In Situ Manufacturing of Polymer Nanocomposites for Energetic Applications
Introduction For many years, propellant and explosive formulators have investigated the use of nanomaterials to increase performance and modify reactivity of energetic…
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Nondestructive Inspection of Additive Manufactured Parts in the Aerospace Industry
Introduction Recent advancements in additive manufacturing (AM) have allowed the technology to move from simple prototyping using plastics to creating…
Advanced Composite Solutions for Dynamic Structural Applications
The selection and application of advanced composite materials play a critical role in the quest for improving performance of air…
Better Buying Power 3.0 Integral to DoD’s FY17 Science & Technology Plan
On 24 February 2016, DSIAC attended a hearing of the U.S. House Armed Services Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee. The…
Getting the Best Out of Light with Adaptive Optics
INTRODUCTION It’s hard to imagine a part of the military that does not use some kind of optical system to…
Portable Deep-Ultraviolet Raman Spectroscopy for Standoff Threat Detection
INTRODUCTION The growing proliferation of concealed improvised threats (e.g., explosives and chemical warfare agents [CWAs]), has created a critical international…
A Modeling Framework for Coaxial-Rotor UAV System Swarms: Performance Analysis via System ID and Cognitive Physicomimetics Techniques
INTRODUCTION As evidenced by the significant current funding for advanced helicopter technologies [1], as well as the large quantity of…
Real-Time Tasking and Retasking of Multiple Coordinated UAVs
INTRODUCTION Both military missions and civilian applications have led to numerous investigations into using teams of collaborating unmanned aerial vehicles…
Improved Capabilities in Ground Target Tracking
BACKGROUND Ongoing research at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has resulted in the development of a ground-target tracking module…
Real-Time, In Situ Intelligent Video Analytics: Harnessing The Power of GPUs for Deep Learning Applications
A DATA EXPLOSION From the edges of the observable universe to medical image scanners on Earth, there is an ever-growing…
The Pursuit of Persistent ISR
INTRODUCTION The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Pennsylvania State University (PSU), and Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), in conjunction with the Marine…
Historical Overview of HTPB The Military’s Preferred Solid Propellant Binder for a Half Century
BEGINNINGS OF HTPB IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DoD) For nearly 60 years, and at least two generations of scientists…