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PROJECT NUMBER: 37867

TITLE: Performance Evaluation Equipment for Electro-Optic and Infrared Imaging Systems

CODE: Canceled

UPDATE SUBMISSION DATE: 1996-04-29

NARRATIVE: The objective is to provide evaluation methods and support equipment for the test and evaluation of Electro-Optical (EO) and Infrared (IR) reconnaissance systems. The equipment will present EO and IR moving targets in the laboratory which simulates real tactical and ground truth objects. It provides for an imagery interpreter. It will evaluate digital and analog image date to provide the necessary figures of merit to insure the reliable performance of new and repaired imaging systems. This equipment will fill a void in imagery evaluation created by an evolution from filmed reconnaissance to newer technology.

AIR FORCE APPLICATION: Reconnaissance Imagery

FUNDING: REPTECH (Proposed)

STATUS: This project is Canceled. The requirement for the proposed REPTECH funding of the subject equipment is not needed at this time due to cancellation of the Advanced Air Reconnaissance Program (ATARS) contract. If the requirement returns in the future another request will be submitted.

IMPLEMENTATION DATE: FY93

INITIAL SUBMISSION DATE: 19910429

KEY WORDS: Electro-Optical, Infrared, Imagery

LEAD SERVICE: Air Force

Feb 89	Approval of PMB Aircraft Airframe Stripping is Still Pending with NAVAIR. Air Pollution Permit Has not Been Obtained to Allow PMB.
Oct 96	Approval of PMB Aircraft Airframe Stripping has been approved. Project is closed.

Nov 88	Under implementation.
Apr 94	PMB boxes are installed and operating. PMB is an effective alternative to chemical paint removal. However, limitations still exist on aircraft applications, i.e.; honeycomb panels, thin skin, fiberglass.

Sep 89	4 walk-in booths, 4 hand booths are used. 1 Pauli and Griffin portable blaster is used. 70-80% of components are subject to PMB use.
May 94	Completed.

Jul 91	Bid review held the week of 07/15/91, contract to be awarded the week of 07/22/91.
-	CCAD has installed a system which is operational. The first half of the system deionizes and recirculates the chrome plating rinsewater and captures the chrome as "chromate" in the anion column. The second half of the system reforms chromic acid from the chromate and also reforms the sodium hyroxide used to wash the anion column. PROBLEM: chlorides present in the water system are also captured with the chromate in the anion column and are reformed to chlorine gas and hydrochloric acid.
Mar 94	CCAD will be installing a new deionized water system which lower the chloride in the make-up water.
Aug 96	Project was canceled

-	Contract through NADEP Norfolk (# N00189-91-R-0123) to be awarded 10-01-91.
Aug 93	This project will be tracked through accession number 41376.

Apr 91	65% Complete.
Apr 96	Implemented and working successfully.

Mar 87	Aircraft paint shops at NADEP Alameda are equipped with plural component mixing units. Material cost and waste disposal are now significantly reduced.
Oct 96	Final test results from NADEP Cherry Point show unsatisfactory results. Project is closed.

Nov 92	Samples were removed from two sequential bioreactors that were actively degrading paint waste (300 micron) previously acquired from KAFB. These samples were plated on TGY agar plates and incubated at 30 degrees C and 37 degrees C. Daily analysis over a period of several weeks revealed the presence of 5 different microorganisms, 3 of which appeared within 2 days while the other 3 appeared at day 3 & 4. It is believed that these last two organisms do not contribute to the biodegradation; the majority of the analysis will therefore be done with the first 3. Upon isolation, a series of tests were completed to identify each organism.
Jan 93	Further experiments allowed TRA to identify 2 of the 3 primary organisms to the species level: Bacillus cereus, Pseudomas pictorum, Pseudomonas sp. In addition, the paint-waste material (<300 micron previously acquired from KAFB) have been studied for characterization and development of an assay. These tests involved extraction, separation and analysis via thin layer chromatography (TLC) and gas chromatography (GC).
Feb 93	Establishing Initial Reaction Rates in TRA's Biodegrading Cultures. Identifying most promising PMB and PMB Paint Waste Biodegradation System(s). Acquire two new samples from KAFB: one line and one coarse ground. Evaluate each PMB and PMB-Paint Waste Biodegradation Reaction Rate as a function of temperature, ph, aeration, pigmentation, and particle size. Prioritize each culture for further study. Optimize Biodegradation Batch Rates for rapid and efficient PMB and PMB-paint degradation. Establish Final Reaction Rates. Assure environmentally safe biodeterioration. Quantify Data for Design and Construction of Pre-Pilot Plant. Produce an Engineering Report with Installation and Operating Costs Estimates in a Defined Flowsheet.
Aug 93	A final report is in progress.
Feb 94	This project is considered closed by the Air Force. The TRA Technical Report of November 1993 has been distributed by AFMC.

Oct 89	Project proposed.
Oct 96	Projected never materialized. Project is closed.