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Overcoming Performance Limitations of Distributed Brillouin Fiber Laser Sensors
Distributed fiber sensors are a powerful tool for structural health monitoring and environmental sensing due to their ability to remotely monitor the strain at 1,000s of locations using low-cost optical fiber.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Electro-Optic Materials Research
Here, a summary of the main lines of effort for the Electro-Optics Materials Research program including its goals and major accomplishments of the past five years.
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AFTC Gains New Test Capability
As weapon system designers continue to innovate for the defense of the nation, the Air Force Test Center must advance the test capabilities available to develop and prove the superiority of those systems...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Designing Multi-Channel Microwave Radio Systems Using Optical Interconnects
Imagine if it was possible to build multi-channel microwave radio systems leveraging optical rather than copper interconnects.
Articles Aerospace
Designing A/D Converters for the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has four infrared cameras to view the stars.
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Optical Flow Visualization Applied to Jet Engine Testing
Working together with a local business and academic professionals at the University of Tennessee Space Institute, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) team members at...
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
Armed Drone System
The SMART SHOOTER system successfully completed live firing tests and is currently under advanced stages of development.
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Mounted Troops to Get High-Tech Situational Awareness Tools
Mounted armored vehicles such as the Bradley have long been used as heavy weapons platforms with long range sensors to hunt targets and provide armored transportation to...
Briefs Aerospace
Infrared Systems for Tactical Aviation: An Evolution in Military Affairs?
See why the military is trying to understand the chaotic evolutionary development of infrared (IR) systems
Application Briefs Photonics/Optics
Hybrid Thermal and Red Dot Sight
The advanced MIL-STD Mepro TIGON sight has arrived.
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Egypt’s Apache Helicopter Fleet to Get Upgraded Sensor Systems
Lockheed Martin received a $102 million contract award to upgrade 25 of Egypt’s AH-64D Apaches to the E-model version of the aircraft. This modernization for the Egyptian...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Technology Companies Work to Combat Pilot Fatigue
Collins Aerospace and Seeing Machines, a leader in eye tracking and driver safety technology, are working together to develop and deliver revolutionary fatigue management technology...
Articles Photonics/Optics
Testing EMI Materials for Battlefield Applications
The testing of EMI materials must be rigorous and designed to predict performance over the lifetime of a material.
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Researchers Developing Prototype of Next-Gen Night Vision Technology
Three University of Arkansas researchers — electrical engineering professor Shui-Qing “Fisher” Yu, Distinguished Professor Greg Salamo, and Jin Hu, assistant...
Articles Test & Measurement
Facing 5G New Radio (NR) Test Challenges
The use of CA, MIMO, and beamforming technologies will lead to more antennas and radio ports that need to be tested.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Nonlinear Effects in Transformation Optics-Based Metamaterial Shields for Counter Directed Energy Weapon Defense
Applying an iterative solution to the Maxwell equations may accommodate the nonlinear effects produced by directed energy weapons.
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New Products
A folded zoom lens, miniature rotary encoders, starter generator control, and more.
Articles Data Acquisition
Designing for the Connected Battlespace
Makers of 'Solider as a System' technologies must confront significant bandwidth and size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints.
Application Briefs Photonics/Optics
Multi-Sensor Electro-Optic Platform
Silent Sentinel’s offering includes a dual Electro-Optic/Infra-Red camera payload, a laser range finder, and a panoramic surveillance camera.
Products Aerospace
New Products
4D radar sensors, edge databases, 3D simulation platforms, and more.
Articles Software
Developing a 6DoF Aircraft Munitions Optical Tracking System
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software estimates the trajectory of separation between the aircraft and the store. But how reliable is the CFD model in real-life situations?
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
A Comparative Evaluation of the Detection and Tracking Capability Between Novel Event-Based and Conventional Frame-Based Sensors
This research establishes a fundamental understanding of the characteristics of event-based sensors.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Characterization of Turbulent Unsteady Separation Using Photonic Micro-Skin Friction and Wall Pressure Sensors
Learn about a photonic skin friction and wall pressure sensor.
Articles Aerospace
Electronic Warfare: Vying for Control of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
A plethora of new, dynamic threats flood the EW spectrum, pushing threat detection and analysis to keep pace.
Application Briefs Photonics/Optics
Counter-UAS Technology
SRC recently demonstrated its Silent Archer® counter-unmanned aircraft system at Eglin Air Force Base.
Briefs Electronics & Computers
An Ultrafast Testbed for Comprehensive Characterization of Photonics, Electronic, and Optoelectronic Properties of Integrated Nanophotonic Structures
High-speed testing technology will enable advances such as new digital signal processing and computing platforms in the optical domain.
Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Nanofabrication Technology for Production of Quantum Nano-Electronic Devices Integrating Niobium Electrodes and Optically Transparent Gates
Devices created using this technology could be used for control and sending of qubit/quantum memory states to remote locations.
Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Weapon Fire Control System
Smart Shooter increases the accuracy and lethality of small arms.
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