Consists of two sub-areas: non-lethal weapons and information operations. Non-lethal weapons are weapons, devices, and munitions that are explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate targeted personnel or materiel immediately, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and
undesired damage to property in the target area or environment. Information operations is the integrated employment, during military operations, of information-related capabilities in concert with other lines of operations to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or seize the decision making of adversaries and potential adversaries while protecting our own.
Is there a comprehensive list of Other Transaction Authorities (OTAs) and the Other Transaction (OT) agreements associated with them? DSIAC was tasked with compiling a list of U.S. Government (USG) organizations with OTA and any OT agreements issued by the U.S. Department...
What technologies and strategies are being assessed to mitigate electronic and cyber warfare threats to GPS and communication satellites in space? DSIAC was tasked to determine what is being done to mitigate the impact of electronic and cyber warfare technologies on satellites, specifically communication...
What commercially-available data sources could be used to support analytic, deep-dive reports? DSIAC was asked for data sources that can be used to support technology horizon scanning and big data analytics. DSIAC leveraged the skills,...
DSIAC worked on an effort to research and analyze the Marine Corps’ emerging operational environment, the operational concepts that impact aviation operations in...
DSIAC supported the U.S. Army and Marine Corps (USMC) effort to identify gaps in non-lethal weapons (NLW) capabilities in the activities associated with...
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate’s (SLAD’s) new VSL is a next-generation, high-performance, and extensible computing framework (and vulnerability assessment...
JANUARY 27, 2021 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Directed energy weapons are key to addressing the Joint Force’s capability gaps. The Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office (JIFCO), located at Marine Corps...
FEBRUARY 10, 2021 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The ADT CHEETEH is a computational model simulating the response of a human target to Active Denial Technology (ADT). ADT is a counterpersonnel,...
DSIAC JOURNAL
MAY 27, 2020
SUMMARY The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) operates across the entire life cycle of capability development, including exploratory science, research and development (R&D),...
DSIAC JOURNAL
NOVEMBER 02, 2019
The Department of Defense (DoD) community continues to be driven to do more with less by embracing opportunities to improve efficiency and life-cycle...
DSIAC JOURNAL
NOVEMBER 02, 2019
DSIAC is pleased to announce the availability of “An Overview of Blast and its Effect on Combat Systems” as the introductory edition of...
EXTERNAL GOVERNMENT SOURCE
JANUARY 20, 2021
A Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessel (USV), part of a partnership between the DoD’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) and the Navy, recently...
EXTERNAL GOVERNMENT SOURCE
JANUARY 05, 2021
This year, the Defense Department released a declassified summary of its Irregular Warfare Annex to the 2018 National Defense Strategy. The annex details...
EXTERNAL GOVERNMENT SOURCE
DECEMBER 08, 2020
“The Joint All-Domain Command and Control framework is not just the bailiwick of communications personnel – it is warfighting business,” said Marine Corps...
March 9, 2021 TO March 21, 2021
The DOE Laboratory Technology Transfer Awareness Day is an event to help enhance cybersecurity awareness and information sharing to identify future opportunities for...