Carbon Nanotubes: Small Structures with Big Promise
The unique physical, electrical, and molecular properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) cause them to be the focus of research for…
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Blast Data Visualization Part 1: Generating 2D Graphs with Python
PYTHON: SLITHERING REPTILE OR POWERFUL VISUALIZATION TOOL? Human tendency is to avoid or even fear what we don’t understand. All…
A Promising Future for US Navy: Vertical Launching Systems
INTRODUCTION For the past 30 years, shipboard vertical missile launching systems have transformed naval warfare by providing continually evolving launch…
Biofuels in The DoD: Impact on System Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability
The growing concern over U.S. energy security has prompted a number of Government initiatives intended to reduce the nation’s dependence…
Contemporary Methods for Repairing Composite Materials
Introduction Composite materials, especially those that exhibit high strength-to-weight ratios and thermal stability, continue to be of increased interest to…
Defense Applications of Auxetic Materials
INTRODUCTION During military operations, personnel and vehicles are often exposed to ballistic and blast threats. Â Lightweight armor systems are used…
Using Weibull Analysis to Guide Preventative Maintenance Strategy
INTRODUCTION As defined in NAVAIR 00-25-403, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) is “an analytical process to determine appropriate failure management strategies, including…
Finding Needles in the ISR Haystack: MINT Program Helps Pinpoint Threats Contained in Intelligence Data
Introduction Everyday, U.S. military and security units receive vast amounts of data collected by intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors. …
Synthetic Aperture Sonar: Improved Technology for Improved Mine Hunting
Over the last 60 years, sea mines (such as those pictured in Figure 1) have reportedly been responsible for damaging…
Aircraft Engine Exhaust Plume Phenomenology Modeling Improvements for Better HITL Scene Generation & Missile Endgame Performance
BACKGROUND Various Department of Defense (DoD) modeling and simulation (M&S) groups perform digital and hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) threat missile flyout and…
The 96th Test Wing: Excelling in Seeker and Sensor Data Collection
The 96th Test Wing’s Seekers and Sensors Test Flight provides an end-to-end test and evaluation capability for electro-optic/infrared (IR) and…
Navigating the Future Battlefield with Autonomous Ground Vehicles
Recently, Lockheed Martin and several Government and industry partners (including the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center…