Defense Systems Information Analysis Center

11/07/2025

Learn about improvised explosive device blast effects simulation in this past featured webinar.

Improvised explosive devices have complex, intense, and injurious effects on seated occupants of ground vehicles. Testing these effects is important for the ...

11/06/2025

Do you work in 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬? DSIAC provides several 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 to federal government users and their supporting academia and industry partners working in this field, including the following:
• Up to 4 hours of free research for technical inquiries
• Access to subject matter experts
• Live scientific and technical webinars
• Scientific and technical information document access
• Hosted and promoted technical events and forums
• Information research publications (Digests, Journals, TI Response Reports, and SOARs)

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/TRLcIO1.

11/05/2025

Read DSIAC's Journal article, "A Bioinspired System to Autonomously Detect Tiny, Fast-Moving Objects in Infrared Imagery."

Summary Autonomously detecting tiny, fast-moving objects emitting thermal radiation in the infrared is a challenging technical problem. In addition to being fast, these targets are often dim, small, and in the presence of clutter and occlusions. Conventional detection approaches require large size,....

11/04/2025

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗽 𝗳𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀?
DSIAC was asked to identify the current research being done on h**p fiber textiles for application in the U.S. Department of War.

Read the findings and download the full report here: https://buff.ly/jTZOK5U.

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11/03/2025

❇️ Check out the DSIAC state-of-the art report (SOAR) "𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡."

This state-of-the-art report provides a survey of energetic materials additive manufacturing (EMAM) activities especially focused on application and interest to the DoW.

Additive manufacturing is the process of depositing or fusing material together in a layer‑by‑layer approach, typically in an engineered shape, formation, and/or mixture of materials. It is a disruptive technology that has exploded in popularity with the advent of low-cost and available printers...

10/31/2025

🍭 No tricks, just treats. DSIAC's technical inquiry (TI) service offers 4 hours of FREE research per inquiry on any topic within our technical focus areas. Typical TI efforts may include answering technical questions, literature searches, document requests, or referrals to subject matter experts.

Now that's a sweet deal!

Click here to learn more: https://buff.ly/4feWz2I.

10/29/2025

Read DSIAC's latest technical Primer, "What is graphene?," which covers relevant applications to the U.S. Department of Defense and includes links to additional resources on the topic.

Figure 1. An Atomic-Scale Hexagonal Lattice Made of Carbon Atoms (Source: AlexanderAlUS via Wikimedia Commons). The tight lattice of graphene, combined with its very short carbon bonds (0.142 nm), provides its strength. It is the strongest material ever discovered, boasting an ultimate tensile stren...

10/28/2025

Read DSIAC's Journal article, "Emerging Risks in Space From China and Russia." This article reviews emerging risk factors and recommends using a deeper understanding of adversaries’ strategic thought to develop countermeasures.

Summary Emerging technologies include not only novel technical inventions but also repurposing existing technologies into new tactics, techniques, and procedures. In recent years, Russia and China have upended the way the space domain has operated for decades. For example, China has repurposed the C...

10/27/2025

Share your knowledge and experience with others and support the DoD defense systems community! DSIAC is inviting experts in technical focus areas such as energetics, directed energy, weapons systems, survivability, autonomous systems, and more to join our subject matter (SME) network.

❇️ Learn more about our SME network here: https://buff.ly/TgiGfyz.

10/24/2025

Learn about artificial intelligence for weapons systems, including unmanned systems, in this past featured webinar.

Artificial intelligence (AI) applied to weapons systems represents a major trend in research in the past 10 years. These initiatives seek to increase weapon ...

10/23/2025

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗼𝗳-𝘁𝗵𝗲-𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 (𝗗𝗘) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗘 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀?
DSIAC provides FREE technical information research and analysis services to the DoD and federal government users and their supporting academia and industry partners on inquiries within our 10 technical focus areas, just like this one.

❇️ Click here to submit a FREE technical inquiry today: https://buff.ly/3AmrF98.



𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵: 𝘋𝘝𝘐𝘋𝘚, 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘴 - 𝘊𝘱𝘭. 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘻

10/21/2025

Do you work with 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬? DSIAC provides several 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 to federal government users and their supporting academia and industry partners working in this field, including the following:
• Up to 4 hours of free research for technical inquiries
• Access to subject matter experts
• Live scientific and technical webinars
• Scientific and technical information document access
• Hosted and promoted technical events and forums
• Information research publications (Digests, Journals, TI Response Reports, and SOARs)

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/0ank3s4.