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Application Briefs Defense
Multi-Mission UAS (MMU) Systems
XTEND will supply hundreds of its advanced Wolverine drone systems to the U.S Department of Defense.
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
Loitering Munition
SPIKE FIRELFY is part of the SPIKE Family of precision guided electrooptical missile systems.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Pulsed Exposure Toxicity Testing: Method Development and Initial Evaluation for Stormwater Compliance
Preliminary research into modifying whole effluent toxicity testing protocols designed for continuous flow discharges as applied to episodic and/or ephemeral discharges such as those associated with storm water runoff.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Upgrade Transonic Compressor Test Rig Data Acquisition System
New software programming using commercial off-the-shelf software for acquiring data, processing data, displaying results, and generating reports is implemented to improve the performance of a legacy system.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Electrokinetics Models for Micro- and Nano-Fluidic Impedance Sensors
Microfluidics- and nanofluidics-based impedance sensors play an important role in the identification of toxic industrial chemicals and pathogens in the biodetection and biodefense arena, but their efficient modeling and design continues to be a challenge.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Evaluation and Test Requirements for Liquid Rocket Engines
This Standard establishes test and evaluation requirements related to the development, qualification (or certification), and acceptance (flight production unit) of liquid propellant rocket engines and associated propulsion systems.
Briefs Aerospace
GPS Radio Occultation and Ultraviolet Photometry-Colocated (GROUP-C) Early Orbit Testing Results
After routine flight, capture, and installation, GROUP-C underwent Early Orbit Testing to verify its performance prior to science operations.
Application Briefs Energy
Full-Scale Micro-launcher Rocket
Micro-launchers such as Orbex Prime give satellite manufacturers a dedicated launch service, in contrast to larger, ‘rideshare’ launchers, where small satellites are often a secondary payload, and frequently face significant delays.
Products Defense
New Products
Modeling and Simulation Software COMSOL (Burlington, MA) announced a major update to the COMSOL Multiphysics ® software version 6.0. The update builds out the Model Manager server with a web interface — an asset management...
Articles Photonics/Optics
The Next Generation of Mission-Critical Communications Infrastructure is Here
The critical role of spectrum superiority in the success of battlefield campaigns is evidenced by the enormous investments being made in electronic warfare (EW)...
Articles Power
Designing Transportable, High-Performance AI Systems for the Rugged Edge
System design requirements are well understood for high-performance artificial intelligence applications destined to reside in enterprise or cloud data centers. Data...
Articles Aerospace
Digitalization in the Aerospace Sector
The aerospace and defense industry has laid ambitious plans to reconcile mobility with sustainability. Sustainable aviation fuels, electrification, hydrogen-powered aircraft and eVTOLS (electric...
Articles Materials
3D Printing Metal Parts on a Ship
Senior level military members are constantly evaluating risk and finding ways to articulate and mitigate risks on the battlefield. When it comes to new technology adoption and consideration, these same...
Articles Defense
Pushing the Boundaries of RF Passive Hardware with Additive Manufacturing
Following significant impacts from COVID-19, the demand for satellite telecommunications services is rebounding to its historical trajectory of strong growth. With...
Articles Electronics & Computers
What is Pulse Shaping?
Pulse shaping, as it is done today, is an effort to fix fidelity issues caused by the transmitting amplifier and is accomplished by a combination of imperfect methods, most external to the amplifier. This article will...
Articles Energy
Designing for Space and Other Extreme Environments
In aerospace and defense, applications rely on mission-critical components to ensure proper functioning in extreme environments. In the many instances in this field where...
Application Briefs Photonics/Optics
Missile Protection System
BIRD Aerosystems Herzliya, Israel+972 9-972-5700www.birdaero.com BIRD Aerosystems, a global provider of defense technology and solutions that protect the air, sea, and land fleets of governments and related agencies,...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Cryocooler Technology
Northrop GrummanFalls Church, VA215-675-4949www.northropgrumman.com NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation, is one step closer to being fully commissioned. Enabled by...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC)Warminster, PA215-675-4949www.nasc.com Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) announced the ongoing development of a new, multirole, jet-engine-powered, unmanned aerial...
Application Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Chemical Hazard Sensor
Teledyne FLIR DefenseWilsonville, OR+1 877-773-3547www.teledyneflir.com Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, teamed up with MFE Inspection Solutions to integrate the FLIR MUVE™ C360...
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
CAD-CAM-CNC System
Siemens Industry, Inc.Munich, Germany1-800-743-6367www.siemens.com DMG MORI manufactures a wide variety of conventional chip-cutting and ultrasonic machining centers for OEMs and production job shops serving the aerospace...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Anti-Ship Missile
MBDAArlington, VA703-387-7139www.mbdainc.com MBDA’s new Marte ER anti-ship missile successfully completed its final test firing at the end of November 2021. Carried out at an Italian test range in Sardinia, the firing was a...
Application Briefs Propulsion
Hybrid Auxiliary Propulsion System
Leonardo DRS Inc.Arlington, VA571-447-4624www.leonardodrs.com Leonardo DRS Inc. recently announced that it has again been awarded a contract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group to provide the auxiliary propulsion...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Electric Satellite Thruster
IVO Ltd.Bismark, ND+1 701-390-9567https://ivolimited.us/ IVO Ltd., a company that specializes in capacitive based technologies, recently unveiled the IVO Quantum Drive, the first pure electric thruster for satellites...
Briefs Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Aircraft Systems to Support Environmental Applications within USACE Civil Works
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) flood risk management (FRM) mission strives to reduce the nation's flood risk and increase resilience to disasters. FRM is inherently interdisciplinary, requiring accurate identification of environmental, physical, and infrastructure features that can reduce risk from flood and coastal storm disasters.
Briefs Aerospace
Dynamically Managing Task Allocation Between Humans and Machines in Surveillance Operations
Increasingly sophisticated technology must be leveraged in surveillance environments to enable eventually achieving the goal of allowing analysts to increase throughput by managing multiple simultaneous feeds.
Briefs Imaging
Modeling Space-Based Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) in Combat Simulations
During the 2021 Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Gap Forum, space intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) modeling was identified as...
Briefs Aerospace
Environmental Applications of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Reconnaissance and Surveillance
Environmental engineering is the study of a...
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
To the Moon and Beyond with Additive Manufacturing
Aerojet Rocketdyne uses metal 3D printing technology from Velo3D to make a critical flight component lighter, smaller, and much less expensive.
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