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Anduril Brings AI-Powered Display to New EagleEye Army Helmets
Anduril has unveiled its new EagleEye artificial intelligence (AI)-powered helmet designed to meet the startup company's vision of turning every warfighter into a connected node...
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A Wearable Next-Generation Tactical Networking System for Dismounted Military Operations
Silvus Technologies has developed a new chest-mounted tactical networking system that delivers mission-critical connectivity and data access for...
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Two of the Army's Lead Technology Researchers Retire
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, or DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory (ARL) recently announced the retirements of two of its longest standing researchers: Chief...
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AUSA 2025: 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...
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Army Conducts First Switchblade 600 Loitering Munition Live-Fire Exercise
As part of Pegasus Charge, 1st Cavalry Division's effort in support of the Army's "Transforming in Contact" initiative to modernize armored formations, soldiers assigned...
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Scaling Precision: Designing and Manufacturing the Army's Next-Generation Strike Missile
As the U.S. Army transitions into a new era of modernization, its Precision Strike Missile program is a powerful example of how innovation at scale can...
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Designing Low-Cost, Long-Range Autonomous Strike Drones
MGI Engineering recently unveiled their new long-range autonomous precision strike drone, TigerShark, at the 2025 DSEI event in London. MGI is a U.K.-based engineering consultancy founded by former F1 Chief Designer Mike Gascoyne. Gascoyne is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to explain how MGI is leveraging their history of collaborating with F1 racing teams to design low cost precision strike drones that can be manufactured at scale.
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Meet Arc: Inversion's New Autonomous Space Vehicle for Logistics and Hypersonic Testing
Inversion, the California-based defense and space manufacturing startup, has unveiled its new flagship space vehicle designed for cargo delivery...
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Air Force Streamlines Tactical Communications with Portable Command and Control Unit
The 90th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight was given the opportunity to exhibit a project after four years of development at the...
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Four Recent GE Aerospace Research Breakthroughs in Propulsion and Autonomous Flight
At the Air & Space Forces Association (AFA)’s 2025 Air, Space & Cyber Conference, GE Aerospace highlighted four recent research and development...
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A New Quantum Materials Research System
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have a powerful new tool to accelerate discovery in quantum materials for advanced electronics. The laboratory recently completed installation of...
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Nadcap at 35 Still Defining Excellence in Aviation, Defense and Space Manufacturing
Celebrating its 35th year, the National Aerospace Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap) continues to advance quality assurance and regulatory compliance for aviation, defense, and space OEMs and suppliers. This article summarizes how Nadcap accreditation works, its benefits for manufacturers, and its role in expanding additive manufacturing through industry-wide consensus.
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High-Performance Enclosure Systems for Aerospace and Defense Applications: Preparing for What’s Next
As mission-critical systems demand more processing power, real-time data movement, and multi-domain interoperability, rugged embedded systems are being transformed. Today’s military and aerospace applications increasingly demand the merging of AI computing, enhanced sensor interfaces, and cybersecurity. At the heart of this evolution is the 3U OpenVPX form factor, a modular, compact, and ruggedized hardware standard. Read on to learn more.
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2025 RISING STAR AWARDS Aerospace and Defense Winner – Keshika Warnakula
Keshika Warnakula is a Senior Flight Mechanics Engineer at Syos Aerospace Limited and the winner of the 2025 Rising Stars Award Aerospace and Defense category. Read on to learn more about her via this interview.
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JCB Heads to the Front of the Line
JCB recently announced that it has secured a contract to provide 4CX backhoe loaders to the United States Marine Corps. According to JCB, the agreement includes not only machines but also attachments...
Application Briefs Manned Systems
Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle Rapid Capability Kit Upgrades
BAE Systems is investing in the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) to further expand capability options for soldiers. By using internal investment dollars and the modular chassis of the AMPV the company will collaborate to produce various technologically-advanced prototypes equipped with different capability kits. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
TRML-4D Radar for Ukrainian Air Defense
Hensoldt recently received a major order to supply radars to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense. As part of a comprehensive order package worth more than 340 million euros, TRML-4D high-performance radars and SPEXER 2000 3D MkIII shortrange radars will be delivered. Read on to learn more.
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The World’s Largest Real Time EW Test Range
The U.S. Department of Defense faces an increasingly complex electromagnetic environment, in which rapid advances in radar and electronic warfare (EW) demand new tools for development, testing, and training. DARPA’s Digital RF Battlespace Emulator (DRBE) program took up this challenge, resulting in the development of the world’s largest high-fidelity, real-time virtual radio frequency (RF) test range. Read on to learn more.
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U.S. Army Tests Innovative Autonomous Tactical Vehicle Prototype
In an effort to cut costs and improve supply delivery efficiency, the U.S. Army assessed the Overland AI ULTRA Fully Autonomous Tactical Vehicle prototype during exercise Agile Spirit 25 at the Combat Training Center, Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, in July. Read on to learn more about it.
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Helsing Unveils New Autonomous Fighter Jet 'CA-1 Europa'
Defense technology startup Helsing unveiled its new CA-1 autonomous fighter jet powered by their proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) software Centaur during a launch ceremony in...
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How the Air Force's B-21 Raider is Advancing Across Test and Production
The U.S. Air Force announced the arrival of the second B-21 Raider flight test aircraft last week to Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), California.
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Four New Military Ground Vehicles Unveiled at DSEI 2025
Several defense companies unveiled new military ground vehicles for a wide variety of international programs and applications during at the Defense & Security Equipment...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Air Force Supports Development of Large Format Metal 3D Printer Demonstrator
3D Systems will continue its development of large format metal 3D printing technology under a new $7.65 million contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to...
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AFWERX Tests Alternative Navigation System on Osprey MK III
A bright orange dart drifted in the air at approximately 1,000 feet. The cloudless, bright blue skies practically swallowed up the 7-foot, 50-pound unmanned aerial system as it...
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A New Depth Perception System for Explosive Ordinance Disposal Robots
What started as a school project has developed into a promising innovation for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) operations across the Department of Defense (DoD).
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Mercury Signs Embedded Production Agreement for AeroVironment’s Satellite Augmentation Technology
Mercury Systems announced a new production agreement with AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) to support the U.S. Space Force’s Satellite...
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General Atomics Collaborative Combat Aircraft Completes First Test Flight
In a major step toward a new era of airpower, the U.S. Air Force reached a key development milestone in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, with one of...
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Boeing X-37B Latest Mission Tests Quantum Inertial Sensor in Space
Boeing's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on August 22 for its eighth mission, and has been confirmed to be...
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New AFRL Chamber Enhances Equipment Performance in Extreme Environments
The Air Force Research Laboratory hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for the new Research Environmental Chamber in May. The capability, part of AFRL’s Human Effectiveness Directorate, facilitates equipment and human performance evaluations with control over environmental extremes as well as close observation of subjects. Read on to learn more.
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