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Electronics & Computers

Paris Air Show: New Aerospace Technologies, Updates and Research

Did you miss the product launches, partnership agreements and other updates at the 2025 Paris Air Show? Check out this recap of some of the technology highlights from the event.

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Defense

Helsing AI Agent Completes Saab Gripen E Test Flight

Saab, in collaboration with German startup Helsing, has completed the first three flights integrating Helsing’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent ‘Centaur’ into a Gripen E fighter...

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Manned Systems

UK Air Force Funds Production of Typhoon Jet's New Radar

The U.K. government has released £204.6 million in funding towards the production of an advanced new radar for the Royal Air Force (RAF) fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon jets.

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Products
Electronics & Computers

New Products

See the new products, including Microchip's BR235 and BR235D series of 25A QPL hermetically sealed electromechanical power relays; PIC Wire & Cable’s new Single Pair Ethernet; Galleon Embedded Computing's high performance recorder (HPR); Pixus Technologies' new SOSA aligned ATR enclosures utilizing the 3U OpenVPX form factor; and more.

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Articles
RF & Microwave Electronics

IQSat: Aitech’s AI-Enabled Picosatellite for Earth Observation and Imaging Applications

Aitech introduced its new AI-enabled picosatellite constellation platform, IQSat, at the 40th annual Space Symposium in April. The platform is designed to bring ready to use COTS embedded computing to data heavy earth imaging and pattern recognition applications. Read on to learn more.

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Application Briefs
RF & Microwave Electronics

In-Orbit Commercial Spacecraft Undocking

A Mission Extension Vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman’s Space Logistics LLC has successfully undocked with Intelsat’s IS-901 satellite, completing its life extension service. This marks the first undocking between two commercial spacecraft in the geosynchronous earth orbit graveyard. Read on to learn more.

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Manned Systems

How the Air Force Leverages Simulation to Explore Lethality Before it's Built

Before a new weapon system is ever built, flown or fired, it begins in a simulated environment digitally constructed, dynamically tested and refined in real time....

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Software

Swarm Robotics: A Requiem for the Assembly Line

Aircraft manufacturing is on the cusp of its most profound transformation since the dawn of powered flight. The assembly line — a staple of industrial production for over a century — is about to be replaced by a far more efficient and cost-effective alternative: Swarm Robotics. Read on to learn more about it.

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Products
Software

New Products

See the new products, including L3Harris Technologies' AMORPHOUS™, its new software that features a single user interface to operate thousands of autonomous assets simultaneously; Rohde & Schwarz's new R&S NRP140TWG(N) thermal power sensor; SBG Systems' expansion of its high-performance inertial navigation systems, Ekinox, Apogee, and Navsight, with new GNSS receiver options; Supermicro, Inc.'s wide range of new systems which are fully optimized for edge and embedded workloads; and much more.

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Articles
Unmanned Systems

The Evolution of Autonomous Systems in UAV Technology

So, let’s talk about it: What’s happening in 2025? Well, the sky is no longer the limit — it’s just the beginning of a new era in autonomous UAV technology. Read on to learn more.

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Application Briefs
RF & Microwave Electronics

The Marines New Installation Counter UAS System

The U.S. Marine Corps awarded a 10-year, $642 million program of record to Anduril Industries to develop and sustain their new Installation-Counter small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (I-CsUAS) technology. I-CsUAS is a platform powered by machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to protect Marine Corps installations globally by detecting, identifying, tracking and defeating small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Read on to learn more.

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Briefs
RF & Microwave Electronics

Low Cost Air Traffic Control for Drones

Using a network of small, low-cost radars, engineering professor Cammy Peterson and her colleagues have built an air traffic control system for drones that can effectively and accurately track anything in an identified low-altitude airspace. Read on to learn more about it.

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Podcasts
Electronics & Computers

How Will TSN Ethernet Impact the Future of Embedded Computing?

Nigel Forrester, Director of Product Strategy, Concurrent Technologies, discusses the future of TSN Ethernet for aerospace and defense applications on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.

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Aerospace

15 Companies to Build Quantum Computer Prototypes for DARPA's QBI Program

Nearly 20 quantum computing companies have been chosen to enter the initial stage of DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), in which they will characterize...

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Aerospace

Supersonic X-59 Completes Cruise Control Engine Speed Test Ahead of First Flight

The team behind NASA’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator completed another critical ground test in March, ensuring the quiet supersonic aircraft will be able to...

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Products
Electronics & Computers

New Products

See the new products, including SemiNex's narrow-linewidth high-power External Cavity Laser with single frequency; Rohde & Schwarz's extended R&S®BBA300 portfolio with two innovative amplifier series, the R&S®BBA300-F and the R&S®BBA300-FG; Teledyne FLIR's Prism™ Supervisor, the latest addition to its Prism embedded software ecosystem; STMicroelectronics' first product of its strategic collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies to simplify development of next-generation wireless solutions for industrial and consumer IoT applications; and much more.

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Articles
Power

Design Considerations for Rugged Naval Equipment Enclosures

New, efficient approaches to cabinet and console design, fabrication, integration, and qualification are enabling prime defense contractors to equip the Navy faster with better technology while increasing ROI. Read on to learn more.

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Application Briefs
Defense

Thailand Army Vehicle Computer System Upgrades

Leonardo DRS received a new contract to provide and integrate the latest Battle Management Systems C4I hardware and software into new Royal Thailand Army combat vehicles. The total value of the award is more than $7 million. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army through the U.S. Government Grant Assistance program. Read on to learn more.

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Electronics & Computers

Microsoft, PsiQuantum Designing Quantum Computer Prototypes for DARPA US2QC Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Microsoft and PsiQuantum to move to the final design stage of its Underexplored Systems...

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Defense

AI-Powered Radar Warning Receiver for Fourth Generation Aircraft

Raytheon has completed flight testing on its first-ever artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-powered Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) system for a fourth-generation...

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Articles
Electronics & Computers

Advancing Embedded Systems with VITA 93: A New Era in Modular I/O for Aerospace and Defense

In this article, system architects and design engineers will learn how evolving embedded system requirements are driving the need for flexible mezzanine solutions. Additionally, the challenges of traditional mezzanine standards and their impact on system design are outlined.

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Articles
Connectivity

How Will TSN Ethernet Impact the Future of Embedded Computing?

Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) Ethernet is a real-time networking capability that is being developed by a growing number of embedded computing companies for the earliest stages of adoption by aerospace and defense manufacturers and their suppliers. Read on to learn more about it.

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Articles
Aerospace

A Supercomputer for Aerospace and Defense Systems Modeling and Simulation

In February 2024, Cadence launched a new generation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with the introduction of the Millennium M1 CFD Supercomputer. Read on to learn more about it.

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Articles
Electronics & Computers

Fully Rugged Mobile PCs Provide an Edge on the Battlefield and Beyond

DARPA pioneered satellites, the internet, drones, and human-computer interfaces. Now that work is enabling the next round of revolutionary technologies, including AI, edge and cloud computing, and the Internet of Military Things for a wide variety of C4ISR applications. Read on to learn more.

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Software

New Developers for the Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System

Microsoft Corp. and Anduril Industries have expanded their partnership to drive the next phase of the U.S. Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program....

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Electronics & Computers

Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in New Design of Superconducting Quantum Processor

Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have realized a new design for a superconducting quantum processor —...

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Podcasts
Electronics & Computers

UxV/35: A New Approach to Lowering the Cost of Designing Drones

On the first episode of Season 7 of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, Dom Koenig, Marketing Manager, Kairos Autonomi, explains how the UxV/35 standard could be used to lower the cost of designing and manufacturing drones in the future.

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Products
Electronics & Computers

New Products

See the new products, including EIZO Rugged Solutions' Condor VC300xX, an XMC form factor Ultra High-Definition (UHD) video capture card for C5ISR applications; new R&S NRPxE power sensors from Rohde & Schwarz; Q-Tech Corporation's new AXTAL GHz Series of high-performance/ultra-low noise/high-frequency crystal oscillators and modules; Concurrent Technologies' TR MDx/6sd, which is a compute intensive rugged Plug In Card; Samtec's LL043 Series Nitrowave™ high-performance microwave cable assembly; and more.

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Aerospace

Navy's Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band System Achieves IOC

The U.S. Navy declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) system in December, bringing a quantum leap in capability over legacy...

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