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Imaging

Weapons Calibration App

Double ShootRamat Gan, Israel+972-52-9208000www.double-shoot.com Double Shoot, an Israeli company that is pioneering advanced systems for zeroing high accuracy weapons and scoring systems, recently unveiled a unique and...

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Briefs
Transportation

Evaluation of Aeronautical Design Standard – 33 Using a UH-60A Black Hawk

In 1982, the U.S. Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate (AFDD), then assigned under the U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command (AVSCOM), began development of a new handling...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Researchers Reduce Graphene-Enhanced Composite Development Time Using Neural Networks

Nano Graphene Inc. dba GrapheneCA (“GrapheneCA”) has cut the time and cost of developing graphene-enhanced advanced composites by using neural networks...

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Defense

Collins Aerospace Will Provide Avionics and Synthetic Vision for the Supersonic X-59 QueSST

Lockheed Martin Corporation has chosen Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Collins Aerospace (formerly Rockwell Collins) to supply the avionics and...

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Sensors/Data Acquisition

NATS Will Test AI at Heathrow to Reduce Weather-Related Flight Delays

NATS Holdings (NATS), formerly National Air Traffic Services and the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) main air navigation service provider, is exploring the impact of...

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Podcasts
Automotive

Car Hacking

Today's cars are more connected than ever before — and manufacturers need to ensure those connections are secure.

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INSIDER
Data Acquisition

NIF Experiments Support Warhead Life Extension

It was a normal morning for design physicist Madison Martin at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). At 7:45 a.m., she settled into her classified workstation with a cup of tea to...

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News
Green Design & Manufacturing

Sikorsky, Boeing Debut Future Vertical Lift Dual-Rotor Design with SB>1 DEFIANT Helicopter

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE:LMT), in Stratford, Connecticut, and Boeing Defense, Space & Security (NYSE:BA) in Berkeley, Missouri,...

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Energy

Additive Manufacturing Is Transforming Mobility Engineering, Driving the Factory of the Future

Additive manufacturing continues to advance and transform mobility engineering, as aerospace and automotive firms increasingly adopt and invest in...

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Aerospace

PAE ISR Engineers Boost Resolute Eagle UAS Networking, Endurance, Payload Capacity with Persistent Systems MPU5

PAE ISR engineers in Sterling, Virginia, have selected MPU5 Wave Relay mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) technology from Persistent...

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Test & Measurement

Wind Tunnel, Lasers Provide Hypersonic Proving Ground

It’s about speed, and Sandia National Laboratories, with a hypersonic wind tunnel and advanced laser diagnostic technology, is in a position to help U.S. defense agencies understand...

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News
Robotics, Automation & Control

Automation Streamlines Accreditation to Speed Aerospace and Defense Technology Deployment

Government agencies are not known for moving quickly, and the Risk Management Framework (RMF) accreditation process is a prime example. For defense...

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Manned Systems

German Air Traffic Controllers Shift to Completely Remote Operations at Saarbrücken Airport

Yesterday, a Luxair regional airliner arriving at Saarbrücken Airport was the first aircraft remotely cleared for landing from the Deutsche...

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Application Briefs
Data Acquisition

Biological Threat Detectors

FLIR Systems, Inc.Wilsonville, OR1-800-254-0630www.flir.com/IBAC2 FLIR Systems, Inc. announced recently that it has received a delivery order for FLIR IBAC™ 2 biological agent detector systems to support the United...

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Application Briefs
Communications

Missile Defense Battle Manager

Northrop Grumman CorporationFalls Church, VA703-280-2900www.northropgrumman.com The Northrop Grumman Corporation-developed Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) successfully...

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Regulations/Standards

SAE International Launches Aerospace Technology Symposium at Japan Aerospace 2018

SAE International, a global association committed to being the ultimate knowledge source for mobility engineering, is bringing together subject-matter experts...

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Software

Is Arm the Future for Airborne Platforms in Aerospace and Defense?

In recent years, Arm processors have made a quiet, understated entry into the aerospace and defense market. With a well-established reputation in commercial markets for...

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Defense

Latest Enterprise Resource Planning Tool from Locatory Aimed at Revolutionizing Airline MRO

Aircraft maintenance, repair, and operational (MRO) services are full of strict deadlines, vital decisions, and intense documentation. With that...

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Design

A-10C Pilots Will Get 3D-Audio to Increase Situational Awareness

The U.S. Air Force will equip between 150 and 200 Fairchild-Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II combat aircraft with 3D-audio systems developed by Terma A/S, a Lystrup,...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Electronic Warfare Creates Battlefield on a Different Wavelength

Soldiers on the ground are now capable of rapidly reacting to electronic and cyber data rather than waiting on their higher echelons. Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and...

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News
Defense

First Airbus A330-800 Airliner Goes Airborne in Maiden Flight, Enters Flight Test Phase

The first Airbus A330-800 commercial jet, flight test aircraft MSN1888, took off today from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport on its maiden flight over...

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Articles
Materials

2018 Create the Future Design Contest: Aerospace & Defense Category Winner

DETECTING PLASTIC LANDMINES Hidden PFM-1 anti-personnel landmines are unexploded ordnance (UXO) devices that pose a difficult challenge to conventional landmine...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

New Zealand Will Become a Testbed for Airbus Unmanned Aircraft and Space Technology

Airbus has entered into an agreement with New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to develop capability in the country’s...

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Data Acquisition

MBSE Is Transforming Aerospace Engineering, Systems Integration

Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) is taking off in aerospace engineering and systems integration workflows worldwide. Editors in SAE International’s Aerospace Product...

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Test & Measurement

Maintaining the Data-Rich Pratt & Whitney GTF Engine

While telemetry has always played a crucial role in aviation, the volume of data that engine makers used to collect was relatively small. When Pratt & Whitney debuted its first engine...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Airbus Aerial Harnesses Satellites, UAS, Helicopters, Data Analytics, and AI to Support Hurricane Recovery Efforts

As the third strongest storm in the U.S. was striking the East Coast, Airbus Aerial technology was providing around-the-clock...

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Connectivity

Barker Approaches Aircraft as System of Systems in Latest SAE International Book

Today’s airframe manufacturers have taken on more of the role of systems integrators, putting the focus on the aircraft as a system-of-many-systems. Sean...

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News
Regulations/Standards

Aerospace Materials Testing Could Have Medical-Grade Digital Traceability Through ZwickRoell

The future of the aerospace industry relies on innovative materials to improve aircraft performance, weight, and strength. Beyond the materials...

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INSIDER
Data Acquisition

Blast Tube Tests Simulate Shock Waves Nuclear Weapons Could Face

You can learn a lot from a blast tube when you couple blast experiments with computer modeling. Sandia National Laboratories researchers are using a blast tube configurable to...

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