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Delta Air Lines, JetZero to Design Commercial Blended Wing Body Airliner
Delta Air Lines is partnering with JetZero on a revolutionary, more sustainable aircraft that looks and feels like nothing flying today’s commercial skies. The...
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GE Aerospace is Investing $1 Billion in New Facilities, Materials and Parts
GE Aerospace plans to invest nearly $1 billion in its U.S. factories and supply chain to strengthen manufacturing and increase the use of innovative new parts and...
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SpaceX Dragon Brings Stranded Astronauts Back to Earth
At 1:05 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov undocked from the space-facing port of...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Smart Stacking Tool Improves Rotor Assembly Process for F-35 Engines
The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex has implemented a modernized method to assemble rotor components in the F135 jet engine.
INSIDER Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Startup Develops Manufacturing Breakthrough for Traveling-Wave Tubes
Traveling-wave tubes (TWTs) are a type of vacuum tube critical for many high-performance applications, including deep space missions, satellites, and electronic warfare....
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Microsoft, PsiQuantum Designing Quantum Computer Prototypes for DARPA US2QC Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Microsoft and PsiQuantum to move to the final design stage of its Underexplored Systems...
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3D-Printed Temporary Use Parts Reduce Downtime for Army Vehicles
Army additive manufacturing experts are using an advanced materials process to replace damaged ground vehicle parts more quickly, reducing vehicle down-time in formations.
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
AI-Powered Radar Warning Receiver for Fourth Generation Aircraft
Raytheon has completed flight testing on its first-ever artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-powered Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) system for a fourth-generation...
INSIDER Defense
Are Defense Satellites Ready for Space-Based Laser Communications?
The Department of Defense (DoD) is developing technology for satellites to communicate via lasers. Laser communications could transmit data faster and more securely than...
INSIDER Aerospace
EcoPulse Testing is Helping Advance Hybrid Electric Aircraft Design for Airbus
On a chilly day in mid-December, key stakeholders gathered together at a Daher hangar in Tarbes, in southwest France, to bid adieu to the EcoPulse demonstrator...
INSIDER Software
New Siemens Simcenter Updates Elevate Automotive and Aerospace Simulation
Siemens Digital Industries Software recently introduced the latest update to its Simcenter portfolio, delivering advancements in aerostructure analysis, electric...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
New Commercial Drones and Components Added to Blue UAS Framework
After three days of flight demonstrations at the Blue UAS Challenge at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms, Service evaluators selected 23 platforms and 14 unique...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Blue Ghost Arrives in Lunar Orbit, Prepares for Landing
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander has entered an elliptical orbit around the Moon and captured new images as it prepares for a scheduled landing.
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Battery Safety for a Zero-Incident Future
A fire on January 17 gutted what was reportedly the world’s largest battery storage plant in Moss Landing near Monterey, California. The blaze and concerns over air quality damaged by the toxic...
INSIDER Defense
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 Software
New Developers for the Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System
Microsoft Corp. and Anduril Industries have expanded their partnership to drive the next phase of the U.S. Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program....
INSIDER Design
3D Printing Parts for Ships, Submarines and Underwater Vehicles
Additive manufacturing has been a game-changer in helping to create parts and equipment for the Department of Defense’s (DoD's) industrial base. A naval facility in...
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Not Quite Your Father’s Cab
When New Holland developed its model year 2025 FR Forage Cruiser self-propelled forage harvester, the operator environment was top of mind, evidenced by the “more informative cab” leading the list of...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Safran's ENGINeUS 100 Electric Motor Earns EASA Certification
Safran Electrical & Power is celebrating a world first: certification awarded by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) of the ENGINeUS 100 motor – the first...
INSIDER Design
Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in New Design of Superconducting Quantum Processor
Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have realized a new design for a superconducting quantum processor —...
INSIDER Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Can Microvanes Improve Fuel Efficiency for Legacy Air Force Aircraft?
Air Force Operational Energy and Air Mobility Command are entering the final phase of evaluation for Microvane drag reduction technology on the C-17 Globemaster III....
INSIDER Materials
How the Navy is Using Additive Manufacturing to Protect Submarine Hatch Bolts
Commander, Submarine Forces is researching the usage of additive manufacturing (AM) technology to address operational needs, in collaboration with midshipmen from...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Supernova to 3D Print Military Grade Energetic Materials
The American Center for Manufacturing & Innovation (ACMI) has awarded a $2 million subcontract to Supernova Defense & Space to 3D print military-grade energetic materials.
INSIDER Materials
Clean Sky Demonstrator Fuselage Shows Potential of Thermoplastics in Aircraft Production
Suspended between discrete skeletal jigs, it wouldn't attract a second glance on an aircraft assembly line. Yet inside an anonymous hangar in northern...
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Closing Gap to Leverage Enhanced Computational Power for SDV Advancement
Developing a standardized approach to harness the power of modern hardware accelerators in a safe and efficient way is essential in furthering the advancement of...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
First F-15Es Equipped With EPAWSS Ready for Flight
Two F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft equipped with the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) arrived at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, Jan. 16, 2025, marking the...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Navy's Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band System Achieves IOC
The U.S. Navy declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) system in December, bringing a quantum leap in capability over legacy...
INSIDER Propulsion
Blue Origin Rocket Reaches Intended Orbit on First Launch
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket reached its intended orbit during the NG-1 mission completed on Jan. 16, 2025 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Named after John...
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Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda on Mobility, Sustainable Cities, and Rockets
At CES in 2020, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda announced that Toyota would build a city at the base of Mt Fuji. The giant laboratory would be where the automaker would...
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