Director’s Welcome
We are pleased to introduce the Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) and the inaugural issue of the quarterly DSIAC Journal….
DSIAC collects and publishes articles related to our technical focus areas on the web to share with the DoD community.
Message From the COR
I enthusiastically accepted the opportunity to become the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for the new Defense Systems Information Analysis Center…
The Better Buying Power Initiative: A New IAC Paradigm
In the current budgetary environment, the Department of Defense (DoD) continues to demonstrate its ability to sustain a high level…
The 96th Test Wing: Excelling in Seeker and Sensor Data Collection
The 96th Test Wing’s Seekers and Sensors Test Flight provides an end-to-end test and evaluation capability for electro-optic/infrared (IR) and…
Modeling Intelligence Ped With FOCUS: A Tactical-Level ISR Simulation
Introduction The increase in the use of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems over the past decade has created a…
Scanning Underwater with Smaller Lidars and UAVs
Bathymetric lidars, which are devices that employ powerful lasers to scan beneath the water’s surface, are used today primarily to…
Getting the Best Out of Light with Adaptive Optics
INTRODUCTION It’s hard to imagine a part of the military that does not use some kind of optical system to…
Portable Deep-Ultraviolet Raman Spectroscopy for Standoff Threat Detection
INTRODUCTION The growing proliferation of concealed improvised threats (e.g., explosives and chemical warfare agents [CWAs]), has created a critical international…
NDIA Science and Technology Conference Review
This past April, DSIAC attended the 17th Annual National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Science & Engineering Technology Conference in Tampa,…
A Modeling Framework for Coaxial-Rotor UAV System Swarms: Performance Analysis via System ID and Cognitive Physicomimetics Techniques
INTRODUCTION As evidenced by the significant current funding for advanced helicopter technologies [1], as well as the large quantity of…
NDIA Science Engineering and Technology Briefing Update
On 4 August 2016, the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Science and Engineering Technology (S&ET) Division met at The Army…
Free Space Laser Communications: A Historical Perspective
INTRODUCTION The potential for efficient high-data-rate communications using the laser has been recognized since its initial development more than…