The Aircraft Combat Survivability Education Web Site

Recent Announcements

02/29/12: The next JASP-sponsored Aircraft Combat Survivability Short Course will be held from 15-18 May 2012 at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California

Past Announcements

03/14/11: The next JASP-sponsored Aircraft Combat Survivability Short Course will be held from 17-20 May 2011 at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California

06/12/10: AFP Associates announces the January 2011 offering of their short course "Aircraft Fire Protection/Mishap Investigation Course."

04/29/10: Job Opening for a Deputy Program Manager, GS-14, Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office (JASPO)

12/10/08: A new aircraft combat survivability self study computer program (SSSP) has been developed

The aircraft combat survivability discipline is dedicated to enhancing the survivability and effectiveness of aircraft that fly in man-made hostile environments. As a result of the US military's experience in the Viet Nam conflict during the mid 60's and early 70's with aircraft that were not specifically designed to survive in combat, survivability is now a critical system characteristic for military aircraft. A viable, cost-effective technology for enhancing survivability is available, a methodology exists for assessing survivability, an extensive survivability infrastructure has been developed, testing for survivability is mandated, quantified requirements on the survivability of US military aircraft are routinely specified, and education in survivability is available.

The fundamentals of the combat survivability discipline are applicable to manned aircraft, uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs), and guided/cruise missiles that fly in a man-made hostile environment, as well as civilian aircraft that may be attacked by terrorists.

This web site provides access to

educational material on the aircraft survivability discipline,
information about, and links to the web sites of, many of the aircraft survivability activities, publications, and organizations, and
a description of, and the errata sheet for the AIAA textbook "The Fundamentals of Aircraft Combat Survivability Analysis and Design, Second Edition,"
New (2/24/05): The Fiscal Year 05 National Defense Authorization Act adds a new requirement for survivability in Section 141.

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For more information about this site or aircraft survivability in general, please contact

Robert E. Ball, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Emeritus
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

Note: the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Naval Postgraduate School was closed in the Summer of 2003, and the educational program was moved to the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in Dayton, Ohio.

Last updated: 29 Feb 2012
Webmaster: reball@aircraft-survivability.com

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The information presented herein does not represent official Naval Postgraduate School, Department of the Navy, or Department of Defense policies or positions.