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Automated Flight Control System for Drone Swarms
An automated system was developed that enables an operator to control a small fleet of up to 10 drones from a single ground station. The operator indicates the mission to be undertaken (for...
INSIDER Aerospace
Algorithm Flies Drones Faster than Human Pilots
For the first time an autonomously flying quadrotor has outperformed two human pilots in a drone race. The success is based on a novel algorithm that was developed by researchers of the...
Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Ka-Band Front-End Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) and Transmit/Receive (T/R) Modules Testing
Gallium nitride monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) technology has superior performance in power amplifier applications.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Reimagining Automated Test During a Pandemic
COVID-19 has challenged test and measurement companies that supply the aerospace & defense sector.
Briefs Aerospace
Formal Process Modeling to Improve Human-Decision-Making During Test and Evaluation Range Control
Innoslate software tool formally models the process of conducting test range events.
INSIDER Software
Artillery Soldiers Test Updates to Advanced High-Tech Targeting Systems
Artillery troops are testing updates to two fire support packages while telling the Army the systems’ shortcomings and successes of the fire support systems. Advanced...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Sony Jumps into AV Sensors, Software
The growing prominence of sensor-based driving systems is creating opportunities for electronics companies to enter the auto industry. After years of speculation about Apple launching an electric...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
USSF Awards Missile Track Custody Prototype Effort
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded two contracts for the Missile Track Custody Prototype effort. The effort will carry two contractors –...
INSIDER Aerospace
System Positions Supersonic Aircraft in Flight
NASA flight-tested a visual navigation system designed to enhance precise aerial positioning between two aircraft in supersonic flight. The Airborne Location Integrating Geospatial Navigation...
Products Imaging
New Products
A folded zoom lens, miniature rotary encoders, starter generator control, and more.
INSIDER Software
AFRL Completes Golden Horde Collaborative Small Diameter Bomb Demo
The Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard program successfully completed a second flight test of its collaborative weapon technologies using four Collaborative Small Diameter...
Articles Aerospace
Developing New Anti-Drone Radar Technology
IRIS was designed to be easily lifted, transported and deployed and redeployed as needed, which is pretty unusual for most radar systems.
Briefs Unmanned Systems
Cyber Risk Assessment and Scoring Model for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Learn about a cyber risk assessment methodology tailored for small UAVs.
Products Electronics & Computers
New Products
4D radar sensors, edge databases, 3D simulation platforms, and more.
INSIDER Data Acquisition
Thin Explosive Films Provide Snapshot of How Detonations Start
Using thin films — no more than a few pieces of notebook paper thick — of a common explosive chemical, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories studied how small-scale...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Developing a 6DoF Aircraft Munitions Optical Tracking System
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software estimates the trajectory of separation between the aircraft and the store. But how reliable is the CFD model in real-life situations?
Articles Data Acquisition
The Future of Aircraft Electrification
Advancements in electric and autonomous vehicles have sparked renewed excitement about the integration of battery power in aviation.
Products Mechanical & Fluid Systems
New Products
Conductive gaskets, an explosive atmosphere test branch, and hydraulic aircraft sealing systems.
INSIDER Software
Tool Will Help Military Vehicles Fight Fires Using Less Harmful Chemicals
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new, interactive spreadsheet that will help the U.S. military extinguish...
News Aerospace
Turn Growing Complexity into Competitive Advantage Through Digitalization -- Focus of AeroTech Keynote Thursday
In this new year of 2021, there is much to look forward to, and yet we do so with guarded optimism.
Articles Data Acquisition
The Inside Story – SOSA: Sensor Open Systems Architecture
What is SOSA? Learn about its beginnings, its objectives, and if it's here to stay.
INSIDER Software
Optimizing Radiation Detection for Homeland Security, DoD
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) integrated an accurate and efficient model of nuclear fission into a new software suite to give users a powerful and flexible...
INSIDER Robotics, Automation & Control
Innovation Shaping the Future Battlespace
Through collaboration with industry, academia and other government organizations, the Michigan National Guard helps facilitate the development and integration of innovative technologies that fill...
INSIDER Defense
Northrop Grumman to Provide DevSecOps Capabilities for US Air Force
The U.S. Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation as one of multiple companies competing for task orders under the five-year Software Development Security...
INSIDER Aerospace
Turbulence Model Could Enhance Rotorcraft
In 2018, passengers onboard a flight to Australia experienced a 10-second nosedive when a vortex trailing their plane crossed into the wake of another flight. The collision of these vortices created...
INSIDER Software
NASA Software Sets Stage for Future Flights
As any performer knows, it's important to rehearse, rehearse, and – when you think you're ready – rehearse some more. Similarly, before air taxis, cargo transport, and package-delivery drones...
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
Weapon Fire Control System
Smart Shooter increases the accuracy and lethality of small arms.
Products Electronics & Computers
New Products
Modeling software, Fiber-optic adhesive, warfighter cameras, and more.
News Unmanned Systems
10 Best Practices for ADAS and AV Testing
Testing for automated driver-assist systems (ADAS) has required a completely new approach to testing. The most obvious reason for this is the sheer number of sensors and actuators involved in any...
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