• Design and Systems Engineering of AFRL's Demonstration and Sciences Experiment 

      Cohen, Dan; Spanjers, Gregory; Winter, James; Ginet, Gregory; Dichter, Bronislaw; Adler, Aaron; Tolliver, Martin (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-11-10)
      The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate has developed the Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) mission to research technologies needed to significantly advance Department of Defense ...
    • Systems Engineering Principles Applied to Basic Research and Development 

      Anderson, Norman C.; Nolte, William (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-11-10)
      Systems engineering principles and processes have grown out of the need to effectively manage complex programs, many of them for the acquisition of operational military systems. These multi-billion dollar programs truly ...
    • Tactical Satellite 3: Requirements Development for Responsive Space Missions 

      Straight, Stanley D.; Davis, Thomas M. (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-11-10)
      The Department of Defense is embarking on a broad initiative to make its space programs more responsive. There are many different views of responsive space, but common tenets include no cost and schedule growth within ...
    • XSS-10 Mission Results and Lessons Learned 

      Davis, Thomas M.; Melanson, David (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-11-10)
      The Air Force Research Laboratory established the Micro-Satellite Technology Development Program (XSS series of flight demonstrations) to leverage micro-satellite technologies with the aim of providing solutions to Air ...