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Notable TIs are findings and/or summaries of responses to the most recent and impactful technical inquiries submitted by DSIAC members under our 4 free hours of information research support.

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Laser-Cladding Materials

Is there research on laser-cladding materials that does not require heat treatment?

Using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) to Detect, Deny, and Impact Various U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Domains

How can UASs be used to improve maritime domain awareness and detect and deny improvised explosive devices (IEDs)?

Optimal Paths for Evading Directed-Energy Weapons (DEWs)

Are there viable pathfinder tools to compute optimized evasion paths for friendly assets under threat by hostile laser or radio frequency DEW systems? What software algorithms can calculate environmental effects and exploit DEW system or sensor limitations?

Optimal Paths for Evading Directed-Energy Weapons

Are there pathfinder tools to compute evasion paths for friendly assets threatened by hostile laser or radio frequency DEW systems? What software algorithms can calculate environmental effects and exploit their limitations?

Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) Technologies Using Nonkinetic Electromagnetics

What Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) technologies exist or are being developed with the capability to defeat drone swarms with nonkinetic electromagnetics?

Ultraviolet (UV) Bulb Manufacturers and Distributors in the United States

Who are the manufacturers and distributors of ultraviolet (UV) bulbs in the United States?

Example Inquiries

Example TIs are samples of the wide range of technical inquiries submitted by DSIAC members under our 4 free hours of information research support. They are intended to show the breadth of information requests we receive.

Has any high-energy laser testing been conducted on flare buckets on aircraft?

January 30, 2024

What efforts are currently being worked to develop opportunities for electronic attacks in contested environments?

November 8, 2023

How can we evaluate the prospect of investing in a technology that could inadvertently aid a U.S. adversary?

October 25, 2023

What Pk tables can be used for modeling and simulation DEWs?

September 22, 2023

Has there been any progress on building a nonkinetic collateral damage estimation methodology with kinetic collateral damage estimation in space for the JMEM?

September 19, 2023

Do you have information on small handheld or backpack-sized electronic warfare systems being developed to support ground forces?

August 15, 2023

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