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New Device Detects Damage to Body Armor
Cardiff University’s School of Engineering joined forces with California-headquartered Microsemi to develop A-Ultra – a lightweight handheld system that uses ultrasound to spot damage to personal...
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Army Develops Dual Pulse Rocket Motor to Support Warfighter
A team at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Center, Aviation and Missile, has been working to develop a new dual pulse rocket motor incorporating insensitive...
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Automated Process Prints Aircraft Parts
Copper cables run through the fuselage of aircrafts. They transmit electrical signals for temperature-measuring sensors, LEDs in ceilings, or electronic connections in seats. During their...
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Maintenance-Free Engines Power Deep-Space Science
There are no gas stations in deep space, so engines must be reliable for the long haul. NASA has successfully operated a free-piston Stirling engine for more than 110,000 hours of cumulative...
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Non-Contact Method Measures Aircraft Internal Stresses
Scientists have developed a non-contact method of internal voltage control in polymer composites, making it possible to assess the degree of internal damage during the operation of aircraft...
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NASA Teams with Uber on Safety of Future Urban Airspace
NASA has teamed with Uber Technologies to further explore concepts and technologies related to urban air mobility (UAM) to ensure a safe and efficient system for future air...
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Nuclear Radiation Detecting Device Could Produce New Homeland Security Tool
A Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory research team has developed an exceptional next-generation material for nuclear radiation detection that...
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Navy Researchers Work to Lighten, Strengthen Warfighter Armor
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory pushed grain size engineering to the limit and recently discovered previously unseen behaviors in...
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Artificial Intelligence Helps Soldiers Learn Faster
New technology allows U.S. soldiers to learn 13-times faster than conventional methods, and Army researchers said this may help save lives.
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Adaptive Materials Could Help Protect Rotorcraft
Engineers developed a technique that causes a composite material to become stiffer and stronger on-demand when exposed to ultraviolet light. This on-demand control of composite behavior could...
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Air Force Tests 3D Printing for Hypersonic Flight Vehicles
The Air Force is testing materials produced through ceramic additive manufacturing to advance their potential future use in hypersonic flight vehicles. The Air Force and its...
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Micro-Displays and Augmented Reality Improve Situational Awareness
Several new technologies are being developed that, once combined, will give soldiers an unprecedented overview of the battlefield. Those technologies involve the marriage...
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AUVSI Unveils XPONENTIAL 2018 Keynote Speakers
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) announced the keynote speakers who will guide discussions about the benefits and future of unmanned systems at AUVSI...
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XPONENTIAL 2018 Heads to Colorado
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) is bringing this year's XPONENTIAL 2018 to the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, CO. The event, which runs from April 30 - May 3, will...
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Corrosion Evaluation System Makes "Sense" for Aircraft Coatings
Through a Small Business Innovation Research project with Luna Innovations, the Air Force supported the development of CorRES, an improved system for coating materials...
INSIDER Aerospace
Flight Control System Virtually Eliminates Pilot Error
The L1 adaptive flight control system maintains aircraft performance and maneuverability even in the presence of severe failures - ultimately increasing aircraft safety, resilience to...
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Evading In-Flight Lightning Strikes
MIT engineers are proposing a new way to reduce a plane's lightning risk using an onboard system that would protect a plane by electrically charging it. The proposal may seem counterintuitive, but the...
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Analytical Methods Help Develop Antidotes for Cyanide, Mustard Gas
To develop antidotes for chemical agents, such as cyanide and mustard gas, scientists need analytical methods that track not only the level of exposure but also how the...
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Army Aviators Test Next Generation Air-to-Ground Missile
Aviation testers have been busy testing the latest Army aviation missile, known as the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM). The complex JAGM test was a collaborative team effort...
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New Vehicle Technology May Protect Troops from Blast-Induced Brain Injury
Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering have developed a new...
INSIDER Aerospace
Origami is Key to Air Force Concepts
For scientists and engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory, the prospect of using origami to create complex, multi-functional materials from a two-dimensional substrate is a highly attractive...
INSIDER Aerospace
Blockage Detection System Could Prevent Aircraft Accidents
Acoustic methods have been used for detecting blockages in pipes for many years. Researchers set out to discover if similar methods could be used for real aircraft Pitot tubes,...
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NASA Demonstrates X-ray Navigation in Space
In a technology first, NASA demonstrated fully autonomous X-ray navigation in space. This technology could work in concert with existing spacecraft-based radio and optical systems.
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Ultrafine Fibers Could Revolutionize Body Armor
Researchers at MIT have developed a process, called gel electrospinning, that can produce ultrafine fibers - whose diameter is measured in nanometers, or billionths of a meter - that are...
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Printing on Patrol
What if our military could dramatically reduce the amount of materials and equipment held on the front lines by printing only what they need? Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National...
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Army Trains Robots to "Learn" From Humans
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and The University of Texas at Austin have developed new techniques for robots or computer programs to learn how to perform tasks by interacting with a...
INSIDER Aerospace
Nanotube Fibers Made by Hand to Cut Production Time
A method developed at Rice University allows researchers to make short lengths of strong, conductive fibers from small samples of bulk nanotubes in about an hour. It can take grams of material and weeks of effort to optimize the process of spinning continuous fibers, but the new method cuts that...
INSIDER Software
Drones Learn Autonomous Flying by Imitating Cars and Bikes
The algorithm DroNet allows drones to fly completely by themselves through the streets of a city and in indoor environments. It produces two outputs for each single input image: a...
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NASA Alloy Could Fold Wings in Flight
NASA has successfully applied a new technology in flight that allows aircraft to fold their wings to different angles while in the air. Part of the Spanwise Adaptive Wing (SAW) project, the technology...
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