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3D Scanning Provides Key Weapon for Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing
While AI, AR, and IIoT are increasing production efficiency and time to market, 3D scanning still has not been exploited by aerospace and defense manufacturers for its full potential to do the same.
Products Unmanned Systems
New Products
See the new products from May 2023, including aluminum-specific tools, a drone analyzer, a new series of mil-spec GPS/GNSS antennas, and more.
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Air Force Forecasts 2040 Operating Environments in Global Futures Report
The Air Force published its Global Futures Report April 12, assessing four potential operating environments Airmen may have to navigate in before the turn of the...
Products Electronics & Computers
New Products
See the new products for April 2023, including hybrid power drive modules, processor boards, a general-purpose microcontroller, and more.
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MIT Report Finds US Lead in Advanced Computing is Almost Gone
A new report from an MIT researcher and two colleagues sheds light on the decline in U.S. leadership in the development of domestically produced advanced computing. The scientists...
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The Future of Avionics: Machine-Learned and Certified
The emerging advanced air mobility market is driving the convergence of airborne electronic systems that are highly integrated with unprecedented functionality. Legacy avionics systems...
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DARPA AI Algorithms Transition from Simulator to Flying Modified F-16
A joint Department of Defense team executed 12 flight tests in which artificial intelligence (AI) agents piloted the X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test...
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US Navy Selects Special Missions King Air 260 as New Multi-Engine Trainer System
In a contract first announced on Jan. 25, the U.S. Navy has awarded Textron Aviation a single, firm-fixed-price contract to develop the T-54A multi-engine...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Airbus Launches European Defense Fund Research and Development Projects
Airbus has launched two defense research and development projects that it is coordinating as part of the 2021 European Defense Fund (EDF). In July 2022, the European...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
French Air and Space Force CN-235 Fleet to Receive New Avionics Upgrades
A consortium formed by Sabena Technics and Thales has been awarded a contract for the upgrade of the French Air and Space Force’s fleet of CN-235 twin-turboprop...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Heterogeneous Integration and SiPs Benefit SWaP-C Reduction
Aerospace and defense (A&D) electronic systems are being made smaller but more functional.
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
New Products
See the new products for February 2023, including nanocomposite material, a V8 microprocessor, machining software, and more.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Using an Open Architecture Approach to Military Avionics
The system was developed to reduce the high number of controlled flight into terrain accidents in the southeast region of Alaska.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Integrated Flight Deck
Sky Warden will become the first forward-fit deployable combat aircraft to feature Garmin's G3000 tandem integrated flight deck.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Precision Attack Drone
SpearUAV has introduced what it describes as a “world first,” with its new encapsulated and launch able hovering precision attack drone, Viper.
Articles Defense
The Role of DevSecOps in Modern Edge Systems
DevSecOps in the IT domain implies that any infrastructure can be created with a set of scripts and all the testing and integration can be automated.
Products Power
New Products
The new products for December 2022, including self-encrypting drives, ruggedized computing modules, a 25-hour flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, and more.
Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
Integrated Flight Deck System
Garmin’s commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) G3000 open architecture supports integration with a wide range of mission equipment including military sensors, helmet mounted displays, and advanced electrically scanned radar systems.
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Conference to Focus on Counter-Drone Technology
In 2021, SAE Media Group, which publishes this newsletter, launched a new high-level technical conference called Counter UAS Technology devoted to, as the name implies, examining current and...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Leveraging New Technologies for Mil/Aero Electronic Systems
When new, critical technology becomes available, it must be quickly integrated into deployable systems for effective use by defense forces.
Articles Unmanned Systems
MOSA Enclosure Design for Military Systems
Modular Open Standard Architectures are popular for their inherent advantages of an open, multi-vendor system. They are the framework for Sensor Open Standard Architecture, which is widely mandated for projects in the tri-service community.
Articles Software
Three Challenges to 5G’s Military Success
Evolving 5G non-terrestrial networks promise to make new applications a reality.
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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...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Transforming Battlespace Communications
The Russian invasion in Ukraine has certainly raised the security stakes and intensified the need for simultaneous communications streams over a single platform.
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A-10 Warthog to Get New Mission Computer
Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), a Raytheon Technologies business, was recently awarded a $46.2 million firm-fixed-price Project-Level Agreement under the SOSSEC Consortium’s AFLCMC...
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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 Unmanned Systems
Army Programs Promote Strength and Agility of Long Range Precision Fires
The Army understands that preparing for fast-paced, multi-domain conflict requires developing breakthrough warfighting systems and technologies, including the critical...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
The Next Generation of Mission-Critical Communications Infrastructure is Here
The critical role of spectrum superiority in the success of battlefield campaigns is evidenced by the enormous investments being made in electronic warfare (EW)...
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