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Cost-Benefit Analysis Tools for Avionics Parts Obsolescence
Obsolescence management, an ever-increasing topic in the Department of Defense, is not new. Since t
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Analysis of GPS Satellite Allocation for the United States Nuclear Detonation Detection System (USNDS)
The United States Nuclear Detonation Detection System (USNDS) relies on sensors onboard NAVSTAR Glo
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Placing US Air Force Information Technology Investment Under the "Nanoscope" - A Clear Vision of Nanotechnology's Impact on Computing in 2030
The United States Air Force's Center for Strategy and Technology was established at the Air War Col
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Penetrating the Ion Curtain
Since the first laser was developed in 1960, directed energy technologies have captured the imagina
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F-16 Uninhabited Air Combat Vehicles
The U.S. Air Force is actively pursuing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs for surveillance and
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Short Circuit Tests On A 12,000 Kw, 9,000 Volt, 25 Cycle Turbo-generator With External Reactance Coils
This technical report details short circuit tests conducted on a 12,000 kW, 9,000 Volt, 25 cycle tu
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Fire Dynamics Tools (FDTs) Quantitative Fire Hazard Analysis Methods for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fire Protection Inspection Program
The Yucca Mountain Review Plan provides guidance for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff t
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TM 5-601
The United States Army Publishing Directorate is the Army's leader in publishing and delivering inf
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Extending USAF F-16 Force Structure
By fiscal year 2008, the Air Force will have a 108-fighter deficit based on a 20 Fighter Wing Equiv
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Multiple Model Methods for Cost Function Based Multiple Hypothesis Trackers
To estimate the state of a maneuvering target in clutter, a tracking algorithm must becapable of ad
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TM 5-811-7
The United States Army Publishing Directorate is the Army's leader in publishing and delivering inf
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Cyber-Based C4ISR Asset
"The cornerstone of the USAF's global strike and rapid global mobility is its vast cyber-based C4IS
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Space Force 2020
Because of world events and legislation like Goldwater-Nichols, Air Force roles and missions contin
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Routing UAVS to Co-Optimize Mission Effectiveness and Network Performance With Dynamic Programming
In support of the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) vision of the layered sensing operations c
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Hardware Realization of a Transform Domain Communication System
The purpose of this research was to implement a Transform Domain Communication System (TDCS) in har
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The Development of a Finite Element Program to Model High Cycle Fatigue in Isotropic Plates
As part of a joint AFRL-DAGSI turbine blade research effort, a computer program has been developed
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Modification of Position and Attitude Determination of a Test Article Through Photogrammetry to Account for Structural Deformation
The Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) at Arnold AFB, TN currently has a computer program
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Characterization and Design of High Level VHDL I/Q Frequency Downconverter via Special Sampling Scheme
This study explores the characterization and implementation of a Special Sampling Scheme (SSS) for
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Nonlinear Suppression of Range Ambiguity in Pulse Doppler Radar
Coherent pulse train processing is most commonly used in airborne pulse Doppler radar, achieving ad
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Forward-Looking Radar Clutter Suppression Using Frequency Diverse Arrays
Forward-Looking Airborne Radar (FLAR) Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) has not achieved the sa
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EPANET Users Manual
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Military Dependence on Commercial Satellite Communications Systems--Strength or Vulnerability?
The military's growing dependence on commercial satellite communications systems will become a stre
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2025 Operational Analysis
In the summer of 1995 the Air Force chief of staff tasked Air University to do a year-long study, 2
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Unmanned Undersea Vehicles and Guided Missile Submarines
During the Cold War the United States developed the Trident class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN
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Constellation Design of Geosynchronous Navigation Satellites Which Maximizes Availability and Accuracy Over a Specified Region of the Earth
Currently, there are four Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) either being developed or in e
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Lasers and Missile Defense
weapons? Recent advances in lasers, optics, and spacecraft technologies may bring high-energy laser
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Investigation of Frequency-Domain and Time-Domain Free-Space Material Measurements
Electromagnetic material characterization is the process of determining the complex permittivity an
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Exploring Potential ADS-B Vulnerabilities in the FAA's NextGen Air Transportation System
The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Next Generation upgrade proposes a fundamental transfor
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Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Asset Assignment for Optimal Mission Effectiveness
This research develops mathematical programming techniques to solve an intelligence, surveillance,
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Tactical Command and Control in the Combined Arms Battalion Task Force
This monograph examines the components and relationships in the tactical command and control system
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The Elimination of Corrosion
United States Air Force aircraft currently average 30 years old. As this aircraft fleet continues t
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Critical Infrastructure Rebuild Prioritization Using Simulation Optimization
This thesis examines the importance of a critical infrastructure rebuild strategy following a terro
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A Survey of Satellite Communications System Vulnerabilities
The U.S. military's increasing reliance on commercial and military communications satellites to ena
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Autonomy, Unmanned Ground Vehicles, and the U.S. Army
As a result of technological maturation, Congressional mandate, and battlefield use, the U.S. Army
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Non Co-Operative Detection of LPI/LPD Signals via Cyclic Spectral Analysis
This research proposes and evaluates a novel technique for detecting LPI/LPD communication signals
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Operationally Responsive Space
The Department of Defense's Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) initiative is intended to develop
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Assessing the US's Current Ability to Understand and Test EMP Effects on Systems
During the Cold War, the United States as a nation, and its military in particular, were very focus
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Osier Culture
"Osier Culture, Volume no.19" by John M. Simpson delves into the cultivation of osier willows, a cr
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Going Deep
Finding deeply buried facilities stands out as one of the toughest technical challenges in the Air
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Wired Garrison Design Concept Applied to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
The Wired Garrison Communications-Electronics Design Concept incorporates technological advances to
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Evaluation of a Method for Kinematic GPS Carrier-Phase Ambiguity Resolution Using a Network of Reference Receivers
New applications for GPS have driven a demand for increased positioning accuracy. The emerging GPS
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The Oxidation Kinetics of Continuous Carbon Fibers in a Cracked Ceramic Matrix Composite
Experimental observations and results suggest two primary regimes as a function of temperature, i.e
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USAF Aircraft Maintenance Management
Aircraft maintenance performance has steadily declined since the Objective Wing organizational stru
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UFC 4-021-01 Design and O&M
Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) documents provide planning, design, construction, sustainment, re
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A New Mechanical Characterization Method for Thin Film Microactuators and Its Application to NiTiCu Shape Memory Alloy
The Office of Scientific & Technical Information (OSTI), is a part of the U.S. Department of Energy
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Graphitized Carbon Foam With Phase Change Material
The transient heating and cooling responses of graphitized carbon foam infiltrated with phase chang
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Relevance
Operation DESERT STORM led to the awareness that space assets could be instrumental at the operatio
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Minimizing the Risks of Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages
The Air Force faces increasingly difficult challenges to maintain and sustain its highly technical