Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) refers to systems, procedures, techniques, and equipment used to collect, analyze, disseminate, and translate information into actionable intelligence, principally through cyber and electromagnetic activity.

Recent Inquiries

Can information be provided to explain beamforming techniques used for active, electronic scan array radar/beam form/beam steer?

Can information be provided to explain beamforming techniques used for active, electronically scanned array radar/beam form/beam steer?

Open Architectures, Standards, and Communication Protocols for Collaborative and Autonomous Unmanned Systems

What open architectures, standards, and communication protocols exist for collaborative and autonomous unmanned systems?

What mobile device applications detect and report the presence of unmanned aerial vehicles?

What mobile device applications detect and report the presence of unmanned aerial vehicles?

Articles

An extremely cold gas of strontium atoms is trapped in a web of light known as an optical lattice.

World’s Most Accurate and Precise Atomic Clock Pushes New Frontiers in Physics

In humankind’s ever-ticking pursuit of perfection, scientists have developed an atomic clock that is more precise and accurate than any clock previously created. The new clock was built by researchers at JILA, a joint institution…

Space Test Course Class 24A at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School standing in front of a plane

Space Test Course Integrates Satellite Operations Into Curriculum for First Time

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) — In a historic first, students from the Space Test Course at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School successfully operated a satellite in space from Edwards Air Force…

In this artist’s conception of the process, an automated deposition system places a new material onto a base material (purple beam, right) as the last sample that was made is analyzed and sent to the AI (green beams, brain, left). The AI tells the pulsed laser deposition machine what to do next (data cable, bottom). Credit: Chris Rouleau/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Researchers Harness AI for Autonomous Discovery and Optimization of Materials

Today, researchers are developing ways to accelerate discovery by combining automated experiments, artificial intelligence (AI), and high-performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI…

Webinars

Magnetic Anomaly Navigation

An emerging navigation technique known as “Magnetic Anomaly Navigation” will be presented. The benefits of this system as a GPS-alternative navigation system will be discussed as well as the current state of the art results…

Compact Laser Designators for Mini-UAVs and Handheld Targeting Systems

Laser designators served as a fundamental means of targeting for multiple generations of combat aircraft. With advancements in high-efficiency, diode-pumped laser technology, pulse length control, efficient thermal design, and unique beam stability techniques, laser designators…

Events

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2024 Aircraft Survivability Symposium

The 2024 Aircraft Survivability Symposium is a SECRET//NOFORN event; attendees must hold at least a Secret clearance and be U.S. citizens. Please review the security clearance and gate access information page when available and submit…

Image of ground vehicles in front of a background of binary code.

Cyber Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA) 2024 Conference

The 10th Annual CEMA Conference comes at a critical inflection point for electronic warfare (EW). After a 30+ year hiatus, the Army is on the cusp of fielding a variety of terrestrial and airborne EW…

Satellites in space around the Earth.

39th Space Foundation Space Symposium

Space Symposium attendees represent all sectors of the space community from multiple spacefaring nations; space agencies; commercial space businesses and associated subcontractors; military, national security, and intelligence organizations; cybersecurity organizations; federal and state government agencies…