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Design

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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Design

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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Defense

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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Electronics & Computers

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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Materials

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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Aerospace

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....

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Transportation

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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Design

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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Manned Systems

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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Design

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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Photonics/Optics

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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Defense

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...

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Robotics, Automation & Control

Rethinking Robotics with Intelligent Materials

Today’s advances in robotics are often driven by breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and perception. But in complex and constrained environments, the limiting factor...

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Aerospace

Bombardier Selects CoLab AI Software for Jet Design and Manufacturing

Bombardier has signed a multi‑year, multimillion‑dollar agreement with CoLab AI Inc. to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) software supporting the design and...

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Electronics & Computers

From Autonomous Vehicles to Ship-to-Shore to: Designing 60 GHz Networks for Tactical Applications

While the applications are cutting-edge, the foundation is proven. Peraso's 60 GHz technology is already deployed in demanding real-world environments, delivering consistent performance, reliability, and operational confidence. Read on to learn more about it.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Army Researchers Design 3D-Printed Soldier Portable Autonomous Reconnaissance Transitioning Aircraft

Researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory harnessed bottom-up Soldier innovation to develop an experimental 3D-printed small unmanned aerial system that was demonstrated at the inaugural U.S. Army Best Drone Warfighter Competition in Huntsville, Alabama. Read on to learn more.

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AR/AI

RPI Researchers Harness Agentic AI for Smarter, Faster Aerospace Design

A Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute engineering professor, Shaowu Pan, Ph.D. and his team of students have integrated agentic AI into computational fluid dynamics to optimize the aerospace design process and alleviate bottlenecks. Read on to learn more.

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Materials

TITAN‑AM Program to Industrialize Titanium Additive Manufacturing for Large Aerostructures

GKN Aerospace has launched the Titanium Industrialization and Technology Advancement for Near-net Additive Manufacturing (TITAN-AM) program, an...

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Aerospace

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...

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Manned Systems

Career Ford Engineer Zhou Awarded SAE’s Medal of Honor

SAE International named a longtime Ford engineer with its Medal of Honor during its annual World Congress event.

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Materials

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Welds First Ever Metal 3D-Printed Submarine Component

Engineers recently completed inspection, testing, and shipboard installation of a welded, additively manufactured (AM) copper‑nickel flange for the USS...