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Avoiding EMI
Aircraft produced and operated today increasingly rely electrical and electronic equipment to perform various functions. If one of these electronic functions were to fail, the impact felt by, say, a passenger jet could be as...
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The Next Material Disruption
In a recent joint paper by the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at the University of Manchester, researchers outlined the disruptive impact potential of graphene...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
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....
Articles Aerospace
Engine Air-Brakes
Airplanes, one of humanity's greatest inventions, evoke feelings of awe and amazement for most people, unless you live uncomfortably close to a major airport, in which case the feeling may become annoyance and irritation....
Application Briefs Imaging
Rugged Server and Display System
General Micro SystemsRancho Cucamonga, CA(800) 307-4863www.gms4sbc.com General Micro Systems Inc. (GMS) recently announced that the U.S. Army will exclusively deploy powerful rugged server and display systems...
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Sharks on a Plane? Skin Scales Lift Aircraft Design
To improve a flying vehicle, sometimes you have to turn to a reliable model that has been operating for hundreds of millions of years.
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Military, Suppliers Focus on Long-Term Technical Advances, Compatibility
Equipment developers are moving quickly to ensure that military users will have long-term access to boards and modules that provide higher performance, easy...
INSIDER Software
Drones Learn Autonomous Flying by Imitating Cars and Bikes
The algorithm DroNet allows drones to fly completely by themselves through the streets of a city and in indoor environments. It produces two outputs for each single input image: a...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Unmanned Aircraft Training Materials
Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim)Orlando, FL+1 407-608-7000https://bisimulations.com The U.S. Air Force Academy has selected VBS3 and VBS Fires FST products from Bohemia Interactive Simulations and...
Briefs Aerospace
A Mechanistic Analysis of Oxygen Vacancy Driven Conductive Filament Formation in Resistive Random Access Memory Metal/NiO/Metal Structures
Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) devices have drawn much interest in the last decade, particularly...
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Lockheed Martin Brings Fury Closer to Mission Readiness
Lockheed Martin’s Fury, the expeditionary, runway-independent, unmanned air vehicle (UAV), now has engine updates that will further increase its flight endurance.
INSIDER Software
Expert INSIDER: How Mehdi Khorrami Uses Simulation to Address Aircraft Noise
NASA’s Mehdi Khorrami explains how he uses high-performance computing to handle one of the FAA’s biggest complaints: aircraft noise.
Articles Test & Measurement
New Products & Services
Metric-Sized Metal Shapes Parker Steel Company (Maumee, OH) offers metric-sized metals suitable for applications where presized metric parts are needed. Parker Steel’s cold-finished carbon steel, alloyed and...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Quality Control for Additive Manufacturing Parts Using Non-Destructive Testing
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is growing in importance as a fabrication process for the space industry, enabling weight and cost savings through optimized designs for...
INSIDER Software
A Better Understanding of Space — Via Helicopter
An algorithm that helps engineers design better helicopters may help astronomers more precisely envision the formation of planets and galaxies. The new model understands how black holes, planets, and galaxies emerge from the vortex-rich environments of space. Researchers drew inspiration from a...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
New Gaming System Helps Soldiers Test Virtual Versions of Gear
The Army is rolling out a new gaming system, called Operation Overmatch, that soldiers can use to test virtual versions of gear and operation concepts that could be implemented...
INSIDER Software
Simulation Results Could Help Quiet Jet Noise
Argonne National Laboratory engineers are working to create high-fidelity computer simulations to determine how jet turbulence produces noise. Working on Argonne’s supercomputer Mira, the team is applying computational fluid dynamics to capture the physics of the turbulence that is making the noise.
Application Briefs Defense
Ruggedized Computer Rack Cases
Verotec IncManchester, NH603-821-9921www.verotec.us Verotec has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide custom 19” 6U 600 mm deep rack cases to house part of the ISTAR system in the AJAX next generation...
INSIDER Aerospace
Air Traffic Management Tool Wins NASA Software of the Year
When planes get caught in traffic, pilots have to keep flying until the backup clears and their runways become available for landing. This means that air traffic controllers must...
News Software
Protecting Additive Manufacturing’s Digital Thread
According to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) data, counterfeit aircraft components have contributed to almost two dozen crashes since 2010. A review of the FAA records from...
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Sound-Off: How to Simulate the Impacts of an Exoskeleton
Over the past decade, warfighters’ personal loads have increased, leading to more injuries, pain, and discomfort. To relieve the burden, the military is investigating...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Eye Tracking Technology Improves Imposter Detection Training
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) screens nearly one million people every day and secures and manages 328 ports of entry all over the country, including in remote areas....
INSIDER Test & Measurement
AMRDEC Technologies to Improve Air and Missile Defense
Engineers at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) are working on a trio of technologies to explore improving existing air and missile...
INSIDER Robotics, Automation & Control
Language Learning Robot Could Advance Autonomous Vehicles
A Purdue University researcher and his team are developing technology to give robots the ability to learn language. A team led by Jeffrey Mark Siskind, associate professor in Purdue’s...
News Design
Recoated and Ready
Air superiority comes at a cost. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 Raptor may arguably be the most capable air superiority fighter ever built, but the aircraft has lingered in depots due to a variety of substantial...
INSIDER Aerospace
Simulation Software Improves Pilot Training
Providing pilots with the best possible preparation for extreme situations is the goal of new simulation software. The program that combines flow mechanics and flight dynamics in real time. The...
INSIDER Software
Computer Model More Accurately Predicts Flight Delays
Researchers at Binghamton University have devised a new computer model that can more accurately predict delays faster than anything currently in use. The multilevel input layer...
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Graphene Advances May Lead to Improved Data Transmission, Storage
The phenomenon known as "spin filtering" is due to an interaction of the quantum mechanical properties of graphene with those of a crystalline nickel film. When the nickel...
INSIDER Defense
New Web-Based Software Enables Quick Drone Design
A Utah State University aerospace engineer is offering the public a free software tool that could revolutionize the drone industry. Doug Hunsaker, an assistant professor of mechanical and...
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Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance