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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:

• MRAPs: More Blast Protection, More Concussions (Military Times-7 Oct 09)
• III MEF Get New M50 Gas Masks (Military.com-6 Oct 09)
• Edwards Detachment Stands Up to Test Joint Strike Fighter (Air Force News-6 Oct 09)
• Army Field-Tests Improved Tracking Software (Military Times-5 Oct 09)
• Deployed Sergeant's MRAP Invention May Be Mass Produced (Army News-2 Oct 09)
• Equipment Developers Put Own Gear to Test (Marine Corps News-2 Oct 09)
• Radar Detection Lab Furthers 'Navy's Ability to Serve Nation' (Navy News-2 Oct 09)

Lethality:

• Production of 15-Ton Bunker Buster Sped Up (Military Times-13 Oct 09)
• Army Pushes Precision Mortar (Military.com-6 Oct 09)
• LONGBOW Fire Control Radar Block III Passes Testing Milestone (Yahoo News-6 Oct 09)
• MBDA Incorporated Scores a Direct Hit in a Moving Target Demonstration of the Semi-Active Laser
  Guided Zuni Rocket (Yahoo News-5 Oct 09)
• Technology Approach Could Extend Gun Barrel Service Life (Navy News-5 Oct 09)

Homeland Security:

• Secretary Napolitano and Governor Ritter Unveil Video Encouraging Awareness of Signs of Terrorism
  (DHS.gov-6 Oct 09)
• Emergency Management: Preliminary Observations on FEMA's Community Preparedness Programs
  Related to the National Preparedness System (GAO Testimony-1 Oct 09[.pdf format])
• DHS Seeks Contractor for Biosurveillance Program (Washington Technology-29 Sep 09)

Space Survivability:

• Orbital Debris Cleanup Takes Center Stage (Space.com-7 Oct 09)
• Airmen Use Space to Develop Warfighting Technology (Air Force Link-5 Oct 09)

Modeling & Simulation:

• AMC Simulator Linking Initiative Making Pilot Training Better (Air Force Link-5 Oct 09)
• Virtual Route Clearance Trainer Gives Realistic Training to Units at Fort McCoy (Army News-28 Sep 09)

Information:

• Aircraft Survivability Journal (Summer 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:

• SURVIAC will be offering its BRL-CAD Training courses at the SURVIAC Aberdeen Satellite Office (ASO) the week of November 16, 2009.  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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• Aircraft Survivability Symposium 2009, 3-6 Nov, 2009, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
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• SURVIAC is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Winter Joint Aircraft Survivability Program (JASP) Model Users Meeting (JMUM) will be held November 17-19, 2009 at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting will be held at the Nellis Conference Center/Officer’s Club. Please feel free to contact Paul Jeng for further assistance at (937) 255-3828 x273.
  
  
• SURVIAC has begun distributing the newest version of the Enhanced Surface-to-Air Missile Simulation (ESAMS) 4.1. This program and its upgrades were funded by the Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office (JASPO) and were developed by ASC/ENDA.  
  
  The new version of ESAMS 4.1 model is an upgrade of ESAMS 4.0. ESAMS is a digital computer program used to model the interaction between a single airborne target and a surface-to-air missile (SAM) air defense system.  The user may individually specify each site’s location, or have ESAMS arrange sites in rectangular, concentric circles, or semi-circles. The model details the characteristics of both ground and missile seeker radar. ESAMS models aircraft from their signature data and optional vulnerability data.  This simulation provides a one-on-one framework used to evaluate air vehicle survivability and tactics optimization.  ESAMS can execute simple, straight and level, or complex flight paths. 

  SURVIAC can be reached at (937) 255-3828, DSN 785-3828. Order requests should be directed to Mr. AJ Brown at 937-255-3828 x284 (DSN: 785-3828 x284) while technical questions should be directed to Mr. Barry Vincent at (937) 781-2456.

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