DEFENSE

Systems Digest

3 OCTOBER 2023

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

FEATURED ARTICLE

DoD Will Deploy AI-Enabled Detection System to Monitor D.C. Airspace

An artificial intelligence-powered airspace monitoring system is set to be installed to enhance protection of the nation’s capital with the potential to scale across other Defense Department and U.S. government installations and systems. “The upgraded visual recognition, identification, and warning system delivers a tenfold increase in performance capability compared to the 9/11-era system it replaces,”…

Notable Technical Inquiry

Threat Weapons & Effects (TWE) Training 2026

This annual training event is a collaborative effort and draws information from threat exploitation, live fire testing, and combat experience to provide a complete picture of threat lethality.

Joint Aircraft Survivability Program (JASP) Model Users Meeting (JMUM) 2026

The purpose of this recurring meeting is to provide model users, managers, stakeholders, and other interested individuals with the latest information regarding JASP-sponsored modeling and simulation (M&S) tools, as well as others, used by the aircraft survivability community to evaluate aircraft performance in realistic threat environments.

Aircraft Combat Survivability Short Course (ACSSC) 2026

DSIAC is pleased to announce that the next Aircraft Combat Survivability Short Course will be held 2-4 June 2026 at Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, CT. This three-day short course in aircraft combat survivability is designed to provide an overview of the aircraft combat survivability discipline. The course is intended for U.S. Department of War (DoW), active-duty military, and government contractors who need to…

High-Speed/Hypersonic Subarea of the Air Platforms Community of Interest Technical Roadmap Interchange Meeting 2026

Registration deadline for the High-Speed/Hypersonic (HSH) Subarea of the Air Platforms Community of Interest Technical Roadmap Interchange Meeting (TRIM) has been extended to March 10, 2026.

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…

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,…

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

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

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.

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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Emerging Applications of Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics in Naval Energy Autonomy

Hosted by: Zhenhua Jiang

October 4, 2023 12:00 pm

This webinar will present several emerging applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) in naval energy autonomy and digital transformation and summarize relevant research and development efforts carried out by the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) in a contract with the Naval Facility Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center. The unique solution recently developed…

Military Standard 810 (MIL-STD-810) Test Training (Huntsville, AL)

December 4, 2023 - December 7, 2023

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…

Hypersonic Technology & Systems Conference (HTSC)

October 16, 2023 - October 19, 2023

HTSC’s emphasis is on systems and applied technology. This conference highlights the nation’s investments in systems-integrated hypersonic technologies for both research and development and weapon platform integration for offense and defense. It brings together the…

2023 Aircraft Survivability Symposium

October 31, 2023 - November 2, 2023

This two-day, classified symposium with an optional third day of classified tutorials fosters technical dialogue and exchanges of information on aircraft survivability topics such as design, operational experience, threats current and future, reliability, maintenance, and…

Industrial Committee of Ammunition Producers (ICAP)

October 12, 2023 - October 12, 2023

Topics of interest for discussion by the ICAP will be solicited from NDIA members within the ammunition community and from interested Government agencies. Outside speakers will be invited as needed to address the topics. No…

Next-Generation Air Superiority

October 17, 2023 - October 18, 2023

An International Forum for Advancing Air & Space Capability The 2023 Next-Generation Air Superiority Conference is a meeting ground for global air force leaders. The event will welcome the key stakeholders from the US Air…

2023 NDIA Multinational Conference

October 23, 2023 - October 25, 2023

Delegates attending this year’s conference will have the opportunity to hear views from various nations such as the United States, Israel, Japan, Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdoms, as well as key U.S….

Voice From the Community

Dallas Rosson, PMP

Principal Engineer, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport

Dallas Rosson serves as a principal engineer responsible for engineering oversight, process and policy planning and management, digital transformations, Agile Scrum oversight and training, and project management for various Navy programs. He performs and oversees research utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence, focusing in logistics, supply chain risk, obsolescence predictions, and diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages impacts. He is a board member of the Naval Engineering Education Consortium and doctoral fellow at Colorado State University.