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How Modular Computing Is Accelerating Modern Defense Technology

On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, Shaun Fischer, Director of Development and Open Systems Solutions at Leonardo DRS, discusses the company’s newly launched THOR — Tactical, High‑Performance Embedded Computing, Open Architecture, Rugged — embedded computing chassis and the new military applications it is designed to enable. Listen now!

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RF & Microwave Electronics

NRL Satellite Payloads to Test Situational Awareness, Debris Observation and Detection

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) successfully launched three advanced experimental payloads aboard the Department of War (DoW) Space Test...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

New Study Finds Lean-Burn Engines Don’t Reduce Aircraft Contrail Formation

The latest findings in atmospheric research show that less soot does not automatically mean fewer contrail ice crystals. Instead, small volatile particles play a...

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Manned Systems

Fraunhofer Develops High‑Power Electric Aircraft Motor for Project AMBER

Fraunhofer researchers have unveiled a 750‑kW class electric aircraft motor designed to meet the demanding power density, reliability, and thermal requirements of...

Podcasts

Aerospace

How AI Acceleration Strategies Are Changing Embedded Computing Architectures

On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, we continue our Season 14 focus on military embedded computing and networking, featuring keynote remarks from the 2026 AUSA Global Force Symposium and an interview with Jeff Baldwin, Director of Engineering at Sealevel. Listen now!

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Materials

Researchers Introduce New Digital Calibration Method for 'Born Qualified' Parts

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, is developing a comprehensive suite of capabilities to ensure that additively...

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Unmanned Systems

Airbus Tests Low Cost Missile on New Bird of Prey Interceptor Drone

Airbus completed the first demonstration flight of its new Bird of Prey drone, featuring a low-cost interceptor missile, at a military training area in northern Germany.

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Materials

Developing a Digital Twin to Model Fatigue in 3D-Printed Spacecraft Parts

The rapid production of custom components for rockets and satellites is often essential to support design modifications, repairs, and operational needs in space travel....

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Manned Systems

Gore Challenges Wet Sealing with Dry Sealant for Permanent Aircraft Structures

For decades, wet sealing has been accepted as a necessary constraint in aerostructure manufacturing, despite its impact on throughput, variability and necessary...

Application Briefs

Aerospace

Apache’s New 30mm Proximity Ammunition

The Apache Attack Helicopter AH-64 has reached a new milestone in battlefield capability with the successful live fire test of the 30x113mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) ammunition at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Read on to learn more.

Application Briefs

Weapons Systems

Navy Declares IOC for Small Diameter Bomb

The U.S. Navy recently declared initial operational capability for the Small Diameter Bomb II on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, marking a significant advancement in the fleet’s precision-strike technology. Read on to learn more.

Application Briefs

Defense

The Navy’s New Advanced Lightweight Torpedo Program

Northrop Grumman will manufacture and deliver to the U.S. Navy a new advanced lightweight torpedo with a custom-designed warhead to increase its lethality. Northrop Grumman will draw upon decades of production expertise to deliver a weapon that fires from multiple naval platforms. Read on to learn more.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

New 3D-Printing and Manufacturing Techniques Grant More Control Over Energetic Material Behavior

Because any small tweaks or environmental changes can dramatically alter how energetic materials function, Purdue University engineer Monique McClain is developing state-of-the-art tools and methods to control these materials’ behavior throughout the manufacturing process and down to the particle level. Read on to learn more.

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Manned Systems

Vortex Research to Solve Aviation’s Efficiency Tradeoff with Active Strakes

For decades, aircraft have carried a fundamental compromise between their engines and wing flow interactions by using strakes. These are small fins attached at the sides of engine nacelles that generate helpful vortices during takeoff and landing that boost lift and avoid stall, but create unwanted drag during cruise flight. Now, seven William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics (A&A) undergraduates have advanced a solution that improves this trade-off. Read on to learn more.

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Materials

EP40: Structural Epoxy Used for Steel Bonding in Marine Applications

Overall, the newly developed testing methodology using EP40 as the model adhesive was effective for evaluating the performance of marine adhesives. Read on to learn more.

Podcasts

Manned Systems

How the F-22 Is Getting Software Updates Faster Than Ever

On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, CEO of Defense Unicorns Rob Slaughter explains how their secure software delivery technology enables faster, repeatable updates to flight‑critical systems without changing the aircraft’s underlying hardware. Listen now!

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Aerospace

NVIDIA’s Space 1 Vera Rubin Brings Data Center Computing to Orbit

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced the launch of the Space‑1 Vera Rubin Module during his keynote at the company’s 2026 GPU Technology Conference (GTC) last week.

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Design

European Researchers Develop Self-Healing Composite Material for Spacecraft

Healable spacecraft structures could soon be possible thanks to cutting-edge composite technology. Swiss companies CompPair and CSEM, and Belgian company...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Amazon Leo to Accelerate Satellite Production and Launch Cadence

Amazon Leo is continuing the full-scale deployment of our growing satellite constellation, with more than 200 satellites deployed and hundreds of additional flight-ready...

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Manned Systems

Libera Space Instrument Continues Unbroken Record of Earth’s ‘Energy Budget’

Sometime next year, a new NASA instrument designed and built in Colorado will get an eagle-eye view of Earth. The instrument, known as Libera, will circle the...

News

Defense

Times Microwave Systems Launches New Levitate RF Cable Assemblies for UAV Avionics

Designed for both military and commercial radio frequency (RF) systems, the Levitate line features an ultra lightweight construction with minimal signal loss,...

Editorial Webinars

Electronics & Computers

Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded Computing Technologies

Cooling an embedded computing system for military vehicles, weapon systems, and other platforms becomes more challenging every year. The newest generation of...

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Defense

Navy F/A-18 Clears Initial Operational Capability for Stormbreaker Munition

The U.S. Navy recently declared initial operational capability for the Small Diameter Bomb II on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, marking a significant advancement in...

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Design

Active Strake System Cuts Cruise Drag, Boosts Flight Efficiency

For decades, aircraft have carried a fundamental compromise between their engines and wing flow interactions by using strakes. These are small fins attached at the sides of...

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Unmanned Systems

Leonardo to Provide AW149 for UK's New Medium Helicopter Program

The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced a £1 billion contract award for new medium helicopters (NMH). Under the program, Leonardo will build and deliver 23 of its latest...

Articles

Manned Systems

New CMOSS Chassis, Plug-in-Card Prototypes in Development for Army Vehicles

The U.S. Army has selected two companies to develop prototype chassis and plug-in-cards for aviation and ground vehicles. The selection is the Army’s latest milestone accomplishment in an effort to feature Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) -aligned embedded computing systems across all of the new investments it makes in technology upgrades for new and legacy vehicles. Read on to learn more.

Videos of the Month

Aerospace

Videos of the Month

See the videos of the month, including one on NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang launching the company’s latest six-chip AI computing platform, Rubin, during the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show; one on the Air Force’s first collaborative combat aircraft, marking the opening move in a new era of airpower; one on the U.S. Space Force launching the eighth mission of Boeing’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle; and more.

Podcasts

Unmanned Systems

Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance

On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology Podcast, Sesame Solar Co-founder and CEO Lauren Flanagan explains how the company’s new mobile hydrogen‑powered nanogrids are redefining what’s possible for long‑range drone operations. Listen now!