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Airbus Starts Testing Airplane Wing That Changes Shape In-Flight
UpNext, an Airbus subsidiary "technology incubator," has completed the first flight of a modified Cessna Citation VII business jet that is flight testing components and...
INSIDER Robotics, Automation & Control
Osprey MK III Completes First Autonomous Flight
As part of Eglin Air Force Base's new Autonomy, Data, and AI Experimentation Proving Ground (ADAx) effort , the Osprey MK III unmanned aircraft system (UAS) recently completed its first...
INSIDER Aerospace
Air Force Awards JetZero $235 Million to Develop Blended Wing Body Demonstrator
The Department of Defense's (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded a $235 million contract to JetZero for the "next phase of a blended wing body...
INSIDER Software
AI Algorithms Fly Uncrewed XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone for Three Hour Sortie
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) engineers and researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) agents or algorithms to fly an unmanned XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft on a...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
New Transatlantic Partnership Targets Hall Thrusters for Spacecraft Electric Propulsion
Pulsar Fusion has announced a new trans-Atlantic partnership funded by the U.K. Space Agency (UKSA) between the space propulsion system manufacturer...
INSIDER Research Lab
Department of Defense Establishes New Generative AI Task Force
The Department of Defense has established its new generative artificial intelligence (AI) task force, Task Force Lima, according to an Aug. 10 press release. The new task...
INSIDER Research Lab
Air Force to Buy Archer eVTOL Under New Contracts
The U.S. Air Force signed a new series of partnership contracts with Santa Clara, California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) maker Archer Aviation worth up to $142...
INSIDER Research Lab
Moonlighter Satellite to Host First On-Orbit Cybersecurity Challenge
Moonlighter reached low earth orbit July 5 after a short visit at the International Space Station (ISS) and is on track for its inaugural mission: to host an on-orbit...
INSIDER Defense
Aurora Develops Adaptive Control Architecture for Unmanned Surface Vessels
Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, is developing and testing machine learning-based introspection technologies aimed to enable physical systems, in this...
INSIDER Research Lab
SHARE Software Enables Reliable Tactical Edge Communications Between US, Allied Partners
The Defense Advanced Project Research Agency’s (DARPA’s) Secure Handhelds on Assured Resilient networks at the tactical Edge (SHARE) program...
INSIDER Aerospace
Augmented Reality for Nondestructive Inspections on Military Aircraft
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has developed an augmented reality capability to assist in accomplishing nondestructive inspections, or NDI, for safety...
INSIDER Research Lab
US Army, DIU Partner on Prototype Software for Autonomous Ground Vehicles
Ground warfare is fast, complex, and lethal. As the Department of Defense’s (DoD) land warfare component, the U.S. Army needs to find a way to safely conduct...
INSIDER Aerospace
Air Force Performs First Test of Microwave Counter Drone Weapon THOR
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) conducted a demonstration on April 5, 2023, of its high-power microwave counter drone weapon, the Tactical High-power...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
New Institute to Research Biological, Cognitive AI Foundations for DoD
The Department of Defense announced the award of $10 million for the establishment of an institute dedicated to advancing unified research in artificial and natural...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA Seeks Space Technologies for Suborbital and Orbital Flight Tests
NASA’s 2023 TechFlights solicitation is now open! Through TechFlights, researchers from U.S.-based industry, academia, and private research institutions can test...
INSIDER Research Lab
DARPA Seeks New Antenna Designs From Nontraditional Defense Contractors
DARPA is soliciting disruptive ideas from small businesses and nontraditional defense contractors for novel antenna designs, materials, manufacturing, or processing...
INSIDER Research Lab
New Algorithm Developed by MIT Researchers Keeps Drones from Colliding in Midair
When multiple drones are working together in the same airspace, perhaps spraying pesticide over a field of corn, there’s a risk they might crash into each...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
University of Rochester Lab Creates New 'Reddmatter' Superconductivity Material
In a historic achievement, University of Rochester researchers have created a superconducting material at both a temperature and pressure low enough for...
INSIDER Materials
New Consortium to Develop Thermal Protection Materials for Hypersonic Vehicles
Several countries are competing to develop the most advanced hypersonic vehicles, and a team of researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Tailoring the Optoelectronic Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Sensing and Electronics
A team of Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researchers partnered with Pennsylvania State University to publish an article in...
INSIDER Robotics, Automation & Control
Reliable Robotics to Provide Aircraft Automation Study for US Air Force
Reliable Robotics has received a U.S. Air Force contract to explore the automation of large, multi-engine jets. This study will include a feasibility assessment of...
INSIDER Data Acquisition
DARPA AI Algorithms Transition from Simulator to Flying Modified F-16
A joint Department of Defense team executed 12 flight tests in which artificial intelligence (AI) agents piloted the X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Airbus Launches European Defense Fund Research and Development Projects
Airbus has launched two defense research and development projects that it is coordinating as part of the 2021 European Defense Fund (EDF). In July 2022, the European...
INSIDER Aerospace
New HPC4EI Project to Create 'Digital Twin' Models for Aerospace Manufacturing
A partnership involving Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory aimed at developing “digital twins” for producing aerospace components is one of six new...
INSIDER Software
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...
Briefs Test & Measurement
Laboratory Test Requirements for Marine Shock Isolation Seats
This research provides preliminary guidance for laboratory testing of marine shock isolation seats.
INSIDER Research Lab
Oscillating Heat Pipes Tested for Use in Space
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has released the results from its Advanced Structurally Embedded Thermal Spreader Two (ASETS-II). The AFRL experiment was 100% effective in testing...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
Airbus Lays Foundations for Future Urban Air Mobility in Germany
To contribute to the development of advanced air mobility, leading companies, universities, and research institutions, as well as municipalities, are joining forces under...
INSIDER Aerospace
Scientists Work to Enhance Faster-Than-Sound Jet Engines
Almost 75 years ago, U.S. Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. Engineers have been pushing the boundaries of ultrafast flight...
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