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Briefs Aerospace
Designing Sensory and Adaptive Composite Materials
Newly developed computational approaches aid in the design of composites that exhibit remarkable abilities to both sense external cues and adapt to these cues in controllable, "programmable" ways.
Products Electronics & Computers
New Products
Position sensors, surveillance systems, microwave tuners, and more.
Briefs Green Design & Manufacturing
Design of New Piezoelectric Composites Using Nanocellulose
Using cellulose crystals as building blocks for the design and development of new low-density functional polymer composites.
Application Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Drone Parachute Rescue System
The technology is completely autonomous, lightweight, reusable and non-pyrotechnical.
Articles Test & Measurement
How Solid-State Technology Impacts A&D Equipment Testing
Learn how to provide accurate power sources with adjustable voltages and frequencies during the test cycle.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Bioenvironmental Engineering Guide for Composite Materials
Develop a comprehensive baseline for identifying, evaluating, and controlling occupational and environmental hazards associated with composite fibers.
Briefs Energy
Fast Reacting Nano-Composite Energetic Materials: Synthesis and Combustion Characterization
The advent of nanoparticle fuels enables new kinds of reactions, and new kinds of applications.
Application Briefs Defense
Loitering Munition System
Learn how the Hero-30 system was evaluated for naval missions.
Briefs Materials
Progress on Zirconia-Polyurea Matrix Hybrid Composites
Incorporating zirconia particles into polyurea elastomers to form hybrid composites and designing them into state-of-the-art body armor has the potential to achieve lightweight ballistic efficiency.
Articles Test & Measurement
The Role of Prototype/Test Systems in Next-Generation C5ISR Development
For SOSA/HOST systems, there are chassis platforms for development that provide relatively cost-effective, versatile, and powerful solutions.
Application Briefs Defense
Encapsulated Drone System
SpearUAV recently introduced a handheld version of the Ninox 40 encapsulated drone system.
Application Briefs Data Acquisition
Testing Services
Jamco America’s comprehensive dynamic test facility has an accelerator-type impact system.
Application Briefs Materials
3D-Printing Powders
A new partnership is intended to create a closed loop supply chain, where certified scrap material is turned into powder.
Articles Aerospace
Using Advanced Computational Engineering Software to Meet Aerospace & Defense Industry Challenges
Advanced computational engineering software and additive manufacturing are now delivering solutions that offer innovation and efficiency together.
Original Equipment Manned Systems
Western Star Ups Vocational-Truck Ante with All-New 49X
Purpose-built from the ground up, the next-generation Western Star 49X vocational truck is underpinned by a stronger, lighter chassis and equipped with a new X-series steel-reinforced...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Cummins Unveils EPA-Compliant 2021 Heavy-Duty Diesels
Cummins reserved its first virtual press event since the pandemic onset to reveal details of its EPA 2021 emissions-compliant X12 and X15 Performance Series engines. Built upon the...
News AR/AI
Volvo Cars Mixes Virtual with Real-World Testing
Volvo Cars engineers who do a lot of test-track driving are trading their typical street-clothes attire for some serious “tech style.” They’re getting behind the wheel wearing a...
News Software
Bosch Debuts First Motorcycle Split-Screen Display
Bosch has revealed the world’s first dedicated motorcycle split screen display, a 10.25-inch widescreen that will make its debut on the 2021 BMW R 1250 RT sport-touring machine. Bosch...
News Transportation
Ford Expands EV Lineup with E-Transit Cargo Van
Ford revealed on November 12 its next fully electric vehicle (EV), the 2022 E-Transit cargo van, with the automaker’s new president and CEO Jim Farley stating, “The transition of fleet...
Technical Innovation Manned Systems
Valeo Equips Buses with COVID-Killing Air-Sterilization System
The coronavirus pandemic has changed how we live our daily lives as we take various safety precautions to social distance and protect ourselves and others from the virus....
INSIDER Aerospace
Smart Parachute Rescues Drones
An intelligent parachute system deploys itself an emergency to bring the damaged drone safely to the ground. The system can be easily mounted to a drone at any time using a bayonet lock.
INSIDER Propulsion
NASA Tests All-Electric X-Plane Propulsion
Advanced designs that will propel NASA’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, to flight recently underwent wind tunnel testing at Langley Research Center.
INSIDER Imaging
Army Tests Next-Generation Fighting System
The Army-led team of developers creating the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) recently wrapped up the third major milestone testing and demonstration event where soldiers and Marines...
INSIDER Defense
High-Speed Test Track Prepared for Upcoming Hypersonic Missions
In preparation for an increased demand of its services over the next decade, the 846th Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, is working to get its hypersonic...
INSIDER Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The “Jaws of Life” for Bomb Squads
Recently in Rhode Island, the Office of the State Fire Marshal was called in by local law enforcement to examine a possible pipe bomb. Once the area was secured and the public was at a safe distance,...
INSIDER Software
UAV Software Prioritizes Human Safety
Autonomous aircraft systems have the potential to save lives, and NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Resilient Autonomy project is at the forefront of development. These advanced software systems...
News Energy
Greater Precision for EV Battery Leak Testing
Exposure to water vapor is a death sentence for the lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries used in hybrid-electric and electric vehicles. If moisture enters the battery cell and reacts with the...
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INSIDERLighting Technology
Using Ultrabright X-Rays to Test Materials for Ultrafast Aircraft
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New 3D-Printable Nanocomposite Prevents Overheating in Military Electronics
INSIDERDefense
F-22 Pilot Controls Drone With Tablet
Technology ReportAR/AI
Talking SDVs and Zonal Architecture with TE Connectivity
INSIDERManufacturing & Prototyping
New Defense Department Program Seeks 300,000 Drones From Industry by 2027
INSIDERAerospace
Anduril Completes First Semi-Autonomous Flight of CCA Prototype
Webcasts
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SAE Automotive Engineering Podcast: Additive Manufacturing
Information Technology
A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
Automotive
Optimizing Production Processes with the Virtual Twin
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EV and Battery Thermal Management Strategies
Manufacturing & Prototyping
How Packet Digital Is Scaling Domestic Drone Battery Manufacturing
Automotive
Advancements in Zinc Die Casting Technology & Alloys for Next-Generation...