Abstract: Disclosed is a natural language processing pipeline that analyzes and processes a corpus of textual data to automatically create a knowledge graph containing the corpus entities such as subjects and object and their relationships such as predicates or verbs. The pipeline is configured as an end-to-end neural Open Schema Construction pipeline having a coreference resolution module, an open information extraction (OIE) module, and an entity canonicalization module. The processed textual data is input to a graph database to create the knowledge graph displayable through a graphical user interface. In operation, the pipeline modules serve to create a single term for all entity mentions in the corpus that reference the same entity through coreference resolution, extract all subject-predicate-object triplets from the coreference resolved corpus through OIE, and then canonicalize the corpus by clustering each entity mention to a canonical form for mapping to the knowledge graph and display.

Abstract: An aircraft adapted to house a wind funnel, a wind diffuser, and a wind turbine configured to convert airflow flowing through the wind funnel into electricity is provided. The aircraft may feature a diffuser that increases the airflow through the wind funnel to increase power production. An electrical cable between the aircraft and a ground station transfers the generated electricity from the aircraft to the receiving ground station for distribution. In other embodiments, an aircraft featuring a plurality of buoyant bodies, wind funnels, diffusers, and turbines are coupled to a truss to form a module that generates electricity from airflow. In one embodiment, a plurality of modules may be interconnected to form a module array that is secured to a ground station responsible for receiving the electricity generated. Certain embodiments feature pitch control lines to control the pitch of the aircraft and modules facing the airflow.

Abstract: An aircraft adapted to house a wind funnel and a wind turbine configured to convert the airflow through the wind funnel into electricity. An electrical cable between the aircraft and a ground station transfers the generated electricity from the aircraft to the receiving ground station for distribution. A plurality of aircraft according to certain embodiments may form a system for generating electricity from airflow.

Abstract: An aircraft adapted to house a wind funnel and a wind turbine configured to convert the airflow through the wind funnel into electricity. An electrical cable between the aircraft and a ground station transfers the generated electricity from the aircraft to the receiving ground station for distribution. A plurality of aircraft according to certain embodiments may form a system for generating electricity from airflow.

Abstract: The glass transmittance of UV light having a wavelength of 365 nanometers is reduced by compounding an oxide or salt of at least one of Fe, Cu, Cr, Ce, Mn and mixtures thereof. The fiberglass cloth can be used for providing reinforced prepregs used in producing printed circuit boards or laminated chip carrier substrates.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for a countermeasure threat emulator (CME) provided in a tubular housing that may be launched from a submarine or ship. The CME electronics include a CPU board for running software, communicating with a computer external to the housing and data recording. The external computer preferably incorporates a database having data representative of a plurality of both foreign and domestic countermeasures. The data may be downloaded to the CPU board as well as updated for reprogramming of the CPU board. A digital signal processing board utilizes a plurality of DSP processors for running software capable of producing a wide range of acoustic signal outputs. A neural network may be used for analyzing and identifying acoustic sounds from incoming threats and notifying the CPU board for selection of a preprogrammed response for transmission by a transducer stack.

Abstract: The glass transmittance of UV light having a wavelength of 365 nanometers is reduced by compounding an oxide or salt of at least one of Fe, Cu, Cr, Ce, Mn and mixtures thereof. The fiberglass cloth can be used for providing reinforced prepregs used in producing printed circuit boards or laminated chip carrier substrates.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for a countermeasure threat emulator. The countermeasure threat emulator is provided in a tubular housing that may be launched from a submarine or ship. The electronics of the countermeasure threat emulator include a CPU board for running software, communicating with a computer external to the tubular housing, and data recording. The computer external to the tubular housing preferably incorporates a database that includes data representative of a plurality of foreign countermeasures as well as domestic countermeasures. The data may be downloaded to the CPU board as well as updated for reprogramming of the CPU board. A digital signal processing board preferably utilizes a plurality of DSP processors for running the main software that is capable of producing a wide range of acoustic signal outputs.

Abstract: A launchable countermeasure device and method is disclosed that may be selectively operated to produce one or more of a plurality of countermeasure techniques. The device is compatible with presently existing launch control panels that are connected to an external connection that extends from the watertight hull. Although the signal formats of the launch control panel are different from those of an RS232 or RS422 connection used with a personal computer, nonetheless an interface is operable to accept any of these signal formats. The interface also includes a switch to direct communication from the personal computer to a RS232 port of an internally mounted countermeasure processor. Information downloaded by the personal computer can be used to effect or upgrade different countermeasure techniques such as sonar or incoming torpedo threat countermeasure techniques.

Abstract: A technique is provided for forming a circuitized substrate which substantially reduces defects in a circuit board formed of multiple layers of dielectric material on each of which layers electrical circuitry is formed. Each layer of dielectric material is formed of two distinct and separate coatings or sheets or films of a photopatternable dielectric material which is photoformed to provide through openings to the layer of circuitry below and then plated with the desired circuitry including plating in the photoformed openings to form vias. In this way if there is a pin hole type defect in either coating or sheet of dielectric material, in all probability it will not align with a similar defect in the other sheet or coating of the dielectric layer, thus preventing unwanted plating extending from one layer of circuitry to the underlying layer of circuitry.

Abstract: An improved communication interface for an embedded microcomputer device controller is provided. The interface includes serial communications detection logic/electronics for identifying the nature of external elements connected to the interface, and multiplex logic/electronics for programming and/or reprogramming the embedded microcomputer device controller in response to input signals received from a host device having a serial interface.

Abstract: A technique is provided for forming a circuitized substrate which substantially reduces defects in a circuit board formed of multiple layers of dielectric material on each of which layers electrical circuitry is formed. Each layer of dielectric material is formed of two distinct and separate coatings or sheets or films of a photopatternable dielectric material which is photoformed to provide through openings to the layer of circuitry below and then plated with the desired circuitry including plating in the photoformed openings to form vias. In this way if there is a pin hole type defect in either coating or sheet of dielectric material, in all probability it will not align with a similar defect in the other sheet or coating of the dielectric layer, thus preventing unwanted plating extending from one layer of circuitry to the underlying layer of circuitry.