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Vendor: Jeffrey L. Schaff
Asymmetric Fast Transients: Applied to Reduce DoD Acquisition Cycle Time
The need to implement a truly agile acquisition process is apparent. Current acquisition professionals are required to brief decisions through the chain of command using a lengthy process to execute a change in direction. Truly agile organizations create what John Boyd called "asymmetric fast...- $15.95
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Centralized Supply Chain Management: Command and Control of Sustainment
This paper explores why the AF should consolidate the operational function of supply support, why it is needed, and what to do about it. Consolidation will provide a stable infrastructure when conflicts go from peace time to war time operations. The AF must create...- $57.95
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Vendor: Kevin E. Huber
Host-Based Systemic Network Obfuscation System for Windows
Network traffic identifies the operating system and services of the host that created the traffic. Current obfuscation programs focus solely on the Transport and Internet layer protocols of the TCP/IP model. Few obfuscation programs were developed to run on a Windows operating system to...- $18.95
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Vendor: Michael C. Baumgartner
Nonlinear Suppression of Range-Ambiguous Clutter for Outdoor Radar Measurement Facilities
In the outdoor measurement facility, a certain amount of real estate is owned by the organization, and therefore can be groomed to keep clutter contributions to a minimum. However, as the transmit signal travels further downrange, returns from long-range clutter sources are inevitable and...- $15.95
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Vendor: Robert J. McMillan
Shock Tube Investigation of Pressure and Ion Sensors Used in Pulse Detonation Engine Research
Shock tubes utilize a difference in pressures between gases separated by a diaphragm to create a shock wave when the diaphragm ruptures. By using sensors of known spacing, the speed of the wave can be determined. The AFIT 2-inch shock tube was reassembled and...- $17.95
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Vendor: Randall W. Klein
Wavelet Domain Communication System: Design, Model, Simulation, and Analysis
A proposed wavelet domain communication system (WDCS) using transform domain processing is demonstrated as having enhanced interference avoidance capability under adverse environmental conditions. The WDCS system samples the environment and uses the wavelet transform, to determine interference presence and time/scale location. A digital communication...- $15.95
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Vendor: Judson C. Dressler
Optimizing the Replication of Multi-Quality Web Applications Using ACO and WOLF
Since its introduction, the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) meta-heuristic has been successfully applied to a wide range of combinatorial problems. This thesis presents the adaptation of ACO to a new NP-hard problem involving the replication of multi-quality database-driven web applications (DAs) by a large...- $15.95
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Vendor: Mark Gerald Reith
Searching System Call Information for Clues: The Effects of Intrusions on Processes
The United States Air Force extensively uses information systems as a tool for managing and maintaining its information. The increased dependence on these systems in recent years has necessitated the need for protection from threats of information warfare and cyber terrorism. One type of...- $17.95
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Vendor: Kevin W. Lackey
America's Water Supply: At Risk for Chemical and Biological Sabotage?
The nation's potable water supplies and associate distribution systems are vulnerable critical infrastructures prone to an asymmetric attack via chemical or biological (CB) agents. The USA Patriot Act defines critical infrastructure as an asset so vital to the United States that its incapacity or...- $13.95
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Three-Dimensional Positron Annihilation Momentum Measurement Technique Applied To Measure Oxygen-Atom Defects in 6H Silicon Carbide
A three-dimensional Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy System (3DPASS) capable to simultaneously measure three-dimensional electron-positron (e--e+) momentum densities measuring photons derived from e--e+ annihilation events was designed and characterized. 3DPASS simultaneously collects a single data set of correlated energies and positions for two coincident annihilation photons...- $18.95
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Vendor: Stuart H. Kurkowski
An Information Visualization Solution for the Analysis of the AFM Simulation Output Data
With the advancement of computer hardware and software computer simulations are now able to run faster and track more elements than ever before burdening the analyst with more and more data to analyze. Air Mobility Command's (AMC) Airlift Flow Model (AFM) is the Air...- $17.95
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Vendor: Michael E. Gantt
Strapping in and Bailing Out: Navy and Air Force Joint Acquisition of Aircraft
This study analyzes past Air Force and Navy trainer and fighter aircraft programs and determines when conditions may be favorable for joint acquisition opportunities. Five case studies are examined with respect to cost, schedule, and performance characteristics and the interactions of the Air Force...- $17.95
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Vendor: Brent Johnson
Identifying Senior Leadership Competencies for the Biomedical Sciences Corps
The recent announcement of the creation of a brigadier general billet for the Biomedical Sciences Corps has generated new interest in identifying AFSC-neutral leadership competencies and planning leadership development through an officer's career to prepare him or her for senior command. Twenty-six lieutenant colonels...- $57.95
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Evaluating Information Assurance Control Effectiveness on an Air Force Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are increasingly being connected to corporate networks which has dramatically expanded their attack surface to remote cyber attack. Adversaries are targeting these systems with increasing frequency and sophistication. This thesis seeks to answer the research question addressing...- $17.95
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Vendor: John G. Balaconis
Some Aspects of the Mechanical Response of BMI 5250-4 Neat Resin at 191 C: Experiment and Modeling
The mechanical response of BMI 5250-4 neat resin at 191 C was studied using both creep and recovery tests where several variables were allowed to change. In these tests, the effect of stress rate, prior history, and panel variability were all taken into account....- $15.95
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Vendor: Darin T. Brown
Routing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles While Considering General Restricted Operating Zones
U.S. military forces employ unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to conduct intelligence-gathering missions worldwide. For a typical mission, commanders may task UAV operators to gather imagery on 100 or more sites or targets. UAV operators must quickly prepare mission plans that meet the needs of...- $15.95
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Vendor: Fred Taylor
Cyberspace Superiority: An Analysis of the Department of Defense's Ability to Achieve Superiority in Cyberspace
As cyberspace becomes essential to the execution of a wide range of military missions, achieving cyberspace superiority is a notion that demands critical analysis. The unique nature of the cyber domain requires strong coordination among U.S. agencies and various branches of the U. S....- $15.95
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Vendor: Daniel C. Blaettler
Making Room for Space in Aerospace
Is the Air Force on an evolutionary path to becoming a space and air force? Is it on an evolutionary path to becoming an aerospace force? What is an evolutionary path? Lacking a consistent and coherent vision of what it wants to be, can...- $15.95
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Vendor: William J. Siskaninetz
Bipolar Cascade Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers for RF Photonic Link Applications
Large, phased-array apertures for aerospace reconnaissance will require radio-frequency (RF) photonic interconnects or links. Optical links will provide a host of essential functions such as true time delay and wideband local communication. Fiber-based links are low mass, easily reconfigurable, and relatively impervious to temperature....- $18.95
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Planning Airpower Strategies: Enhancing the Capability of Air Component Command Planning
This study attempts to determine whether Air Component Commands are capable of developing an effective airpower strategy. The study examines U.S. Central Command Air Forces (CENTAF) because of its recent experience in developing and executing a sizable airpower contribution to a theater campaign. The...- $15.95
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Vendor: Kevin C. Gross
Phenomenological Model for Infrared Emissions From High-Explosive Detonation Fireballs
Time-resolved infrared spectra were recently collected via a Fourier-transform spectrometer (FTS) from the detonation fireballs of two types of conventional military munitions (CMM) as well as uncased TNT and four types of enhanced novel explosives (ENEs). The CMM spectra are dominated by continuum emission,...- $18.95
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Vendor: David R. Vollmer
The Horizontal Extent of Lightning Based on Altitude and Atmosphere Temperature
Lightning poses a threat to aircraft in flight. In order to mitigate that threat, the U.S. Air Force C-17 System Program Office requested a study of how far lightning can travel from a thunderstorm. To meet this request, three-dimensional lightning data were examined from...- $15.95
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Vendor: Nidal M. Jodeh
Development of Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Platform: Modeling, Simulating, and Flight Testing
The Advanced Navigation Technology (ANT) Center at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) conducts extensive research in advanced guidance, navigation, and control to exploit the full potential of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). The research in this thesis describes a UAV research platform...- $57.95
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Vendor: Thomas P. Seymour
Algae-Based Jet Fuel: The Renewable Alternative to the Air Force's Focus on Coal-to-Liquid Synthetic Fuel
In his 2006 State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush established a national goal to replace 75 percent of U.S. oil imports by the year 2025. As the single largest consumer of energy within the Department of Defense, the USAF embraced the...- $13.95
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Vendor: John J. Dunks
Transformation of the United States Air Force Information Technology Acquisition Process
The Air force is struggling to get its arms around information technology expenditures, governance of information technology, oversight of information technology, and standards of information technology. The efforts to accomplish this are not integrated or coherent. Current information technology policies and acquisition processes need...- $13.95
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Vendor: Jan G. Kristensen
Effects-Based Operations: Air Power as the Sole Military Instrument of Power, Has It Matured Enough?
Operations Allied Force and Enduring Freedom are the only combat operations the Royal Danish Air Force has ever participated in with combat aircraft (F-16). The general perception is that the operations were highly successful for, and because of, the application of air power. The...- $57.95
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Vendor: Javier Rodriguez
Fatigue Evaluation of Nanocomposites as Lightweight Electronic Enclosures for Satellites' Applications
Existing nanocomposite materials used for satellite applications don't offer the required conductivity and electromagnetic shielding protection, requiring metal shields in order to survive in space. The AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate in conjunction with the private sector have developed a material that promises to...- $17.95
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Vendor: Kenneth W. Mayo
Multi-Objective Constraint Satisfaction for Mobile Robot Area Defense
In developing multi-robot cooperative systems, there are often competing objectives that need to be met. For example in automating area defense systems, multiple robots must work together to explore the entire area, and maintain consistent communications to alert the other agents and ensure trust...- $15.95
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Vendor: Mustafa K. Pektas
Quicklook Air Mobility Modeling
This research is focused on the mobility system modeled by the AMC mobility planner's calculator (AMPCALC). AMPCALC is developed as a user-friendly tool and allows the user to easily carry out strategic airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation calculations that are covered in Air...- $17.95
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Vendor: James T. Broaddus
Stochastic Modeling-Based DGPS Estimation Algorithm
A Kinematic Differential Global Positioning System (KDGPS) algorithm is developed. A number of mobile receivers is considered, one of which will be designated the 'reference station' which will have known position and velocity information at the beginning of the time interval examined. Satellite clock...- $15.95
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Vendor: Thomas B. Getz
Radiation Induced Fault Detection, Diagnosis, and Characterization on FPGAs
The development of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) has been a great achievement in the world of microelectronics. One of these devices can be programmed to replace the need for thousands of individual specialized devices. Despite their great versatility, FPGAs are still extremely vulnerable...- $15.95
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Vendor: Min Cheol Cho
An Analysis of Class II Supplies Requisitions in the Korean Army's Organizational Supply
Timely supply support is critical to sustaining military readiness and operations. In order to improve user satisfaction and to ensure supply support in a timely manner, the supply management paradigm is changing from supplier (supporting unit) focused management to customer (combat unit) focused management....- $18.95
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Vendor: Thomas G. Howell
Catalytic Partial Oxidation Reforming of JP8 and S8
Catalytic partial oxidation (CPOX) reforming experiments were performed using a 10 kW Aspen Products Group, Inc. fuel processing prototype utilizing military logistic fuels JP8 and S8. S8 is a sulfur-free Fisher-Tropsch fuel, while JP8 is a multi-fuel blend, which could impact reforming efficiency, product...- $15.95
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Vendor: David Suh Hoon Menke
Disruption in Space System Design: Exploiting Carbon Nanotubes in Structures and Component Materials in 2030
The 2007 State of the Future lists Nanotechnologies as one of five emerging advancements that are likely to have the most positive economic impact over the next 25 years. The carbon nanotube (CNT), a specific nanotechnology, possesses several key attributes, including high strength and...- $13.95
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Damage Detection Analysis Using Lamb Waves in Restricted Geometry for Aerospace Applications
A goal of structural health monitoring (SHM) is to increase aircraft readiness through condition based maintenance (i.e. servicing an aircraft only when it is known to be necessary). The lead ziconate titanate (PZT) is a commonly used piezoelectric transducer that has shown potential to...- $15.95
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Vendor: Christopher M. Young
Gadolinium Oxide / Silicon Thin Film Heterojunction Solid-State Neutron Detector
The internal conversion electron emission from the de-excitation of the Gd-158m nucleus was explored as a means for neutron detection. Thin film gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3) and p-type silicon heterojunction diodes were produced using a supercritical water deposition process. Pulse height spectroscopy was conducted on...- $18.95
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Vendor: Stephen P. Meador
Consideration of Wear at High Velocities
The goal of this research is to study sliding contact wear of test sled slippers at high velocities. Experimentation representative of the slippers is infeasible, so numerical studies are used. An Eulerian-Lagrangian hydrocode called CTH is used to study mechanical wear. Failure criteria have...- $57.95
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Vendor: Bryon K. Fryer
Virtual Battlespace Behavior Generation Through Class Imitation
Military organizations need realistic training scenarios to ensure mission readiness. Developing the skills required to differentiate combatants from non-combatants is very important for ensuring the international law of armed conflict is upheld. In Simulated Training Environments, one of the open challenges is to correctly...- $15.95
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Changes to Electrical Conductivity in Irradiated Carbon-Nickel Nanocomposites
Pre and post irradiation resistivity and XAFS measurements have been conducted to examine the effects of 0.5 MeV electron irradiation on nickel-carbon composites. Results showed a decrease in surface resistivity following irradiation and a corresponding decrease in NiO content for the irradiated samples as...- $17.95
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The Material Properties of CsSnBr3 and CsBr: Sn-1 Percent and Their Potential as Scintillator Detector Material
The search for superior nuclear radiation detection materials is ongoing. Current scintillator materials using Thallium doped Sodium Iodide or Cesium Iodide are the benchmarks for ease of use and quick identification of isotope species.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important,...- $17.95
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Vendor: Roy S. Calfas
Reactive Quantum Scattering in Two Dimensions
In an effort to develop a more efficient time dependent approach for calculating scattering matrix elements, absorbing boundary conditions are combined together with the channel packet method. The channel packet method relies on calculating two Moller states: one representing reactants and one representing products....- $18.95
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Vendor: Linda B. Wildes
The Air Force Acquisition Process and the Expeditionary Aerospace Force Challenge
The successful implementation of the Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF) concept is dependent on the Air Force (AF) acquisition process. The new AF Doctrine Document (AFDD 2, 28 September 1998) describes the concept of operations and the organization of the air expeditionary force structure. However,...- $13.95
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Determining the Resistivity of Resistive Sheets Using Transmission Measurements
In September 2005, radar cross section (RCS) measurements were made of resistive sheets, or R-cards, wrapped around a polystyrene foam cylinder to compare with a newly developed theoretical RCS prediction technique. The resistivities of the R-cards were initially measured with a direct current (DC)...- $17.95
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USAF Air Controllers From World War II to Today: An Examination of the Evolution of Tactical Air and Does the Air Force Today Effectively Employ It?
This study analyzes the United States Air Force's current employment effectiveness of tactical air. Specifically, it addresses the necessity of the forward air controller in this day of high technology weaponry, and if focuses on the efficiency of the human aspect of the tactical...- $15.95
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Miscalculated Ambiguity: The Effects of US Nuclear Declaratory Policy on Deterrence and Nonproliferation
This study analyzes how the new nuclear declaratory policy, espoused in the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review, balances the goals of deterrence and nonproliferation. The author concludes that increasing complexity in the nuclear arena makes reliance on the legacy policy of "calculated ambiguity" both increasingly...- $57.95
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Techniques for Reduced Order Modeling of Aeroelastic Structures with Deforming Grids
Reduced order modeling (ROM) seeks to make the modeling of aeroelastic behavior practical by reducing computation time for design codes. Deforming grids are often used in aeroelastic problems to account for the deformation of the structure. Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD/ROM) is a ROM technique...- $57.95
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The Benefits Aviation Psychologists Offer Operational Commanders: An Analysis and Discussion
The United States Air Force has numerous innovative weapon systems. Military personnel operate many of these systems, and they possess their own inherent strengths and weaknesses. Thus, people are a common variable in most weapons, whether through development, programming, or operation. The Shuman weapon...- $13.95
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The Operational Impact of Mobility Readiness Spares Package Configuration During Operation Iraqi Freedom
Utilizing the Aircraft Sustainability Model (ASM), Air Force logisticians must determine the best possible number and mix of spares and repair parts for each deployable readiness spares package, better known as a mobility readiness spares package (MRSP). By analyzing MRSP support for Operation IRAQI...- $15.95
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An Airlift Hub-and Spoke Location-Routing Model With Time Windows: Case Study of the CONUS-to-Korea Airlift Problem
Traditionally, the United States Air Force's Air Mobility Command (AMC) has used the concept of direct delivery to airlift cargo and passengers from a point of embarkation to a point of debarkation. While this method of one onload and one offload for each cargo...- $23.95
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Statistical Image Recovery From Laser Speckle Patterns With Polarization Diversity
This research extends the theory and understanding of the laser speckle imaging technique. This non-traditional imaging technique may be employed to improve space situational awareness and image deep space objects from a ground-based sensor system. The use of this technique is motivated by the...- $18.95
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