Abstract: An adaptive airdrop system for an aircraft includes a wind measurement system and a processing system. The wind measurement system measures at least atmospheric wind velocity and supplies wind velocity data representative thereof. The processing system is configured to adaptively sample the wind velocity data, implement a computer aided release point (CARP) model, and iteratively process the adaptively sampled wind velocity data to calculate, using the CARP model, a precision release point for a payload.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a metal complex capable of being dispersed in or alternatively, formed in a water-absorbing article having one or more metal ions situated within a sponge, at least one chelating polymer chelated to the transition metal ion and at least one potentiator chelated to the transition metal ion.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a metal complex capable of being dispersed in or alternatively, formed in a water-absorbing article. The metal complex consists of one or more metal ions, at least one chelating polymer chelated to the transition metal ion and at least one potentiator chelated to the transition metal ion. The chelating polymer may be a polyglucosamine, a polycarboxylic acid, a polyamine and methylene-acrylic acid polymer.

Abstract: A water absorbing porous article comprising a sponge and a metal complex is disclosed The metal complex comprises a metal ion, at least one chelating polymer chelated to the metal ion and at least one potentiator chelated to the metal ion. The chelating polymer in a preferred embodiment is chitosan.

Abstract: A dye transfer receptor sheet suitable for thermal dye transfer imaging is described. The receptor sheet provides excellent image stability characteristics. The receptor sheet comprises a substrate with a receiving layer of a vinyl chloride containing copolymer which has a glass transition temperature between 50.degree. and 85.degree. C., preferably about 59.degree. and 65.degree. C., a weight average molecular weight between about 10,000 and 100,000, preferably between 30,000 and about 50,000 g/mol, a hydroxyl equivalent weight between about 1500 and 4000, preferably about 1890 and about 3400 g/mol, a sulfonate equivalent weight between 9000 and 23,000, preferably between about 11,000 and about 19,200 g/mol, and an epoxy equivalent weight between about 500 and 7000, preferably about 1200 and about 6000 g/mol.

Abstract: Thermal transfer dyesheets are disclosed containing highly efficient back-side antistick coatings. These are particularly useful in thermal dye transfer printing materials where relatively high temperatures are used in the thermal head and where dye offset from the front of one sheet to the back of an adjacent sheet is often a problem. These coatings comprise at least one polyfluorinated resin having an acrylate functionality, and at least one more resin having an acrylate functionality to provide a crosslinked matrix.