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) (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:

• Raytheon Delivers Operational Test Decoy to U.S. Air Force (Yahoo News-18 Jun 09)
• Enhanced Global Hawk to Roll Out Soon (Military.com-16 Jun 09)
• AF Recon Aircraft Makes Combat Debut (Military.com-15 Jun 09)
• Navy Researchers Honored with Top Scientists and Engineers Awards (Navy News-15 Jun 09)
• Weapons School Instructors Validate First UAS, Raptor Courses (Air Force Link-15 Jun 09)
• Mine Countermeasures Class Moves out West, Gets New Headquarters (Navy News-10 Jun 09)

Lethality:

• 66mm Visual and Infrared Screening Smoke Grenades for U.S. Marines (Yahoo News-17 Jun 09)
• ATK Receives $42 Million in Military Small-Caliber Ammunition Orders (Yahoo News-17 Jun 09)
• Raytheon Has Successful JSOW C-1 Demo (UPI-16 Jun 09)

Homeland Security:

• North American Air Chiefs Conference Welcomes U.S. Border Nations (NORTHCOM.mil-17 Jun 09)
• DHS Announces Nearly $1.8 Billion in Fiscal Year 2009 Preparedness Grants (DHS.gov-16 Jun 09)
• Battelle Wins $29 Million Task Order Contract to Support U.S. Department of Homeland
  Security Infrastructure Protection Program (Yahoo News-15 Jun 09)
• CBP Could Improve Its Estimation of Funding Needed for New Border Patrol Agents
  (GAO Coreespondence-15 Jun 09[.pdf format])

Space Survivability:

• Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellites Exceed 100 Years of Combined On-Orbit Service
  (Yahoo News-17 Jun 09)
• U.S. Eyes Fighters for Ballistic Missile Defense (Defense News-16 Jun 09)
• Space Policy 101: Military Space 2009 (The Space Review-15 Jun 09)

Modeling & Simulation:

• DRS Technologies Awarded $43.9 Million in Follow-On Orders for P5 Combat Training Systems
  (Yahoo News-17 Jun 09)
• $12.4M to Saab for U.S. Army Digital Gunnery Ranges (Defense Industry Daily-16 Jun 09)
• 'America's Army 3' Brings New Features to Game (Army News-16 Jun 09)

Information:

• Aircraft Survivability Journal (Spring 2009[.pdf format])
• DoD Techipedia: Collaborate and Help our Warfighters (user registration required)
• SURVIAC Bulletin 2008 Issue (.pdf format)
• SURVIAC Dynamic Events Calendar
• Manage subscriptions or request SURVIAC publications

News & Upcoming Events:

• Joint Aircraft Survivability Program (JASP) Model Users Meeting (JMUM), 23-25 Jun 09, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO.  Click here for more...
  
  
• Call for Papers! Aircraft Survivability Symposium 2009, 3-6 Nov 09, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA
  Click here for more...
  
  
• SURVIAC has begun distributing the newest versions of BRAWLER v7.1. These programs and their upgrades are funded by HQ USAF/A9 with administrative support provided by the Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office (JASPO).  Contact SURVIAC at 937-255-3828 x284 to learn how to obtain the software.
  
  
• SURVIAC has begun distributing the newest version of the Vulnerability Toolkit.  These programs and their upgrades were funded by the Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office (JASPO) and developed by ASC/ENDA. Contact SURVIAC at 937-255-3828 x284 to learn how to obtain the software.
  
  
• Fundamentals of Ground Combat System Ballistic Vulnerability/Lethality now available!
  
  With contributions from more than 50 vulnerability/lethality (V/L) professionals in Government and industry, this 300-page text provides a comprehensive look at the basic history, terminology, processes, tools, and applications associated with the V/L discipline.  It’s intended to serve as both a foundational textbook for new V/L analysts, testers, developers, researchers, and scientists as well as a ready-reference for those practitioners already working in the field.
  
  For information on obtaining this book, Government employees may contact SURVIAC at (937) 255-3828 ext. 284.  All others may obtain this book through AIAA, 800.682.2422, www.aiaa.org.

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