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Electrocoat Primer System
PPG Industries Pittsburgh, PA 412-434-3131 www.ppgaerospace.com PPG Industries’ aerospace coatings group has installed an electrocoat primer system at the US Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center in Elizabeth City,...
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Game-Based Naval Training
Office of Naval Research Arlington, VA 703-696-5031 www.onr.navy.mil To improve the ability to detect and defeat adversary radars and anti-ship missiles, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) partnered with the MIT’s...
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30 GHz and 35 GHz Microstrip Isolators
TRAK Microwave (Tampa, FL) has announced two new Microstrip Isolators covering popular mm-wave frequency bands. Models T001110 (29.6-30.6 GHz) and T001111 (34.5-35.5GHz) integrate ferrite circulator/...
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Compute Stick with Windows
Mouser Electronics, Inc. (Mansfield, TX) is now shipping the Intel® Compute Stick with Windows 8.1, a new generation of computer from Intel Corp. The Compute Stick is a revolutionary new device that enables any...
Products Defense
ARINC 429 XMC Interface
GE Intelligent Platforms (Huntsville, AL) recently announced the RARXMC ARINC 429 High Density XMC Interface for deployment on many single board computers. Designed for embedded, laboratory and simulator applications,...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Avionics Interface Computer
Data Device Corporation (Bohemia, NY) has introduced the Avionics Interface Computer (AIC), providing a scalable, programmable, and portable platform to develop and test MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 system applications...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Adaptive IF Relay XMC
Pentek, Inc., (Upper Saddle River, NJ) has introduced the newest member of its Cobalt® line of XMCs (Switched Mezzanine Cards). The Model 71624 dual channel, 34 signal, adaptive IF (Intermediate Frequency) relay XMC with...
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
Brushless DC Motors
BEI Kimco Magnetics (Vista, CA) has developed new frameless brushless DC motors in multiple designs for a variety of applications including robots and remotely piloted military vehicles. These new motors provide operational...
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SAKOR Develops 'Spacecraft Emulator' to Test Dream Chaser Control System
SAKOR Technologies, Inc. has supplied a test system to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to be used to test the atmospheric flight control system for the Dream...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Northrop Grumman and Green Hills Software Part of H-1 Upgrades
Under a recently awarded contract from Naval Air Systems Command, Northrop Grumman will provide FlightPro Gen III mission computers for the UH-1Y and AH-1Z aircraft, becoming...
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Rising Sun Breaks Cover on Japanese Defense Industry
For the first time since the Second World War, the Japanese aerospace industry has demonstrated a new defense air program overseas in an attempt to interest potential export customers. In...
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Flight Vision System for Rotary-Wing Aircraft
Elbit Systems Ltd.'s Helicopter ClearVision is the rotary-wing version of its ClearVision next-generation enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) for commercial aircraft. This system has been...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Hindustan Aeronautics Selects L-3’s TACAN+ for Light Utility Helicopter Program
L-3 Aviation Products announced that Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has selected its Tactical Airborne Navigation System, TACAN+, for its new Light Utility...
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Jet Aviation Geneva Approved to Service Gulfstream, Bombardier Aircraft in India
Jet Aviation Geneva recently received CAR-145 approval from the Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA) in India to provide base maintenance services to...
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HondaJet Goes on Show
An important element in its recent world tour was the participation of the new HondaJet at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE), held at Geneva, which was its first European appearance.
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New Pulse Lines for LEAP Engine Production
During the recent Paris Air Show, French engine manufacturer Snecma announced significant investment in a new assembly facility to meet the unprecedented level of customer demand for the new LEAP...
INSIDER Defense
Compact UV Lasers Could Spot Dangerous Substances from a Distance
For soldiers in the field, the ability to identify an object or substance based on how it responds to light could mean the difference between life and death. They could, for...
INSIDER Defense
Scientists Print Radio Frequency Antenna with Graphene Ink
Scientists have taken a significant step in moving graphene – the incredibly strong and conductive single-atom-thick sheet of carbon – from lab bench novelty to commercially viable...
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Smart-Mortar Could Help Soldiers Hit Targets
The Army hopes its new 120mm Guided Enhanced Fragmentation Mortar (GEFM) will improve soldiers' ability to put artillery on target. The GEFM is a high- accuracy, GPS-guided mortar concept currently...
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Freudenberg-NOK Develops Lightweight, Fireproof Materials for Engine Nacelles
Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies is currently developing two new materials that reportedly will help aircraft manufacturers save weight and production costs...
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New SAE Book Examines Effects of Inflight Atmospheric Icing
SAE International has announced publication of the new book, Ice Accretion and Icing Technology by Robert J. Flemming. With proposed changes in the regulations for operation in icing conditions, universities and industry have been working hard to respond to the challenge. This is...
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Dassault Systèmes on Everyone’s Side with 3D Visualization for Cabin Design
Dassault Systèmes announced just prior to Paris Air Show the launch of “Passenger Experience,” what it describes as a new aerospace and defense industry...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Accenture Demos Wearable Technology for Improving Manufacturing Processes
There was plenty of chatter at Paris Air Show about the need to increase efficiencies throughout the life of an aircraft, from its design and build all the way to it...
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Airbus Helicopters Looks to the Future in Heavy-Lift Rotorcraft with the X6 Concept
Airbus Helicopter's announcement at the Paris Air Show about the beginning of the concept phase for a new helicopter, currently called the X6, didn't quite...
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Sierra Nevada Breathes Life into D328, Determined to Make It Fly Again, and Evolve
Some 10 years since being out of production (some might say even nearly 15 years if one considers the demise of the plane’s originator), the Dornier 328,...
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Flight Propulsion Goes Electric
Somehow, the sight of an airplane wing perching incongruously atop a big-rig truck tractor that’s rumbling across a dry lake bed at dawn might not seem particularly significant to the future of aviation....
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Propulsion Performance Model for Efficient Supersonic Aircraft
For the design process of the class of aircraft known as an efficient supersonic air vehicle (ESAV), particular attention must be paid to the propulsion system design as a whole...
INSIDER Defense
Compact UV Lasers Could ID Substances from a Distance
For soldiers in the field, the ability to identify an object or substance based on how it responds to light could mean the difference between life and death. They could, for example,...
INSIDER Defense
Army Equips Vehicles With Electronic Stability Control
Soldiers laud the ballistic protection Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles that protect them against underbody threats, but now a brand-new MRAP feature, the first of its kind...
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