Abstract: During flight, helicopter landing gears are suspended by a tuning spring m the helicopter airframe to provide limited relative movement between the landing gear masses and the airframe. As the aircraft vibrates due to vertical or in-plane forces at the rotor head, the landing gear masses react oppositely thereto, thus generating balancing forces which are applied to the airframe to balance the rotor excitations.

Abstract: A thin film magnetometer is disclosed, adapted to detect changes in the eh's magnetic field, but which is insensitive to apparent changes in the field as result from spin of the magnetometer relative to the field. Insensitivity to spin is obtained by forming the thin film sensor as a loop having a plane of symmetry in which the axis of spin lies.

Abstract: A tension fracture fitting is mounted between two stages of a missile and fractured by separation thruster mechanism at an appropriate time to separate the missile stages and to guide the missile stages and prevent lateral translation between the two stages during initial separation.

Abstract: A method of making electrical connections between large-scale integrated cuit boards or the like using a plastic adhesive charged with conductive particles. The method includes the steps of: coating one board with the adhesive, placing another board on the adhesive coating, applying a field to make the conductive whiskers align perpendicular to the boards, and hardening the adhesive while the field is applied. The field may be electric or magnetic, depending on whether the whiskers are paramagnetic or ferromagnetic.

Abstract: Clandestine signals are transmitted by using a surface wave acoustic device to disperse the spectrum of a pulse-modulated CW carrier. The dispersed signal is itself modulated and then transmitted to a remote location, at low level. At the remote location, an acoustic device of conjugate characteristics is used to recover the dispersed signal from out of the background noise.

Abstract: A color capability flat panel display comprised of the combination of two mi-independent linear displays. One of the displays is an active light emitting linear display and the other display is a passive light modulating linear display wherein both of the linear displays are orthogonally aligned on opposite sides of an optically thin dielectric spacer. The active display may be an electroluminescent panel comprised of opaque linear electrodes on the back side and a common transparent electrode that is contiguous with the dielectric spacer on the front side. A plurality of vertical color electroluminescent phosphor stripes are sandwiched between the horizontal electrodes and the transparent electrode. The passive display is comprised of electronic birefringent electro-optical material having linear interdigital surface electrodes thereon sandwiched between two orthogonal dichroic polarizers.

Abstract: A process is described in which planar photodiodes are formed by diffusing lead into p-type Pb.sub.0.8 Sn.sub.0.2 Te single crystal material.

Abstract: An orthogonal active-passive array pair matrix display comprised of two oogonal one-dimensional array displays. The output from an active display, which is formed of parallel individually controlled light emitting lines, is seen through a passive display, which is formed of parallel individually controlled light controlling lines. The passive light controlling lines are orthogonal to the active light emitting lines.

Abstract: 1. In an ordnance projectile having a side-spray warhead with a static frentation velocity V.sub.FS, an ordnance fuze comprising: radar means for making measurements of range and sight angle of a target; sources of fixed voltages proportional to predetermined target coordinates Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2, and Z.sub.3, in a coordinate system that rides with the fuze, the fuze trajectory being in the plus-Z direction; means for obtaining three voltages proportional to r.sub.1, r.sub.2, and r.sub.3, where r.sub.1, r.sub.2, and r.sub.3 are the fuze-to-target distances when the target Z-coordinates are Z.sub.1, Z.sub.2, and Z.sub.3 respectively; means for obtaining a voltage proportional to V.sub.Z, where V.sub.Z is the rate of change of the Z-coordinate of the target with time; a source of fixed voltage proportional to said static fragmentation velocity V.sub.FS ; electronic computer means for solving the equation.DELTA.T=Z.sub.3 /V.sub.Z -r.sub.4 /V.sub.FS,wherer.sub.4 =.sqroot.A.sup.2 r.sub.1.sup.2 -B.sup.2 r.sub.2.sup.

Abstract: Acoustic ultrasonic waves are launched in a block of single-crystal mater, such as alpha-quartz, by means of a transducer fastened to one end of the block. The waves are steered by electrically altering the properties of the crystal between the piezoelectrically unstiffened and stiffened excitation modes.

Abstract: A P-band uniform loop antenna system simulating the small uniform in-phase urrent loop by using a number of smaller radiating elements that are connected in phase so that each current in each element is in phase. Thus, a small uniform loop radiation pattern is simulated, but the loop elements are arranged on a radius that is not small compared to a wavelength, and are located around a cylinder.

Abstract: Freight container transport mechanism comprising a pair of jaw-like platfs movable toward one another by a winch-cable means to abut opposite ends of a freight container. As the platforms move toward one another certain upstanding struts on the platforms swing upwardly to raise the freight container from ground level to a transport position supported between the platforms.

Abstract: An infrared (IR) borescope device and a method of its use in the boresight lignment of small caliber weapons. The borescope device has a tapered or expandable mandrel for fitting into the muzzle end of a weapon and a housing containing an IR phosphor covered reticle on one side of a light transparent substrate for converting an IR aiming light beam from an IR aiming light mounted on the weapon into a visible spot of light. The housing also contains a collimating optic means for collecting the IR aiming light beam. The IR aiming light beam is aligned on the IR phosphor covered reticle by adjustment of the azimuth and elevation adjustments on the IR aiming light.

Abstract: A hand grenade is provided with a fuze comprising: a firing means, means luding two centrifugally-operated elements movably carried by the grenade housing for arming the firing means, means including an inertia member rotatable relative to the housing and a torsion spring between the inertia member and the housing for spinning the housing to operate the arming elements, and manually-held safety means for preventing arming until the grenade is thrown. Two disclosed embodiments have different arming and firing means with substantially the same spinning means.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and device for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen ilizing the very high temperature and rapid quenching rates of plasmas produced by the focused beam of a repetitively-pulsed, high energy laser. The irradiance at the focal point of a mirror employed in the nitrogen fixation reaction chamber exceeds that required for plasma production in clear air, namely: 10.sup.9 watts/cm.sup.2 at 10.6 micrometers; consequently, a plasma is produced every time the laser pulses. The laser pulse length being short causes rapid quenching of the plasma thereby preventing decomposition of the nitric oxide formed from a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen introduced at an elevated pressure through an inlet to the nitrogen fixation reaction chamber. The reaction gas mixture containing the nitric oxide is extracted from the reaction chamber through an outlet means. The nitric oxide is subsequently removed by scrubbing with water, or by other extraction techniques well established in the art.

Abstract: A solid propellant grain is converted from a non-conductive filled elasto into a highly-conductive filled elastomer by introducing an effective amount of an alkali metal tungstate or the analogous ammonium salt which, in addition to imparting electrical conductance characteristics, also functions as an oxidizer in the propellant composition. When sodium tungstates, known as tungsten bronzes, or the analogous ammonium salt, are used to replace from 1 to 3 parts of the ammonium perchlorate oxidizer in the propellant formulation, it changes the grain to a highly-conductive grain, and, thereby, permits measuring the continuity of the propellant grain by means of electrical conductance measurements.

Abstract: A device that can be used with high repetitions, high power, pulsed laser ams for beam diagnostics is described. The device utilizes a plurality of hole gratings made from wires or beam attenuators which are positioned in the laser beam by a synchronization technique for firing the high power pulsed laser. Each grating is in the high power beam for one pulse and is then out of the beam for (n-1) pulses, when n is the number of gratings used, to allow for cooling before it is used again.

Abstract: An improved process for producing 8-NHR quinolines from 8-aminoquinolines disclosed. The process comprises reacting 8-aminoquinolines with a substituted alkyl halide in the presence of an amine having a boiling point of 80.degree.-90.degree. C. The amine functions as an acid acceptor whereby the amine salt formed may be efficiently separated from the 8-NHR quinoline formed without expensive or time consuming purification steps. The reaction may be carried out in the presence of a solvent such as an alcohol.

Abstract: The need for crash-resistant fuel tanks to eliminate or minimize post-crash fires is well known. An equally well known fact is that such tanks, when ruptured ballistically or by impact, are very difficult to repair. Many materials have been tried, but without success. The variety of materials such as metal, plastic and nylon, which must be bonded to make a satisfactory repair renders the repair problem particularly challenging. A combination of bonding matrixes has been found which has resulted in a desirable fuel cell repair system.

Abstract: A microstrip antenna design according to which a plurality of resonant frencies can be obtained for a given size radiator, to increase the usefulness of the antenna by providing for frequency diversity operation and by making the microstrip antenna tunable over a range of frequencies. As will be seen, the microstrip antenna is provided with an output termination which can be open-circuited or short-circuited, and at varying lengths, to change the frequency at which the microstrip antenna can be made resonant.