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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 Aerospace
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 Manned Systems
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 Imaging
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 Research Lab
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 AR/AI
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 Defense
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 Government
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 RF & Microwave Electronics
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 Design
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 Manufacturing & Prototyping
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 Materials
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 Manned Systems
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 Manned Systems
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 Aerospace
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...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Airbus Demonstrates Very High-Speed Optical Link Between Space and Earth
The French Space Agency (CNES) and Airbus have announced completion of the TELEO in-orbit demonstrator designed to prove that massive, rapid ground to space data...
INSIDER Software
The Future of Aerospace: Embracing Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies
As we look toward 2025 and beyond, the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry stands at the cusp of a significant transformation. Many programs in the...
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Toyota Says Woven City Innovation Incubator Is Ready for Residents
At the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Toyota announced that it has completed phase one construction of what it calls Toyota Woven City, a full-scale area...
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Honda and Nissan Merger Plans Could Accelerate EV R&D
After reports of a potential merger between the two automakers surfaced in recent weeks, Honda and Nissan have officially announced that both parties have signed a memorandum of...
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Company Says Tiny Motions Can Predict Big Problem: Impaired Driving
A five-year-old Israeli company says it has a software-only, AI-driven solution that can detect impaired drivers more quickly and with less intrusion than interlock devices, passive breath detection or other methods that rely on physical hardware. Read on to learn more.
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Using Squeezed Light to Develop Sensors That Defy Defense Limits
Raytheon’s BBN Technologies is developing next-generation, compact, low-power, deployable photonic sensors that will provide users with better awareness of environmental...
INSIDER Defense
How Off-Gassing Keeps Divers, Submariners Safe From Toxin-Releasing Materials
Everyone knows that new car smell — the chemical odor wafting off the new plastics, fabrics and other materials in a vehicle's interior. Those smells are caused...
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