O "IC." initial program (DOT #6-3-0063, January 1976 to June 1976) provided engineering data and the design approach for the sensor module. 2 ' 3 In November 1976, a research and development program was established at NSWC/WOL to complete the necessary component research on the magnetic sensor and sensor electronics, battery evaluation and the design testing and fabrication of twenty SPVD magnetic sensor modules and housings. The program was subsequently modified to include additional component research in a newly invented omnidirectional microstrip antenna, RF oscillator and transmitter, telemetry link encoder and decoder, and development problems and associated underestimates incurred during the fabrication of the twenty SPVD systems. This final report covers all SPVD component research and development and is divided into seven major areas of 'nvestigation: (1) magnetometer development, (2) sensor system electronics development, (3) telemetry link encoder/decoder development, (4) telemetry link oscillator/transmitter development, (5) antenna development, (6) tele,,etry receiver and battery evaluations, and (7) mechanical component design and development. In addition to the above documentation, detailed drawings, diagrams, test procedures and engineering data are provided which should be adequate to reproduce the prototype SPVDs. A hard-wired version of the SPVD electronics has also been fabricated and is described. In the Discussion section, several system improvements and options are discussed which should be considered for the development or procureMent of next generation SPVD Systems. Additional documentation generated by this program or related to it may be found in References (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8).