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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:

• MARSS: Quasi-Civilian Spy Plane Service Ordered by Pentagon, Canada
  (Defense Industry Daily-9 Dec 09)
• Ion Tiger Fuel Cell Unmanned Air Vehicle Sets Flight Endurance Record (Navy News-8 Dec 09)
• Applied Nanotech Receives Purchase Order for Nanocomposites From U.S. Army
  (Yahoo News-7 Dec 09)
• Gen.: Unmanned Tactical Aircraft Not On Horizon (Military Times-3 Dec 09)

Lethality:

• Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder Demonstrates Air-To-Surface Capability (Yahoo News-9 Dec 09)
• ATK Wins $5.8 Million Contract to Supply Ammunition to the Crane Division of the
  Naval Surface Warfare Center (Yahoo News-8 Dec 09)

Homeland Security:

• Secretary Napolitano Announces Grant Guidance for More Than $2.7 Billion in
  Fiscal Year 2010 Grant Programs (DHS.gov-9 Dec 09)
• Alert Mission Protects U.S. Airspace, Interests (Air Force News-7 Dec 09)
• National-Security Infrastructure Faces Relentless Cyberespionage Campaign
  (National Defense-Dec 09)
• U.S. Border Patrol Agency to Fly Maritime Version of Predator UAV Over the Caribbean
  (National Defense-Dec 09)

Space Survivability:

• Virgin Galactic Launch Vehicle Attractive to U.S. Military (Spaceflight Now-7 Dec 09)
• NRO, Air Force Working to Formalize Relationship (Spaceflight Now-4 Dec 09)

Modeling & Simulation:

• Boeing Uses IP-Based Data Link Instead of Link 16 in Flight Simulation Test
  (Military and Aerospace Electronics-6 Dec 09)
• Battle for Baghdad Simulation Game Release (Yahoo News-4 Dec 09)
• To Train Troops, Army Creates Digital Reenactments of Roadside Bomb Attacks
  (National Defense-Dec 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:

• 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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