Information Technology
Latest Stories
Articles Aerospace
The Future of Aerospace: Embracing Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies
Most A&D companies are not seeing the ROI they expect from their digital transformation journeys. This does not mean digital transformation is not working, it just means it is not mature. Read on to learn what this means.
Products Information Technology
New Products
See the new products, including a new family of Rohde & Schwarz power analyzers, DDC’s cyber resilient MILSTD-1553 component, Eizo Rugged Solutions' Talon RGD2443W LCD monitor, Emerson's new ASCO™ Series 148/149 safety valve and motorized actuator, Pixus Technologies' Tier 3 SOSA aligned chassis management module, Epix Inc.’s robot/drone dual camera link grabber, and more.
Articles Electronics & Computers
Digital Twinning and Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information
Creating a digital twin is not just a technical feat; it is a strategic imperative that touches every facet of modern business. From security to sovereignty and from trust to ethics, the decisions made today about digital twin architecture will reverberate long into the future. Read on to learn more.
Technology Report AR/AI
AI, Digital Twins Reshaping Advertising and Car Creation at JLR
Better digital twins powered by more powerful AI are going to change not just how car commercials are created in the future, but could open the door to entirely new design and engineering methods.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
One Person Can Supervise a Swarm of 100 Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles
Research involving Oregon State University has shown that a “swarm” of more than 100 autonomous ground and aerial robots can be supervised by one person without subjecting the individual to an undue workload.
Briefs Defense
New Cyber Algorithm Shuts Down Malicious Robotic Attacks
Australian researchers have designed an algorithm that can intercept a man-in-the-middle (MitM) cyberattack on an unmanned military robot and shut it down in seconds. The algorithm, tested in real time on a replica of a U.S. Army combat ground vehicle, was 99 percent successful in preventing a malicious attack.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Revolutionizing Electronic Warfare: Unleashing the Power of High-Performance Software-Defined Radios
In the ever-evolving landscape of electronic warfare (EW), the imperative for technological prowess has never been more pronounced. At the vanguard of this evolution stands a technological marvel — high-performance software defined radios (SDRs).
Articles Electronics & Computers
Deterministic and Modular Architecture for Embedded Vehicle Systems
The next generation of Army ground vehicle systems aim to provide the warfighter with advanced capabilities while ensuring cyber resiliency. One key technology, Ethernet, has enabled the modernization of military ground vehicles by providing a broad range of beneficial features. Read on to learn more.
Articles Information Technology
Design Approaches for Established and Emerging RF Receiver Architectures
Traditionally, heterodyne architectures have been the preferred choice for radio frequency (RF) and millimeter-wave (mmWave) receiver architectures, excelling in noise performance, dynamic range, frequency coverage, selectivity, and reduction of EMI. However, recent advancements in high sample rate analog to digital converters (ADCs) and embedded signal processing have prompted a reassessment of both architectures.
Articles Information Technology
Rydberg Technologies Shows Potential of Long-Range RF with Quantum Sensor at NetModX23
Rydberg Technologies demonstrated the use of an atomic receiver for long-range RF applications during the NetModX23 event. Shortly after the completion of the NetModX event, Aerospace & Defense Technology caught up with Rydberg CEO David Anderson to discuss the demonstration of their atomic receiver prototype and the future potential of quantum sensing in real-world military RF applications.
Articles Information Technology
FACE Technical Standard Offers MOSA Lessons for Safety-Critical Software in Any Sector
The FACE Technical Standard shows that the benefits of MOSA can be leveraged in practice. Automated tools, with which regression test can be automated as the same code is leveraged in a variety of tool chains, go a long way toward ensuring that reused modules are fit for purpose in their new environment.
Articles Software
Adamant: A Soon-to-be Open Source, Mission-Critical Flight Software Framework Written in Ada
By embracing an open-source approach, Adamant opens the doors to wider collaboration, community contributions, and the exchange of best practices in the discipline of flight software. Adamant open-source on GitHub will be released later this year.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Benefits and Challenges of Direct-RF Sampling for Avionic Platforms
Recent advances in the operation of advanced CMOS processes for extremely high-speed and high dynamic range analog-to-digital (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) data converters has led to their use in directly sampling microwave and even millimeter wave signals.
Application Briefs Communications
5G OSIRIS Testing
Lockheed Martin delivered the final Phase 1 Initial Prototype 5G testbed variant for the Open Systems Interoperable and Reconfigurable Infrastructure Solution to the Marine Corps program management team aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, CA, to begin mobile network experimentation.
Technical Innovation Robotics, Automation & Control
Digital Transformation of the Construction Jobsite
There has been talk in recent years of an oncoming digital transformation coming to the construction jobsite. While there are some components of this transformation that have yet to be realized, in many ways the industry’s digital transformation has already begun. Read on to learn more.
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
New Products
See the new products, including the NDT 1000 inspection system, a PU-5200 certifiable display computer, RJ45 connectors, servers, and more.
INSIDER Data Acquisition
Report Finds F-35 Program Cannot Track Millions in Spare Parts
A new 35-page report published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that the Department of Defense's (DoD) F-35 Joint Program Office has lost track of millions of...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Army Gets a Clearer View of Multi-Domain Battlefield
The Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space Cross-Functional Team (APNT/Space CFT) takes a multi-dimensional approach to understanding and preparing for future warfare. The team,...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Transforming Battlespace Communications
The Russian invasion in Ukraine has certainly raised the security stakes and intensified the need for simultaneous communications streams over a single platform.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
The Next Generation of Mission-Critical Communications Infrastructure is Here
The critical role of spectrum superiority in the success of battlefield campaigns is evidenced by the enormous investments being made in electronic warfare (EW)...
Products Defense
New Products
Modeling and Simulation Software COMSOL (Burlington, MA) announced a major update to the COMSOL Multiphysics ® software version 6.0. The update builds out the Model Manager server with a web interface — an asset management...
Articles Communications
What is Pulse Shaping?
Pulse shaping, as it is done today, is an effort to fix fidelity issues caused by the transmitting amplifier and is accomplished by a combination of imperfect methods, most external to the amplifier. This article will...
INSIDER Data Acquisition
Portable Servers Enhance Army Geospatial Intelligence Training
The Army Geospatial Center has assisted in further modernizing the 412th Theater Engineer Command’s Engineer-Focused Intelligence Training (ENFIT), geospatial intelligence...
INSIDER Information Technology
New Method Accelerates AI Decision-Making
A new solution compresses and offloads critical data from battlefield machines more efficiently, enabling faster AI processing and decision-making on the battlefield.
INSIDER Information Technology
Special Forces Get a Small, Powerful Cyber Support Device
U.S. Special Operations Forces have a new aid in the fight against cyber-attacks. The Tactical Key Loader (TKL) cryptographic key device, which answers the Army’s call for the Next...
INSIDER Data Acquisition
Creating Cross-Domain Kill Webs in Real Time
Two DARPA-developed technologies – a novel decision aid for mission commanders and a rapid software integration tool – played a critical role in the recent Air Force demonstration of the...
Articles AR/AI
Making Data Logging, Replay, and Prototyping More Efficient
The development of advanced driver assistance (ADAS) and highly automated driving systems poses great challenges for OEM and supplier engineers.
Briefs Information Technology
Covariance and Uncertainty Realism in Space Surveillance and Tracking
Characterizing uncertainty in estimating the state of a resident space object is one of the fundamentals of many space surveillance tasks.
Briefs Information Technology
Co-Prime Frequency and Aperture Design for HF Surveillance, Wideband Radar Imaging, and Nonstationary Array Processing
A co-prime array uses two uniform linear subarrays to construct an effective difference coarray with certain desirable characteristics, such as a high number of degrees-of-freedom for DOA estimation. In this case, the co-prime...
Top Stories
INSIDERDesign
Supersonic X-59 Completes Cruise Control Engine Speed Test Ahead of First Flight
INSIDERDesign
3D-Printed C-17 Replacement Part Saves Thousands for Air Force
INSIDERRF & Microwave Electronics
Aitech’s New Palm-Sized Satellite Enables Space-Based AI Processing
INSIDERElectronics & Computers
Microsoft, PsiQuantum Designing Quantum Computer Prototypes for DARPA US2QC...
INSIDERAerospace
Two Startups Partner to Expand Hydrogen-Powered Drone Production
INSIDERSoftware
Bombardier is Digitally Upgrading its Aircraft Design, Engineering and...
Webcasts
Materials
Optimizing Electric Powertrains: Advanced Materials for Performance, Safety,...
Imaging
Breakthrough in Infrared and Visible Imaging: One Dataset with...
Test & Measurement
Improving Rocket and Flight Vehicle Testing Under Capital...
AR/AI
Advancing Automotive Manufacturing with Digital Twins
Defense
Powering NewSpace Missions: Navigating the Cost vs. Reliability...
Electronics & Computers
Solving Thermal Challenges in Defense: The Role of ECUs and...