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Weaponry

Weapon technology influences defense strategy and global stability. The National Academies study innovation, ethics, and regulation to ensure responsible development and use.

Featured Publications

Mid-Scale Manufacturing and Characterization Capacity for Department of Defense Critical Materials Supply Challenges, Part 2: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

Proceedings

2025

Mid-Scale Manufacturing and Characterization Capacity for Department of Defense Critical Materials Supply Challenges, Part 1: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

Proceedings

2025

Assessing the Feasibility of the Strategic Long Range Cannon: Unclassified Summary

Consensus Study Report

2022

Integrating Firearm Injury Prevention into Health Care: Proceedings of a Joint Workshop of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Northwell Health; and PEACE Initiative

2022

Necessary DoD Range Capabilities to Ensure Operational Superiority of U.S. Defense Systems: Testing for the Future Fight

Consensus Study Report

2021

Featured work

Societal Experts Action Network & Board on Human-Systems Integration - AI Peer-to-Peer Series

Meeting of Experts

Biological Physics/Physics of Living Systems: A Decadal Survey

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Software Sustainment and Maintenance of Weapons Systems

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Weapons Sustainment Planning Early in the Development Life Cycle

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Strengthening Sustainability Programs and Curricula at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Review of Advancements in Active Electro-Optical Systems to Avoid Technological Surprise Adverse to U.S. National Security

Consensus/Advisory Activity

2023-2024 Jefferson Science Fellowships Distinguished Lecture Series

Seminar/Webinar/Lecture

2018-2019 Jefferson Science Fellowships Distinguished Lecture Series

Seminar/Webinar/Lecture

2017-2018 Jefferson Science Fellowships Distinguished Lecture Series

Seminar/Webinar/Lecture

Ensuring the Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of U.S. Homeland Security Statistics

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Upcoming events

Units

Energetics Roundtable

Roundtable/Forum

Roundtable on Global Science Diplomacy (GSD)

Roundtable/Forum

Forum on the Revolution in Intelligence Affairs

Roundtable/Forum

Life Sciences and Biotechnology Program Area

Oversight Unit

Magnified body's raw materials, stem cells

Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO)

Standing Committee

Center for Advancing Science and Technology (CAST)

Oversight Unit

Defense Materials, Manufacturing and its Infrastructure (DMMI) Standing Committee

Standing Committee

Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics

Standing Committee

Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications

Roundtable/Forum

Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology

Standing Committee

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