DIGEST 20 OCTOBER 2020

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20 OCTOBER 2020 – THE LATEST FROM DEFENSE SYSTEMS INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER

NOTABLE TECHNICAL INQUIRY

What efforts are now being performed
to advance the state of the art in scramjet
technologies?
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 [AFRL] at
Wright Patterson Air Force Base [AFB],
OH, and AFRL at Edwards... Read More
Source: NASA

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FEATURED NEWS

DoD Kicks Off World’s Largest Dual-Use

5G Testing Effort
Defense Department officials announced yesterday
the awarding of $600 million in contracts to 15 prime
contractors to perform testing and evaluation of 5G
technologies at five military installations across the
United States, according to the Acting Undersecretary
of Defense for Research and Engineering.

“5G networks — and the technologies that will be

built upon them — are an integral component of the
National Defense Strategy,” said Michael Kratsios, during
a teleconference from the Pentagon. “We at the DoD
are committed to the advancement of this critical
emerging technology to improve the lethality and
modernization of our force.”

Five installations, including Hill Air Force Base, Utah;

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; Marine Corps
Logistics Base Albany, Georgia; Naval... Read More Source: Air Force Senior Airman Joshua Kleinholz

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VOICE FROM THE COMMUNITY

Douglas M. Ray, PStat, Mathematical Statistician
My work focuses on applying industrial statistics to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) armament systems across the
acquisition life cycle for the Warfighter. This work includes design of experiments, reliability data analysis, machine learning,
and uncertainty quantification/probabilistic optimization of computational models and simulations. I also led a group
of over a dozen statisticians and data scientists who collaborate with engineering and business teams on a spectrum of
armament projects and systems. In addition to my 13 years of experience as a DoD mathematical statistician, I am also a retired combat veteran
of the U.S. Army. I hold a B.S. in applied mathematics from the University of Rhode Island and an M.S. in statistical engineering from New Jersey
Institute of Technology. I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in systems engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, and a Systems Engineering
Research Center doctoral fellow.

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HIGHLIGHT DSIAC JOURNAL SUMMER 2020

Source: U.S. Marine Corps

Daunting Challenge of
Drone Defense

Also in This Issue:

• Systems Engineering of Autonomy:
Frameworks for MUM-T Architecture
• Passive Coherent Location Radar –
The Silent Threat
• Detection and Classification of Small
UAS for Threat Neutralization
• Predicting Hydrodynamic Ram Damage
in Bonded Composite Tanks Using
Progressive Damage Failure
• Characterization of Composite Spaced
Armor Performance
• Investigating Surface Structures for
Infrared Signature Management

DSIAC is pleased to announce the release of the 2020

fall issue of the Aircraft Survivability Journal. Have an idea for a topic? Please
contact us to write an article!

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RECENT NEWS

Source: U.S. Army Source: DARPA Source: University of Illinois Chicago

Sensor With 100,000 Times DARPA Completes Key Army Readies Charging
Higher Sensitivity Could Milestone on Hypersonic Air- Port for Autonomous
Bolster Thermal Imaging Breathing Weapons Program Drone Swarms

Source: Joshua Armstrong Source: Staff Sgt. Jacob Sawyer Source: Ryan Donnelly

Blasting the Air in Front Non-Lethal Torpedoes, NSWC Philadelphia

of Hypersonic Vehicles Rubber Octopus, and Super- Division Supports Additive
With Lasers Could Unlock Slime: The Weird World of Manufacturing in the Fleet
Unprecedented Speeds Vessel-Stopping Weapons

Advanced Materials C4ISR Energetics Non-Lethal Survivability and Vulnerability

Autonomous Systems Directed Energy Military Sensing RMQSI Weapons Systems

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