Latest Stories

Articles

RF & Microwave Electronics

Quality Gearing Keeps Mission-Critical Systems Rotating for Combat

Power transmission and gear components must meet extreme performance and reliability demands in order to prove effective on the battlefield. That’s because they are the heart of rotating mechanisms used to rapidly detect threats, home in on targets, and fire projectiles quickly aboard combat vehicles and ships. Read on to learn more about the gear and its uses.

Articles

Aerospace

How Aerospace Startups Can Seek Partnerships to Secure Their Future

There usually is no blueprint for innovation. Ultimately, the key to creating productive, successful partnerships is finding the right partner with a winning track record and starting with a defined process that includes understanding new technology from the inside out. Read on to learn more.

Articles

Software

Microchip’s New Microprocessor to Enable Generational Leap in Spaceflight Computing

Microchip is launching a new class of microprocessors that the company claims will provide a generational leap in the computational performance of spacecraft avionics. Read on to learn more about it.

News

Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Mazda Motorsports Keeps the MX-5 Cool with a New Differential Plate

Mazda Motorsports, the company’s North American-based racing program, serves as a support network for thousands of professional and amateur racers at road courses around...

News

AR/AI

Supplier Technologies Could Nix the Steering Wheel and Unleash 360-Degree Stereo Camera Views

A driver’s finger movements engage with a mouse-like device to steer a demonstration vehicle. Eleven stereo cameras on another demonstrator...

News

Design

2025 Ford Bronco Sport Proves Sasquatch Fits on Smaller SUV

It’s been four years since the Bronco Sport launched and the “baby” Bronco has been finding its place in Ford’s line-up since 2020. For the 2025 model year, Ford is adding...

Videos

Manned Systems

Boom Supersonic Completes Second Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator

Boom Supersonic recently completed the second flight of its XB-1 demonstrator. Watch this video to learn more.

Podcasts

Design

The Future of Digital Twins and Virtual Prototyping in Aerospace

Dale Tutt, Vice President of Industry Strategy at Siemens Digital Industries Software, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to discuss the future of virtual prototyping and digital twins.

Editorial

Power

No, Really, What’s an SDV?

What is an SDV? No, you can’t just say “software defined vehicle,” because that’s not precise enough. Software has been part of modern vehicles for decades, but the code didn’t define the car. So,...

News

Energy

Blazer EV Is a Steel-Intensive Showcase

Chevrolet Blazer EV customers are likely to cite the Ultium battery and dual-motor driveline as their vehicle’s most advanced technologies. But in doing so, they’d miss an equally key aspect of...

Podcasts

Defense

How the Air Force Is Using AI to Fix Supply Chain Challenges

Art Sellers, SparkCognition Government Systems Interim President and General Manager, joins the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to explain the new partnership using AI to improve supply chain efficiency for the U.S. Air Force.

Technical Innovation

Green Design & Manufacturing

Mercedes: H2-ICE Is Ready for Primetime in Commercial Trucks

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a pair of prototypes powered by hydrogen combustion engines that were created in collaboration with Mörtlbauer Baumaschinen Vertriebs. The prototypes...

INSIDER

Energy

Archer Delivers First Midnight eVTOL to US Air Force

Archer Aviation Inc. completed the delivery of its first Midnight aircraft to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to evaluate as part of its AFWERX Agility Prime contract valued at up to $142...

INSIDER

Electronics & Computers

ESA to Test Canadian Startup's Diamond Quantum Sensors in Space

SBQuantum, a Sherbrooke, Canada-based startup developing quantum diamond magnetometers capable of providing accurate readings from space, announced a pair of new contracts this...

News

Power

2025 Lucid Air Review: Unnecessarily Fast, Astonishingly Efficient

As amazing as the Lucid Air is to drive – and it is amazing – it doesn’t hold a candle to hearing CEO Peter Rawlinson explain exactly why his company’s all-electric...

Podcasts

Software

A Supercomputer for Aerospace and Defense Systems Modeling and Simulation

Frank Ham, Vice President of Research and Development at Cadence, joins the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to explain why the Millenium M1 is a CFD supercomputer.

News

Imaging

Refreshed 2025 Cadillac Escalade Features 55-Inch Dash Display

Amid its constant rollout of new battery electric vehicles, Cadillac today announced a refreshed and tech-laden 2025 version of its flagship internal-combustion SUV, the...

Technology Report

Materials

Altair Honors Innovations in Automotive Lightweighting and Sustainability

General Motors engineers opted for a battery structure comprised entirely of high-performance polymeric materials for the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray’s hybrid...

INSIDER

Semiconductors & ICs

DARPA Selects Texas for Open-Access Semiconductor Microsystem Fabrication Facility

Seeking to ensure America’s national security and global military leadership, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has selected the Texas...

INSIDER

Robotics, Automation & Control

Anduril Takes Software-Defined Approach to Hyperscale Defense Manufacturing

Anduril, the California-based defense autonomous systems startup, published a 32-page report on its new software-defined approach to defense manufacturing...

INSIDER

Defense

Navy Scientists Discover New Class of Semiconductor Nanocrystals

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists confirm the identification of a new class of semiconductor nanocrystals with bright ground-state excitons, a significant...

Articles

Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Steel Targets EV Structures, Battery Boxes

The steel and aluminum industries are waging a new materials war that could determine which of the long-time competitors dominates EV structures in the next design cycle. Feeling the heat from new...