Programmable Air-Bursting 30-mm and 40-mm Grenades
What information is available on programmable air-bursting 30-mm and 40-mm grenades?
Weapons Systems
Any integrated system, usually computerized, for the control and operation of weapons; this includes strategic and tactical, offensive, and defensive weapons.
Recent Inquiries
What counter-unmanned aerial system technologies exist against single drones and/or swarms?
What counter-unmanned aerial system technologies exist against single drones and/or swarms?
What information exists on using thermate grenades underwater against mines or limpets?
What information exists on using thermate grenades underwater against mines or limpets?
Articles
Space Force Official Outlines Roadmap for Commercial Partnerships
Lt. Gen. Shawn N. Bratton, the Space Force’s deputy chief of space operations, strategy, plans, programs, and requirements, said the service’s recently released Commercial Space Strategy challenges leaders to think about new pathways for commercial…
Navy’s Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike) Passes Key Milestone: Completes Gate 2 R3B
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. — The Navy’s Future Vertical Lift (Maritime Strike) (FVL (MS)) program recently completed its Analysis of Alternatives (AoA), culminating in a Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (DCNO) for…
Lighten Up
Given the significant weight burden of weapons, ammunition, sustainment, protection, and mission command equipment that Warfighters carry, reducing Soldier load continues to be a top priority for the Army. The Product Manager for Small Caliber…
Webinars
MBSE 2.0: A Modern Approach for Constructing System Architecture Models
A core challenge in modern systems engineering is in applying digital engineering (DE) to programs in support of systems engineering activities. Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) focuses on the formal application of models to support the…
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)…
Expanding Release Envelopes Into the Supersonic Regime via CFD-Driven Analysis
The Air Force Seek Eagle Office (AFSEO) is dedicated to store-aircraft compatibility and responsible for recommending release envelope limits that permit safe and acceptable store separation, thus delivering new capabilities to the Warfighter. The term…
Events
Digital Engineering for Defense Summit
The Digital Engineering for Defense Summit will bring together leaders from across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), military services, industry, academia, and other relevant stakeholders to support the integration of digital engineering tools and…
17th International Detonation Symposium
The International Detonation Symposium started in 1951 and was originally a Navy-sponsored discussion of about 17 papers. In subsequent years, it has been sponsored by both DoD and DOE labs and has grown to over…
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…