Joseph Pack’s Post

SERDP & ESTCP recently hosted the 2024 ASETSDefense workshop in San Diego CA. This workshop gathers the corrosion community, including DoD repair facilities, weapons system manufacturers, research organizations, and chemical and coating formulators to exchange information concerning options, performance, and implementation of coating solutions to combat corrosion. Day 1 of the workshop was dedicated to presentations that showcased Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD)'s recent push to establish a corrosion modeling roadmap. As a member of this working group Andres Peratta presented some of BEASY’s work on using digital twin methodology to extract environmental spectra from corrosion sensor measurements. His presentation titled “Predicting Corrosion and Severity in Structures using Service Life Environmental Spectra” discussed the use of surrogate models and real time data acquisition from corrosivity and environmental sensors to generate inputs for BEASY’s physics-based corrosion models. Interested in the full presentation? Reach out and we will send you a copy! #Defense #NAWCAD #ASETDEFENSE #DigitalTwin #Corrosion #BEASY #CorrosionManagement #DoD

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 Are we too lethargic in anticipating major changes in warfare technologies? One cannot prepare for what one hesitates to anticipate, and it will hurt… Yesterday, at the HAAC conference in Tysons Corner, VA, I presented a talk titled “Ground Warfare in 2050: How it Looked in 2017”. It was a retrospective study of military-technological forecasts I made in 2017 and published in 2018 (see https://lnkd.in/dMvTSrca) The key question I explored in this talk: observing the current Russo-Ukrainian war, the largest modern war since WW2, can we assess whether we are any good at forecasting the future of military technology? Reviewing the forecasts I made in 2017, and comparing them to what we can observe in the Russo-Ukrainian war, I argued that a large fraction of predictions about military technologies of 2050 made in 2017 have already materialized, mainly in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Many other predictions appear on their way to realization, exhibiting both military necessity and technological feasibility Overall, the fraction of predictions that would come true by 2050 is likely to be very high (such as in https://lnkd.in/dE54JgEm ) Predictions are materializing faster than expected, likely due to a large war among technologically modern nations – Russia and Ukraine; unlike the predictions of the 1990s-to-2020 relatively peaceful period. You can find my presentation here: https://lnkd.in/dgkBKYAs

It will be interesting to see if seaplanes return to being a standard operating system

BEASY’s Signature Management solutions empower engineers to predict and manage corrosion-related electric (UEP) and magnetic (CRM) fields, critical for naval vessel design and signature control. Our tools support balanced CP (Sacrificial and ICCP) designs, ensuring vessel protection while minimizing signatures. With advanced modeling and simulation capabilities, BEASY helps optimize ICCP systems, simulate controllers, and perform conceptual studies. Trusted by leading navies, maritime defense organizations, and their supply chains, BEASY is a proven leader in corrosion-related signature prediction and management. #SignatureManagement #CorrosionProtection #MaritimeEngineering #NavalDesign #DefenceInnovation #ICCP #MaritimeDefence #BEASY

Rethinking naval design: Custom hulls, Standardised solutions Earlier this week, our Head of Defence, Lars Povl Jensen, delivered a speech titled "Standard Solutions Rather than Standard Design" at the MAN Energy Solutions Summit. The talk emphasised a shift in focus for naval ship design: Instead of agreeing on a common hull design, time is better spent customising ship hulls tailored to each customer’s specific needs. The real value lies in standardised, scalable solutions for equipment, sensors, and weapon systems, which allow greater flexibility and efficiency in design. Using our designs as case studies, he argued for this approach in naval engineering, ensuring our clients receive optimal, customised solutions while maintaining the benefits of standardisation in key components. #OSKDesign #NavalDesign #DefenceIndustry #MANEnergySummit 

Closing Thursday — submit solutions to help the DoD reduce cost of hypersonic glide bodies and associated sensors to win part of $100,000 during the NSIN Presents: Hypersonic Cost Reduction Challenge. Full problem statement: Currently, a wide range of costly inertial sensors and communication and antenna systems are integrated into hypersonic glide bodies. Additionally, sub-assemblies, thermal protective systems, and control surfaces are time consuming and costly to produce. The desire is to identify revolutionary processes, materials, or capabilities that can augment or replace existing ones to reduce cost and assembly time. These capabilities can replace existing flight control, sensor, materials, and structures onboard. These systems must be able to survive hypersonic environments and be able to be manufactured at scale. Submit now: https://lnkd.in/eJx_xEdy #Hypersonic #Sensors #PrizeChallenge | Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division

“Fit for purpose” is a principle that should guide more of the ship design efforts we see in the market, especially when it comes to modern naval vessels. Too often, ships are designed without a clear understanding of the end users’ needs and objectives. At OSK Design we take pride in our collaborative approach—working closely with end users to ensure that every ship we design and build is tailored to their specific goals and operational requirements.

You have less than a month to answer the Call for Technical Briefings for the 2025 #AIAADEFENSE Forum. Technical briefings are due 15 August 2024, 8 p.m. ET.   AIAA is soliciting technical briefings in the following disciplines: o Advanced Prototypes o Air and Missile Defense o Autonomy, Collaborative Engagement, Machine Intelligence, Robotic and o Uncrewed Systems o Digital Engineering o Directed Energy Weapons o Guidance, Navigation, Control, and Estimation o High-Maneuverability and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies o Space Access and Space Systems vStrategic Missile Systems o Survivability o System and Decision Analysis for National Security o System Performance Modeling and Simulation o Tactical Missiles o Test and Evaluation o Weapon Systems History and Lessons Learned o Weapon System Operational Performance https://lnkd.in/e4jWCbSi

Saab and Singapore’s Defense Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) have signed an expanded Memorandum of Understanding to deepen collaboration on the exploration of underwater technologies.