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Mil & Aero Blog 2008 P7
Infrared-obscuring smoke: let the electro-optical wars begin
The Army has issued a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) solicitation to solicit ideas on developing one kind of smoke screen to hide soldiers from visible-light and infrared sensors. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.
Power-efficient chips and body heat may combine to make some battery applications obsolete
There's potentially good news this week for every soldier who's ever had to take the field burdened by pounds and pounds of batteries to keep his equipment powered up for the mission at hand. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.
The future of network-centric surveillance
I think we're seeing the future of network-centric surveillance in a U.S. Air Force project called Wide-Area Surveillance that seeks to blend information from many different imaging sensors into 3-D views of areas of interest. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.
Laser-pitting technology may yield more opportunities for advanced camouflage
A pair of researchers from the University of Rochester have come up with a way to use ultrashort laser bursts to make nearly imperceptible pockmarks in metal surfaces that can change the metal's color by altering how the it absorbs and reflects light. Imagine what this could do for the military in terms of camouflage. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.
Military tactic of the 21st century: make the enemy believe he's at peace
What would be the best strategy in hybrid warfare? Go to war, yet convince the enemy you're still at peace. Keep the enemy believing you're at peace until you reach your core objectives. Win, in other words, before the enemy even knows he's in the game. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.
Brr…Bring on the Spring!
I was naïve. Having lived three decades in New England, I thought New England weather was as crazy as it could get. Then I moved to the Northwest. My first summer in Spokane was marked by record temperatures in the triple digits. The autumn brought with it record rainfall and, just when I thought Washington winters were mild, 17 inches of snow dumps on Spokane Sunday night. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online.
Electromagnetic railguns and high-power electronics: you ain't seen nothin' yet
There's just no way to understate the military's future need for high-power electronics. Electric-drive vehicles, all-electric aircraft, and aircraft carrier catapults are just some of the potential applications. Yet the emergence of electromagnetic railguns has raised the bar dramatically for high-power electronics. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.
Defense spending: the economic beacon of hope?
The U.S. economy has run through nearly every powerful business sector to lean on to keep itself upright. Commercial technology seems to be played out. Housing -- long the mainstay -- is on its back. Consumer spending is staggering. What's left? Defense spending, that's what. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.
Sick of the COTS acronyms yet?
I reported a story last year on the benefits of using custom-designed electronics over COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) products. Since Secretary Perry issued that COTS initiative in the 1990s many different acronyms have entered our vocabulary as defense suppliers tried to get a handle on how they and their products fit under COTS. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.
The elusive laser target designator spot; are filters the answer?
Here's an interesting dilemma: how can people see the spot of light produced by a laser target designator in broad daylight? The answer is they often can't, and that isn't good. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.
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