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Controlling Heat Spikes in Electric Aircraft at Takeoff
Researchers at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University and Brazil’s Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) will combine forces on one of the main challenges of electric aircraft...
INSIDER Research Lab
Two of the Army's Lead Technology Researchers Retire
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, or DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory (ARL) recently announced the retirements of two of its longest standing researchers: Chief...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
When Innovation Outpaces Infrastructure: R&D’s New Reality in Aerospace
Aerospace research and development is at a turning point. Emerging technologies promise faster and more efficient systems, but also expose deep limitations in aging infrastructure, siloed processes, and manual workflows. The growing disconnect between technological advances and the physical and organizational infrastructures that support them creates a bottleneck to industry progress. Read on to learn what this means.
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Quarterhorse Hypersonic Test Aircraft Completes First Flight
Hermeus, an Atlanta, Georgia-based startup, completed the first flight of its Quarterhorse MK1 test aircraft. The first flight is the latest milestone achieved by Hermeus in its...
Supplier Eye Government
Sourcing Re-Evaluation Underway
The events of the last few months (re: tariff structures) underscore that the world is becoming more insular. Last month’s column (on re-regionalization) outlined that major markets like China, the U.S. and the EU already have or are increasingly building a moat around their markets. Read on for this month's column.
INSIDER Research Lab
DARPA is Transitioning NOM4D from Labs to In-Space Manufacturing Demos
Based on outstanding technical progress by research teams to date, DARPA has pivoted the third and final phase of its NOM4D (pronounced nō- mad) program[1] from planned...
INSIDER Imaging
Ultraviolet Camera System for Small Satellites Could Advance Space Weather Studies
Virginia Tech researchers are collaborating with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to gain new insights on space weather and Earth's upper atmosphere.
INSIDER Defense
The Army's New Supercomputer is Named After ENIAC Programmers
The Army announced a new supercomputer for its scientists and engineers to conduct a wide range of focused research and development, test and evaluation, and acquisition...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
A New Low-Cost Air-Delivered Method for Defeating Surface Vessels
The Air Force proved a low-cost, air-delivered method for defeating surface vessels through a QUICKSINK demonstration in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force...
Briefs Energy
Engineers Develop More Accurate AI Algorithm for Improving Nuclear Reactor Performance
To expand the availability of electricity generated from nuclear power, several countries have started developing designs for small modular reactors (SMRs), which could take less time and money to construct compared to existing reactors. Toward this effort, a Purdue University study has made progress in enabling artificial intelligence to improve monitoring and control of SMRs. Read on to learn what this means.
News Manned Systems
Space Docking and Satellite AI Research
Can electro adhesive forces help ease the process of docking in-orbit satellites? A team of industry and University of Colorado Boulder researchers is determined to find out.
News Defense
Quantifying Generative AI in Defense Applications
DARPA seeks proposals for the new Artificial Intelligence Quantified (AIQ) program that aims to develop technology to assess and enable the guaranteed performance of generative AI.
INSIDER Aerospace
ESA’s Future Low Earth Orbit Cargo Return Service Spacecraft
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a new €25 million contract with Thales Alenia Space to demonstrate a complete cargo delivery service to and from space stations in...
Articles Software
Explaining MOSA from the Team that Led the Army Aviation Mission Computing Environment Task Order
In 2023, Parry Labs was awarded two tasks under the Aviation and Missile Technology Consortium’s (AMTC) Other Transactions Agreement to lead a multi-vendor team to collaboratively define the Army’s Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) requirements for computing and software operating environments for all future Army Aviation procurements.
INSIDER Defense
Air Force to Flight Test Drag-Reducing Finlets, Microvanes and Riblets on Legacy Aircraft
The Department of Defense (DoD) relies on airborne logistics to support global military operations, and airlift and air-to-air refueling are both...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
XQ-67A's First Flight Shows 'Genus' Approach to Aircraft Design
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) completed the first flight of the XQ-67A last week at the General Atomics Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale,...
INSIDER Information Technology
New Report Finds Need for Defense Laboratories to Improve Quantum Workforce Planning
Quantum technologies build on quantum physics to process and communicate information in ways that existing technologies can't. Nations leading quantum...
INSIDER Defense
Army Receives First Next Generation Precision Strike Missile
The U.S. Army has received the first delivery of its new Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) from Lockheed Martin following the completion of production qualification testing at...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
DARPA-Funded Research Leads to Quantum Computing Breakthrough
A team of researchers working on the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA’s) Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (ONISQ) program has...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Nuclear-Powered Drone Destined for Titan Enters Final Design Phase
NASA’s Dragonfly mission team is moving on to the next stage of development on the revolutionary, car-sized nuclear-powered drone it plans to fly over and land on the...
INSIDER Design
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 Manned Systems
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 (BWB)...
INSIDER Aerospace
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 Propulsion
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 and...
INSIDER Regulations/Standards
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 force...
INSIDER Manned Systems
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 Manned Systems
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 AR/AI
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 case...
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AUSA 2025: The Army's New Anti-Vehicle Terrain Shaping Munition is Ready for...
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Engine Design for the Next 20 Years
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Smarter Machining from Design to Production: Integrated CAM...
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Software-Defined Vehicle Summit 2025
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Leveraging Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality to Optimize...
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Vibroacoustic and Shock Analysis for Aerospace and Defense...
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