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University of Rochester Lab Creates New 'Reddmatter' Superconductivity Material...
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MIT Report Finds US Lead in Advanced Computing is Almost Gone - Mobility...
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Airbus Starts Testing Autonomous Landing, Taxi Assistance on A350 DragonFly...
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Boeing to Develop Two New E-7 Variants for US Air Force - Mobility Engineering...
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PAC-3 Missile Successfully Intercepts Cruise Missile Target - Mobility...
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Air Force Pioneers the Future of Synthetic Jet Fuel - Mobility Engineering...
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CMOSS/CMFF Trades Interoperability for Free-Thinking Innovation
Answering the challenge of increasingly complex military systems, the U.S. Army has released a set of open system architecture standards.
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Airbus Developing New Laser Communication Terminal for Military Aircraft
Airbus and VDL Group have signed a partnership agreement for the development and manufacturing of a laser communication terminal for aircraft, known as UltraAir....
INSIDER Weapons Systems
F-35 Completes First Flight with Technology Refresh 3 Upgrades
A developmental test team from the 461st Flight Test Squadron conducted the first flight of an F-35 in the Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) configuration at Edwards Air Force...
Articles Photonics/Optics
Designing Multi-Channel Microwave Radio Systems Using Optical Interconnects
Imagine if it was possible to build multi-channel microwave radio systems leveraging optical rather than copper interconnects.
News Test & Measurement
Machine Learning Software Monolith Cuts Development Time for BMW’s Test Engineers
BMW faced a problem. Because leg injuries can be common in vehicle crashes, the effect of all manner of deformation must be measured in order to...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Army Aviation Team Achieves Software Success in Live Fire Test
Less than one second. That was how long it took for an Apache helicopter in Europe to transmit a call for fire to ground forces while operating forward of the fire line. A...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Drone Wing Could Learn How to Sense Danger Faster
The oddly satisfying small domes that you press on your soda’s to-go cup lid may one day save a winged drone from a nosedive. Patterns of these invertible domes on a drone’s wings...
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Army Gets a Clearer View of Multi-Domain Battlefield
The Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space Cross-Functional Team (APNT/Space CFT) takes a multi-dimensional approach to understanding and preparing for future warfare. The...
Briefs Aerospace
In-situ Atmospheric Intelligence for Hybrid Power Grids: Volume 2 (Automated Data Flow Tests)
To achieve dominance within the future battlespace, energy flow characterizations of individual platforms and the aggregate battlespace must be developed with respect to the variable operating conditions.
Briefs Data Acquisition
R/V Athena Model (5365) Response in Waves
A better physical understanding of the dynamic response of high-speed craft in seas would allow for increased structural optimization.
Briefs Data Acquisition
Optimal UAS Assignments and Trajectories for Persistent Surveillance and Data Collection from a Wireless Sensor Network
To meet the DoD’s vision for future UAS capabilities and lower manpower costs, systems incorporating UAS and standoff components are needed.
INSIDER Propulsion
Flight-Testing of New Airbus A321XLR Gathers Momentum
Following the maiden flight of A321XLR development aircraft MSN11000, two more prototypes, currently in advanced stages of manufacture, will join the certification flight-test...
Briefs Aerospace
Investigation of Requirements and Capabilities of Next-Generation Mine Warfare Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
The current fleet of United States Navy Mine Countermeasures ships, the Avenger class, is reaching the end of its planned service life.
INSIDER Aerospace
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...
News Software
SAE International Extends Call for Abstracts, Seeks Submissions for AeroTech Conference
Engineering Events staff at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, have extended the call for abstracts through September 21 for the...
Application Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Vehicle-Mounted Tactical Radars
Blighter will be supplying its B422 180-degree ground surveillance e-scanning radar in a vehicle-mounted configuration to be fitted to a six-wheeled UGV.
Briefs Aerospace
Upgrade Transonic Compressor Test Rig Data Acquisition System
New software programming using commercial off-the-shelf software for acquiring data, processing data, displaying results, and generating reports is implemented to improve the performance of a legacy system.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Electrokinetics Models for Micro- and Nano-Fluidic Impedance Sensors
Microfluidics- and nanofluidics-based impedance sensors play an important role in the identification of toxic industrial chemicals and pathogens in the biodetection and biodefense arena, but their efficient modeling and design continues to be a challenge.
Briefs Test & Measurement
GPS Radio Occultation and Ultraviolet Photometry-Colocated (GROUP-C) Early Orbit Testing Results
After routine flight, capture, and installation, GROUP-C underwent Early Orbit Testing to verify its performance prior to science operations.
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
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 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 Photonics/Optics
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...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
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 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 Test & Measurement
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...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
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 RF & Microwave Electronics
Researchers Test Cooling Solutions for Directed Energy Weapons
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate recently signed a five-year Strategic Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) with New Mexico State...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
B-21 Raider Passes First Loads Calibration Test
In early May, Northrop Grumman successfully completed the first — and most critical — loads calibration test of the first B-21 aircraft. The recent test is one of three major conditions...
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