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INSIDER Government
SpaceX to Develop ISS Deorbit Vehicle for NASA
NASA has selected SpaceX to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) and ensure avoidance of risk to...
INSIDER Aerospace
Airbus Starts Flight Testing Upgraded French Army Helicopter
Airbus Helicopters has started the flight testing campaign for the prototype of the NH90 Standard 2. This standard is one of the latest NH90 configurations and is being developed...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Space Lasers: Aiming Towards Next Leap in Global Communications
Space lasers are transforming the world. Not the far-off future of science fiction, but the universe of how data and communications flow today — everywhere from deep space...
INSIDER Energy
Archer Aviation Completes Midnight eVTOL Transition Flight Milestone
Archer Aviation has completed the first transition flight of its Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. According to a June 8 announcement, the...
INSIDER AR/AI
Air Force Launches New NIPRGPT Generative AI Tool
The U.S. Air Force has launched its own experimental new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool in an effort to give Airmen and Space Force Guardians the ability to potentially create...
INSIDER AR/AI
Skunk Works Successfully Demonstrates AI in Air-To-Air Tactical Intercepts
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works partnered with the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) to demonstrate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Air and Space Force Joint Team Completes Two Intercontinental Missile Tests
For the second time in a week, a joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
NAVAIR Leverages CFD to Simulate Aircraft Engine Health and Aerodynamics
Developed by Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR) Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) programs, "CharLES" is described by...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
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 Manned Systems
How Sandia’s New Digital Engineering Tool Helps Reimagine Design of Radar Systems
In a whirling geopolitical landscape of new nuclear weapons, hypersonic weapons, drones and satellites, the U.S. is hustling to test new kinds of radars...
INSIDER Design
Four Companies to Design Air Force Enterprise Test Drone Prototypes
The U.S. Air Force Armament Directorate (AFLCMC/EB) and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have partnered to identify and prototype commercial and dual-use technology...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Electra Starts Proving Blown Lift eSTOL Technology
Electra.aero has completed the first test flights of its piloted blown-lift hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) demonstrator aircraft, EL-2. According to a May 29...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Ursa Major Performs First Successful Hotfire of Hypersonic Draper Engine
Ursa Major announced the successful hotfire of its 4,000-pound thrust closed catalyst cycle hypersonic Draper engine at the company’s Colorado headquarters. The...
INSIDER Manned Systems
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...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Airbus Launches Cryoprop to Demonstrate Future of Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft
Airbus UpNext, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus, has launched a new technological demonstrator to accelerate the maturation of superconducting technologies for...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
UK Flight Test Evaluates "Un-Jammable" Quantum Navigation Systems
In a first-of-its-kind achievement, the U.K. has successfully completed commercial flight trials of advanced quantum-based navigation systems that cannot be jammed or spoofed...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
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...
INSIDER Aerospace
German Air Force Starts Flight Testing New Heron ISR Drone
The German Air Force has started a six month flight testing program with its new German Heron Turboprop (TP) drone, according to recent updates published by Airbus and the...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Four Quantum Computing Aviation Applications Being Researched by Airbus
Airbus recently published an update on some of the latest research and development that the Toulouse, France-based airplane maker has been exploring around the use of...
INSIDER Design
Air Force Researchers Design, Build and Fly Drone in 24 Hours
In an open area of the Eglin Air Force Base range known as B-70, a group of Air Force field grade officers and black-shirted innovators huddled together above an eight-pound...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Boeing Starliner Launch Delayed to Test Helium Leak Repair
Boeing, NASA and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are targeting a May 21 launch date for the crewed flight test of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
INSIDER Aerospace
Chevron Waiver Unlocks New Era for BVLOS Commercial Drone Operations in US
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on May 8, 2024 issued a first-of-its kind exemption to Pennsylvania-based drone maker American Aerospace Technologies, Inc....
INSIDER Manned Systems
Army Starts Testing Prototype Modular Turreted Mortar System
In a potentially significant stride forward in military technology, Yuma Proving Ground is testing a cutting-edge Modular Turreted Mortar System, or MTMS.
INSIDER Aerospace
Two Tactical Edge Hydrogen Generation Trailer Prototypes in Development
The Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O), Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC PAC), and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have partnered to...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Directed Energy Deposition Enables Rocket Engine Additive Manufacturing Breakthrough
The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Rocket Propulsion Division recently designed, printed, built and hot fired a first-ever, single-block...
INSIDER Power
UK Selects Companies for New Domestic Hypersonic Development Framework
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected 90 companies and organizations from across its domestic industry and academic landscape to compete for contracts that...
INSIDER Defense
Millennium Space to Build Eight 'FOO Fighter' SDA Satellites
The Space Development Agency (SDA) issued a $414 million contract to Millennium Space Systems, Inc., to build eight new satellites as part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space...
INSIDER Aerospace
FAA Adopts New Aircraft Engine Emission Standards for Non-Volatile Particulate Matter
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) adopted a new rule that will set a limit on carbon particles emitted by subsonic aircraft engines, according to...
INSIDER Aerospace
Navy Receives First T-54A Training Aircraft
The U.S. Navy received the first two operational T-54A multi-engine training system aircraft last week at Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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