Tecnologías de defensa futura: el mañana posible o imposible

[champi]

La USAF busca proyectores de escenas infrarrojas ("High Output Temperature Infrared Cryogenic Emitter (HOT ICE) Infrared Scene Projectors (IRSP)") para las instalaciones de evaluación de armas guiadas: https://sam.gov/opp/89e888b89a0e4e9cac5 ... 3be47/view

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1.2 Background
The GWEF conducts test and evaluation of guided munitions and infrared countermeasure systems using a wide range of HITL technologies including state-of-the-art IRSPs and flight motion simulators. The GWEF uses IRSPs throughout the facility to support various test programs. In the simulator, the IRSP projects realistic infrared (IR) imagery to the unit under test during simulated flight engagements. The IRSPs are optimized to operate at room temperature and are liquid cooled. The existing GWEF IRSPs are the Honeywell-legacy units and the OASIS 512 resistor arrays, model number 310-002-944, and are mounted on flight motion simulators (FMS).

1.3 Legacy and HOT ICE Resistor Arrays
To meet requirements for higher apparent temperatures/radiant output, the science and technology (S&T) community funded research into new designs and materials for hotter resistor arrays. The basic research was conducted under the successful Ultra-High Temperature (UHT) Array Small Business Innovative Research program. A follow-on effort, High Dynamic Range Array (HDRA), was initiated in 2017 to mature the UHT technology to Technology Readiness Level 6.

Part of the HDRA program is demonstration of a High Temperature Infrared Cryogenic Emitter (HOT ICE) array. This design uses the legacy Read-In Integrated Circuit (RIIC) from the OASIS array combined with the UHT pixel technology to achieve a significant improvement in apparent temperature/radiant output. The HOT ICE array demonstration was performed in April 2020 and the Santa Barbara Infrared 310-002-944 IR Scene Projectors, contract FA2487-16-C0299, is expected to finish August 2022 and includes the following relevant to this SOW:
1. Production of HOT ICE arrays on 4” process
2. Modification of Array Interface Electronics to support HOT ICE
3. Santa Barbara Tile Drive Electronics to support HOT ICE
4. PACE4 Windows 10 to operate Standard OASIS 512 and HOT ICE
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Parece que está bastante avanzado (TRL 6). Si mal no entiendo , podría valer para proyectar una imagen IR falsa de la aeronave portadora como una contramedida más. Del documento asociado con las especificaciones: https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opport ... ad?&token=

[Truquichan]

Avances en camuflaje optico:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1478548105972826114

No es camuflaje, pero me entendeis.

[Truquichan]

La USAF busca proyectores de escenas infrarrojas ...

Uff creo que mas que contramedidas es para verificar los sensores mostrando "escenas" en el espectro infrarrojo. Tal como lo ponen no parece algo "ligero" como para usarlo de contramedida al menos y de momento para pájaros.

Edito: Aunque si existen prototipos con "termo-píxeles" bastante mas grandes, para tanques: https://www.baesystems.com/en/feature/a ... visibility
Se necesita las versiones avanzadas de lo del BMW y lo que has mandado y terminaremos con Tachikomas.

Nadie lo dice pero creo que el primer uso de armas energéticas en los aviones serán los laser que se cepillen los sensores multiespectro de los misiles de corto alcance tipo iris-t, a los que las bengalas les hacen cosquillas. El candidato a tenerlo integrado de la mejor forma es el F35 con el DAS 360º que ya tiene. No necesitaría sensores activos para guiar el haz.

Reedito: ¿El su-57 no tiene algo así ya para cegar misiles IR?

[Atticus]

Nadie lo dice pero creo que el primer uso de armas energéticas en los aviones serán los laser que se cepillen los sensores multiespectro de los misiles de corto alcance tipo iris-t, a los que las bengalas les hacen cosquillas.

Bueno, eso ya existe hace tiempo. Son los DIRCM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directional_Infrared_Counter_Measures

[Truquichan]

Nadie lo dice pero creo que el primer uso de armas energéticas en los aviones serán los laser que se cepillen los sensores multiespectro de los misiles de corto alcance tipo iris-t, a los que las bengalas les hacen cosquillas.

Bueno, eso ya existe hace tiempo. Son los DIRCM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directional_Infrared_Counter_Measures

Si pero estos su funcion principal confundir a los sistemas de adquisición y cabezas sensoras. El que lleva ademas laser para cargarselas el del su57...no iva desencaminado.

Y gracias por el enlace.

[J.N.H.]

El uso de malware por parte de Rusia para atacar a la artillería ucraniana supone un paso importante en la aplicación de la ciberguerra táctica.

[champi]

Desde la US Navy proponen el programa "SMART ePANTS": https://sam.gov/opp/4ab9003f7a4a452da11 ... c43c8/view

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The IARPA SMART ePANTS program aims to develop sensor systems that can record and store audio, video and location data. For maximum comfort and dexterity of the user, additional program objectives include sensor integration into clothing, where the garment maintains similar stretchability, bendability, surface roughness and washability attributes to a comparable garment containing no sensor. SMART ePANTS sensor systems must also be safely worn against the skin, be reusable, and be capable of exporting the data they gather to an external data storage device (such as a computer hard drive). Sensor systems will be entirely incorporated into garment components, especially fibers, yarn and fabric, but may include (to a limited extent) expected commercial (i.e., currently available for sale) garment accessories such as buttons, grommets, zippers, piping or collar stays.
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[dejece]

El uso de malware por parte de Rusia para atacar a la artillería ucraniana supone un paso importante en la aplicación de la ciberguerra táctica.

¿Qué?

[J.N.H.]

El uso de malware por parte de Rusia para atacar a la artillería ucraniana supone un paso importante en la aplicación de la ciberguerra táctica.

¿Qué?

La verdad es que ya no tengo claro el 'concetto' del asunto. Es como lo que puse últimamente en "uso de animales en combate", que si.no recibo más información rápida, pues "se me va el hilo" de lo que quería decir.

[champi]

Interesante contrato de la USAF (15/6/2022): https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/ ... e/3064705/

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UES Inc., Dayton, Ohio, has been awarded a $75,000,000 contract for Functional Responsive Experimentation for Systems and Humans. The contract provides for exploration of biotechnology, polymer and responsive material advances in order to sustain and/or optimize Air Force assets to include use in air, space, weapon systems applications and human cognitive/physiological monitoring. Work will be performed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 15, 2029. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson, AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-20-D-5400).
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Lo poco que cuenta esta empresa en su página oficial: https://www.ues.com/biological-nanoscale-technologies

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Bio-inspired flexible/stretchable functional materials for tomorrow’s challenges

In Biological & Nanoscale Technologies, our core capabilities are soft material research, development, and technology transition spanning across fields including organic synthesis, synthetic biology, microbial contaminations, functional additive manufacture, flexible hybrid electronics, and machine learning/optimization.

We have already contributed to nanomaterial production scale-up, biostabilization, better understanding of microbial contamination of materials and its mitigation, flexible materials development, sweat and water-based biological sensing approaches, functional additive manufacturing, high throughput biological analysis, and autonomous experimentation.
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[champi]

Estos días se están viendo contratos muy importantes de EEUU con pequeñas empresas para desarrollar software. Por ejemplo este de la USAF (28/7/2023): https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/ ... e/3475675/

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AIR FORCE

Aerostar, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (FA868423-D-B116); AEVEX Aerospace LLC., Solana Beach, California (FA868423-D-B117); Altum Trading Co., Edmond, Oklahoma (FA868423-D-B119); Ampcus, Inc., Chantilly, Virginia (FA868423-D-B121); AnaVation LLC., Reston Virginia (FA868423-D-B122); Anduril Industries Inc., Costa Mesa, California (FA868423-D-B115); Anvyl Technologies, Denver, Colorado (FA868423-D-B124); Applied Research Associates, Dayton, Ohio (FA868423-D-B126); ARCTOS, Beavercreek, Ohio (FA868423-D-B127); ASI, McLean, Virginia (FA8684-23-D-B144); ASRI, Orlando, Florida (FA8684-23-D-B162); ASTI, Herndon, Virginia (FA8684-23-D-B146); ASURE, Scottsdale, Arizona (FA8684-23-D-B160); BAE Systems, Nashua, New Hampshire (FA8684-23-D-B150); Ball Aerospace, Broomfield, Colorado (FA8684-23-D-B151); BridgePhase, Arlington, Virginia (FA8684-23-D-B153); BTAS, Beavercreek, Ohio (FA8684-23-D-B155); Cambridge International Systems Inc., Arlington, Virginia (FA8684-23-D-B158); COLSA, Huntsville, Alabama (FA8684-23-D-B159); Constellation Software Engineering, Annapolis, Maryland (FA8684-23-D-B114); Crossflow Technologies, Albertville, Alabama (FA8684-23-D-B118); Cryptic Vector, Liberty Township, Ohio (FA8684-23-D-B180); Cubic Defense Application, San Diego, California (FA8684-23-D-B123); Cynnovative, Arlington, Virginia (FA8684-23-D-B125); DCEVTECH, College Park, Maryland (FA8684-23-D-B128); DittoLive Inc., San Francisco, California (FA8684-23-D-B129); EPS Corp., Tinton Falls, New Jersey (FA8684-23-D-B130); Genasys Inc., San Diego, California (FA8684-23-D-B131); General Atomics Aero Systems Inc., Poway, California, (FA8684-23-D-B132); General Dynamics Mission System, Fairfax, Virginia (FA8684-23-D-B137); GIRD Systems, Cincinnati, Ohio (FA8684-23-D-B156); Giuseppe Space Enterprises, Woodland Park, Colorado (FA8684-23-D-B161) HAVIK Solutions LLC., San Diego, California (FA8684-23-DB163); Image Insight, Inc., East Hartford, Connecticut (FA868423DB164); Innovative Management Concepts, Sterling, Virginia (FA868423DB165); IRTC, Huntsville, Alabama (FA868423DB166); Jacobs Technology Inc., Severn, Maryland (FA868423DB167); JHNA, Clifton, Virginia (FA868423DB168); Kratos Technology and Training Solutions Inc., San Diego, California (FA868423DB169); L3 Harris, Space and Airborne Systems, Clifton, New Jersey (FA868423DB134); L3Harris ISR, Greenville, Texas (FA868423DB135); Logistic Services International, Jacksonville, Florida (FA868423DB136); Mantech, Herndon, Virginia, (FA868423DB138); Mile Two LLC, Dayton, Ohio (FA868423DB139); Next Tier Concepts, Fairfax County Vienna, Virginia (FA868423DB152); Nimbis, Oro Valley, Arizona (FA868423DB154); NTT Data Services, Herndon, Virginia (FA868423DB157); Omni Consulting Solutions, El Segundo, California (FA868423DB142); Pacific Defense Strategies, El Segundo, California (FA868423DB147); Riverside Research, Arlington, Virginia (FA868423DB171); Sabre Systems Inc., Warminster, Pennsylvania (FA868423DB172); Sev1Tech, Woodbridge, Virginia (FA868423B173); Sierra Nevada Corp., Englewood, Colorado (FA868423DB174); Signature Research Inc., Calumet, Michigan (FA868423DB175); Simulation Technologies Inc., Huntsville, Alabama (FA868423DB176); Skayl, Westminster, Maryland (FA868423DB181); SRC, North Syracuse, New York (FA868423DB177); Strategic Technology Consulting, Toma River, New Jersey (FA868423DB178); TeleDevices LCC, Duluth, Georgia (FA868423DB179); Tybram LLC, Jacksonville, Florida (FA868423DB112); UDRI, Dayton, Ohio (FA868423DB133); Uni Robotics, San Francisco, California (FA868423DB140); Vana, Beavercreek, Ohio (FA868423DB141); Viasat, Tempe, Arizona (FA868423DB143); Virginia Tech Applied Research, Arlington, Virginia (FA868423DB145); Visionist Inc., Columbia, Maryland (FA868423DB148); and VTS, Folsom, California (FA868423DB149), have been awarded a $900,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for yielding cost-effective warfighting capabilities. These contracts provide for the development of innovative approaches that bring multi-domain systems capabilities, the characterization of new technologies and systems through studies, recurrent demonstration, and rapid development to enable rapid prototyping, and test and capability transition. Future work under this multiple-award contract will be completed via the Fair Opportunity process. The locations of performance are to be determined at the contract direct order level and are expected to be completed by July 28, 2033. These awards are the result of fair and open competition and 70 offers were received. Air Force Life Cycle Management, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
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Otro de la US Navy (27/7/2023): https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/ ... e/3473809/

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NAVY

Dark Wolf Solutions LLC, San Diego, California (N0003923D1004); Geo4S Technologies LLC, Catonsville, Maryland (N0003923D1005); ISPA Technology LLC, Lithia, Florida (N0003923D1006); Moebius Solutions Inc., San Diego, California (N0003923D1007); Objective Function Systems LLC, Canoga Park, California (N0003923D1008); ODME Solutions LLC, Del Mar, California (N0003923D1009); Opal Soft Inc., Sunnyvale, California (N0003923D1010); Raft LLC, Reston, Virginia (N0003923D1011); TapHere! Technology LLC, Manassas, Virginia (N0003923D1012); TDI Technologies Inc., Coronado, California (N0003923D1013); and The Marlin Alliance Inc., San Diego, California (N0003923D1014), are awarded a $100,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract for the development and integration of new software solutions to emerging Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communication, Computers, and Intelligence requirements, as well as modification and enhancement of existing systems. The focus area of this contract is agile software design, development, modification, integration, related test and evaluation support, and software systems engineering support. This contract further focuses on the use of data analytics techniques such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to design, develop, modify, integrate, and support new software development, and to sustain existing software programs. This contract also encompasses the functions needed to support these main areas such as development of training embedded in the software, online help resources, and Configuration Management support. Each contract includes a five-year ordering period and five-year option ordering period. The option period, if exercised, would bring the cumulative estimated value of the contract to $200,000,000. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and ordering is expected to be completed in June 2028. If the option is exercised, the ordering period could continue until June 2033. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This requirement was solicited as a small business set-aside via the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command E-Commerce Central website and the Federal Business Opportunities website, with 54 timely offers received. The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.
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Además de estos, los hay más pequeños (decenas de millones de dólares) dados a una empresa en concreto, normalmente en el áera de IA y "Machine learning".

[Franfran2424]

El uso de malware por parte de Rusia para atacar a la artillería ucraniana supone un paso importante en la aplicación de la ciberguerra táctica.

¿Qué?

La verdad es que ya no tengo claro el 'concetto' del asunto. Es como lo que puse últimamente en "uso de animales en combate", que si.no recibo más información rápida, pues "se me va el hilo" de lo que quería decir.

yo de animales he oido a un comandante ucraniano diciendo que los de wganer les soltaban perros de combate a la trinchera, y mientras estaban distraidos con los perros, los humanos atacaban la trinchera.

De malware contra rtilleria no he oido nada, más allá de como entraron en el sistema regalado por EEUU de recopilación de inteligencia/objetivos y de capacidades propias, usado por la artillería para atacar.
Y uso de inhibidores de GPS para jorobar los sistemas de guiado de la artillería de largo alcance ucraniana

[champi]

Contratos de la US Navy para tejidos "inteligentes" (9/8/2023): https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/ ... e/3488896/

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Nautilus Defense LLC, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, was awarded an $11,633,124 firm-fixed-price contract N66001-23-C-4514 for Smart Electrically Powered and Networked Textile Systems. The contract will develop active smart textile garments combining Nautilus’ singular micro yarn textile routing platform with unmatched low-power electronics. Work will be performed in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and is expected to be completed January 2025. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of to an estimated $24,933,386 with work continuing to January 2027. Funding provided at time of award is fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy). This requirement was solicited via Broad Agency Announcement N66001-22-4705 using full and open competition via the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command E-Commerce Central website and the Federal Business Opportunities website, with 18 timely offers received. The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.

Leidos Inc., San Diego, California, was awarded a $10,624,107 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N66001-23-C-4512 for Smart Electrically Powered and Networked Textile Systems that will develop, integrate, fabricate, and test and delivery prototype wearable, washable garments that incorporate active smart textiles components. Work will be performed in San Diego, California; Bloomfield, Connecticut; Lexington, Massachusetts; and Charleston, South Carolina, and is expected to be completed January 2025. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to an estimated $22,733,749 with work continuing to January 2027. Funding provided at time of award is fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy). This requirement was solicited via Broad Agency Announcement N66001-22-4705 using full and open competition via the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command E-Commerce Central website and the Federal Business Opportunities website, with 18 timely offers received. The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.
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Para hacerse una idea, una captura de la página oficial de Nautilus y lo que ofrecen: https://www.nautilusdefense.com/capabilities

[Vorlon]

https://twitter.com/JonHawkes275
Una buena comparación para ilustrar el valor de la propulsión híbrida en vehículos de ruedas, donde el ahorro de espacio es mucho más espectacular que en los AFV con orugas. Arriba, una línea motriz bastante convencional, abajo una configuración híbrida hipotética con un generador de energía y baterías, con transmisiones por buje en cada rueda.

[Orel]

Vorlon, recuerdo este proyecto de 2009 de 17 millones para un 8x8 híbrido español, que creo que quedó en nada. Yo lo vi en 2015 y era como esa ilustración.
https://www.eleconomista.es/economia/no ... rsion.html