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,…
DSIAC collects and publishes articles related to our technical focus areas on the web to share with the DoD community.
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…
Strain Measurement as a Means of Predictive Life-Cycle Analysis
INTRODUCTION When considering catastrophic failures in structures, one often imagines the worst-case scenario, in which a large force can cause…
Recent Advancements in Ultrashort Pulse Lasers Shed New Light on Directed Energy Applications
INTRODUCTION Researchers from across the U.S. DoD seek to use the unique properties of ultrashort pulse lasers (USPLs) for directed…
Gaussian Mixture Measurement Modeling for Long-Range Radars
Introduction Long-range radar systems designed to provide precise range measurements may, in certain cases, experience degraded tracking performance in range,…
To Use or Not to Use Mobile Robots
INTRODUCTION The modern world surrounds us with the products of artificial intelligence (AI) research. These AI systems mainly work behind…
Detecting Bullets Through Electric Fields
INTRODUCTION Imagine detecting a passing bullet and its origination through an electric field (E-field) instead of an acoustic one. This…
Active Electronically Steered Array (AESA) Antenna Testing
INTRODUCTION Active electronically steered array antennas are replacing conventional single-beam antennas in many of the new and emerging weapons systems….
Zero-Bias Broadband Ultraviolet Photoconductor Based on Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Nanowire Arrays
SUMMARY This article focuses on developing a broadband ultraviolet (UV) photodetector (PD) based on superflat, boron-doped ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) nanowire (NW)…
Change Detection in Satellite Imagery With Region Proposal Networks
SUMMARY This article presents a deep learning approach called Proposal-based Efficient Adaptive Region Learning (PEARL) to change detection (CD) in…
GAO Technology Assessment: Artificial Intelligence – Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications
Government Accounting Office (GAO) releases technology assessment report, GAO-18-142SP, March 2018, to the House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space…