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...
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
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
To achieve its National Defense Strategy goals, defense officials have said the Defense Department must increase the pace by which critical technologies are...
EXTERNAL GOVERNMENT SOURCE
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
“War is both timeless and ever-changing.” This edict is among the first sentences in Warfighting, the doctrinal publication every U.S. Marine Corps second...
EXTERNAL GOVERNMENT SOURCE
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Short of face-to-face conversation, wired internet, or telephone landlines—a mystery to many young Americans—nearly every form of communication the U.S. Department of Defense...
January 11, 2021 TO January 15, 2021
The 2021 AIAA SciTech Forum will explore the role and importance of diversity in advancing the aerospace industry. The diversification of teams, technologies,...