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Directed-Energy System to Defeat Small Unmanned Aircraft System Swarms
New weapons technology is needed to combat the proliferation of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS).
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
New Enhanced Visual Acuity System Will Help Pilots Fly More Safely
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., is helping the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps transition from analog to digital night vision systems with their...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Bore Elevation and Azimuth Measurement System (Beams)
A newly developed laser apparatus verifies that the pointing accuracy requirement of a weapon’s fire control system is met.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Thrust in Space - The Nuances of Thruster Valve Design
More and more companies are designing rockets, satellites, and reusable space vehicles that require thruster valves to position, maintain, or change vehicle orbit in space.
Application Briefs Photonics/Optics
Electro-Optical Missile System
The Slovak army is the 6th armed force to choose the modern 5th generation SPIKE LR2 missile.
Products Mechanical & Fluid Systems
New Products
Miniature sensors, 3D printing platforms, lightning test systems, and more.
Briefs Data Acquisition
Development and Verification of Body Armor Target Geometry Created Using Computed Tomography Scans
Previous methods of target geometry can be replaced by more accurate computer scanning technology.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
sUAS-Based Payload Development and Testing for Quantifying Optical Turbulence
Understanding how atmospheric effects can impact operational conditions is important to the development of High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon systems.
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
High-Speed Data Cables for Fighter Aircraft
Harbour Industries will manufacture low-loss coax and high-speed data cables used on Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II 5th generation fighter aircraft.
Articles Photonics/Optics
High-Energy Laser Weapon Systems
The next few years will help determine whether high-energy lasers become a staple of the battlefield.
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Photonic Microwave Generation Using On-Chip Optical Frequency Combs
A key building block of microwave photonics is optical frequency combs, which provide hundreds of equidistant and mutually coherent laser lines.
Products Data Acquisition
New Products
Industrial metal 3D printers, force testers, machining centers, and more.
INSIDER Defense
Study Uses AI to Estimate Unexploded Bombs from Vietnam War
Researchers have used artificial intelligence to detect Vietnam War-era bomb craters in Cambodia from satellite images – with the hope that it can help find unexploded bombs. The...
News Unmanned Systems
What We’re Driving: 2020 Kia Telluride
The 2020 Kia Telluride is one of the classic lightning-in-a-bottle models an automaker enjoys maybe once every couple of decades. Assertive-but-not-obnoxious styling combine with a vast cabin trimmed...
News Software
Speeding AV Testing with a Digital Twin
A European company has developed time-saving simulation software for users of the University of Michigan’s Mcity CAV (connected and autonomous vehicle) testing facility in Ann Arbor. It has created...
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
Anti-Drone Remote Weapon System
Weighing only 70 kilograms, the Pitbull-3 delivers Point & Shoot technology
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Connectors Lighten the SWaP Burden in UAV/MUMT Aircraft Electronics
Combat is being transformed by Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUMT) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technologies that improve a warrior’s situational awareness.
Application Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Rebar Tying Robot
SkyMul founders believe that their SkyTy solution can help speed up the construction of the more than 22,000 bridges that will need to be replaced in the next 10 years.
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Drone Swarms: A Transformational Technology
The U.S. military is prioritizing development of drone swarms as a means to reduce risk to our warfighters.
INSIDER Defense
Rheinmetall to Supply Laser Light Module to Swiss Army
Rheinmetall has signed a contract with Switzerland’s Federal Office for Defence Procurement (Armasuisse) to supply VarioRay LLM laser light modules to the Swiss Army. Under the...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Unmanned Aircraft System Offers Superior Surveillance Imagery
AeroVironment, Inc. recently announced the launch of Puma LE.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Ruggedizing Coaxial and Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies from Mechanical Strain
Learn how to protect critical conductors, dielectric, and optical fibers from deforming, cracking, or unraveling
Application Briefs Photonics/Optics
Secure Optical Mobile Local Communications Systems Support Royal Navy
Learn about the communications system being installed on the first three units of the Royal Navy's planned class of eight Type 26 frigates.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Fabrication and Electrical Characterization of Correlated Oxide Field Effect Switching Devices for High Speed Electronics
The response of correlated oxides to strong electric fields and their dynamics is investigated using electrical transport measurements and electronic structure studies.
Briefs Defense
A Focal Plane Array and Electronics Model for CMOS and CCD Sensors in the AFIT Sensor and Scene Emulation Tool
Developing an improved model capable of generating realistic synthetic data that represents a wide range of systems can lead to new algorithms and data exploitation techniques.
Articles Communications
NASA Prepares for the Moon and Mars with Expanded Deep Space Network
NASA is adding a new antenna for communicating with the agency’s farthest-flung robotic spacecraft.
News Unmanned Systems
A Solution for Ice-Free Sensors
Sensor surfaces that are exposed to weather need to be kept clean so that ADAS and autonomous driving systems can function safely. Ice build-up in cold conditions is of particular concern, but Canatu thinks it...
INSIDER Aerospace
Changing the Face of UAV Communications
The increase in unmanned aircraft (UA) traffic is leading to an increase in communications disruptions because too many vehicles are trying to use the same limited number of frequencies.
Articles Aerospace
A New Network Design for the “Internet from Space”
Satellites do not play a major role in the world’s Internet infrastructure...yet.
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FAA to Replace Aging Network of Ground-Based Radars
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A New Additive Manufacturing Accelerator for the U.S. Navy in Guam
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Rewriting the Engineer’s Playbook: What OEMs Must Do to Spin the AI Flywheel
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2026 Toyota RAV4 Review: All Hybrid, All the Time
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F-22 Pilot Controls Drone With Tablet
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L3Harris Starts Low Rate Production Of New F-16 Viper Shield
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SAE Automotive Podcast: Solid-State Batteries
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SAE Automotive Engineering Podcast: Additive Manufacturing
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A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
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Optimizing Production Processes with the Virtual Twin
