Volume 3 No. 24

Survivability/Vulnerability News and Events

11 Aug 05

SURVIAC E-News is an electronic publication that presents items of interest to members of the survivability/vulnerability community.  If you have an upcoming event, an S/V-related publication or website, or anything that might be of interest to the SURVIAC E-News audience, email us and let us know.

Sponsoring Organizations:

• Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
• Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office (JASPO)
• Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness (JTCG/ME)

Institution:

• Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center (SURVIAC)

Survivability:

• 350 more M1114 Up-Armored Hummers On The Way (Defense Industry Daily-10 Aug 05)
• $8M for Future Improvements to JSF STOVL Lift Fans (Defense Industry Daily-10 Aug 05)
• Army Awards ‘Warrior’ Long-Range UAV Contract (Army News Service-10 Aug 05)
• Buffalo Joins Hunt for Explosive Devices (DefendAmerica.mil-10 Aug 05)
• Spec.-Ops. Brand Introduces OVER-ARMOR Vest for Interceptor Body Armor System (Yahoo News-10 Aug 05)
• EOD Airmen Rely on High-Tech, Steady Nerves (Air Force Link-9 Aug 05)
• Air Methods' Products Division Receives Contract From Sikorsky for HH-60L MedEvac Black Hawk Program
  (Yahoo News-8 Aug 05)
• Humvees Now Rolling from New Refurb Site (Army News Service-8 Aug 05)
• Northrop Wins $125 Million Protection Contract (Yahoo News-8 Aug 05)
• Edwards, Eglin Combine Testing on Next-Generation F-16 (Air Force Link-5 Aug 05)

Lethality:

• $52.5M for 50,881 M4 Carbines (Defense Industry Daily-9 Aug 05)
• Fire Scout UAV Successfully Fires Weapons (NAVAIR News-9 Aug 05)
• Kuwait Asks: Can You Give Us a TOW? (Defense Industry Daily-9 Aug 05)
• U.S. Army Accepts 25,000th Thermal Weapon Sight from Raytheon; Dramatic Ramp- Up Addresses Urgent Warfighter Need (Yahoo News-9 Aug 05)

Homeland Security:

• NORTHCOM Selects New Interoperable Technologies (Washington Technology-10 Aug 05)
• American Science and Engineering, Inc. Receives Contract Award from the TSA to Significantly Upgrade Z Backscatter Personnel Screening System (Yahoo News-8 Aug 05)
• Federal Cargo Inspection System Found Wanting (GovExec.com-5 Aug 05)
• ANSER Homeland Security Newsletter

Space Survivability:

• Orbital Successfully Launches MDA Target Vehicle; Mission Supports Critical Measurements and Countermeasures Program (Business Wire- 8 Aug 05)

Modeling & Simulation:

• Army Medics Train with Patient Simulators (Army News Service-9 Aug 05)
• Environmental Tectonics Corporation Announces a Contract Award to Utilize ADMS(TM) in a Vulnerability Assessment and Emergency Evacuation Plan Simulation Validation at the Port of Jacksonville, Florida
  (Yahoo News-9 Aug 05)
• FATS, Inc. Receives Second U.S. Marine Corps Virtual Combat Convoy Training Systems Contract from Lockheed Martin (Yahoo News-5 Aug 05)
• Cubic Awarded $18.3 Million Delivery Order from U.S. Army for EST 2000 Small Arms Training Systems
  (Business Wire-4 Aug 05)

Information:

• SURVIAC Bulletin 2005 No. 1
• Aircraft Survivability Journal (Spring 2005)

News & Upcoming Events:

• Research and Engineering (R&E) Portal Launched! The Office of the Director, Defense Research & Engineering (DDR&E) and the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) are pleased to announce that the R&E Portal is now available to Department of Defense (DoD) employees and their contractors. The R&E Portal can be found at https://rdte.osd.mil. Access is controlled by the DTIC registration process. Go to: https://register.dtic.mil/DTIC for registration information. For more information about the R&E Portal, contact rdte_help@dtic.mil.

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