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New Realistic Computer Model will Help Robots Collect Moon Dust
Working with their industry partner, Thales Alenia Space in the U.K., who has specific interest in creating working robotic systems for space applications, the team investigated a virtual version of regolith, another name for Moon dust.
Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Multi-Scale Structuring of the Polar Ionosphere
Ionospheric variability is a critical consideration for communication systems, GNSS, and space asset management.
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The Ford Raptor’s Front Drivetrain Is Pulling for You
The second-generation of Ford’s F-150 Raptor, which launched in 2016 for MY17, is available with an exclusive set of front drivetrain hardware that endows it with exceptional off-...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Deep Installation Method for Three-Component Seismic Sensors
Successful sensor installation is important, as it directly affects how the sensor will perform. If conducted incorrectly, it could seriously degrade the data received and collective...
News Manned Systems
Industry Loses Tech Titan Paul G. Allen
“It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our founder Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft and noted technologist, philanthropist, community builder, conservationist, musician, and...
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NASA Miniaturizes Century-Old Radio Sounder Technology
A century-old technology that scientists use to probe the ionosphere — the important atmospheric layer that can interfere with the transmission of radio waves — is getting smaller.
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F-150 and Mustang Hybrids Part of Ford's Global Electrified Vehicles Plan
Ford Motor Co. plans to introduce hybrid versions of its iconic F-150 and Mustang in the U.S. by 2020, the company announced at a press conference at its Flat Rock,...
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Terrain Model as an Interface for Real-Time Vehicle Dynamics Simulations
In order to enable off-road vehicle dynamics analysis simulations when traveling on soft soil, a deformable Vehicle Terrain Interface (VTI) model that interfaces with...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Portable Data Recorder for Measuring Sand Grain Fracture After Blasts
Abullet cannot penetrate through a sandbag while an arrow can, so understanding the behavior of granular materials such as sand and its energy absorption in a blast is...
Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Modeling Supports Energy-Saving Microwave Technologies
During the Apollo Program, astronauts on the Moon encountered a small menace that created big problems: lunar dust. Similar to how tiny bits of Styrofoam behave on Earth — adhering to...
Application Briefs Defense
Telescoping Poles
U.S. Army and Marine troops have cultivated a creative, lifesaving technology out of heavy-duty telescoping poles. The CMD fiberglass telescoping push/pull rods, normally used for cable and wire management applications, are...
Articles Aerospace
How Digital “Sand Tables” Will Guide Future Military Strategy
Throughout history, the use of sand tables has been common practice in rehearsing military strategy in the field. Built on piles of sand with scale models of operational units,...
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Microwave Radiometers Help Keep Aircraft Safe From Icing
One of the greatest dangers to aircraft — playing a role in numerous destructive and fatal accidents around the world — comes in the form of droplets of water. In clean air, cloud...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Acoustic Detection Using Reverberation
Acoustic detection of undersea objects is difficult due to the uncertain environment and even more difficult when the objects are buried in the seabed. First, sediments generate high backscattering noise due to heterogeneous scatters within the sediments, clouding the object.
Briefs Materials
Fire Resistance of Geopolymer Concretes
Geopolymer concrete has been proposed as an alternative to Portland cement concrete in applications requiring high degrees of fire resistance, because the intrinsic chemistry of the geopolymer binder does...
Briefs Materials
Ground-Penetrating Radar
AFRL engineers used prototypes of recently developed ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and electronic cone penetrometer (ECP) devices to determine whether voids and anomalies in a particular airfield's subsoil were...
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