NOTABLE TI | October 14, 2020
DSIAC was asked to identify if cleaning chemicals applied by electrostatic sprayers are effective at sanitizing touch surfaces. COVID-19 has highlighted the need for innovative...
Advanced Materials / Survivability and VulnerabilityNOTABLE TI | October 14, 2020
DSIAC was asked to identify studies regarding the use of water in C-UAS. C-UAS platforms are divided into two primary areas: detection and tracking systems...
Autonomous Systems / Survivability and VulnerabilityNOTABLE TI | October 14, 2020
DSIAC was tasked with finding reports and relevant information on what risk factors, risk assessments, data sources, and algorithms are used for determining real risk...
RMQSINOTABLE TI | October 14, 2020
DSIAC was asked to conduct an analysis of the use of graphene for stealth in UASs. DSIAC staff searched open-source documents, DSIAC's repository of previous...
Advanced Materials / Autonomous SystemsNOTABLE TI | October 14, 2020
DSIAC was tasked with determining different methods that have been employed to weaponize group 1 and 2 UAS. Through open-source news articles and publications, DSIAC...
Autonomous Systems / Weapons SystemsNOTABLE TI | October 14, 2020
DSIAC was asked to compare the specifications of a variety of light attack aircraft, including the A-29 Super Tucano, AT-6 Wolverine, Textron AirLand Scorpion, AHRLAC...
Military Sensing / Survivability and Vulnerability / Weapons SystemsNOTABLE TI | October 14, 2020
DSIAC was asked to collect information and limited distribution reports on the failure modes and causes for failure of TBCs used in military aircraft turbine...
Advanced Materials / RMQSINOTABLE TI | October 14, 2020
DSIAC received a technical inquiry regarding protection from in-field gun tube rupture. In particular, there is a possibility that a 120-mm mortar tube could rupture...
Advanced Materials / Weapons SystemsNOTABLE TI | June 10, 2020
DSIAC received a technical inquiry on using shape memory alloys (SMAs) as a joining or coupling intermediate for materials with dissimilar thermal expansion coefficients (CTEs)...
Advanced Materials / EnergeticsNOTABLE TI | June 01, 2020
DSIAC was asked for sensor technologies and methodologies for obstacle and room mapping. DSIAC performed open-source and DTIC literature searches for relevant information. The most...
Autonomous Systems / Military SensingNOTABLE TI | May 28, 2020
DSIAC was tasked with determining what is currently being done with fluorescence, emission sensing, and detection methods for chemical threat agents. A chemical, biological, radiological,...
Energetics / Military SensingNOTABLE TI | May 28, 2020
DSIAC received a technical inquiry requesting information on research into and availability of flexible thermal protection system materials. Materials engineering subject matter experts performed literature...
Advanced MaterialsNOTABLE TI | May 28, 2020
DSIAC was tasked with determining and summarizing research being done with materials and/or design features to improve the lethality of future small arms ammunition. DSIAC...
Advanced Materials / Weapons SystemsNOTABLE TI | May 28, 2020
Special Operations Forces (SOF) military personnel requested information on the Sherp ATVs. DSIAC accessed Ukrainian, U.S., and Canadian source materials. A report on characteristics, features,...
RMQSINOTABLE TI | May 27, 2020
DSIAC was asked for information pertaining to the capability of current EMRG systems to support the launch of objects, mainly SmallSats in the CubeSat/nanosatellite to...
Energetics / Weapons SystemsNOTABLE TI | May 27, 2020
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 of Defense...
Advanced Materials / Autonomous Systems / C4ISR / Directed Energy / Energetics / Military Sensing / Non-Lethal Weapons / RMQSI / Survivability and Vulnerability / Weapons SystemsNOTABLE TI | May 27, 2020
DSIAC staff searched open sources and the Defense Technical Information Center's Research & Engineering Gateway for relevant reports and studies and contacted DE subject matter...
Directed EnergyNOTABLE TI | May 27, 2020
Drone swarming is a debated definition within the DoD community and a term that has varied definitions, depending on the organization discussing it. DSIAC was tasked with...
Autonomous SystemsNOTABLE TI | May 27, 2020
DSIAC was tasked with collecting information of kinetic kill C-UAS in support of the U.S. Army - specifically, user feedback on C-UAS. DSIAC contacted representatives...
Autonomous Systems / Survivability and Vulnerability / Weapons SystemsNOTABLE TI | May 27, 2020
DSIAC was asked to search for organizations that were researching vital sign monitoring systems for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The...
Autonomous Systems / Military Sensing / Survivability and Vulnerability