Military Sensing

All sensing applications that apply to the defense of the United States of America.

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What information is available on aircraft maneuvering to avoid a debris cloud caused by a cruise missile explosion?

What information is available on aircraft maneuvering to avoid a debris cloud caused by a cruise missile explosion?

Normal Life Cycle Costs of Large Radar Systems

What are the normal life cycle costs of large radar systems?

What sensors are available for wide field-of-view battlespace awareness?

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Articles

The Compact Space Plasma Analyzer will improve space weather prediction.

New Technology Improves Space Weather Monitoring

Peaceful though it may seem from Earth, space is beset by “weather” that can prove perilous for the sensitive — and expensive — technology aboard the spacecraft and satellites increasingly populating the realms outside our…

Miller Projection Main Field Declination (D) map from the US/UK World Magnetic Model 2020. (Map developed by NOAA/NCEI and CIRES)

World Magnetic Model Makes Modern Precision Navigation Possible

The World Magnetic Model is a critical piece of digital infrastructure that is key to global navigation and corrects a standard compass reading. The WMM provides declination values for all points on Earth, which NGA…

Marines discussing unmanned vehicle

Mine Mission: Marine Corps Looks to Boost Mine Countermeasure Capabilities

ARLINGTON, Va.—As rolling waves pounded the beach, the operator deftly maneuvered joysticks on a handheld controller, causing the uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) a few feet away to ascend and arc gracefully over the Pacific Ocean….

Webinars

ARL's Transonic Experimental Facility

ARL Hypervelocity Ballistic Range Experiments

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL’s) Transonic Experimental Facility (TEF) is an all-purpose research firing range that has been used to investigate propulsion, materials, flight, guidance, and terminal effects across a spectrum of launch (mechanical)…

Development and Utilization of TIPS Within the FRACTALS at the DEVCOM Analysis Center

The Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Analysis Center (DAC) has developed the Tactical ISR [intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] Performance Suite (TIPS), a reusable code library that encapsulates the DAC sensor performance models and behavior methodologies….

X-ray Computed Tomography as a Reverse Engineering Tool

A tool to see the invisible?  It sounds too good to be true.  Just as medical X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning is used to visualize critical features inside a body to diagnose an elusive illness,…

Events

Unmanned Vehicle, U.S. Army, Tracked Vehicle

Michigan Defense Expo

Michigan Defense Expo (MDEX) brings together representatives from TACOM (U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command), Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support, Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems, Army Contracting Command-Detroit…

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…

AIAA’s 2024 Defense Forum

AIAA DEFENSE Forum is a Secret/NOFORN event providing a venue for leaders from government, military, industry, and academia to advance and accelerate innovation. The 2024 forum, to be held 16–18 April at the Johns Hopkins…