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…
Countering the UAS Threat: A Joint Perspective
BACKGROUND As technology advances and the U.S. military touts the advantages of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) (such as that pictured…
Real-Time, In Situ Intelligent Video Analytics: Harnessing The Power of GPUs for Deep Learning Applications
A DATA EXPLOSION From the edges of the observable universe to medical image scanners on Earth, there is an ever-growing…
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…
UAS Threats, Solutions, and the Collaboration Imperative
Background Department of Defense (DoD)leadership, academic experts, and industry professionals agree that the threat that unmanned aerial systems (UASs) pose…
Warfighter Trust in Autonomy
INTRODUCTION In response to rapid advancements in the fields of autonomy, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, the Department of Defense…
Overcoming the Barriers to Human-Machine Teams
INTRODUCTION One of the inescapable features of the modern technical landscape is the ubiquity with which human-machine interactions occur. In…
Optimizing Armament Systems With Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
INTRODUCTION In the war of words, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) currently rank among the top listed. This…
Cyber-Physical Command-Guided Swarm
OVERVIEW The Department of the Navy (DON) 30-Year Research and Development (R&D) Plan (distribution D), approved in January 2017, projects…
How the Military UAV Community Can Learn from the Commercial Drone World (and Vice Versa)
INTRODUCTION The commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) marketplace is large and growing. Estimates of its worldwide size vary: a typical…
The U.S. Army Combat Capability Development Command’s Road Map to Modernizing Air and Missile Defense
In his fifth article of the series on how the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) is supporting the Army’s six modernization…