On October 27, 2022, the U.S. Department of Defense publicly released the unclassified National Defense Strategy (NDS), a Congressionally-mandated review. This strategy sets the strategic direction of the Department to support U.S. national security priorities and flows directly from President Biden’s National Security Strategy. The NDS includes the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) and the Missile…
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) conceptualizes ultra low-cost unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) – often called “small UAS” (sUAS) – as both a threat to its operations and an opportunity for force multiplication. Counter-sUAS (C-sUAS) operations have become an organizational and financial priority for the Pentagon. While both DoD and individual military personnel have also long been interested in the positive use cases for very…
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The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) is seeking information on who is using the MS3314 suspension lug in the U.S government and industry. The MS3314 suspension lug is designed for all-service use by the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy for aircraft and ordnance. Known to be utilized with munitions/armament/bombs, the MS3314 may also be used for other carriage applications such as…
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Beside a 50-foot-deep pool, a 300-foot metal tower rises into the air at Sandia New Mexico. Cables and a vertical guided trolley attached to the tower allow personnel to hoist objects to varying heights so they can watch them fall at Sandia’s Drop Tower and Water Impact test facility. Built in late ’50s and early ’60s, the site has been used for impact testing on…
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By leveraging cutting-edge additive manufacturing techniques and shape memory alloys, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have created an antenna that can change its shape based on its temperature. This technology — described in a recent online publication in ACS Applied Engineering Materials and which will be featured on the cover of an upcoming print issue — has transformative…
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KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment, Nov. 4, 2024. SPIRRAL, flown by AFRL through the DoD Space Test Program, will characterize the performance of Variable Emissivity Materials, or VEMs, an approach toward solving thermal challenges for space vehicles while on-orbit. VEMs are surface finishes that act…
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As digital communication grows, the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) is becoming increasingly crowded. Novel solutions for how the United States can effectively share the spectrum are critical to national objectives, several of which were outlined in the November 2023 Presidential Memorandum on Modernizing United States Spectrum Policy and Establishing a National Spectrum Strategy. Researchers from the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at the University of Nebraska…
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Acoustic metamaterials—architected materials that have tailored geometries designed to control the propagation of acoustic or elastic waves through a medium—have been studied extensively through computational and theoretical methods, but physical realizations of these materials to date have been restricted to large sizes and low frequencies. A new study, which is coauthored by Portela, MIT Mechanical Engineering collaborators Rachel Sun, Jet Lem, and Yun Kai, and…
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WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. (AFNS) — The New York National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing officially marked the arrival of its new HH-60W Jolly Green II search and rescue fleet during a ceremony October 25 at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base. The aircraft will replace the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters formerly flown by the wing. The new high-tech helicopters are more capable than the aircraft…
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WASHINGTON — Robots integrated into Army formations can help protect soldiers and revolutionize warfare in multiple domains. “Human-machine integration forces can take on dangerous battlefield operations, including overwatch, or movement of troops to a point of tactical advantage, and the suppression of the enemy,” said Brig. Gen. Chad Chalfont, Commandant of the Army Armor School at Fort Moore, Georgia. Those capabilities could help achieve the…
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January 18, 2023 12:00 pm
The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Warfare Effectiveness Department (WED) VV&A Branch has developed and executed a cost-effective, risk-based VV&A process for modeling and simulation (M&S) used to support the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The following topics will be covered: What makes a simulation credible? How does VV&A relate to credibility?…
The 5th Annual Advanced Materials for Defense Summit will discuss initiatives toward researching and developing advanced materials and manufacturing processes that will significantly shape future operational effectiveness through lighter, more powerful, and cost-effective military and…
The Eglin AFB Tech Expo will be taking place on Thursday, 17 November 2022 at the Main Fitness Center. The Tech Expo is an event to bring government and industry together to collaborate on mission…
DSI’s 2nd Military Vehicles Systems Summit is a Town Hall style forum that will bring together members from across the U.S. military services, Department of Defense, academia, and industry to discuss current efforts and programs…
On behalf of the Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel (JDMTP), and in coordination with ARCTOS, Army ManTech cordially invites you to the Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) 2022, in Tampa, FL, on December 5-8. DMC is…
This four-day Military Standard 810 (MIL-STD 810) test training focuses on the purpose of each test, the equipment required to perform each test, and the methodology to correctly apply the specified test environments. This class…
Avonix Imaging
Chris Peitsch is a subject matter expert in industrial computed tomography (CT) at X ray & CT Imaging Systems at Avonix Imaging. Prior to joining Avonix Imaging, he was a research engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where he focused on X-ray CT and its applications in additive manufacturing, electronics systems inspection, and aviation security. Mr. Peitsch also worked at Chesapeake Testing, in Aberdeen, MD, where he launched a large X-ray/CT inspection service laboratory
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