The systematic implementation of surgical safety checklists in the past 5 to 10 years has contributed to a global decrease in morbidity and mortality after surgical procedures [1-5]. What I find intriguing about these data is that the significant reduction in adverse events with the utilization of a simple surgical check list did not require a costly, high-tech solution but rather a simple, alm...

The use of unmanned aircraft in the National Airspace System (NAS) has been characterized as the next great step forward in the evolution of civil aviation. Although use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in military and public service operations is proliferating, civil use of UAS remains limited in the United States today. This report focuses on one particular regulatory challenge: classifying...

There have been two primary modeling and algorithmic strategies for problems in military logistics: simulation, offering tremendous modeling flexibility, and optimization, which offers the intelligence of math programming. Each offers significant theoretical and practical advantages. In this paper, we use the framework of approximate dynamic programming which produces a form of “optimizingsimul...

This article provides some background on military nephrology in the UK. The primary objective of the Defence Medical Services is the maintenance of operational capability of military personnel. This includes exclusion of nephrological diseases that might reduce renal reserve to a critical level under field conditions, increasing susceptibility to trauma, burns, infection and adverse environment...

In this paper, we model the method in which aircraft survivability equipment suites successfully choose their countermeasures, and experiment with their autonomous decision-making against threats in various electronic warfare settings. We have designed and implemented our simulators to estimate the operational effectiveness of the aircraft survivability equipment suite. We formulate the operati...

This paper describes the methodology used to introduce thermography as new inspection method for composite parts in aircraft maintenance. It is here focused on two main topics : control of leading edge flaps of Belgian F16 (mainly due to ageing aircraft) and inspection of main and tail rotor blades of Belgian A109 Agusta helicopters. The new idea is to use typical military thermal imagers initi...

This paper examines a comprehensive set of options for upgrading legacy avionics systems in tactical aircraft. The options have been developed as part of study involving the avionics system of a current military aircraft. Multiple options are considered ranging from minor changes to the legacy system to complete replacement of computers and communications buses with commercial off-the-shelf (CO...