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Gallium Nitride Transistor Technology Development for HPM DEWs

DSIAC was asked to determine the state of solid-state gallium nitride (GaN) amplifier technology development for high-powered microwave (HPM), directed energy weapons (DEWs). DSIAC used a collection of HPM DEW and microelectronics subject matter expert…

Instrumentation Requirements for 5G Electromagnetic Environment Effects Testing

DSIAC was asked about instrumentation requirements for electromagnetic environment effects (E3) testing of upcoming Fifth Generation, or 5G, versus existing Fourth Generation, or 4G, networking infrastructure and end user devices that would eventually be integrated…

Scramjet State-of-the-Art Technology

A DSIAC subject matter expert from the Johns Hopkins University Energetics Research Group performed open-source and Joint Army Navy NASA Air Force (JANNAF) repository searches. The U.S. Air Force (particularly, the Air Force Research Laboratory…

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AFRL, Republic of Singapore Air Force Collaborate on Coating Systems

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OH – The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL’s) Coatings and Corrosion Teams are dedicated to providing the latest state-of-the art coating systems for aerospace products to enable the Warfighter to…

The Air Force Just Fielded Its First High-Energy Laser Weapon Overseas

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has delivered what it says is the Air Force’s first high-energy laser weapon for battlefield use against drones. AFRL has set up the…

AFRL, Partners Develop Innovative Tools to Accelerate Composites Certification

In partnership with industry, a team of U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory/Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) personnel are developing the capability to accelerate certification of advanced manufactured composite structures. Creating a new materials characterization subfacility, known as the Materials Solutions Network, will drive composite manufacturing into a physics-based exact science that can be predicted