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Airbus Defence and Space Produces 2,000th Target Drone
For more than 20 years, air defenders around the world have been training with Airbus Defence and Space target drones, ensuring that their countries' air defenses work when it counts....
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PAC-3 Missile Successfully Intercepts Cruise Missile Target
For the first time, the U.S. Army used a newly developed Lockheed Martin communication technology to help a PAC-3 missile intercept a cruise missile target.
INSIDER Manned Systems
Orion Spacecraft Launched to Moon on Historic Artemis I Mission
With the backdrop of a Florida starlit sky, NASA's Artemis I mission, with the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft on top, launched to the Moon and propelled the world into...
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
AFTC Gains New Test Capability
As weapon system designers continue to innovate for the defense of the nation, the Air Force Test Center must advance the test capabilities available to develop and prove the superiority of those systems...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Air Force Pioneers the Future of Synthetic Jet Fuel
Jet fuel relies on a complex network of drillers, refiners, and shippers, but those who were near the Hsu STEM Range in Laurel Hill, Florida recently heard the sound of a small jet flying,...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Dimensional Metrology Beyond the CMM
In the world of high-volume automotive cylinder-head production, the yields realized from casting processes count for a lot.
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Environmental Testing Preps for Tighter Regulations
Most engineers are used to the steady winds of change in refrigerant regulations as global agreements lead to new standards from the U.S. EPA and its counterparts in Europe and Asia. At...
News Transportation
Hyundai CE Debuts Hydrogen and Electric Excavators at Bauma 2022
The Hyundai HW155H hydrogen-powered excavator concept made its debut in late October at the Bauma expo in Munich, Germany. Hyundai Construction Equipment displayed the...
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Yanmar, ELEO Announce Electrification Strategy for Off-Highway Sector
Yanmar announced its strategy for electrification of future off-road powertrain offerings at the Bauma 2022 conference in late October. During a presentation, Yanmar...
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Navistar’s ‘Ground Up’ Approach to All-New Diesel Engine
Though electrification has taken center stage for the commercial trucking industry, diesel ICE powertrains will continue to serve as the preferred propulsion system of many...
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Williams Debuts New Flexible Platform for BEVs and FCVs
Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) has unveiled its latest product, the EVR electric vehicle platform. It has been designed to provide an accelerated start to a high-performance...
News Energy
Tula’s DMD Promises Gains in EV Efficiency
Nestled in San Jose, California just south of the San Francisco Bay, the small but mighty team at Tula Technologies continues to develop advancements for optimizing the efficiency of ICE and...
Editorial Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The Haters Go After Toyota
Want your company to be the target of haters? Here’s a sure way to do it, as proven in 2022.
News Motion Control
Gearing Dana for the EV Future
As Dana Inc. transitions further into electrified systems, it pays to have a Mechatronics engineer leading the company’s technology charge. Giulio Ornella, Dana’s VP of Global Engineering, has been...
Editorial Energy
Zeroing in on Zero-Carbon Fuels
COP27, the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference that took place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, over a two-week span in November, helped bring global attention to the need for significant reductions of...
Articles Design
Simplifying Power Design with Modular Architectures
The design of complex, high-power DC-to-DC converter architectures poses some challenges to engineers developing aerospace and military-grade power systems.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Why are Aerospace & Defense Companies Embracing Additive Manufacturing?
It’s no longer a question of when metal additive manufacturing will become an accepted, reliable production technology, particularly in aerospace and defense.
Products Test & Measurement
New Products
The new products for December 2022, including self-encrypting drives, ruggedized computing modules, a 25-hour flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, and more.
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
B-2 Spirit Modernization
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force are continuing enhancements to the B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber fleet.
Application Briefs Power
Main Propulsion Electric Motor
DRS announced that it has completed factory acceptance testing and shipment of the first production unit of the main propulsion motor for the U.S. Navy’s new Columbia Class submarine.
Application Briefs Imaging
Through-Wall Imaging System
Camero-Tech has launched the Xaver™ 1000, a new generation of the Camero Xaver™ product line.
Application Briefs Imaging
Real-Time Signal Analyzer
Jamming and spoofing, two types of intentional disruption of communications, are ever-increasing threats, and getting ever more difficult to combat.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
MOVPE Growth of LWIR AlInAs/GaInAs/InP Quantum Cascade Lasers: Impact of Growth and Material Quality on Laser Performance
Quantum cascade lasers are compact coherent optical sources that emit over a wide wavelength range in the mid- to long-infrared as well as into part of the terahertz spectrum.
Briefs Defense
Biobased Carbon Fibers and Thermosetting Resins for Use in DOD Composites Applications
The aim was to use renewable resources derived from plants and other sources to prepare high-performance carbon fiber and thermosetting matrix resins with high strength and high thermal resistance.
Briefs Aerospace
Hierarchical Diamond-Based Ceramic Composites
This research developed and utilized advanced processing, modeling, and micromechanical tools.
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