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Manned Systems

First Commercial Nuclear-Powered Satellite Tests Tritium Betavoltaic Power in Orbit

A CubeSat launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-17 mission is carrying what City Labs describes as the first commercial nuclear-powered satellite and the...

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Manned Systems

Can Airdrops More Effectively Launch Uncrewed Surface Vessels into the Water?

The Royal Navy (RN) of the United Kingdom completed a trial of an innovative new approach to launching uncrewed surface vessels (USVs): airdropping them from a...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Radiation-Hardened Microelectronics for Missile and Space Systems

BAE Systems received a $16 million Defense Production Act (DPA) investment from the Department of War (DoW) to expand domestic production capability for radiation-hardened...

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Weapons Systems

A Joint Laser Weapon System for Next Generation Drone and Cruise Missile Defense

The Department of War last week announced two new agreements with Lockheed Martin and nLIGHT Defense for the development of Joint Laser Weapon Systems (JLWS)...

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Design

Toray's New 3960-FC Reduces Curing Time for Aerospace and Defense Composite Material Manufacturing

Toray Composite Materials America, Inc. (Toray CMA) has launched 3960-FC, a fast-cure variant of the high-performance, highly toughened 3960...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Air Force Validates SAKURA-II Edge AI Chip for Aerospace and Defense Applications

The U.S. Air Force has completed a breakthrough demonstration of an edge artificial intelligence (AI) processing chip in an exercise supporting advanced...

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Aerospace

U.S. Navy Flight-Tests 3D-Printed Composite Repairs for F/A-18 Super Hornets

The U.S. Navy is flight-testing 3D-printed composite replacement parts to evaluate their potential to reduce the time required to complete composite repairs across...

Podcasts

Propulsion

Rocket Propulsion, AI, and the Future of Engineering Workflows

On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, Reaction Dynamics propulsion engineer and Morius founder Balin Moher explains how artificial intelligence, digital engineering, and structured engineering data could help reshape how aerospace teams design and validate complex rocket systems. Listen now!

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Manned Systems

Europe Test Milestones Push Hydrogen and Hybrid-Electric Flight Closer to Engine Demonstration

Avio Aero and GE Aerospace have completed a pair of Clean Aviation test milestones in Europe that move hydrogen combustion and hybrid-electric...

News

Design

First Drive: 2027 Mercedes-Benz S-Class

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan evolves without losing its luxury crown.

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Materials

Designing to Prevent Wheel Corrosion

There is a case to be made for advanced powder coatings as a way to engineer out corrosion at the wheel.

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Defense

Airbus, Boeing Reveal New Autonomous Aircraft Technologies at ILA Berlin 2026

Airbus and Boeing revealed modified and upgraded variants of a military drone and an uncrewed helicopter during the ILA Berlin Air Show last week. The...

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Power

Antares Achieves Initial Criticality of Mark-0 Nuclear Microreactor

Antares Nuclear completed a zero-power criticality test for its Mark-0 demonstrator reactor at Idaho National Laboratory on June 4, 2026. This milestone advances the...

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Defense

Prototype Reflectarray Antenna Demonstrates Low‑SWaP Anti‑Jam Tactical SATCOM

Preventing adversaries from interfering with communications is crucial to national security. Tactical satellite communications (SATCOM) focus on securing...

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Design

Glazing Creatively at the Sekurit Imagine Lab

Saint-Gobain Sekurit, Meaningful bring to life a space where designers and engineers can play with automotive glass.

Podcasts

Aerospace

Accelerating Spacecraft Development with AI, Digital Twins, and Simulation

During the 2026 Siemens Realize Live conference and exhibition in Detroit, MI, the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast interviewed Dr. Tom Stoumbos, Simulation and Test Leader at Northrop Grumman, about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital simulation and testing tools to design, manufacture, and produce new satellites and space technologies. Listen now!

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Test & Measurement

Introducing the Modern Virtual Test Environment: Reducing Friction in RDT&E

Federal research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) teams are operating in a data environment that looks nothing like it did a decade ago. Modern...

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Manned Systems

Automating Geometric Inconsistencies in Computer-Aided Design of Aircraft Parts

When aerospace companies build digital models of new aircraft, they often combine computer-aided design (CAD) files for individual parts into a single system....

Articles

Automotive

New York 2026: Product Diversity on Full Display

Debuts from the 2026 New York Auto Show, including the Hyundai Boulder, Kia EV3, Subaru Getaway and news from Lucid.

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Photonics/Optics

NEC Completes Design of Japan’s Optical Communication Demonstrator Satellite

NEC Corporation will develop a small technology demonstration satellite to conduct in-orbit verification of key technologies essential for realizing future optical communication satellite constellations, including optical communications, high-speed network routing design, and high-capacity millimeter-wave band communications. The design of the satellite-mounted equipment (payload) for this demonstration has now been completed. Read on to learn more.

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Energy

Safer Batteries for Storing Energy at Massive Scale

Among the enduring challenges of storing energy is batteries that can hold large amounts of electricity for a long time. In addition to having a large capacity – potentially enough to power a neighborhood or small city for days or weeks – ideally, these batteries would be safe, affordable, and environmentally harmless. With an eye toward meeting those benchmarks, researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing novel electrolytes—fluids that can conduct ions—for rechargeable flow batteries.

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Manned Systems

Ukraine’s New Guided Glide Bomb Reaches Combat Readiness

Ukraine’s first glide bomb, developed by a Brave1 participant, has passed all required tests and is ready for combat use.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

A Next Generation Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator for Deep Space Missions

L3Harris Technologies has finalized the design of a next-generation nuclear-based power source for future NASA deep space missions, marking a crucial...

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Robotics, Automation & Control

Varda Teams with United Therapeutics to Advance In-Orbit Pharmaceutical Processing

Varda Space Industries has launched a new collaboration with United Therapeutics Corporation to explore the use of microgravity to develop improved...

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Design

Developing User Terminals for ESA's Optical Communications Network

Kepler Communications, a Canadian satellite telecommunications provider operating the first commercial optical data relay constellation, is leading a group of industry...

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Propulsion

Light-Powered Propulsion Expands Space Exploration Possibilities

Reaching the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, would take hundreds of thousands of years using current rocket propulsion technology. Researchers in the J. Mike Walker ’66...

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Electronics & Computers

New Report Outlines Challenges and Opportunities for Orbital Data Centers

Space-based data centers would place data processing and storage systems for AI and other computing needs into satellites. This could reduce the land, electricity,...

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Design

B-52 Engine Replacement Program Holds Critical Design Review, Paves Way for F130 Upgrade

The B-52J Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) recently held its Critical Design Review (CDR), a pivotal milestone that enables the...

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Electronics & Computers

Army Teams with Defense Manufacturers to Host 'Right to Integrate' Hackathon

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and leaders from Anduril, Boeing, General Dynamics, L3Harris, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Palantir, Perennial...