Recent initiatives, such as the work of the defensive technologies study team ("fletcher summer study") have emphasized ballistic missile defense employing directed energy weapon (dew). possible deployment of such weapons by adversaries of the u. s. makes manda tory the understanding of… More

Rapid technological developments in missile function and defense weapons advance require the implementation of radiation hardened, high performance missile computers which meet significant size and weight constraints. in order for u.s. missile technology to meet increasing future threats, missile… More

Acquisition of new electronic systems that must be hardened for initial nuclear radiation (inr) requires increased lead times and greater engineering and production costs. the current thrust of the dod is to purchase ndi where practical. this study assesses the feasibility and practicality of… More