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Small But Mighty: Stratospheric Microballooons
A zero-emission reusable stratospheric balloon developed by Urban Sky for remote sensing could one day be used for real-time wildfire monitoring.

Briefs Aerospace
3D-Printed Catalysts Propel Hypersonic Flight
Ultra-efficient catalysts were developed that are cost-effective to make and simple to scale.

Application Briefs Weapons Systems
B-2 Spirit Modernization
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force are continuing enhancements to the B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber fleet.

Briefs Data Acquisition
Vertiport Assessment and Mobility Operations System
It is widely believed that Advanced Air Mobility is poised to have a significant societal impact in the coming years to move people and cargo more rapidly and efficiently.

Briefs Design
Self-Healing Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite
NASA has developed a new metal matrix composite (MMC) that can repair itself from large fatigue cracks that occur during the service life of a structure.

Articles Energy
A Systems Engineering Approach to Sustainable Power Systems
Research and development work continue to deliver cleaner, more efficient, and more diverse ways of generating the energy we need to power modern society.

Application Briefs Power
Hybrid-Powered Unmanned Helicopter
Designed for a wide range of law enforcement, maritime, civilian and covert missions, the Black Eagle 50H is the first-ever hybrid-powered unmanned helicopter.

Application Briefs Imaging
Nano-UAV Systems
Extremely light and well-suited for operations in contested environments, nearly silent, and with a flight time up to 25 minutes, the combat-proven, pocket-sized Black Hornet PRS transmits live video and HD still images back to the operator.

Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Teaching Drones How to Navigate Real-World Weather
For drones to autonomously perform necessary but quotidian tasks, they must be able to adapt to wind conditions in real time.

Application Briefs Defense
Unmanned Hover Plane
The Trojan Unmanned Hover Plane (UHP) is a one-of-a-kind system that bridges the gap between the need to hover and the need to reach long ranges, giving it the ability to perform aerial missions with pinpoint precision.

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SAE International Extends Call for Abstracts, Seeks Submissions for AeroTech Conference
Engineering Events staff at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, have extended the call for abstracts through September 21 for the...

Briefs Materials
Method Pinpoints Microscale Damage in Metal
The process predicts when and where microscopic cracks will occur before they become catastrophic.

Briefs Propulsion
Anti-Phase Noise Suppression Rotor Technologies
Acoustic optimization for anti-phase asymmetric rotor.

Briefs Aerospace
Fixed-Wing Angle eVTOL
New design removes the need for mechanisms to perform active tilting of the wings or rotors, reducing system mass.

Briefs Design
Improved Fixed-Wing Gust Load Alleviation Device
Gust load alleviation is an increasing concern for the design of fixed-wing aircraft with ultra-high aspect wings.

Briefs Motion Control
Outer Aileron Yaw Damper
A lightweight alternative to rudders for aircraft with spanwise adaptive wings.

Application Briefs Weapons Systems
Multi-Mission UAS (MMU) Systems
XTEND will supply hundreds of its advanced Wolverine drone systems to the U.S Department of Defense.

Articles Aerospace
Aeronautics in the 21st Century: Safe. Sustainable. Smart.
Aviation is emerging aggressively from the pandemic to turn setbacks into comebacks.

Articles Software
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...

Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC)
Warminster, PA
215-675-4949
www.nasc.com
Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) announced the ongoing development of a new, multirole,...

Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Painting 3D-Printed Objects
Engineers have created a highly effective way to paint complex 3D-printed objects, such as lightweight frames for aircraft and biomedical stents, that could save manufacturers time and money and provide new...

Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
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
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...

Application Briefs Aerospace
Unmanned Aerial System
With its ability to land and take off from unimproved surfaces, Mojave provides options for forward-basing operations without the need for typical airport runways or infrastructure.

Articles Aerospace
Embracing Agile Product Development
We've made some impressive strides from both a societal and industry perspective in the face of this unrelenting pandemic. And while the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) industry has been hit...

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Test Strategies to Track Hypersonic Threats
Hypersonic weapons, unlike ballistic missiles, take unpredictable paths and can evade missile defense systems. To counter hypersonic technologies, radar engineers must build systems that have no...

Facility Focus Unmanned Systems
University of Colorado Boulder
Founded in 1876, the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Bolder) is a public research university in Boulder, CO. The College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU Boulder was founded in 1893. With an...

Articles Unmanned Systems
A New Approach to Counter-UAS Technology
Drone warfare has become a critical component of modern-day military conflicts. Militant groups around the world, including those present in Gaza and Lebanon in the Middle East, and in Ukraine, are...

Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Removing Aircraft Paint Using Laser-Equipped Robots
Hexavalent chromium is not a term frequently associated with engineers. Residents of Hinkley, California, however, know all about it. So do workers tasked with the labor-intensive...

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