Can a catalogue of modular payload standard-compliant systems be created?
Can a catalogue of modular payload standard-compliant systems be created?
Military Sensing
All sensing applications that apply to the defense of the United States of America.
Recent Inquiries
What counter-unmanned aerial system technologies exist against single drones and/or swarms?
What counter-unmanned aerial system technologies exist against single drones and/or swarms?
What unclassified pitch angle and vibrational/noise data exist for the AH-64 Apache’s tail rotor?
What unclassified pitch angle and vibrational/noise data exist for the AH-64 Apache's tail rotor?
Articles
Detecting and Defending Against Malicious Attacks to Ship Sensors
Summary This article describes research to detect phenomena that may degrade or disrupt the performance of an otherwise fully functional sensor. Also examined are methods to potentially mitigate the effects of sensor degradation and develop…
A Bioinspired System to Autonomously Detect Tiny, Fast-Moving Objects in Infrared Imagery
Summary Autonomously detecting tiny, fast-moving objects emitting thermal radiation in the infrared is a challenging technical problem. In addition to being fast, these targets are often dim, small, and in the presence of clutter and…
Radar Is Advancing at Historic Speed. How Engineers Are Setting the Pace.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In a whirling geopolitical landscape of new nuclear weapons, hypersonic weapons, drones, and satellites, the US is hustling to test new kinds of radars aimed at detecting evolving threats. Many of these…
Webinars
Antenna Systems for Space Applications at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Antenna developments for space applications have a long history at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Starting from the 1970s, Voyager; Galileo; Cassini; the Shutter Radar Topography mission; and, more recently,…
ARL Hypervelocity Ballistic Range Experiments
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL’s) Transonic Experimental Facility (TEF) is an all-purpose research firing range that has been used to investigate propulsion, materials, flight, guidance, and terminal effects across a spectrum of launch (mechanical)…
Development and Utilization of TIPS Within the FRACTALS at the DEVCOM Analysis Center
The Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Analysis Center (DAC) has developed the Tactical ISR [intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] Performance Suite (TIPS), a reusable code library that encapsulates the DAC sensor performance models and behavior methodologies….
Events
2025 SPECIAL AIR WARFARE SYMPOSIUM
Since its inception in 2022, the Special Air Warfare Symposium (colloquially known as SAWS) has evolved into a growing event for the global special operations aviation community. In the first few years of the event…
2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference
Join NDIA and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command for the 2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference. This event promises to deliver a platform for collaboration, innovation, and exploration of Department of Defense (DoD) opportunities…
2025 Space Technologies Independent Research & Development (IR&D) Technology Interchange Meeting
During the week of 24-28 March 2025, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), on behalf of the DoD Space Community of Interest (COI), will host a virtual technology interchange meeting (TIM) with industry partners invested…