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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"airborne platform"”.
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Modeling the Use of an Airborne Platform for Cellular Communications Following Disruptions
… damaged, hampering telecommunications. An Airborne Communications Network (ACN) allows for rapid and accurate information exchange that is essential for the disaster response period. Access to information for survivors is the start of returning to self-sufficiency, regaining dignity, and …
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Airborne measurements of pollutants in the sphere of influence of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant
… of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant using an airborne platform. Data were obtained on twelve days between May and July 1980 and were used to map the upwind-downwind pollutant concentrations around the arsenal. Results of this investigation indicate that an airborne platform can be used …
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Polarization diverse tracking antenna with high sensitivity
… coupled microstrip antenna array for use on airborne telemetry platforms is presented. The High Sensitivity Diverse Tracking Antenna (HSDTA) is capable of receiving both left and right hand circular polarizations and has RF auto-tracking capability. Novel placement of RF terminations …
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Sensor Fusion Algorithm for Airborne Autonomous Vehicle Collision Avoidance Applications
… able to detect potential collisions with other airborne objects, and maneuver to avoid these collisions. This can be done by utilizing sensors on the aircraft to monitor the sky for collision threats. However, several problems face a system which aims to use multiple sensors for target tracking. …
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Applications of Search Theory to Coordinated Searching by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
… can be present when locating targets from an airborne platform, and the idea of target quality is also introduced as a way to describe the reliability of target estimates. Flight test results are presented to validate the target differentiation algorithm. In this test, five out of six targets …
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Development and Optimization of Airborne FMCW Radars for High-Resolution Snow Depth Measurements
… Continuous-Wave) radar systems for airborne snow measurements to generate data products in near-real-time for operational applications. We need to address a few significant engineering challenges to do this. The first is to develop a high-sensitivity FMCW radar providing near-ideal …