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Are Navy Ships Ready for 5G?
The U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) is preparing to deploy the first 5G radios and connectivity designed for the Navy's fleet of ships, according to an update released by the agency last week. The...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
First Air Force Unmanned Traffic Management System Deployed at MacDill
Air Mobility Command, or AMC, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Information Directorate, began assessing the AFRL Collaborative...
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US Army Needs to Improve How New Equipment is Fielded, Report Says
Since 2021, the U.S. Army has invested $46.5 billion into developing new weapons and fielding them faster. However, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds...
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Navy, Marine Corps Test New Laser System for Precision Aircraft Painting
A new capability at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) is streamlining the aircraft painting process, allowing the depot to decrease maintenance turnaround time and...
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AutoSens: RFpro Reveals ‘Massive, Complicated’ LA Model
Simulation company rFpro has already mapped over 180 digital locations around the world, including public roads, proving grounds and race circuits. But the company’s latest is...
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Hexagon Agility Partners with Brudeli for Hybrid CNG Truck Powertrains
Hexagon Agility announced a collaboration with Norwegian EV transmission supplier Brudeli Green Mobility at the 2024 ACT Expo in Las Vegas. The partnership’s goal is...
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TI Fluid Systems Opens Facility to Create Cooling Products for EVs
TI Fluid Systems’ newest e-Mobility Innovation Center (eMIC) provides the North American market with a collaborative space to develop efficient thermal management...
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Quantifying Generative AI in Defense Applications
DARPA seeks proposals for the new Artificial Intelligence Quantified (AIQ) program that aims to develop technology to assess and enable the guaranteed performance of generative AI.
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Planning with a Scenario Mindset
Across the industry, strategic planners from OEMs and suppliers alike are scratching their heads. The number of strategic directions they currently face is unprecedented. Combine global trade friction...
INSIDER Aerospace
SpaceX to Develop ISS Deorbit Vehicle for NASA
NASA has selected SpaceX to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) and ensure avoidance of risk to...
INSIDER Aerospace
WATCH: Air Force Research Lab's First Flight of XQ-67A Drone
The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully flew the first of a second- generation of Autonomous Collaborative Platforms known as the XQ-67A demonstrator, built and flown in...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Airbus Starts Flight Testing Upgraded French Army Helicopter
Airbus Helicopters has started the flight testing campaign for the prototype of the NH90 Standard 2. This standard is one of the latest NH90 configurations and is being developed...
Articles Manned Systems
FirstElement Opens America’s First High-Volume, Fast-Fill Hydrogen Station for HD Trucks
It may be missing the food and hospitality trappings of what most would consider a proper “truck stop,” but the nation’s first high-volume,...
Articles Manned Systems
Euro NCAP Details New Testing for Heavy-Truck Safety Rating
Euro NCAP has revealed the elements it is considering as part of an upcoming Truck Safe rating, and how it intends to test and benchmark truck performance. The announcement was...
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Research Focuses on Safety of Electric Scooter Riders, Other Vulnerable Road Users
Passenger vehicles traveling alongside electric scooters is an increasingly common road sharing scenario rife with safety issues such as an e-scooter rider...
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MEMS Drive Wants to Shake up Automotive Sensor
Advanced optical image stabilization (OIS) technology used in mobile phones should have a home in the automotive world. Specifically, using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to move an...
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Lion Electric Proclaims Its Lion8 Tractor the New King of the EV Jungle
Lion Electric unveiled its Lion8 tractor, an all-electric Class 8 commercial truck, at the 2024 ACT Expo in Las Vegas. Expected to be available mid-2024, the Lion8 is...
Podcasts Propulsion
Why the Hybrid Approach Extends the Range of Electric Aircraft
Jean-Christophe Lambert, Ascendance Co-founder and CEO, joins the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to explain why the hybrid approach is essential to near-term development of electric aircraft.
INSIDER Energy
Archer Aviation Completes Midnight eVTOL Transition Flight Milestone
Archer Aviation has completed the first transition flight of its Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. According to a June 8 announcement, the...
INSIDER Aerospace
Space Lasers: Aiming Towards Next Leap in Global Communications
Space lasers are transforming the world. Not the far-off future of science fiction, but the universe of how data and communications flow today — everywhere from deep space...
INSIDER Software
Air Force Launches New NIPRGPT Generative AI Tool
The U.S. Air Force has launched its own experimental new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool in an effort to give Airmen and Space Force Guardians the ability to potentially create...
Podcasts Energy
How Helios Horizon Is Taking Electric Aircraft to New Altitudes
Miguel Iturmendi, Helios Horizon Founder and Chief Test Pilot, explains the project's goal of flying an all-electric aircraft to the stratosphere.
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Air and Space Force Joint Team Completes Two Intercontinental Missile Tests
For the second time in a week, a joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Army's New Artillery Projectile Metal Parts Facility Begins Operations in Texas
The Army has inaugurated a new modular metal parts facility in Mesquite, Texas, the Pentagon announced Thursday, May 30, 2024.
INSIDER Propulsion
NAVAIR Leverages CFD to Simulate Aircraft Engine Health and Aerodynamics
Developed by Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR) Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) programs, "CharLES" is described by...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Skunk Works Successfully Demonstrates AI in Air-To-Air Tactical Intercepts
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works partnered with the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) to demonstrate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in...
INSIDER Software
How Sandia’s New Digital Engineering Tool Helps Reimagine Design of Radar Systems
In a whirling geopolitical landscape of new nuclear weapons, hypersonic weapons, drones and satellites, the U.S. is hustling to test new kinds of radars...
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Toyota Scores the Top Spot Again in 2024 OEM-Supplier Survey
Toyota has locked down the top ranking in the 24th annual North American Automotive OEM-Supplier Working Relations Index (WRI) for the 14th consecutive year. This record-setting...
Podcasts Manned Systems
3 eVTOL Companies to Watch in 2024: Archer Aviation, Joby Aviation, and Lilium
Archer Aviation, Joby Aviation, and Lilium are three electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturers that are making major progress in this growing new area of aviation right now. In this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, we highlight some of the latest business agreements, international expansion and regulatory progress being made by these three eVTOL companies. Listen now.
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A Next Generation Helmet System for Navy Pilots
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