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The Small Sat Solution to Hypersonic Weapons Explained

Hypersonic weapons break all the rules of the missile defense game. With speeds surpassing Mach 5 and the ability to maneuver mid-flight, hypersonic weapons defy the missile defense status quo, potentially making the United States’ current defenses obsolete. China and Russia are vigorously pursuing hypersonic weapons, and the United States is desperate to neutralize them.

Rocket Lab Aims for the Moon and Beyond With New Photon Satellite Platform

WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab is shooting for the moon, literally. The small-satellite launch startup announced today (October 21) that its new Photon satellite platform will be able to fly small spacecraft on deep-space missions to the moon and beyond. The plan will combine Rocket Lab”s workhorse Electron rocket with Photon, a vehicle designed to provide

Use DSIAC to Do More & Spend Less

The Department of Defense (DoD) community continues to be driven to do more with less by embracing opportunities to improve…

The PBL Guidebook: Practical Help for the Efficiency-Effectiveness Challenge

Few people would debate that the United States possesses one of the most effective militaries in the world. One could…

Effect of Missile Launch Azimuth on the Magnitude of Simulated Point-of-Closest-Approach Miss Distances to Large Aircraft Systems

ABSTRACT Using selected principles in design of experiments, the researcher conducted a simulation-based missile hit-point study that explored the conventional…

Book Review

DSIAC is pleased to announce the availability of “An Overview of Blast and its Effect on Combat Systems” as the…

High-Power Microwave Directed Energy Weapons: A Model and Simulation Toolbox

INTRODUCTION With continued advances in high-power radio frequency (HPRF)/microwave (HPM) directed energy weapon (DEW) technology, HPM DEWs are of increasing…

Director’s Welcome

We are pleased to introduce the Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) and the inaugural issue of the quarterly DSIAC Journal….

Message From the COR

I enthusiastically accepted the opportunity to become the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for the new Defense Systems Information Analysis Center…

The Better Buying Power Initiative: A New IAC Paradigm

In the current budgetary environment, the Department of Defense (DoD) continues to demonstrate its ability to sustain a high level…

From the Battlefield to the Sports Field: Ballistics Test Lab Supports TBI R&D

 Communications Manager Chesapeake Testing Traditionally a provider of ballistic and nondestructive testing of military and law enforcement equipment, Chesapeake Testing…

Leveraging GPUs for Ballistic Simulation

Introduction Ballistic vulnerability can be difficult to understand in a timely and accurate fashion.  Interactions between threats and targets are complex…