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FY24 JAS PROGRAM REVIEW
The Joint Aircraft Survivability (JAS) Program Office will host the 2024 JAS Program Review (JPR) at the GTRI Conference Center on 24-26 September 2024. The purpose of the review is to facilitate aviation survivability dialogue between the science and technology, acquisition, industry, academic, and operational communities. This will be achieved by presenting a technical overview of the program and fiscal year 2024 (FY24) projects and informing the aviation community of the work involved.
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How is the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) conceptualizing the ultralow-cost unmanned aircraft system (UAS) phenomenon in the wake of its widespread success in Ukraine?
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) conceptualizes ultra low-cost unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) – often called “small UAS” (sUAS) – as both a threat to its operations and an opportunity for force multiplication. Counter-sUAS (C-sUAS) operations have become an organizational and financial priority for the Pentagon. While both DoD and individual military personnel have also…
Who is using the MS3314 suspension lug?
The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) is seeking information on who is using the MS3314 suspension lug in the U.S government and industry. The MS3314 suspension lug is designed for all-service use by the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy for aircraft and ordnance. Known to be utilized with munitions/armament/bombs, the MS3314…
The Big Drop
Beside a 50-foot-deep pool, a 300-foot metal tower rises into the air at Sandia New Mexico. Cables and a vertical guided trolley attached to the tower allow personnel to hoist objects to varying heights so they can watch them fall at Sandia’s Drop Tower and Water Impact test facility. Built in late ’50s and early…
Shape-Shifting Antenna Poised to Transform Communications
By leveraging cutting-edge additive manufacturing techniques and shape memory alloys, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have created an antenna that can change its shape based on its temperature. This technology — described in a recent online publication in ACS Applied Engineering Materials and which will be featured on…
Revolutionizing Space-Based Thermal Systems: AFRL’s SPIRRAL Launch on SPX-31
KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment, Nov. 4, 2024. SPIRRAL, flown by AFRL through the DoD Space Test Program, will characterize the performance of Variable Emissivity Materials, or VEMs, an approach toward solving thermal challenges for…
NSRI, UNL Developing AI for USSTRATCOM to Maximize Electromagnetic Spectrum
As digital communication grows, the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) is becoming increasingly crowded. Novel solutions for how the United States can effectively share the spectrum are critical to national objectives, several of which were outlined in the November 2023 Presidential Memorandum on Modernizing United States Spectrum Policy and Establishing a National Spectrum Strategy. Researchers from the…
Tunable Ultrasound Propagation in Microscale Metamaterials
Acoustic metamaterials—architected materials that have tailored geometries designed to control the propagation of acoustic or elastic waves through a medium—have been studied extensively through computational and theoretical methods, but physical realizations of these materials to date have been restricted to large sizes and low frequencies. A new study, which is coauthored by Portela, MIT Mechanical…
New York Air Guard Wing Welcomes New, High-Tech Helicopters
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. (AFNS) — The New York National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing officially marked the arrival of its new HH-60W Jolly Green II search and rescue fleet during a ceremony October 25 at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base. The aircraft will replace the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters formerly flown by the wing….
Army Advances Human-Machine Integration Tests to Enhance, Fight With Combat Units
WASHINGTON — Robots integrated into Army formations can help protect soldiers and revolutionize warfare in multiple domains. “Human-machine integration forces can take on dangerous battlefield operations, including overwatch, or movement of troops to a point of tactical advantage, and the suppression of the enemy,” said Brig. Gen. Chad Chalfont, Commandant of the Army Armor School…
Notable Technical Inquiry
The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) was asked to investigate China’s satellite industry. Key questions addressed included the current number of Chinese satellites in Earth orbit, the technical specifications of China’s military and civilian satellites, China’s satellite manufacturing capabilities, major organizations involved in China’s satellite production, and the Chinese government’s funding and development priorities for its satellite industry. DSIAC staff addressed these questions by…
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As the safety functional authority for fielding materiel solutions, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command’s Safety Office uses risk management to certify that materiel is safe when used as intended. While risk assessment processes tolerate software acquisition modernization and the introduction of new technologies, the techniques and criteria need adaptation. Software systems’ evolution in…
FY24 JAS Program Review
The Joint Aircraft Survivability (JAS) Program Office will host the 2024 JAS Program Review (JPR) at the GTRI Conference Center on 24-26 September 2024. The purpose of the review is to facilitate aviation survivability dialogue…
2024 Aircraft Survivability Symposium
The 2024 Aircraft Survivability Symposium is a SECRET//NOFORN event; attendees must hold at least a Secret clearance and be U.S. citizens. Please review the security clearance and gate access information page when available and submit…
2024 U.S. Department of Defense Steels Summit
The U.S. Department of Defense Steels Summit brings together the defense, government, industry, and academic communities engaged in the production, use, and research of steel alloys relevant to military applications. The summit is a 2-day…
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Brian Lindamood joined BAE Systems after a 30-year career in the U.S. Army. His Army assignments included commanding an ammunition plant and working as an industrial base planner. In his current position, he has been an integral part of OSI’s successes at Holston and Radford Army Ammunition Plants. His background includes strategy development, ammunition and energetics manufacturing, facility modernization, and facility sustainment.
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