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Lockheed Martin Flight Tests Direct RF Gen12 Transceiver on Group 2 Drone
Lockheed Martin in collaboration with Altera, an Intel Company, completed a successful flight demonstration of our 12th Generation Electronic Warfare (Gen12)...
Articles Communications
Everyday Life, Improved by Light: GRYPHON’s Photonic Discoveries
GRYPHON will leverage recent developments in nonlinear photonics and photonic-electronic integration to develop microwave sources with noise performance that meets or exceeds that of the best discrete oscillator modules. Read on to learn more about the endeavor.
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
DARPA Selects Texas for Open-Access Semiconductor Microsystem Fabrication Facility
Seeking to ensure America’s national security and global military leadership, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has selected the Texas...
INSIDER Defense
Navy Scientists Discover New Class of Semiconductor Nanocrystals
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists confirm the identification of a new class of semiconductor nanocrystals with bright ground-state excitons, a significant...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
MEMS-Based Accelerometer to Measure Microgravity for In-Orbit Manufacturing
Looking ahead, the continued development of MEMS technology will likely unlock new possibilities for space exploration and utilization, ensuring that projects like ForgeStar remain at the forefront of scientific and technological progress. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Streamlined Microcomb Design Provides Control With The Flip of a Switch
Researchers at the University of Rochester describe new microcomb lasers they have developed that overcome previous limitations and feature a simple design that could open the door to a broad range of uses. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers Demonstrate the First Chip-Based 3D Printer
Imagine a portable 3D printer you could hold in the palm of your hand. Researchers took a major step toward making this idea a reality by demonstrating the first chip-based 3D printer. The prototype chip has no moving parts, instead relying on an array of tiny optical antennas to steer a beam of light. Read on to learn more.
Products Electronics & Computers
New Products
See the new products, including Durabook's major upgrade of its Z14I laptop; New Wave Design’s V6065, a next-generation heterogeneous embedded computing 3U VPX module; Teledyne FLIR's next generation of high-performance Hadron 640 dual radiometric thermal and visible camera modules; Pickering Interface’s new high channel count microwave MUX family; and more.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
How Intelligent Battery Management Drives EV Buyer Confidence
Battery management systems are poised to become a key competitive differentiator in an EV market that is seeking to grow and thrive on a global level. And by tapping into smarter BMS, automotive manufacturers are future-proofing their resources by embracing, even anticipating, trends in EV battery design. Read on to learn more.
Articles Power
EV Energy Management Powers Up
Future electric vehicles will be more efficient, more powerful, and will be able to hold more energy in their batteries than today’s EVs. Those big “mores” require countless small improvements beyond the headline component — batteries. Read on to learn more.
Articles Electronics & Computers
Image Sensors and Cameras Based on Colloidal Quantum Dots for Defense Applications
This article reports on the image sensor technology and the VS20 camera product developed at Emberion. The article describes the image sensor design comprising the sensor stack based on a p-i-n photodiode implementation with PbS QDs sandwiched between thin-film hole transport (HTL) and electron transport (ETL) layers as well as the CMOS ROIC architecture and pixel front-end interfacing the photodiode stack.
Products Electronics & Computers
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.
Products Electronics & Computers
New Products
See the new products, including Rohde & Schwarz' R&S FSPN phase noise analyzer and VCO tester, Sherwin-Williams' universal clearcoat: Aerospace Clearcoat, SWIR Vision Systems' Acuros GO 6 MP SWIR camera, Delta Electronics' M∞Vair 30 kW Wireless Charging System, Spectrum Control's Space Grade EMI filters, American Portwell's newest member of its APTNS network computing hardware platform product family, and STMicroelectronics' new devices from the second generation of its industrial microprocessors, the STM32MP2 series.
Articles Semiconductors & ICs
Leveraging AI for EV Performance Improvement
As commercial fleets adopt more electric vehicles, they need accurate state-of-health measurements and smart charging algorithms to ensure their EVs have minimum unscheduled downtime. To solve these problems effectively, we need comprehensive data collection, capable computing infrastructure, and intelligent algorithms.
Products Aerospace
New Products
See the new products, including SWIR Vision Systems' short-wavelength infrared imaging technology, Fischer Connectors' expanded set of cable assemblies for the KEYSTONE tactical hub, Interface Concept's 3U VPX Single Board Computer, Microchip's updated software design tools, and more.
Articles Aerospace
How Business Networks Can Help Stabilize the A&D Supply Chain
If the disruptions of the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that supply chain issues can’t be solved in a vacuum by an individual company, however much leverage that company may wield in the marketplace. These days, it takes a village to keep supply chains humming along.
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
New Products
See the new products, including the SST ESF3 third-generation embedded SuperFlash technology NVM solution in the GF 28SLPe foundry process; General Micro Systems' new rugged display using open-standard Thunderbolt™ 4 technology; Rohde & Schwarz' RF test and measurement solutions; and more.
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
New Products
See the new products this month, including Motor Stator Busbars for EVs; high-power, liquid-cooled configurable power solution; a compact, automated battery cycler and test system; and more.
Briefs Materials
Modeling and Experimenting with 2D Materials for CMOS Type Devices and Digital Integrated Circuits
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides have been proposed as novel optoelectronic materials for space applications due to their relatively light weight. MoS2 has been shown to have excellent semiconducting and photonic properties. Here, we report the effect of gamma irradiation on the structural and optical properties of a monolayer of MoS2.
Articles Electronics & Computers
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 Energy
The Road to Net-Zero EV Development Labs
As the automotive sector continues to transition to a significant portion of their portfolio being electric, they must either build the needed test facilities to support this transition or update their current facilities.
Products Manufacturing & Prototyping
New Products
See the new products, including a cesium alarm clock, ethernet switches, generators, a network analyzer, and more.
Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
SHIP Prototype Computer Chip
The U.S. Department of Defense has celebrated a milestone achievement for the SHIP program with the delivery of the first SHIP prototype devices from Intel and Qorvo to BAE Systems.
INSIDER AR/AI
Boeing to Leverage Intel 18A Fabrication in Next Generation Aerospace Microelectronics
Boeing is working with Intel under a new strategic collaboration to advance semiconductor technology across the aerospace industry, with the intent to...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
New Lockheed Martin Partnership Targets Domestic Semiconductor Manufacturing
Lockheed Martin has partnered with GlobalFoundries to advance U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturing and innovation and to increase the security, reliability and...
INSIDER Design
NIST Outlines Vision for a National Semiconductor Technology Center
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a paper outlining its vision and strategy for a National Semiconductor...
Articles Energy
Finding Solutions for Sustainable Mobility
SAE International has established a new, dedicated practice aimed at helping the transportation industry become truly sustainable, as OEMs and suppliers in automotive, aerospace and commercial vehicles work to meet net-zero climate goals.
INSIDER Materials
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...
Technology Report Unmanned Systems
Lumotive’s New LCM Underpins Next-Gen Lidar
“The future happened yesterday” is an appropriate description of the rapid pace of development in automated-driving technology. The expression may be most accurate in sensor tech where, for...
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