DEFENSE

Systems Digest

15 NOVEMBER 2022

DSIAC collects and publishes articles related to our technical focus areas on the web to share with the DoD community.

FEATURED ARTICLE

National Defense Strategy

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…

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Notable Technical Inquiry

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Military Standard 810 (MIL-STD-810) Training (Boxborough, MA)

This four-day Military Standard 810 (MIL-STD 810) 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 applies to ANY testing done to environmental test standards, including DO-160, IEC specifications, and all other documents that provide test methodology for environmental testing. The test methods explained and taught in…

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Fundamentals of Random Vibration and Shock Testing Open Course (Plano, TX)

This three-day training in the fundamentals of random vibration and shock testing covers all the information required to plan, perform, and interpret the results of all types of dynamic testing. Some of the additional areas covered are fixture design, field data measurement and interpretation, evolution of test standards, and HALT/HASS processes. This class applies to ANY vibration and shock testing done to environmental test standards,…

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Military Standard 810 (MIL-STD-810) Training (Newark, CA)

This four-day Military Standard 810 (MIL-STD 810) 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 applies to ANY testing done to environmental test standards, including DO-160, IEC specifications, and all other documents that provide test methodology for environmental testing. The test methods explained and taught in…

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Military Standard 810 (MIL-STD-810) Training (Chicago, IL)

This four-day Military Standard 810 (MIL-STD 810) 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 applies to ANY testing done to environmental test standards, including DO-160, IEC specifications, and all other documents that provide test methodology for environmental testing. The test methods explained and taught in…

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Volume 9 Number 2

The DSIAC Journal is a publication of the Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC). DSIAC is a DoD Information Analysis Center (IAC) sponsored by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) with policy oversight provided by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) for Research and Engineering (R&E). DSIAC is operated by the SURVICE Engineering Company.

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Seminal Technique for Characterizing GPS Navigation Performance

This article presents a standardized technique to evaluate the navigation performance (position, velocity, and principal axes) of an airborne system and develop an efficient methodology to define the number of target data points to process during the planning phases of testing.

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Multiagent Federated Learning, Interoperability, and Virtual-Physical Co-simulation

The composition of different types of terrains and presence of a variety of objects and artifacts in a real environment are always evolving.

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Data-Optimized Human-Machine Teaming With Robotic Wingmen

The 2022 National Defense Strategy directs the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to urgently act to strengthen the U.S. military against its pacing challenge—the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

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Screening Low-Flammability Polymers Through Chemistry-Aware ML

Marine and aerospace vessels have stringent flammability requirements, defined through the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E1354 Cone Calorimetry standard [1], to protect those onboard Navy vessels in case of fire emergencies.

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Aligning the Navy’s Fleet Experimentation With Capability Development

Amidst the crashing surf of a remote coastline, two U.S. Navy sailors clad in black wetsuits and protective helmets carry the MK18 Mod 1 Swordfish unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) toward the open ocean

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FEATURED WEBINAR

What Makes a Simulation Credible? Cost-Effective Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) in the Systems Engineering Process: Focusing V&V on A

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?…

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Advanced Materials for Defense Summit

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…

Eglin AFB Tech Expo

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…

Military Vehicle Systems Summit

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…

Defense Manufacturing Conference 2022

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…

Military Standard 810 (MIL-STD-810) Testing Open Course (NTS Labs, Plano Texas)

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…

Voice From the Community

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Chris Peitsch

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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