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Additive Manufacturing Adoption Up, Growing Rapidly in Aerospace
The 3D printing materials market will experience high double-digit growth in the aerospace industry through 2024, as manufacturers of aircraft and spacecraft vehicles and...
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SAE International Issues First Technical Standards for Aerospace Additive Manufacturing
The Aerospace Material Specification committee on Additive Manufacturing (AMS-AM) at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, has released its...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Non-Contact Method Measures Aircraft Internal Stresses
Scientists have developed a non-contact method of internal voltage control in polymer composites, making it possible to assess the degree of internal damage during the operation of...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Meeting Environmental Objectives and Regulations
Gone are the days when the impact of products on the environment or human health were optional business concerns. Regulatory constraints on materials and chemicals are increasing, and many...
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Big Data Takes to the Skies
Growing up in a small town in Ohio, Rhonda Walthall frequently passed Neil Armstrong’s farm, where he’d retired after his accomplished career as an astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval aviator, test...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Validation of Ubiquitous 2D Radar
Seastema SpA, a company owned by Fincantieri (Genova, Italy), designs, develops, and supplies integrated automation systems for different areas of the marine industry. The company established an Innovation...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Low-Cost Ground Sensor Network for Intrusion Detection
Perimeter surveillance of forward operating locations, such as Forward Arming and Refueling Points (FARPs), is crucial to ensure the survivability of personnel and materiel. FARPs are...
Articles Aerospace
New Pulse Analysis Techniques for Radar and EW
Pulsed signals are widespread in radar and other electronic warfare (EW) applications, and they must be accurately measured for manufacturing, design of countermeasures, and threat assessment;...
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RF and Microwave Power Amplifier Accessories
Pasternack (Irvine, CA) has released a new series of RF and microwave power amplifier accessories that includes heat sinks, heat sinks with cooling fans, and power control...
Briefs Communications
In-Network Processing on Low-Cost IoT Nodes for Maritime Surveillance
The effective distribution of offensive weapon capabilities to naval units at the tactical edge is a critical focus for Navy leaders. A direct byproduct of this priority...
Articles Electronics & Computers
New Technologies Tackle UAV Challenges
Unmanned vehicles for air, land, and water represent an increasingly-important capability for virtually all military services worldwide. Because each new generation of device technology promises...
Articles Aerospace
Robotic Applique Kits Leverage Existing Assets
When it comes to modern military operations, robotic technology provides a tremendous tactical advantage. Drones, ground robots and autonomous vehicles are routinely used for missions such as...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Protecting Critical Data on Unmanned Underwater Platforms
Emerging mission requirements from global defense forces are driving new programs and applications for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) platforms. Like their airborne counterparts,...
Articles Imaging
Educating UGVs
Advancements in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) are accelerating as the technology matures from being research-orientated to being deployed in a wide range of products and services, such as autonomous vehicles. While...
Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
Miniature Data Recorder
DTS
Seal Beach, CA
+1 562-493-0158
www.dtsweb.com
Harsh, wet and dusty environments pose serious reliability issues for data collection. The SLICE IP68 data acquisition system is designed to measure...
Application Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Automated Flight System Software
Kittyhawk
San Francisco, CA
+1 415-598-7757
https://kittyhawk.io
Kittyhawk recently announced new features to its flight system software platform. Kittyhawk is adding an automated flight...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Autonomous Helicopters
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Falls Church, VA
+1 703-280-2900
www.northropgrumman.com/firescout
Fire Scout is a combat proven, autonomous helicopter system that provides real-time Intelligence,...
Briefs Software
GPS Enabled Semi-Autonomous Robot
The primary objective of this research is to integrate GPS and local sensory data to allow a robot to operate semi-autonomously outside of a laboratory environment. The Pioneer 3-AT, a robust platform...
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AeroVironment Releases New Puma 3
Last month, AeroVironment, Inc. began accepting orders for their new Puma 3 unmanned aerial system (UAS). The company, which also manufacturers UASs for commercial applications, developed the Puma 3...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Stratasys Unveils High-Production Additive Manufacturing Spin-Off
Traditional manufacturers have long sought to combine the benefits of additive manufacturing with the material, quality, and economics of traditional production processes....
Briefs Defense
Designing for Compressive Sensing: Compressive Art, Camouflage, Fonts, and Quick Response Codes
Compressive sensing (CS) is a relatively new field that has caused a lot of excitement in the signal processing community. It has superseded...
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Calculation of Weapon Platform Attitude and Cant Using Available Sensor Feedback
When firing artillery, there is typically a maximum angle that the platform cannot exceed relative to the Earth plane. This is due to the large recoil forces...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Validation of Automated Prediction of Blood Product Needs Algorithm Processing Continuous Non-Invasive Vital Signs Streams (ONPOINT4)
Hemorrhagic shock occurs frequently in natural and man-made disaster scenarios. To control bleeding and to...
News Aerospace
EU to Deploy UAV Traffic Management System by 2019
The Geneva-based body that navigates international air services for Switzerland and certain bordering countries, skyguide, joined forces with AirMap unmanned traffic management (UTM) to...
News Automotive
Connect Them All
Traditionally, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) design was focused on airframe and propulsion system integration. UAV ground control systems were often thought of as a tool for flight-testing, sometimes after-the-fact. The...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Natural DNA-Based Nonvolatile Resistive Switching Memory
Motivated by the demand for an even larger storage capacity in the information era, research efforts have been devoted to the development of more efficient and cost-effective memory elements.
Briefs Materials
Content Addressable Memory (CAM) Technologies for Big Data and Intelligent Electronics Enabled By Magneto-Electric Ternary CAM
Content addressable memory (CAM) is one of the most promising hardware solutions for high-speed data searching and...
Briefs Test & Measurement
pH-Dependent Spin State Population and ¹⁹F NMR Chemical Shift Via Remote Ligand Protonation in An Iron(II) Complex
The development of transition metal-based molecules and materials that can be switched between low-spin and high-spin...
Products Electronics & Computers
New Products
Rugged Servers with Skylake Architecture
Themis Computer® (Fremont, CA) announced the launch of its next generation XR6 Rugged Enterprise Servers (RES) featuring the newest Intel®...
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