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Rheinmetall, HDT to Develop Army's Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport Prototypes
On Sept. 24, the U.S. Army announced the award of two Other Transaction Authority Engineering and Manufacturing Design contracts to American Rheinmetall...
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The Army's New Supercomputer is Named After ENIAC Programmers
The Army announced a new supercomputer for its scientists and engineers to conduct a wide range of focused research and development, test and evaluation, and acquisition...
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New Report Analyzes Decline in Number of Aircraft Operated by the Army
In analyzing the availability and use of aircraft by the U.S. Army from 2000 to 2023, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published a 16-page report finding that the...
INSIDER Defense
Army Evaluates 3D Printing for Bradley Fighting Vehicle's Transmission Mount
SPEE3D, an Melbourne, Australia-based supplier of additive manufacturing technology successfully participated in the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development...
INSIDER Green Design & Manufacturing
Pure Lithium Bets on Vanadium Cathodes to Save U.S. Battery Independence
Continuing a common theme among some presenters at The Battery Show North America, Emilie Bodoin, the CEO and Co-Founder of Pure Lithium, which is betting on lithium...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Factorial’s Solid-State B-Samples Send a Message
Earlier this year, Factorial Energy CEO Siyu Huang told SAE Media her company was “very committed” to bringing solid-state battery technology to the market sooner than basically anyone...
INSIDER Software
Battery Analysis Pioneer: North America Has Five Years to Catch China
North American automakers and EV battery firms have five years to erase China’s dominance in technology and manufacturing or they may face the reality of buying...
News Energy
SAE J3400 Helps Define the Future of EV Charging in North America
The auto industry took the next step in the evolution of North American electric vehicle charging solutions today at The Battery Show in Detroit. That’s where SAE...
News Power
New Fluids Coming for EV Thermal Management
Managing the heating and cooling of electric vehicle propulsion systems may seem to be an easy task compared with combustion engines. After all, ICEs run much hotter — the thermal optimum for a...
Podcasts Data Acquisition
Developing a Data-Driven Digital Strategy for Space Force Operations
Dan Laubach, Raft LLC's Senior Director of Programs, is the guest on episode 2 of season 5 of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.
INSIDER Energy
Why Hybrid-Electric is a Key Solution for Decarbonizing Aviation
The aviation sector, urged by ambitious U.S. goals to achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050, is poised for transformation. CO2 is responsible for most anthropogenic...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Lockheed Martin Flight Tests Direct RF Gen12 Transceiver on Group 2 Drone
Lockheed Martin in collaboration with Altera, an Intel Company, completed a successful flight demonstration of our 12th Generation Electronic Warfare (Gen12)...
INSIDER Software
Enhancing SRE Security in Aerospace and Defense with Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) are paving the way for a new age of digital security in site reliability engineering (SRE) in the aerospace and defense industries. This...
INSIDER Design
Are Boeing 737 Rudder Control Systems at Risk of Malfunctioning?
The National Transportation Safety Board on Sept. 26 issued urgent safety recommendations to The Boeing Company and the Federal Aviation Administration in response to the...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Cox Automotive's One-Stop Shop for Repairing, Recycling EV Batteries
At Cox Automotive’s EV Battery Solutions center in Oklahoma City, the conglomerate most famous for its KBB, Autotrader and Manheim auction brands, has become a go-to...
Q&A Green Design & Manufacturing
Shell Details Upcoming Engine-Oil Developments
Shell Rotella hosted journalists at the National Tractor Pulling Championships in Bowling Green, Ohio, in August, where the company was sponsoring tractors run by Koester Racing in the...
Articles Defense
A New Look at Ignition: Refining Our Understanding of Combustion Dynamics in Gun Chambers
Every time a soldier pulls the trigger on a 7.62 rifle or pulls the wire of a 155 Howitzer, a complex chain reaction ensues over the next millisecond that we refer to as the ignition event. Read on to gain a new look at ignition.
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See the new products, including EIZO Rugged Solutions' Condor™ NVA2102xX; Sealevel Systems' new family of computers, the Flexio Fanless Industrial Embedded Computers; Teledyne FLIR Defense's UltraFORCE® 380-HDc imaging system; the S-335 fast steering mirror from Physik Instrumente; Pixus Technologies' 3U and 6U handle/panel sets for OpenVPX and other architecture boards; and more.
Application Briefs Defense
Modernized M88 Recovery Vehicle Variant Aims to Eliminate Gaps
The M88A3 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation System is currently undergoing reliability and maintainability testing at Yuma Proving Ground, which is at the forefront of the U.S. Army’s transformation efforts, particularly in the realm of mobility and combat vehicle testing. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
Replacement Data Storage Drive for F-16 Test Equipment
Arraid LLC is supplying the U.S. Air Force with 45 replacement data storage drives for automatic test equipment stations designed to support F-16 fighter jets operated by the Air National Guard and allied foreign militaries. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs Aerospace
Machine Learning Unlocks Secrets to Advanced Alloys
Killian Sheriff and Yifan Cao, MIT graduate students, are using machine learning to quantify, atom-by-atom, the complex chemical arrangements that make up the concept of short-range order. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Materials
Using Artificial Intelligence to Find the Polymers of the Future
Finding the next groundbreaking polymer is always a challenge, but now Georgia Tech researchers are using AI to shape and transform the future of the field. Rampi Ramprasad’s group develops and adapts AI algorithms to accelerate materials discovery. Read on to learn more.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Cutting-Edge Drone Killer Radio Wave Weapon Developing at Pace
Delivered by Team Hersa, the Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon can detect, track and engage a range of threats across land, air and sea. The system uses radio waves to disrupt or damage critical electronic components inside enemy platforms, such as drones, causing them to stop in their tracks or fall out of the sky. Read on to learn more.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Beyond the Beam: The Impact of Coaxial Cables on Phased Array Technology
Phased array radar technology has been gaining popularity since its initial introduction in the 1960s and is now being used in a variety of applications, from military and defense to civilian sectors and even space exploration. Read on to learn more about this cutting-edge technology.
Articles Manned Systems
Rising Star Awards: Women in Engineering Aerospace Winner - Heather Cummings
Heather Cummings, a 27-year old senior flight controls and autonomy engineer at Sikorsky, is the winner of the Aerospace/Defense category for SAE Media Group’s inaugural Women in Engineering: Rising Star Awards program.
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Making the Rounds in Aerospace: Tooling and Techniques for Discs, Blisks and Rings
Aerospace engine components like discs, blisks and rings are engineered to perform in extreme operating environments. They need to withstand intense heat and stress and be as lightweight as possible to meet exacting specifications. Read on to learn more about these components.
Articles Power
How to Get Advanced Air Mobility into the Sky
Advanced air mobility is a new class of vertical takeoff and landing aircraft larger than most cars yet much smaller than traditional commercial aircraft. It is optimal for short-distance flights within cities and suburbs. Read on to learn more about it and its benefits.
Articles Power
How High-Reliability Capacitors Support Electrical Power in Military Vehicles
This article explores the rise of electrification in military applications, the enabling role of high-reliability power supplies and converters, and how capacitors are meeting the rigorous requirements of modern electrified land systems. Read on to learn more.
Articles Green Design & Manufacturing
Delivering Higher Performance Batteries with Advanced Microscopy
As we collectively move away from fossil fuel power and work toward cleaner energy solutions, batteries are emerging as the preferred clean energy source. Read on to learn how they're advancing.
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