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EA-37B Compass Call: The US Air Force's New Electronic Attack Aircraft
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Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Quality Gearing Keeps Mission-Critical Systems Rotating for Combat
Power transmission and gear components must meet extreme performance and reliability demands in order to prove effective on the battlefield. That’s because they are the heart of rotating mechanisms used to rapidly detect threats, home in on targets, and fire projectiles quickly aboard combat vehicles and ships. Read on to learn more about the gear and its uses.
Articles Software
How Next-Generation Edge Computers Will Shape Drone Warfare
Drones – or uncrewed aerial systems, as they are known by the military – have become ubiquitous in most armed forces around the world. Across all domains, drones employ a range of sensors. Read on to learn more about how next-gen edge computers will advance them.
Briefs Unmanned Systems
Creating and Verifying Stable AI-Controlled Systems in a Rigorous, Flexible Way
Researchers have developed new techniques that rigorously certify Lyapunov calculations in more elaborate systems. Their algorithm efficiently searches for and verifies a Lyapunov function, providing a stability guarantee for the system. Read on to learn more.
Briefs AR/AI
Will Generative AI Transform Robotics?
In the current wave of excitement about applying large vision–language models and generative AI to robotics, expectations are running high, but conquering real-world complexities remains challenging for robots. Read on to learn more about the matter.
Videos Aerospace
Boom Supersonic Completes Second Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator
Boom Supersonic recently completed the second flight of its XB-1 demonstrator. Watch this video to learn more.
Podcasts Software
The Future of Digital Twins and Virtual Prototyping in Aerospace
Dale Tutt, Vice President of Industry Strategy at Siemens Digital Industries Software, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to discuss the future of virtual prototyping and digital twins.
Podcasts AR/AI
How the Air Force Is Using AI to Fix Supply Chain Challenges
Art Sellers, SparkCognition Government Systems Interim President and General Manager, joins the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to explain the new partnership using AI to improve supply chain efficiency for the U.S. Air Force.
INSIDER Semiconductors & ICs
DARPA Selects Texas for Open-Access Semiconductor Microsystem Fabrication Facility
Seeking to ensure America’s national security and global military leadership, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has selected the...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Anduril Takes Software-Defined Approach to Hyperscale Defense Manufacturing
Anduril, the California-based defense autonomous systems startup, published a 32-page report on its new software-defined approach to defense manufacturing...
Podcasts Design
Digital Transformation Updates at Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon
Executives from Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon provide updates on their adoption and development of artificial intelligence and other new digital engineering technologies.
INSIDER Manned Systems
A New Approach to 3D Printing Tool Recycling for Aerospace Manufacturers
Jamco America Inc., has signed a new partnership agreement with Airtech Advanced Materials Group to revolutionize aerospace manufacturing through 3D printing (3DP)...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
X-Bow Completest Historic Test of Industry's Largest Additively Manufactured Rocket Motor
X-Bow Systems Inc. (pronounced "/crossbow/"), completed the successful static test of the Ballesta-34 solid rocket motor, nicknamed the XB-32. At...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Embraer Subsidiary Shows First Full-Scale eVTOL Prototype
Eve Air Mobility, Embraer's electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturing subsidiary, has announced a significant advancement in the assembly of its first...
Articles Software
Embedded Processing Advancements Enable Smarter, SWAP-Optimized Avionics Displays and Computers
Avionics developers are leveraging a combination of advanced software and scalable system-on-chip (SoC) processing modules to pack more capabilities into smaller form factors for current and next generation aircraft. Read on to learn more.
Articles Materials
Beyond Boundaries: Elevating Aerospace Design with Fluorosilicones
The introduction of fluorosilicones helped solve the immediate issues faced by the aerospace sector, but also set a new standard for material performance in challenging operational environments. Consequently, these types of silicones have become a critical component in the design and manufacturing of aircraft. Read on to learn more.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
MEMS-Based Accelerometer to Measure Microgravity for In-Orbit Manufacturing
Looking ahead, the continued development of MEMS technology will likely unlock new possibilities for space exploration and utilization, ensuring that projects like ForgeStar remain at the forefront of scientific and technological progress. Read on to learn more.
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New Products
See the new products, including Durabook's major upgrade of its Z14I laptop; New Wave Design’s V6065, a next-generation heterogeneous embedded computing 3U VPX module; Teledyne FLIR's next generation of high-performance Hadron 640 dual radiometric thermal and visible camera modules; Pickering Interface’s new high channel count microwave MUX family; and more.
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Developing the UK’s First Hypersonic Missile
Ninety total organizations – large and small – from across industry and academia have secured a place on a £1 billion transformational Hypersonic Technologies & Capability Development Framework (HTCDF) agreement set up to rapidly develop advanced hypersonic missile capabilities for the U.K. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Aerospace
Testing Military-Grade Adhesive in Extreme Loading Conditions
Military performance requirements for adhesives have been traditionally derived to fulfill niche defense needs in harsh operational environments with little consideration for dual-use commercial potential. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Design
Researchers Demonstrate the First Chip-Based 3D Printer
Imagine a portable 3D printer you could hold in the palm of your hand. Researchers took a major step toward making this idea a reality by demonstrating the first chip-based 3D printer. The prototype chip has no moving parts, instead relying on an array of tiny optical antennas to steer a beam of light. Read on to learn more.
INSIDER Propulsion
Small Low-Cost Engines for Drones and Collaborative Combat Aircraft
GE Aerospace and Kratos Turbine Technologies signed a new partnership agreement at the 2024 Farnborough International Air Show to develop and manufacture small...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
How AR, Robotics are Increasing Speed of Space Payload Manufacturing at Northrop
The speed of getting to space relies on more than just the thrust of a rocket. Before any countdown begins, satellite systems must be designed, manufactured...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Army Launches CMOSS Prototyping Competition for Computer Chassis and Cards
Embedded computing suppliers will have the opportunity to compete to develop new open system architecture chassis and cards for use in U.S. Army combat vehicles...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Counter UAS Systems Tested Against Swarms of 50 Drones in Latest Yuma Exercise
The U.S. military has used unmanned aircraft for decades to perform dangerous reconnaissance and attack missions that save lives, but the importance of small...
Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
Space Docking and Satellite AI Research
Can electro adhesive forces help ease the process of docking in-orbit satellites? A team of industry and University of Colorado Boulder researchers is determined to find out.
Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
Quantifying Generative AI in Defense Applications
DARPA seeks proposals for the new Artificial Intelligence Quantified (AIQ) program that aims to develop technology to assess and enable the guaranteed performance of generative AI.
INSIDER Aerospace
SpaceX to Develop ISS Deorbit Vehicle for NASA
NASA has selected SpaceX to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) and ensure avoidance of risk to...
INSIDER Design
WATCH: Air Force Research Lab's First Flight of XQ-67A Drone
The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully flew the first of a second- generation of Autonomous Collaborative Platforms known as the XQ-67A demonstrator, built and flown in...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Airbus Starts Flight Testing Upgraded French Army Helicopter
Airbus Helicopters has started the flight testing campaign for the prototype of the NH90 Standard 2. This standard is one of the latest NH90 configurations and is being...
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Space Communications and Navigation Summit 2024
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