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Sponsoring Organizations:

• Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
• Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office (JASPO) (Accessible to .mil domains only)
• Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness (JTCG/ME) (User registration Required)

Institution:

• Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center (SURVIAC)

Survivability:

• Driver Course Prepares Troops for New M-ATV (Army News-1 Dec 09)
• Final UH-60 A-to-A Recap Bird Launches (Military.com-1 Dec 09)
• MC-12 Reaches 1,000th Combat Mission (Air Force Link-1 Dec 09)
• Navy OKs increased production of Growler (Military times-1 Dec 09)
• AAV Upgrades May Serve as EFV Backup Plan (Military Times-30 Dec 09)
• Paratroopers Install Vehicle Scanners in Western Iraq (Army News-30 Nov 09)

Lethality:

• ATK and Elbit Systems Conduct Successful Flight Test of GATR From OH-58D
  Kiowa Warrior Helicopter (Yahoo News-2 Dec 09)
• Corps Chooses H&K to Make SAW Replacement (Military Times-2 Dec 09)
• ATK Receives $5 Million Award for U.S. Army's Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative (APMI)
  (Yahoo News-30 Nov 09)

Homeland Security:

• Secretary Napolitano Announces New Study to Protect Against Chemical Attacks and Bolster
  Emergency Planning Efforts (DHS.gov-2 Dec 09)
• Supply Chain Security: Feasibility and Cost-Benefit Analysis Would Assist DHS and Congress
  in Assessing and Implementing the Requirement to Scan 100 Percent of U.S.-Bound Containers
  (GAO Report-30 Nov 09[.pdf format])

Space Survivability:

• Northrop Grumman to Work With U.S. Air Force on Designing "Plug and Play" Capability for
  Future Spacecraft (Yahoo News-2 Dec 09)
• U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin-Led Team Successfully Complete Environmental Testing of
  First-of-Its-Kind Missile Warning Satellite (Yahoo News-2 Dec 09)
• Lockheed Martin Gets $57.3M Contract for Milstar, DSCS Sustainment
  (Defense Industry Daily-1 Dec 09)

Modeling & Simulation:

• Lockheed Martin Successfully Demonstrates Use of Simulation in a Strategic National Stockpile
  Emergency Preparedness Exercise (PR Newswire-1 Dec 09)
• Army to Display Flexible Technology (Army News-30 Nov 09)
• Carl Vinson Sailors Train in Fire Simulator (Navy News-30 Nov 09)

Information:

• Aircraft Survivability Journal (Fall 2009[.pdf format])
• DoD Techipedia: Collaborate and Help our Warfighters (user registration required)
• SURVIAC Bulletin 2009 Issue 1 (.pdf format)
• SURVIAC Dynamic Events Calendar
• Manage subscriptions or request SURVIAC publications

News & Upcoming Events:

• BRL-CAD Training RESCHEDULED - 7-11 December 2009.
  
  SURVIAC has rescheduled its BRL-CAD training courses to the week of December 7, 2009. Registration deadline is November 20, 2009. SURVIAC will be offering its BRL-CAD Training courses at the SURVIAC Aberdeen Satellite Office (ASO).  These two courses provide hands-on experience and instruction with the basic elements of the BRL-CAD package and an overview of analysis and conversion tools.
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• DTIC 2010 - Call For Topics. DTIC's 36th Annual Conference, "Celebrating 65 years of Providing Access to Defense Information," is scheduled for 22-24 March 2010 at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town in Alexandria, Virginia.  DTIC would appreciate your input on issues, developments, or systems of interest to you as well as your suggestions about appropriate individuals who can speak authoritatively on the topics.  DTIC welcomes your ideas to enhance our annual conference and would appreciate your input by 11 December 2009.  Please email your suggestions to the following address: confinfo@dtic.mil.   

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