According to the document:

“This Phase I effort was intended to explore the Biefield-Brown effect, which allegedly converts electrostatic energy into a propulsive force. Activities under this program emphasized the experimental exploration of this electrostatic thrust-generation concept to verify its existence, to verify its operation in a vacuum, and to establish the magnitude of its thrust. To meet these goals an overall laboratory test configuration was designed and developed for quantifying the electrostatically induced propulsive forces on selected experimental devices.

This configuration utilized a vacuum chamber with a torsion fiber type measurement system for direct assessment of propulsive forces. Geometrical symmetries were incorporated in the design to minimize the influence of reaction forces which can arise from nearby bodies, including the walls of the vacuum chamber itself. Tests were conducted at atmospheric pressure and over a range of partial vacuum conditions. Direct experimental results indicate that when an electrostatic potential difference is applied between asymmetrical electrodes of an all metal test device, a residual propulsive force is generated and acts on the device. This residual force acts in the opposite direction to electrical wind forces and to the forces claimed to have been measured in a vacuum by T.T. Brown.”

Document Archive

 21st Century Propulsion Concept, April 1988 (Veritay Technology, Inc.) [73 Pages, 3.7MB]

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/dtic/a197537.pdf

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Explanation and prediction of military R&D in the USSR requires consideration of the system as a whole. Only in context can one make sense of the array of specific strengths and weaknesses found in any undertaking as complex as the way a country acquires its weapons. Although it may approach being a cliche to note the existence of national assymetries and the problems they introduce into analysis, nevertheless they are only infrequently taken into account. In this paper the author is concerned explicitly with how Soviet institutions, constraints, incentives, and values influence the process of Soviet weapons design. The central theme is that these processes strongly affect outcomes over the medium term future.

The Document

 The Process of Soviet Weapons Design, March 1978 [45 Pages, 5.9MB]

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/dtic/2011-43.pdf

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According to the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), this is their mission statement:

The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) has served the information needs of the Defense community for more than 70 years. DTIC reports to the Assistant Secretary of Defense For Research and Engineering ASD(RE).

Our mission is to provide essential, technical research, development, testing and evaluation (RDT&E) information rapidly, accurately and reliably to support our DoD customers’ needs.

Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), you are able to request “report bibliographies” – a listing of all reports that DTIC has in their system, which pertain to a certain keyword.

You can also request searches of other fields, like author, subject, abstract or even the current classification.

In July of 2016, I requested a list of all documents within DTIC databases, that were still marked as classified, and dated 1952 or earlier.

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Please note: The PDF below, has bookmarks for the different indexes, by year (or grouping). They were maintained when I converted this to a full .pdf to ensure you can quickly scan through this large document.

 Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Classified Report List – Dated 1952 and Prior [4,128 Pages, 20.1MB]

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Obtaining Documents on this List

Want a document listed on this list above? You will need to file a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) for the record, by contacting DTIC via the following:

The DTIC FOIA Requester Service Center is the initial point of contact for FOIA requesters to submit requests and receive status updates or other information regarding their requests being processed at DTIC. Initial FOIA requests may be submitted by postal mail at the mailing address below, sending email to foia@dtic.mil, or by FAX at (703) 767-9201.

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC-R)
ATTN: FOIA Requester Service Center
8725 John J. Kingman Road
Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-6218Phone: (703) 767-9204
FAX: (703) 767-9201

Comment below on what you find interesting! Not sure how to file a FOIA REQUEST or MDR?  I will do it for you! Just let me know what you’re looking for.

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Abstract

As the leader of the DoD’s scientific and technical information (STINFO) program, DTIC has the responsibility to develop, coordinate and enable a strong STINFO program for the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering (ASD(R&E)) and the DoD Scientific & Technical (S&T) enterprise. Our aim is to maximize the availability and use of technical information and products resulting from defense-funded technical activities while ensuring restrictions in national security, export control and intellectual property rights are safeguarded.

It is DoD policy to establish and maintain a coordinated and comprehensive program to document the results and outcomes of DoD-sponsored and performed research and engineering (R&E) studies and to provide access to those efforts in an effective manner. In the 21st Century, supporting the S&T and RDT&E communities will require that we integrate, more than ever, our collections with databases, information links and the latest information technology, no matter the source. Our customers, from individual researchers to acquisition professionals, will be able to quickly fuse information into the most complete picture needed in a matter of minutes to hours; not days to months.

W. Brian Arthur wrote: “Technology springs from three sources: (1) technology that already exists and can be recombined in new ways to create new technologies, (2) technologies that spring from basic research breakthroughs, and (3) technology that is required to support the new technologies emerging from the previous two methods.”

DTIC’s rich collections contain the technologies that are known; DTIC is the information repository from which new technologies arise. We are moving rapidly to create the DTIC Information Cloud, combining the best elements of Web 2.0 capabilities enhanced with the superb collections in DTIC’s repository to create one integrated information space, improving the DoD’s RDT&E capabilities, reducing costs, reducing development timelines and fielding solutions more quickly. The DTIC Information Cloud will help DoD researchers and acquisition professionals find people, build communities, ask questions, search topics, collaborate, share knowledge of needs and capabilities to facilitate solutions for our warfighters.

As DTIC leads the department’s STINFO program, we will be the hub of DoD S&T information interchanges, empowering innovators with greater efficiency, effectiveness, and agility by accelerating the delivery of warfighting technology.

We are fully committed to achieving the strategic goals outlined in this plan and urge you to partner with us.

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 Defense Technical Information Center Strategic Plan, 2011-2016 [31 Pages, 1.7MB]

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/dtic/dtic_strategic_plan_2011_2016.pdf

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