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Registration Closing for the Military Robotics and Autonomous USA Conference 2022
With critical host nation support and an unrivalled speaker line-up, the Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems USA Conference, taking place on June 20th and 21st, 2022, at the Hilton Arlington, Virginia, will ensure delegates are provided with vital updates on...
On-Demand Webinars Aerospace
Advances in Unmanned Aircraft Technology
Unmanned aircraft – aka “drones” – are one of the fastest growing areas of modern technology, whether we’re talking about the complex hunter/killer and surveillance systems used by the military, to the sophisticated remotely piloted vehicles used for civil and agricultural applications,...
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B-21 Raider Passes First Loads Calibration Test
In early May, Northrop Grumman successfully completed the first — and most critical — loads calibration test of the first B-21 aircraft. The recent test is one of three major conditions...

Products Aerospace
New Products: June 2022 Aerospace & Defense Technology
Modeling and Simulation Software
COMSOL (Burlington, MA) announced a major update to the COMSOL Multiphysics ® software version 6.0. The update builds out the Model...

Articles Communications
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)...

Articles Electronics & Computers
Designing Transportable, High-Performance AI Systems for the Rugged Edge
System design requirements are well understood for high-performance artificial intelligence applications destined to reside in enterprise or cloud data centers....

Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Digitalization in the Aerospace Sector
The aerospace and defense industry has laid ambitious plans to reconcile mobility with sustainability. Sustainable aviation fuels, electrification, hydrogen-powered aircraft and eVTOLS (electric...

Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D Printing Metal Parts on a Ship
Senior level military members are constantly evaluating risk and finding ways to articulate and mitigate risks on the battlefield. When it comes to new technology adoption and consideration, these same...

Articles Aerospace
Pushing the Boundaries of RF Passive Hardware with Additive Manufacturing
Following significant impacts from COVID-19, the demand for satellite telecommunications services is rebounding to its historical trajectory of strong growth. With...

Articles Aerospace
Designing for Space and Other Extreme Environments
In aerospace and defense, applications rely on mission-critical components to ensure proper functioning in extreme environments. In the many instances in this field where...

Articles Defense
What is Pulse Shaping?
Pulse shaping, as it is done today, is an effort to fix fidelity issues caused by the transmitting amplifier and is accomplished by a combination of imperfect methods, most external to the amplifier. This article...

Application Briefs Weapons Systems
Missile Protection System
BIRD Aerosystems Herzliya, Israel
+972 9-972-5700
www.birdaero.com
BIRD Aerosystems, a global provider of defense technology and solutions that protect the air, sea, and land fleets of governments and...

Application Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Cryocooler Technology
Northrop Grumman
Falls Church, VA
215-675-4949
www.northropgrumman.com
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation, is one step closer to being fully...

Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC)
Warminster, PA
215-675-4949
www.nasc.com
Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) announced the ongoing development of a new, multirole,...

Application Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Chemical Hazard Sensor
Teledyne FLIR Defense
Wilsonville, OR
+1 877-773-3547
www.teledyneflir.com
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, teamed up with MFE Inspection Solutions to integrate the...

Application Briefs Defense
CAD-CAM-CNC System
Siemens Industry, Inc.
Munich, Germany
1-800-743-6367
www.siemens.com
DMG MORI manufactures a wide variety of conventional chip-cutting and ultrasonic machining centers for OEMs and production job shops...

Application Briefs Aerospace
Anti-Ship Missile
MBDA
Arlington, VA
703-387-7139
www.mbdainc.com
MBDA’s new Marte ER anti-ship missile successfully completed its final test firing at the end of November 2021. Carried out at an Italian test range in...

Application Briefs Aerospace
Hybrid Auxiliary Propulsion System
Leonardo DRS Inc.
Arlington, VA
571-447-4624
www.leonardodrs.com
Leonardo DRS Inc. recently announced that it has again been awarded a contract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group to provide the...

Application Briefs Aerospace
Electric Satellite Thruster
IVO Ltd.
Bismark, ND
+1 701-390-9567
https://ivolimited.us/
IVO Ltd., a company that specializes in capacitive based technologies, recently unveiled the IVO Quantum Drive, the first pure electric...

Briefs Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Aircraft Systems to Support Environmental Applications within USACE Civil Works
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) flood risk management (FRM) mission strives to reduce the nation's flood risk and increase resilience to disasters. FRM is inherently interdisciplinary, requiring accurate identification of environmental, physical, and infrastructure features that can reduce risk from flood and coastal storm disasters.

Briefs Defense
Dynamically Managing Task Allocation Between Humans and Machines in Surveillance Operations
Increasingly sophisticated technology must be leveraged in surveillance environments to enable eventually achieving the goal of allowing analysts to increase throughput by managing multiple simultaneous feeds.

Briefs Aerospace
Modeling Space-Based Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) in Combat Simulations
During the 2021 Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Gap Forum, space intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) modeling was identified...

Briefs Aerospace
Environmental Applications of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Reconnaissance and Surveillance
Environmental engineering is the study of...

News Energy
EV Battery Manufacturing Commitments Surge in U.S.
The first half of 2022 is continuing last year’s raft of automaker investments in lithium-ion battery manufacturing and development in the U.S., with Stellantis and the Hyundai Group...

INSIDER Manned Systems
Boeing 737 Gets Enhanced Flight Vision System
Collins Aerospace is beginning installation of its new Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) for Boeing 737 aircraft. Texel Air, operating out of Bahrain International Airport, will be among...

INSIDER Unmanned Systems
Airbus Lays Foundations for Future Urban Air Mobility in Germany
To contribute to the development of advanced air mobility, leading companies, universities, and research institutions, as well as municipalities, are joining forces under...

INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
4D Composite Printing Can Improve Drone Wings
The aviation industry faces multiple pressures from higher fuel costs and increased scrutiny over the environmental and quality-of-life impacts from its aircraft. Therefore, researchers are...

Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
To the Moon and Beyond with Additive Manufacturing
Aerojet Rocketdyne uses metal 3D printing technology from Velo3D to make a critical flight component lighter, smaller, and much less expensive.

INSIDER Manned Systems
New Weapon for Sinking Ships Becomes a Reality
The Air Force Research Laboratory and Eglin’s Integrated Test Team demonstrated a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats on April 28, 2022 by successfully...

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