US government policies and hypersonic flight in the 21st century

The author examines the potentially negative impact of the US regulations on the development of advanced materials, components, and systems. He gives high priority to modification of US antitrust laws if the US is to have the best possible opportunity to compete with more aggressive economies abroad. He identifies export controls as limiting the availability of data to US firms engaged in developing commercial applications. He asserts that policies must also be enacted to better protect intellectual property rights     

The Aircraft Warning Service, Hawaii and the Signal Company,Aircraft Warning, Hawaii

The development of radar by the US Army Signal Corps is traced as a prelude to presenting an account of the first use of radar in a US military action. This was the use of a newly developed Signal Corps radar set to detect the wave of Japanese aircraft as they approached the island of Oahu on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941     

Joint Soviet/American Loran operations: the Bering Sea Chain

The US Coast Guard entered into an agreement with the Soviet Union for the implementation of a mixed Loran-C/Chayka chain in the North Pacific. The similarities and differences of the US Loran-C and USSR Chayka systems are discussed, and the agreed-on design for a Bering Sea Chain is presented. The chain will provide marine and aviation coverage over the five-hundred-mile-wide coverage gap that exists in the North Pacific between the North Pacific chain and the Northwest pacific and Soviet Eastern USSR chains     

美国陆军PNT能力发展趋势分析

针对当前全球定位系统(GPS)易受干扰和攻击的影响,定位、导航与授时(PNT)系统需灵活应对多种复杂战场环境。分析了美国陆军未来发展先进PNT技术的背景,重点分析了美国陆军PNT能力的发展趋势,其中主要包括了伪卫星系统、车辆导航系统、惯性导航、定位、导航系统辅助传感器、导航传感器融合、导航仿生技术、授时、PNT建模与仿真、导航战技术应用、自主与人工智能在PNT中的应用等11个方面的发展趋势。最后给出了简要总结,认为美陆军将注重改进单兵和车辆态势感知能力,以提高未来支持战场指挥官的任务指挥和决策能力,同时重点关注了开放式系统架构、SWaP-C优化、自主技术和人工智能技术,以提升PNT的整体能力。     

Testing for security during development: why we should scrappenetrate-and-patch

In the commercial sector, security analysis has traditionally been applied at the network system level, after release, using tiger team approaches, After a successful tiger team penetration, specific system vulnerabilities are patched. I make a case for applying software engineering analysis techniques that have proven successful in the software safety arena to security-critical software code. This work is based on the generally held belief that a large proportion of security violations result from errors introduced during software development     

US Air Force EarthRadar for detection and discrimination of buriedunexploded ordnance

The US Air Force EarthRadar system is a multi-purpose sensor designed and constructed using "radar" principles. This technology was originally developed for the US Air Force to detect buried unexploded ordnance (UXO). Bakhtar Associates developed the US Air Force EarthRadar technology under the DoD SBIR program. The system is capable of detecting buried metallic and non-metallic objects, including glass vials. In addition, the manner in which system hardware, signal processing, and the integrated high resolution global positioning system (GPS) are configured makes it ideal for applications such as mapping subsurface geological features, locating cavities and collapse features, and identifying contaminated ground     

美国市场直接运营成本(DOC)计算分析方法应用研究

首先阐述了当前背景下研究美国市场民用飞机运营成本的目的和意义,进而分析了民用飞机运营经济性领域不同研究主体关注的侧重点差异;然后归纳总结了美国市场多种飞机直接运营成本的构成要素和计算方法;最后,通过算例进行比较分析,确定出一种符合现今美国市场情况的DOC计算方法用于型号初步设计和市场推广。     

National missile defense (NMD)

President Bush has declared his desire for early deployment of a US National Missile Defense or NMD system to protect the nation against an attack of one or a dozen ICBMs carrying nuclear or, possibly, other weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). He has the support of the Secretary of Defense, sizeable groups in Congress and the public who feel strongly that the US should have a means to provide protection against that threat, and the US has the technology to create that means. The author presents an overview of the perceived need for deploying such an NMD system which would entail the scrapping of existing ABM treaties     

Reducing the risks of using Ada onboard the Space Station

The Ada programming language was chosen by NASA as the primary computer programming language for the development of new software for the US Space Station. Ada was selected based on the results of investigations coordinated through Johnson Space Center (JSC) and that resulted in the identification of a set of problems and risks associated with using software developed in Ada. Some of the specific solutions to problems identified through these investigations are described. Three areas in which Ada's use poses risks are discussed: real-time process control; the testing and verification of flight software for man-rated systems; and software error detection, identification, and recovery required in safety-critical systems     

美元汇率走势分析及预测

美元汇率的走势是分析各种期货品种价格如何波动的风向标。文章首先探讨美元疲软的两个原因：经常账户赤字、财政赤字和次级债危机;进而尝试利用巨无霸指数和蒙特卡罗模拟构筑一个经济学模型对美元未来几年的走势作出预测;最后根据预测结果给出了美元汇率持续走低下现阶段的黄金期货投资的策略。     

直升机在美军航母编队反潜体系中的使用研究

对美海军航母编队反潜体系组成和反潜作战的使用做了系统研究,提出其反潜是多种反潜兵力的合同作战,指出网络中心反潜战是其发展趋势,分析了舰载反潜直升机相对其它反潜兵力的优劣以及其在美航母编队反潜作战中的使用。     

量子定位系统技术发展及其对导弹武器发展的影响

针对现有导航技术的不足,特别是天基卫星导航技术（如GPS）易受到干扰和破坏,美英两国相续进行了量子定位系统技术的研究。分析了量子定位系统产生的背景,阐述了量子定位系统的概念,对量子定位系统进行了分类,分析了其特点,重点梳理了量子定位系统的发展轨迹,继而分析了量子定位系统对导弹武器发展的影响,最后给出总结。     

美国弹道导弹预警探测识别技术发展分析

弹道导弹预警探测识别技术是反导理论和实践需要突破的核心关键技术.美国为了取得反导方面的战略优势地位,长期致力于推动预警探测识别技术的发展,美国预警探测识别系统发展可分为部署初期预警系统、发展新型预警探测识别技术、升级预警探测识别系统并提升目标识别能力等3个重要阶段,目前仍在不断改进完善.其中,林肯实验室在预警探测识别技术方面进行了长期的探索研究,在美国预警探测识别系统建设中发挥了至关重要的作用.此外,美国还利用原有导弹试验靶场,建立太平洋反导试验台,开展了大量反导试验,这也是美军加快生成反导作战能力的“孵化器”和“磨刀石”.通过分析美国预警探测识别系统发展情况,可以得出一些有用的启示.     

The UWB (impulse) radar caper or `punishment of the innocent'

The author describes his experiences chairing a panel to review ultrawideband (UWB), or impulse, radar. The panel's report pointed out the fallacies in the proposals of the extremists pushing the rapid development of such a radar, noted the very good work of the real contributors, and made several recommendations. Pressure from the extremists led to an investigation by the Inspector General of the US Department of Defense of the panel and its members. That investigation found no basis for the allegations and concluded that the panel's report was credible and the panel balanced     

民用飞机DMC计算模型应用研究

首先归纳总结了多种欧美的飞机维修成本计算方法;然后对比分析了欧美市场和中国市场直接维修成本数据;最后,通过算例进行比较分析,确定出一种符合国内市场情况的直接维修成本(DMC)计算方法用于型号初步设计,工程实践表明该方法符合中国市场情况,文末指出未来研究的方向。     

Locating forward opportune landing sites using spectral images fromsatellites

The ability of future combat airlifters to deliver cargo into short, austere opportune landing sites which are very close to operating field units is expected to greatly improve the effectiveness of the US warfighter. But how do we find and select those sites in a quickly-changing battle scenario? The use of spectral image data from satellites such as EarthWatch as the medium for identifying opportune landing sites is the concept of interest and is described. A study was performed to explore the feasibility and data requirements for this concept. The study's objectives were two-fold: (1) evaluate and demonstrate airlifter value; and (2) evaluate and demonstrate opportune landing site selection concept feasibility. Spectral data was collected in several image resolutions for selected areas within the US. Potential opportune landing sites were selected across large areas and the selection was refined based on higher resolution spectral images. Site surveys were used to grade the accuracy of selection. The number of opportune landing sites (as short as 600 feet) relative to traditional runway lengths was determined and compared     

美军空间系统在轨试验问题综合研究

首先,按照空间系统的采办类型将美空间系统分为试验型系统和操作型系统,并介绍了美军两种类型的空间系统试验鉴定管理机制;其次,从试验技术、试验模式、试验手段、试验资源和试验能力多个角度,综合分析了美军空间系统在轨试验的主要做法与特点;最后,对我国空间系统在轨试验的发展提出启示建议。     

Sole means navigation in US Navy aircraft

The current edition of the US Federal Radionavigation Plan, issued in 1984, presents a consolidated federal plane on the management of those radionavigation systems which are used by both the civilian and military sectors. It states the US Dept. of Defense (DoD) goal to phase out the use of TACAN, VOR/DME, OMEGA, LORAN C, and TRANSIT in military platforms and for Global Positioning System (GPS) to become the standard radionavigation system for DoD. This would eliminate all the current sole-means air navigation systems (TACAN and VOR/DME) aboard military aircraft. Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) operations within controlled airspace requires an operating sole-means air navigation system to be aboard the aircraft. The authors investigate the requirements for GPS certification as a sole means air navigation system in the US National Airspace System (NAS); discuss the implication for GPS user equipment (UE) hardware and software; describe the actual UE implementation; and discuss approaches for UE integration with flight instruments on US Navy aircraft