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Finding Failure Inside Lithium-Metal Batteries
Lithium-metal batteries have potential in automotive applications because of their ability to store as much as 50% more energy than lithium-ion batteries. But their deployment is hampered due...
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2022 Jeep Compass Gets Class-Leading Safety Upgrades
An all-new interior and a significant increase in onboard safety systems comprise the major design and engineering changes made to the Jeep Compass for MY2022. The compact SUV now offers...
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Toyota Muscles-Up 4-Cylinder for Revised 2022 GR 86 Coupe
The vision of two or more automakers cost-sharing development for a vehicle isn’t a new one. It’s been particularly useful in recent years, however, for manufacturers that...
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Counter-Directed Energy Weapons: Defense of Air Assets
The global proliferation of directed energy weapon technology presents a new threat for the United States.
Articles Electronics & Computers
Pulse Plasma Nitriding for Aerospace Applications
Aerospace manufacturers who depend on nitriding components can benefit from greater uniformity of results, better-protected materials, and increased throughput.
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Secure Wireless Communication System
pureLiFi has announced a new deal to supply the US Army Europe and Africa with Kitefin™, a next generation optical wireless communication system
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Facing 5G New Radio (NR) Test Challenges
The use of CA, MIMO, and beamforming technologies will lead to more antennas and radio ports that need to be tested.
Application Briefs Imaging
Fighter Jet Armaments
The F3-R Rafale generates images in both the visible and infrared ranges.
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MIL-DTL-32628/01-X Reusable EMI Shield Termination Band on MIL-DTL-38999 Electrical Connector Accessory Braid Termination/Tensile Qualification Test
A series of reusable bands were evaluated for tensile strength performance.
Articles Weapons Systems
Radar Recording Proves Next-Level System Performance
As radar and electronic warfare systems contend with an increasingly crowded environment, recording tests, interactions, and conflicts provide valuable insight.
Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Nonlinear Effects in Transformation Optics-Based Metamaterial Shields for Counter Directed Energy Weapon Defense
Applying an iterative solution to the Maxwell equations may accommodate the nonlinear effects produced by directed energy weapons.
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New Products
Mezzanine modules, voltage-controlled oscillators, cold-weather servo motors, and more.
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Ruggedization of Electronics for Deployed Military Environments
Commercial-grade electronics will simply not survive in the extremes of military environments.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Satellite Antennas
ThinKom Solutions, Inc., has been selected to supply phased-array satellite terminals for "communications on-the-move."
Articles Electronics & Computers
Migrating Advanced Signal Processing Technology to Rugged SFF Platforms
By enabling distributed system architectures, SFF systems and subsystems solve many of the toughest problems facing embedded system designers.
Articles Aerospace
Communicating Via Long-Distance Lasers
There’s a better way to use light to communicate over long distances: lasers.
Briefs Test & Measurement
The Purpose of Mixed-Effects Models in Test and Evaluation
While Defense Test and Evaluation (T&E) is different from agriculture, data attributes can be surprisingly similar.
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
All Environment (AE) Unmanned Aircraft System
“The Puma AE unmanned aircraft system enables frontline forces to gather real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in any operational environment,” said AeroVironment's Trace Stevenson.
Briefs Aerospace
Review of Recent Capability Improvements in Ultrashort Pulse Laser Sources: Closing the Relevancy Gap for Directed Energy Applications
The horizon for directed energy (DE) applications, using ultrashort pulse lasers (USPLs), is quickly approaching.
Briefs Green Design & Manufacturing
Sustainable Aluminum-Anode Batteries
The rechargeable batteries could be a safer and more environmentally friendly alternative to lithium-ion batteries.
Briefs Energy
Rechargeable Cement-Based Batteries
An entire 20-story concrete building could store energy like a giant battery.
Articles Electronics & Computers
An Immersive Solution for Thermally Safer EV Batteries
An R&D project indirectly leads to potentially greater power density, EV range, and battery life.
Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D-Printed Biodegradable Battery
The battery can withstand thousands of charge and discharge cycles and years of storage before being composted.
Articles Electronics & Computers
Advancing Battery Technology: THE 2021 BATTERY SHOW Preview
The Battery Show North America is a forum for advanced battery technology for electric and hybrid vehicles, utility and renewable energy support, portable electronics, medical technology, military, and telecommunications.
Articles Communications
Cloud-Connected, Battery-Based IoT Devices Last Years Longer
Demand for wireless IoT cloud-connected devices is growing rapidly, yet deploying Wi-Fi battery-based products is difficult.
Articles Imaging
Mapping Performance Variations to See How Lithium-Metal Batteries Fail
Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have identified the primary cause of failure in a state-of-the-art lithium-metal battery.
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New Products
Lithium batteries, compartment gaskets, chargers, and more.
Briefs Energy
Hybrid Membrane Doubles the Lifetime of Rechargeable Batteries
The membrane prevents dendrite formation, at least doubling the lifetime of a lithium-metal battery.
Articles Energy
New Materials Move Li-Ion Batteries Toward the Solid-State Endgame
A new generation of lithium-ion batteries is poised to improve electric vehicle range and affordability.
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