DEFENSE

Systems Digest

3 AUGUST 2021

DSIAC collects and publishes articles related to our technical focus areas on the web to share with the DoD community.

FEATURED ARTICLE

Aboard Commercial Rocket, Space Defense Agency Sends up Satellites for First Time

The Falcon 9 mission will include five Space Defense agency (SDA) satellites. These include a pair of “Mandrake II” satellites; two “Laser Interconnect Networking Communications System,” or LINCS, satellites; and a satellite carrying the SDA’s Prototype On-orbit Experimental Testbed, or POET, experiment. The SDA is working now on delivering the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA),…

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Notable Technical Inquiry

The FOCUS/FRACTALS Model

The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) was asked for updated information on the FOCUS model, which stemmed from the Fall 2015 DSIAC Journal article “Modeling Intelligence Ped With FOCUS: A Tactical-Level ISR Simulation.” DSIAC contacted the developers of the software at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Data & Analysis Center, formerly the U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity, for updated information on…

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FEATURED WEBINAR

Materials and Applications for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding

The United States’ ability to deploy weapon systems with embedded electronics is a key capability for the Warfighter. Protecting embedded electronics against electromagnetic interference (EMI) from both natural and artificial sources is a critical requirement. This webinar explores the options available to contain and protect electronics from EMI from a materials development and materials engineering…

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CANCELED: 2021 Joint Combat Assessment Team (JCAT) Threat Weapons & Effects (TWE) Training

THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR 2021, RETURNING IN APRIL 2022.  OVERVIEW Host:  Joint Combat Assessment Team (JCAT) Sponsor:  Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office JCAT will host the 2021 Threat Weapons & Effects Training at…

Military Standard 810 (MIL-STD-810) Testing (Boxborough, MA)

MIL-STD-810 is a U.S. military standard for environmental engineering considerations and laboratory testing. It is a Tri-Service (U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy) standard for the design of military equipment. This four-day class focuses on…

36th Space Symposium

The 36th Space Symposium will showcase the latest in space technology. This symposium will bring the global space community together in one place and provide a unique opportunity to examine space issues from multiple perspectives,…

Military Sensing Symposia (MSS) Parallel Meeting

The MSS Parallel Meeting is an annual meeting of the MSS Specialty Group on Detectors, the MSS Specialty Group on Passive Sensors, the MSS Specialty Group on Materials, and the MSS Specialty Group on Battlefield…

2021 JASP Model Users On-site Meeting (JMUM)

**Registration for this event is now closed** Due to an overwhelming response in favor of conducting the in-person classified 2021 JMUM, JASPO has decided to go ahead and proceed with the event. As a reminder,…

Voice From the Community

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Dr. Kenneth Block

Engineering Fellow, Chief Architect Raytheon Technologies Corp.

I am an engineering fellow at Raytheon Technologies Corp. and currently the chief architect on RTX’s D-VERT research effort focusing on navigational solutions. I’ve held roles as co-lead architect on the Space Fence and Cobra Judy Replacement programs, which focused on distributed systems, data distribution, synchronization and control, and web services/net-centricity. In 2018, I was awarded Best Paper at ACM’s WiSec conference held in Stockholm, Sweden, for my research on position leakage covert channels using magnetic field signaling. I am an RTNcertified architect and hold an MSEE and BES in bio/medical engineering.

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