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What is the Defense Innovation Unit’s New Blue Manufacturing Program?
For nearly a decade, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has identified, prototyped and scaled commercial technologies that deliver advantages to warfighters. To meet...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
A New Additive Manufacturing Strategy for the UK Defense Industry
The U.K.'s Ministry of Defense (MoD) published a new 17-page strategy outlining their vision for the wider use of advanced manufacturing and specifically additive...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
These Speedy Cold Spray Machines Can 3D Print Vehicle Parts in War Zones
As “point of need” additive manufacturing emerges as a priority for the Department of Defense, Australian 3D printing provider SPEE3D is one of several companies demonstrating that its machines can rapidly produce castings, brackets, valves, mountings and other common replacement parts and devices that warfighters often need in an on-demand schedule when deployed near or directly within combat zones. Read on to learn more.
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Top Aerospace OEMs Taking Action to Prevent Unapproved Parts From Entering Supply Chain
The Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition released its report recommending specific actions the aerospace industry should take to help prevent...
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Enhancing SRE Security in Aerospace and Defense with Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) are paving the way for a new age of digital security in site reliability engineering (SRE) in the aerospace and defense industries. This...
Technology Report Electronics & Computers
Coherix’s Laser-Based Computer-Vision Improves Electronics Manufacturing
An industry-first 3D laser-based, computer-vision system can monitor and control the application of adhesive beads as tiny in width as two human hairs. This unique...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Anduril Takes Software-Defined Approach to Hyperscale Defense Manufacturing
Anduril, the California-based defense autonomous systems startup, published a 32-page report on its new software-defined approach to defense manufacturing...
Articles Energy
The Impact of Fast Charging on the EV Charging Chain
With fast charging becoming more common, precise and reliable temperature sensing across the charging chain will remain critical even as battery technologies evolve. Read on to learn why.
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Army's New Artillery Projectile Metal Parts Facility Begins Operations in Texas
The Army has inaugurated a new modular metal parts facility in Mesquite, Texas, the Pentagon announced Thursday, May 30, 2024.
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Boeing Adopts New Airplane Manufacturing Quality and Safety Metrics
Boeing has published a new 11-page summary of actions being implemented to prevent airplane manufacturing quality and safety issues such as those that led to the in-flight...
Articles Manned Systems
Aerospace Production: Overcoming Challenges in Composite Machining
Composite materials play an important role in aerospace manufacturing. The light weight, durability and ability to create complex shapes from molds make these materials ideal for frames and structural components that enable lighter, more fuel-efficient aircraft.
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OPINION: How Artificial Intelligence Eliminates Risk from Aerospace and Defense Quality Teams
The complexity of aerospace and defense (A&D) supply chains has outstripped the capabilities of human processing.
Articles AR/AI
Enabling Ambitious Battery Production at Scale
The battery industry is forecasted to grow tenfold by the end of the decade. This growth is driven by increasing demand for Li-ion cell batteries, predominantly for electrified transportation and energy storage.
Editorial Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Ford We Didn’t Know
Ford CEO Jim Farley exposed significant product-development lapses during his company’s fourth-quarter-2022 earnings call on February 2. Ford’s 4Q profit performance was no-excuses dismal. Its causes, he...
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
New Products
Data recorders, conduction-cooled chassis, robot chargers, and more.
Articles Test & Measurement
Mapping Performance Variations to See How Lithium-Metal Batteries Fail
Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have identified the primary cause of failure in a state-of-the-art lithium-metal battery.
Articles Test & Measurement
Reimagining Automated Test During a Pandemic
COVID-19 has challenged test and measurement companies that supply the aerospace & defense sector.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Software Enables New-Age, Flexible Test Solution for Analog and Digital Radios
Radios are a staple of naval operations but their standards must change to keep up with the times.
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Flexible Manufacturing Cell Increases Efficiencies, Component Readiness
A flexible manufacturing cell (FMC) currently under development is projected to save Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) approximately $2.5 million annually in...
Articles Test & Measurement
Open System Software for Critical Applications
Make sure that you have a fully integrated, automated approach to test and requirements traceability.
Application Briefs Materials
5-Axis Machining Center
Honeycutt Manufacturing made a major investment in a 5-axis universal machining center.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Dispensable Gels vs Gap Filler Pads
Learn the distinct pros and cons of the two thermal interface materials.
INSIDER Materials
Machine Learning Makes Light Work of AM Aerospace Alloys
Project MEDAL: Machine Learning for Additive Manufacturing Experimental Design is being led by Intellegens, a University of Cambridge spin-out specializing in artificial...
Application Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
3D-Printing Powders
A new partnership is intended to create a closed loop supply chain, where certified scrap material is turned into powder.
Technology Report Automotive
New Magna Seat Puts Connectivity in the Second Row
New automated seating system improves passenger ingress and egress.
Products Test & Measurement
New Products
Network analyzers, FPGAs, mobile surface measurement, and more.
Application Briefs Propulsion
Laser Wire Additive Manufacturing System
ADDere printing not only a rocket combustion chamber and nozzle, but seamlessly merged them into one full size rocket thrust chamber assembly.
Podcasts Manufacturing & Prototyping
A Morphing Airplane Wing Built by Tiny Robots
Ben Jennet is a PhD student at MIT and a former space research fellow at NASA. He is working with NASA to develop a new kind of aircraft wing that's flexible and changes mid-flight.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Scaling Low-Cost Carbon Fiber Production with Oxidation Technology
Few materials used in manufacturing today are as versatile and desirable in performance applications as carbon fiber.
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New Copper Alloy Could Provide Breakthrough in Durability for Military Systems
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How the US Army is Advancing Research in Robotics, AI and Autonomy
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SkillReal Signs Tier 1 Supplier for NVIDIA-Powered AI Inspection
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Metamaterials Antenna Makes Generational Leap in Multi-Band Connectivity
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Regulation and Technology Changes Needed for Drone Detection, Mitigation in US...
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Venus Aerospace’s Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Completes First Flight...
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Automotive Margin Survival: Virtual Integration & Continuous...
