems by Army organizations. MDMP application requires specific information to make...- $57.95
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Vendor: John W. Carls
A Framework for Analyzing Biometric Template Aging and Renewal Prediction
Biometric technology and systems are modernizing identity capabilities. With maturing biometrics in full, rapid development, a higher accuracy of identity verification is required. An improvement to the security of biometric-based verification systems is provided through higher accuracy; ultimately reducing fraud, theft, and loss of...- $18.95
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Vendor: Larry D. Mercier
A Generalized Decision Support System for the Contracting Career Field
This research effort develops a generalized Decision Support System (DSS) to assist contracting career field managers in making recruiting and retention decisions. The DSS focuses on the skill level inventories of the contracting enlisted force. The interest in this research was identified by contracting...- $17.95
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Assessing Resilience in Power Grids as a Particular Case of Supply Chain Management
Electrical power grids represent a critical infrastructure for a nation as well as strategically important. Literature review identified that power grids share basic characteristics with Supply Chain Management. This thesis presents a linear programming model to assess power grid resilience as a particular case...- $57.95
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Vendor: April D. Miller
A Comparison in the Accuracy of Mapping Nuclear Fallout Patterns Using HPAC, HYSPLIT, DELFIC FPT and an AFIT FORTRAN95 Fallout Deposition Code
Four nuclear fallout mapping tools are studied to determine which tool predicts the most accurate fallout dose-rate contours with low computation time and resources. The four programs consist of the FORTRAN95 based Fallout Deposition Code (FDC), the Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability's (HPAC) Nuclear...- $57.95
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Performance Study of Two-Stage-to-Orbit Reusable Launch Vehicle Propulsion Alternatives
This study investigated the performance of five Two-Stage-To-Orbit reusable launch vehicles (RLV), with stages propelled by rocket engines, turbojet engines and Rocket Based Combined Cycle (RBCC) engines. Horizontal versus vertical takeoff launch and direct versus lifting ascent trajectories were also studied. A method was...- $17.95
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A Question of Access: Options for Air Mobility Command's Force Mix
Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a Total Force Command with 65% of its aircrew and 57% of its aircraft resident in the Air Reserve Component (ARC). Prior to 9-11, this force mix optimized access, availability and cost effectiveness--though it was already beginning to show...- $17.95
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Dynamic Nonlinear Bending and Torsion of a Cantilever Beam
Iraq became a laboratory for expanding airpower capabilities during the British occupation in the 1920s. British politicians and airmen saw aviation as a way to provide security and stability for the country in conjunction with ground forces at a much-reduced cost. Although the Royal...- $57.95
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Cathodoluminescence of Irradiated Hafnium Dioxide
The purpose of this research is to understand the effect of radiation on HfO2 thin films, and to compare the quality of HfO₂ thin films produced by both atomic layer deposition (ALD) and pulsed laser deposition (PLD); PLD samples had varying substrate temperatures during...- $15.95
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A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Earned Value Management System Criteria
In December 1996, the Cost/Schedule Control Systems Criteria (C/SCSC) was officially replaced by the Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) criteria. The switch to EVMS, coupled with current acquisition reform changes, have left many wondering what the effects of these changes will be. This thesis...- $57.95
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Vendor: Ryan J. Quaale
Experimental Results for a High Swirl, Ultra Compact Combustor for Gas Turbine Engines
Laser Doppler Velocimeter (LDV) experiments have been conducted within the cavity of an atmospheric pressure, small scale, Ultra Compact Combustor (UCC). The UCC uses highly swirled flow in a cavity around the outside periphery of the combustor to generate high centripetal acceleration in the...- $57.95
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Vendor: Carlos A. Molina
Reusable Launch Vehicle Design Implications for Regeneration Time
In last few years the Air Force Research Laboratory sponsored several research projects on Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV) whose design, operation, and logistics requirements are intended to be much simpler than the Space Shuttle. Previous researchers developed a model that simulated the post-landing, ground...- $57.95
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Vibration Suppression of a Rotationally Periodic Structure Using an Adaptive-PPF Control Law
For a compressor disk, effective vibration suppression requires broadband control, and the elimination of inter-blade coupling forces. Previous researchers achieved this using an active-passive piezoelectric shunt network. Unfortunately, optimal tuning of the shunt requires prior knowledge of the coupling strength, which is not well...- $57.95
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Operational Characteristics of a Rotating Detonation Engine Using Hydrogen and Air
Rotating detonation engines (RDE) are pressure gain combustion engines that have the potential for greater efficiency than traditional, constant pressure, deflagration engines. RDEs are smaller and mechanically simpler than pulsed detonation engines. A small diameter (3 in) engine was successfully run on hydrogen and...- $57.95
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A Value Focused Thinking Model for the Development and Selection of Alternative Electrical Energy Source Alternatives for Military Installations
Electrical power on military installations is vital for mission accomplishment. Most installations obtain electrical power from a local commercial utility. Although commercial power service has a very low interruption rate, the threat of a sustained power outage resulting from a terrorist act or a...- $57.95
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Vendor: David K. Moeller
A Model for Future Military Operations: The Effect of State Security and Human Security on Strategy
This study proposes a model for developing military strategy to achieve political objectives framed in state and/or human security principles. The author first identifies the need for analysis of state and human security due to the increasingly diverse nature of military operations since the...- $18.95
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Vendor: Brian Vlaun
A Change in the Air: Strategic Innovation and the Combined Bomber Offensive
This thesis proposes a non-linear approach to strategic innovation and argues that innovation in this construct depends most upon perceiving the interaction of friendly, enemy, and third-party strategies. The author evaluates whether the military has the appropriate mechanisms to innovate strategy during long wars....- $17.95
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Vendor: Michael G. Giebner
Tightly-Coupled Image-Aided Inertial Navigation System via a Kalman Filter
Inertial navigation systems and GPS systems have revolutionized the world of navigation. Inertial systems are incapable of being jammed and are the backbone of most navigation systems. GPS is highly accurate over long periods of time, and it is an excellent aid to inertial...- $57.95
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A Future-Based Risk Assessment for the Survivability of Long Range Strike Systems
The United States Air Force today faces the challenge of allocating development resources to prepare for future force projection requirements. In particular, the Air Force's core competency of Global Attack implies a future capability that can quickly and successfully deliver combat effects anywhere in...- $57.95
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Vendor: Ed Wilson
Securing the Heavens: A Perspective on Space Control
This study analyzes various ways in which the United States might best gain and maintain control of outer space. Ultimately, a strategic framework is proposed that offers improved awareness regarding the constraints, strengths, weaknesses, synergies and implications of candidate space control strategies. It accomplishes...- $17.95
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Vendor: Peter M. Orourke
A Multiple-Case Analysis of Lean Six Sigma Deployment and Implementation Strategies
Lean and Six Sigma are recent developments in continuous improvement methodology that have been popularized by several high-profile companies. The success and complementary nature of these methodologies has led to their combination into a single methodology, commonly called Lean Six Sigma or Lean Sigma....- $57.95
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Using a Distributed Object-Oriented Database Management System in Support of a High-Speed Network Intrusion Detection System Data Repository
The Air Force has multiple initiatives to develop data repositories for high-speed network intrusion detection systems (IDS). All of the developed systems utilize a relational database management system (RDBMS) as the primary data storage mechanism. The purpose of this thesis is to replace the...- $57.95
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A Comparison of Film Cooling Techniques in a High Speed, True Scale, Fully Colled Turbine Vane Ring
An effort was undertaken to understand the impact of different film cooling configurations in a true scale turbine vane for three proprietary airfoil designs. The measurements for this study were taken at the United States Air Force Turbine Research Facility (TRF). The TRF enabled...- $57.95
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Vendor: Jennifer J. Sitz
Aeroelastic Analysis of a Joined-Wing Sensorcraft
This study performed an aeroelastic analysis of a joined-wing SensorCraft. The analysis was completed using an aluminum structural model that was splined to an aerodynamic panel model. The force and pressure distributions were examined for the four aerodynamic panels: aft wing, fore wing, joint,...- $57.95
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A Collaborative Visualization Framework Using Jini Technology
It is difficult to achieve mutual understanding of complex information between individuals that are separated geographically. Two well-known techniques commonly used to deal with this difficultly are collaboration and information visualization. This thesis develops a generic flexible framework that supports both collaboration and information...- $17.95
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Automated Document Conversion: A Manager's Perspective
Technological advances in our workplaces have made electronic documents pervasive throughout the USAF, DOD, and civilian world. Managers are recognizing the need to establish electronic document management systems to handle these diverse forms of documents. Unfortunately, they have been faced with essentially "reinventing the...- $17.95
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Monocular Vision Localization Using a Gimbaled Laser Range Sensor
There have been great advances in recent years in the area of indoor navigation. Many of these new navigation systems rely on digital images to aid an inertial navigation estimates. The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) has been conducting research in this area...- $57.95
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Vendor: Brian M. Flusche
Development of a Multiple Beam Combiner Using Stimulated Raman Scattering in Multimode Fiber
Beam combination was demonstrated by splitting the beam from a diode pumped Q-switched Nd: YAG laser and pumping a multiple input, single output fiber squid. Beam cleanup of the resulting output beam using stimulated Raman scattering was then demonstrated in both 100 ?m fiber...- $57.95
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Characterization of a Polymer-Based MEMS Pyroelectric Infrared Detector
AFRL/MLPJE had developed a novel thermal sensing material termed proteinimpregnated- polymer (PIP). Thus far, a proof-of-concept has been demonstrated using a macro-sized pixel (0.64 mm2) as a bolometric detector. In an effort to better characterize this novel thermal sensing material, experimental data was used...- $57.95
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Collection of Detonation Signatures and Characterization of Special Features
The remote observations of the temporal and spectral characteristics of the infrared (IR) emissions from exploding ordnance have been correlated with explosion conditions. A Bomem MR- 154 Fourier Transform Interferometer with two detectors, InSb and HgCdTe, and a 75 mrad telescope was used to...- $17.95
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Predicting Schedule Risk: A Regression Approach
Past research shows that schedule growth within the acquisition community is difficult to predict and often adversely affects the cost and performance characteristics within programs. This study describes the use of a two-step procedure for assessing schedule growth of major defense acquisition programs using...- $17.95
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An Investigation of a Simplified Gouging Model
Gouging is a type of structural failure that becomes important when two metals slide against each other at velocities in the range of 1.5 kilometers per second. A computer model has previously been used to model the development of gouging at the Holloman High...- $18.95
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Analyzing Carbohydrate-Based Regenerative Fuel Cells as a Power Source for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Based on current capabilities, we examine the feasibility of creating a carbohydratebased regenerative fuel cell (CRFC) as the primary power source for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for long endurance missions where station keeping is required. A CRFC power system is based on a closed-loop...- $57.95
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Selecting the Best Thermal Building Insulation Using a Multi-Attribute Decision Model
Thermal building insulation has traditionally been viewed as a means to reduce thermal conductivity through the building envelope. Builders typically choose the least expensive material which meets the specifications in order to remain competitive. Other factors regarding long term health and environmental consequences are...- $57.95
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Auftragstaktik: How Low Can You Go?
Chaos is acknowledged as an integral part of battle, and future battles will be no different. At a time when the United States Army is feverishly striving to master its ability to synchronize the effects of modern weaponry on the battlefield, the potential for...- $57.95
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Was the Group Dynamic Phenomenon Groupthink Present on Board the USS Greeneville When she Collided With the Japanese Fishing Vessel Ehime Maru?
Group dynamics have been a topic of interest and research that has puzzled generations and continues to captivate the experts. Twenty-five years ago, Irving Janis, professor of psychology at Yale, first presented his theory of groupthink. Janis introduced the term "groupthink" to refer to...- $17.95
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