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“I don't think I would have the job I have if it weren't for the work that I've done through the Acquisition Research Symposium to take these ideas, to think about them hard, to work with another person as a co-author or co-authors and put down ideas about what we should be doing differently about this work,” said Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN RD&A) Nickolas Guertin.   Hear from Guertin, Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Kurt Rothenhaus, NPS students and other attendees in this video recap of the 21st annual Acquisition Research Symposium, hosted by NPS on May 8-9 in Monterey.   Each year, the Acquisition Research Symposium brings together experts from government, military, industry, and academia to explore the impact of defense acquisition on the delivery of innovative and necessary warfighting capabilities. It also provides a forum for NPS students to present their research on acquisition matters and offer improvements for the future.   - Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eHrEjRYF - More about ARP at NPS: https://lnkd.in/gFUcgXi - NPS Department of Defense Management: https://nps.edu/web/ddm US Navy | United States Marine Corps | Department of the Navy Research, Development, and Acquisition (RD&A) | Office of Naval Research | Acquisition Research Program at Naval Postgraduate School | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition | Department of Defense Management at Naval Postgraduate School | Naval Warfare Studies Institute at Naval Postgraduate School #AcqnSymposium #acquisition #contracting

PHOTONIC ANALOG-TO-INFORMATION RECEIVER SIGNAL PROCESSING: a very interesting thesis from Naval Postgraduate School on EW Nyquist Folding Receivers (NYFR) and their implementation using Photonic Components #EW#Wideband Receivers#Nyquist Folding https://lnkd.in/dmYrx6rm

Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation's Maegen Nix, PhD, Decision Science Division Director, and Christina Houfek, Project Manager and Principal Investigator along with Jim Moreland Jr, Ph.D. and Dr. Tyler Englestad bring you a compelling and captivating approach to “Capability Neutralization Warfare: A Systems-Informed Theory of Victory.” In the latest Naval Engineers Journal, the article describes how the threat is evolving the battlespace and introduces system destruction warfare. The article continues with the presentation of the capability neutralization warfare counterapproach and combines existing and emerging competencies to develop its concept. Finally, it explores how capability neutralization warfare impacts the United States defense ecosystem, requiring a reimagining that integrates research, engineering, acquisition, sustainment, testing, and operational force contributions into a friendly theory of victory. Check out the article on pg. 33 https://lnkd.in/e89ZdBZW #warfare #battlespace #neutralization #nej #capabilities #defense #theory

The Maritime Domain Awareness Buoy provides a 24/7/365 awareness to be able to monitor “Pattern of Life”, which is necessary to detect any anomalies, both above and below surface.

POMA This paper presents analysis of soundscapes and noise interferometry from moored receivers in the vicinity of the New England Seamounts. https://lnkd.in/gvCThsbX #acoustics Naval Postgraduate School

This conference proceedings illustrates a practical methodology to improve #covariance estimation using the principles of lucky #signalprocessing and the cumulative #coherence. Lucky processing, popularized in astro-photography, is a technique that increases signal quality by selectively keeping only a small fraction from a pool of potential snapshots. Cumulative coherence, a measure of how well a set of vectors is described by its subsets, provides the measure of “data quality” that enables the lucky processing. This approach is described practically and then applied to covariance estimation on an #acousticarray by taking a fixed duration sample of data and creating a dense set of snapshots with higher than usual overlap. From these densely sampled snapshots, the “luckiest” ones were found using cumulative coherence, and the covariance was averaged as normal. It was found that the lucky covariance estimate was successful at adaptive matched field processing and produced a less ambiguous processor output than the conventional estimator. The lucky covariance estimate had a higher estimated signal-to-noise ratio, especially when the source was at longer ranges from the #array. #mai #marineacoustics Acoustical Society of America #technology #innovation #sonar United States Naval Research Laboratory #acoustics #underwateracoustics #research https://lnkd.in/ej5MCmVB

Happy to share my latest publication in Naval Research Logistics (NRL) , coauthored with my PhD student YuGuo and Professor Minghe Sun. Effects of green supplier integration and development in competing supply chains. #supplychainmanagement #gametheory #sustainability

POMA This conference proceedings illustrates a practical methodology to improve covariance estimation using the principles of lucky signal processing and the cumulative coherence. https://lnkd.in/gNEWWxJh #acoustics United States Naval Research Laboratory

POMA This paper presents analysis of soundscapes and noise interferometry from moored receivers in the vicinity of the New England Seamounts. https://lnkd.in/gvCThsbX #acoustics Naval Postgraduate School

On May 9, Christopher Collins, the United States Department of Defense executive director for the Office of Developmental Test, Evaluation, and Assessment, chaired a technical panel at the 21st Annual Acquisition Research Symposium at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. The panel, “Advancements in Digital Engineering for Test and Evaluation,” included three presentations by researchers from Georgia Tech Research Institute and DOT&E, who provided the latest details on digital engineering’s advancements with testing and evaluation practices. Additionally, the Acquisition Research Symposia hosted senior defense acquisition officials, NPS faculty, and graduated students for discussions on research priorities and findings across the acquisition discipline. Digital engineering can help the DoD outpace America’s adversaries because it helps decisionmakers make quicker, more well-formed choices while also continuously adapting and improving military systems.