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Navy Gets Integrated Multi-Mission Laser Weapon System
Lockheed Martin delivered to the U.S. Navy a 60+ kW-class high energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance (HELIOS), the first tactical laser weapon system to be...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Northrop Grumman Continues B-2 Spirit Modernization
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force are continuing enhancements to the B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber fleet providing new capability, including its first long-range stealth missile. The B-2...
INSIDER Materials
Ceramic Matrix Composites Offer Lighter, More Durable Engine Parts
If you're looking for the next cool idea in sustainable aviation, Pratt & Whitney's (P&W) Andy Lazur may have just the thing. Only it’s designed to run hot.
INSIDER Aerospace
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 the...
INSIDER Propulsion
Northrop Grumman and Boom Supersonic Collaborate on New Supersonic Aircraft
A new supersonic aircraft tailored to provide quick-reaction capabilities to the U.S. military and allies will be offered through a collaborative agreement between...
INSIDER Propulsion
NASA, GE Complete Historic Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Tests
Sustainable aircraft of the future are going to need propulsion systems that can use technology to generate power comparable to the equipment used in today’s commercial jets. But...
INSIDER Materials
Air Force Wind Tunnel Team Takes 3D Printing Program to Next Dimension
It started with a piece here, a small part there. But since its inception at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak,...
INSIDER Aerospace
Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Complete Second Hypersonic Weapon Flight Test
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, in partnership with Northrop Grumman, successfully completed its second flight test of the scramjet-powered Hypersonic Air-breathing...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Army Cross-Functional Team Tackles Modernization of Air and Missile Defense
The U.S. Army Futures Command Air and Missile Defense Cross-Functional Team (AMD CFT) based in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, is coordinating and accelerating Army efforts to...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
New Combat Pod System Wakes Up with Software Updates
The operational assessment of the Angry Kitten Combat Pod electronic attack system demonstrated rapid reprogramming between flights. This combat pod, an updated version of the Georgia...
INSIDER Government
US Marine Corps to Get MQ-9A Extended Range Unmanned Aircraft Systems
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was awarded a contract for eight MQ-9A Extended Range (ER) Unmanned Aircraft Systems as part of an ARES...
INSIDER Motion Control
Fly-by-Wire Inceptor Developed for eVTOL Aircraft
Sensata Technologies has developed a new fly-by-wire inceptor for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and has provided prototypes to several advanced air mobility...
INSIDER Aerospace
Collins Aerospace Completes Preliminary Design of 1MW Electric Motor
Collins Aerospace has completed Preliminary Design Review of the 1-megawatt electric motor and motor controller it’s developing for Pratt & Whitney Canada’s...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Cygnus™ Spacecraft Successfully Boosts Orbit of International Space Station
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft successfully boosted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS). Docked to the ISS since...
INSIDER Defense
Air Force Expands Missile Signature Characterization Capabilities
The Advanced Missile Signature Center of the 718th Test Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), has been helping the Department of Defense...
INSIDER Aerospace
Rocket Factory In-A-Box Missile Propulsion Anytime, Anywhere
AFRL’s Rocket Factory In-a-Box (RFIB) program is developing a mobile, containerized Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) production capability by aggregating revolutionary design and...
INSIDER Defense
Army Tests Limits of Improved Ribbon Bridge
In today’s ever-changing world, technology is advancing at lightning speed. For the U.S. Army, that means constantly evolving vehicles, weapons, and systems. With that in mind, the U.S. Army...
INSIDER Defense
Aerospace Vehicle Survivability Facility Helps Reduce Aircraft Losses
The new National Defense Strategy will focus on the building of a more lethal military force, the strengthening of U.S. alliances while establishing new partnerships, and...
INSIDER Defense
US Army Tests Ground Robotics in Multinational Exercise
The U.S. Army’s most recent Soldier Operational Experiment (SOE) confirmed the value position of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) in a coalition environment. This is a position...
INSIDER Robotics, Automation & Control
Virtual Flight-Test Campaign Paving Way for A321XLR’s First Flight
The construction and equipment installation phases for the three A321XLR flight-test aircraft are rapidly nearing completion in the FAL in Hamburg before the first of...
INSIDER Defense
Lockheed Martin Breaks Ground on New Missile Facility
Lockheed Martin is investing in innovation, celebrating a milestone marking continued growth, and advancing capability in North Alabama at its Huntsville campus, as the company broke...
INSIDER Green Design & Manufacturing
NASA to Increase Sustainable Aircraft Manufacturing with HiCAM
One of the aeronautical challenges of the 21st century is finding a way to quickly construct new, sustainable aircraft. Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM), one of...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
Joby Aviation Announces Acoustic Data from NASA Testing
AFWERX Agility Prime partner Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, recently completed developmental...
INSIDER Aerospace
A-10 Warthog to Get New Mission Computer
Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), a Raytheon Technologies business, was recently awarded a $46.2 million firm-fixed-price Project-Level Agreement under the SOSSEC Consortium’s AFLCMC...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Air Force Propulsion Team Continues Flow Visualization Study
Team members with the 717th Test Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base are continuing to collect shadowgraph measurements of...
INSIDER Aerospace
SAE International and IAQG Sign Global Aerospace Standards Agreement
The International Aerospace Quality Group® (IAQG) formally announced SAE International (SAEI) as the organization’s international standards publisher. The IAQG/SAE...
INSIDER Aerospace
KC-46A Pegasus Approved to Refuel 97% of Joint Force Receivers
Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, approved a seventh Interim Capability Release mission set for the KC-46A Pegasus, increasing the aircraft’s operational...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Engineers Assess Flow Quality in Wind Tunnel Test Facility
Engineers at the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex don’t always go with the flow. They realize that flow must be examined from time to time, as good flow quality is...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
New Technology Demonstrated During Arctic Exercise
During a multi-service exercise, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) successfully demonstrated a...
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