Latest Stories
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Bore Elevation and Azimuth Measurement System (Beams)
A newly developed laser apparatus verifies that the pointing accuracy requirement of a weapon’s fire control system is met.
Application Briefs Test & Measurement
Telemetry Processing Systems
Acroamatics Telemetry Systems (Acroamatics), was recently selected by Northrop Grumman to deliver telemetry tech for the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) program.
INSIDER Defense
Prototype Defense Planning and Assessment Tool Delivered to USS Bunker Hill
In January, the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) — part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group — left San Diego for a scheduled...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Designing Battery Packs for Harsh Environment Mission-Critical Devices
Learn about design considerations for manufacturing a battery pack that operates in extreme temperatures, absorbs shock and vibration, and maintains a watertight seal.
Products Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Products
Industrial metal 3D printers, force testers, machining centers, and more.
Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Covariance and Uncertainty Realism in Space Surveillance and Tracking
Characterizing uncertainty in estimating the state of a resident space object is one of the fundamentals of many space surveillance tasks.
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Photonic Microwave Generation Using On-Chip Optical Frequency Combs
A key building block of microwave photonics is optical frequency combs, which provide hundreds of equidistant and mutually coherent laser lines.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
High-Speed Data Cables for Fighter Aircraft
Harbour Industries will manufacture low-loss coax and high-speed data cables used on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II 5th generation fighter aircraft.
News Data Acquisition
Aiding Automotive Workers Displaced by Coronavirus
The Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Assn., in partnership with APA Search, has initiated a free platform to match automotive- and transportation-sector employers with industry employees who...
Briefs Weapons Systems
DDDAMS-based Urban Surveillance and Crowd Control via UAVs and UGVs
Investigating algorithmic approaches to create scalable, robust, multi-scale, and effective urban surveillance and crowd control strategies using UAVs and UGVs.
Briefs Aerospace
Quantifying Autonomous Soaring on a Surveillance and Communications Relay Mission
Research demonstrates that a surveillance mission is still achievable by unmanned vehicles while performing autonomous soaring.
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Study Uses AI to Estimate Unexploded Bombs from Vietnam War
Researchers have used artificial intelligence to detect Vietnam War-era bomb craters in Cambodia from satellite images – with the hope that it can help find unexploded bombs. The...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Drone Swarms: A Transformational Technology
The U.S. military is prioritizing development of drone swarms as a means to reduce risk to our warfighters.
Articles Unmanned Systems
Connectors Lighten the SWaP Burden in UAV/MUMT Aircraft Electronics
Combat is being transformed by Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUMT) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technologies that improve a warrior’s situational awareness.
Articles Aerospace
Playing Defense — Uncertain Regulations Stall the Implementation of Counter-UAS Technology in The U.S.
A raft of companies have emerged to provide counter-UAS technologies, but challenges remain.
Products Aerospace
New Products
RTK/GNSS Receiver ACEINNA (Andover, MA) announced the availability of the new ACEINNA OpenRTK330L, a low-cost, state-of-the-art, high-performance triple-band RTK/GNSS receiver with built-in triple redundant inertial sensors....
Articles Unmanned Systems
Robotic Combat Vehicles: Putting the Brains Behind the Brawn
A new era of Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCV) is about to begin
Application Briefs Defense
Towed Array Sonar System
The SwordFish™ is capable of underwater target search, detection, tracking, and classification.
Briefs Unmanned Systems
Assessing the Effectiveness of a Combat UGV Swarm in Urban Operations
Recent technological advancements could enable the military to employ robotic platforms in swarms to help overcome operational challenges in an urban environment.
News Data Acquisition
Speeding AV Testing with a Digital Twin
A European company has developed time-saving simulation software for users of the University of Michigan’s Mcity CAV (connected and autonomous vehicle) testing facility in Ann Arbor. It has created...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
A Focal Plane Array and Electronics Model for CMOS and CCD Sensors in the AFIT Sensor and Scene Emulation Tool
Developing an improved model capable of generating realistic synthetic data that represents a wide range of systems can lead to new algorithms and data exploitation techniques.
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Deformation Sensing in Soft Bio-Surrogate Materials
Accurate measurement of deformations occurring within or on soft materials will advance the next class of soft robotics and wearable biomedical sensors.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Agile Robust Autonomy: Inspired by Connecting Natural Flight and Biological Sensors
Understanding the mechanics of insect flight could help improve the agility, autonomy, robustness and integrated sensing and processing of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Application Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Light Attack Reconnaissance Helicopter Secures Vertical Lift Dominance
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, recently introduced RAIDER XTM, its concept for an agile, lethal and survivable compound coaxial helicopter.
Briefs Aerospace
Real Time Physiological Status Monitoring
New wearables will provide soldiers and small unit leaders with actionable information needed to ensure individual and squad performance readiness.
News Design
Aerion Taps Siemens’ Xcelerator Portfolio to Enable Next-Generation Global Transportation Networks
Aerion Supersonic in Reno, Nevada, is developing supersonic aircraft – modern air vehicles capable of traveling faster than the speed of...
Articles Data Acquisition
Adding Context to Full-Motion Video for Improved Surveillance and Situational Awareness
Full motion video (FMV) sensors are essential assets and provide real-time situational awareness with minimal latency.
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Implementing an Aerospace Factory of the Future
Companies are introducing "Industry 4.0" technology at a rapid pace, turning the next-generation vision of manufacturing into reality.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Automatic Drone Detection System
Tektronix partnered with Erisys RF Solutions to release an automated drone detection solution.
Top Stories
INSIDERDefense
New Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Agreements Expand Missile Defense Production
NewsAutomotive
Ford Announces 48-Volt Architecture for Future Electric Truck
INSIDERManufacturing & Prototyping
Active Strake System Cuts Cruise Drag, Boosts Flight Efficiency
ArticlesTransportation
Accelerating Down the Road to Autonomy
INSIDERMaterials
How Airbus is Using w-DED to 3D Print Larger Titanium Airplane Parts
Road ReadyTransportation
Webcasts
Electronics & Computers
Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
Power
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
Connectivity
A FREE Two-Day Event Dedicated to Connected Mobility
Automotive
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
Transportation
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
Aerospace
Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance