Spring 2022 Issue
For the Spring 2022 Issue, selected papers have been taken from the STO Events listed below.
Multidisciplinary Design Approaches and Performance Assessment of Future Combat Aircraft (AVT-324)
Future military air vehicles have to be effective and agile for certain operations like Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (SEAD) missions. This requires a platform design with high survivability and assertiveness resulting into a nonlinear character of the flow field and Stability & Control (S&C) properties. This results in very challenging aerodynamic design, effective control and propulsion system as well as novel structural concepts.
The intention of the Specialists' Meeting was to share and expand the knowledge of design and performance prediction capabilities of future agile combat fighter aircraft within the NATO community.
Enabling Platform Technologies for Resilient Small Satellite Constellations for NATO Missions (AVT-336)
Small satellites have advanced over the last decade from experimental platforms to mission capable space assets delivering science and services to academia, commerce and government. Interoperable small satellites are effective for specific military missions and can operate individually, together in constellations, or autonomously in swarms for higher complexity missions.
Multidimensional Radar Imaging for Target Identification (SET-273)
The SET-273 Research Specialists’ Meeting (RSM) on “Radar Imagining for Target Identification” was convened from 25-26 October in Marseille France. Over 86 participants from 14 countries exchanged results of previous SET-250 Multi-Dimensional Radar Collections from 4 radars that had multiple channels and multi-polarization of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) targets. In addition, there were presentations on emerging technologies, closely related to the SM interests.
SAS-ORA Conference 2021
The Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and the Science and Technology Organization co-hosted the 15th NATO Operations Research and Analysis (OR&A) Conference on 18 - 20 October 2021. The conference was held virtually due the restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This year’s conference theme was “Decision Advantage in The Information Age”. The Programme Committee encouraged the submission of any papers relevant to the theme, particularly decision making and analysis methods related to the NATO enterprise. Papers on other subjects describing emerging OR&A techniques as well as analytical case studies and best practices were also welcome. The annual OR&A conference serves as an integral component to the continuous development of the NATO OR&A Community of Interest. It builds upon previous conferences and workshops, and assembles esteemed members of the profession from across numerous organizations that include NATO commands and agencies, national defense analysis and research organizations, centers of excellence, academia, and industry.