Sikorsky.Sikorsky was awarded a $10.3 million increment of a $16.6 million contract to discover a solution to taking off safely during the brownout A lowering of AC power voltage for some period of time. Brownouts can be very harmful to electronic equipment if sustained for long periods. Brownouts can cause flickering or a dimming on screen, and the computer may experience intermittent problems as a result. See blackout. conditions caused by desert sandstorms. The award from Darpa will see Sikorsky, Honeywell and Sierra Nevada Sierra Nevada, mountain range, Spain Sierra Nevada (syā`rä nāvä`thä), chief mountain range of S Spain, in Granada prov., running from east to west for c.60 mi (100 km), parallel to the Mediterranean Sea. design and integrate a Sensor data-driven, Localized, External, Evidential ev·i·den·tial adj. Law Of, providing, or constituting evidence: evidential material. ev Knowledge base (Sleek) capability with a synthetic vision system for Black Hawk helicopters. The project is expected to be completed by the Autumn of 2008. |
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