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Starliner to Perform Uncrewed Return Flight From International Space Station...
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Archer Delivers First Midnight eVTOL to US Air Force
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ESA to Test Canadian Startup's Diamond Quantum Sensors in Space
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EA-37B Compass Call: The US Air Force's New Electronic Attack Aircraft
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Modern Commercial Jets Create Longer Living Contrails Than Older Aircraft,...
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Anduril Takes Software-Defined Approach to Hyperscale Defense Manufacturing
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INSIDER Weapons Systems
EA-37B Compass Call: The US Air Force's New Electronic Attack Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command received its first EA-37B Compass Call on Aug. 23 for pilot training at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
INSIDER Propulsion
Starliner to Perform Uncrewed Return Flight From International Space Station This Week
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to make an uncrewed return flight to Earth on Friday, Sept. 6, while the two astronauts who flew the...
Articles Software
How Next-Generation Edge Computers Will Shape Drone Warfare
Drones – or uncrewed aerial systems, as they are known by the military – have become ubiquitous in most armed forces around the world. Across all domains, drones employ a range of sensors. Read on to learn more about how next-gen edge computers will advance them.
Products Electronics & Computers
New Products
See the new products, including VORAGO Technologies' VA7230, an Arm MPU with an embedded graphics processor; Renesas Electronics Corporation's space-ready reference design for the AMD Versal™ AI Edge XQRVE2302 Adaptive SOC; Teledyne FLIR's next mid-wave infrared Neutrino Ground ISR imaging module; Amada Weld Tech's new WL-300A precision laser welding workstations; Aitech's A178-AV, the latest iteration of its smallest rugged GPGPU AI supercomputers; and much more.
Application Briefs Power
A Subsea Processing Milestone
Curtiss-Wright and Saipem have reached a significant milestone for the subsea applications industry: the completion of the qualification process of an all-electric seabed barrier fluid-less pump. Read on to learn more about it.
Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Next Generation C-UAS Missile
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center has selected BlueHalo and Raytheon to develop Next-Generation Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System Missile prototypes. Read on to learn what this means.
Application Briefs Test & Measurement
AgilePod Brings Fiber Optic Sensing to Flight Testing
The Air Force Test Pilot School’s research division, in partnership with the 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman AFB and NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, recently conducted a flight test campaign verifying the use of the new AgilePod. Read on to learn more about the topic.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Will Generative AI Transform Robotics?
In the current wave of excitement about applying large vision–language models and generative AI to robotics, expectations are running high, but conquering real-world complexities remains challenging for robots. Read on to learn more about the matter.
Briefs Unmanned Systems
Creating and Verifying Stable AI-Controlled Systems in a Rigorous, Flexible Way
Researchers have developed new techniques that rigorously certify Lyapunov calculations in more elaborate systems. Their algorithm efficiently searches for and verifies a Lyapunov function, providing a stability guarantee for the system. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Research Lab
Engineers Develop More Accurate AI Algorithm for Improving Nuclear Reactor Performance
To expand the availability of electricity generated from nuclear power, several countries have started developing designs for small modular reactors (SMRs), which could take less time and money to construct compared to existing reactors. Toward this effort, a Purdue University study has made progress in enabling artificial intelligence to improve monitoring and control of SMRs. Read on to learn what this means.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Everyday Life, Improved by Light: GRYPHON’s Photonic Discoveries
GRYPHON will leverage recent developments in nonlinear photonics and photonic-electronic integration to develop microwave sources with noise performance that meets or exceeds that of the best discrete oscillator modules. Read on to learn more about the endeavor.
Articles Physical Sciences
This Laser Clock Could Transform Satellite Navigation Accuracy
A new laser clock from the German Aerospace Center has achieved a record level of accuracy for optical clocks with gas cells: in 30 million years, it would be off by just one second. Read on to learn more about it and what it could mean for satellite navigation accuracy.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Quality Gearing Keeps Mission-Critical Systems Rotating for Combat
Power transmission and gear components must meet extreme performance and reliability demands in order to prove effective on the battlefield. That’s because they are the heart of rotating mechanisms used to rapidly detect threats, home in on targets, and fire projectiles quickly aboard combat vehicles and ships. Read on to learn more about the gear and its uses.
Articles Propulsion
How Aerospace Startups Can Seek Partnerships to Secure Their Future
There usually is no blueprint for innovation. Ultimately, the key to creating productive, successful partnerships is finding the right partner with a winning track record and starting with a defined process that includes understanding new technology from the inside out. Read on to learn more.
Articles Electronics & Computers
Microchip’s New Microprocessor to Enable Generational Leap in Spaceflight Computing
Microchip is launching a new class of microprocessors that the company claims will provide a generational leap in the computational performance of spacecraft avionics. Read on to learn more about it.
Videos Test & Measurement
Boom Supersonic Completes Second Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator
Boom Supersonic recently completed the second flight of its XB-1 demonstrator. Watch this video to learn more.
Podcasts Aerospace
The Future of Digital Twins and Virtual Prototyping in Aerospace
Dale Tutt, Vice President of Industry Strategy at Siemens Digital Industries Software, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to discuss the future of virtual prototyping and digital twins.
Podcasts Software
How the Air Force Is Using AI to Fix Supply Chain Challenges
Art Sellers, SparkCognition Government Systems Interim President and General Manager, joins the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to explain the new partnership using AI to improve supply chain efficiency for the U.S. Air Force.
INSIDER Aerospace
Archer Delivers First Midnight eVTOL to US Air Force
Archer Aviation Inc. completed the delivery of its first Midnight aircraft to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to evaluate as part of its AFWERX Agility Prime contract valued at up to $142...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
ESA to Test Canadian Startup's Diamond Quantum Sensors in Space
SBQuantum, a Sherbrooke, Canada-based startup developing quantum diamond magnetometers capable of providing accurate readings from space, announced a pair of new contracts...
INSIDER Energy
DARPA Selects Texas for Open-Access Semiconductor Microsystem Fabrication Facility
Seeking to ensure America’s national security and global military leadership, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has selected the...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Anduril Takes Software-Defined Approach to Hyperscale Defense Manufacturing
Anduril, the California-based defense autonomous systems startup, published a 32-page report on its new software-defined approach to defense manufacturing...
INSIDER Semiconductors & ICs
Navy Scientists Discover New Class of Semiconductor Nanocrystals
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists confirm the identification of a new class of semiconductor nanocrystals with bright ground-state excitons, a significant...
On-Demand Webinars Defense
Paradigm Shifts in Flight Test
Flight test concepts continually evolve. However, the recent paradigm shifts to vastly increased amounts and types of data collected, large flight distances, continuous onboard monitoring, and the...
Podcasts Electronics & Computers
Digital Transformation Updates at Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon
Executives from Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon provide updates on their adoption and development of artificial intelligence and other new digital engineering technologies.
INSIDER Manned Systems
A New Approach to 3D Printing Tool Recycling for Aerospace Manufacturers
Jamco America Inc., has signed a new partnership agreement with Airtech Advanced Materials Group to revolutionize aerospace manufacturing through 3D printing (3DP)...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
This Laser Clock Could Transform Satellite Navigation Accuracy
A new laser clock from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has achieved a record level of accuracy for optical clocks with gas...
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Mitigating Risks, Ensuring Reliability: Deep Dive into Automotive...
Automotive
Accelerating Time to Market: Tackling NVH Challenges in Electric...
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Space Communications and Navigation Summit 2024
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Utilizing Model-Based Systems Engineering for Vehicle Development
Software
Meeting the Challenges of Software-Defined Vehicles With...
Software
Automotive Hardware Security Modules: Functionality, Design, and...