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Metal-Plated, High-Temperature Plastics
Imagine a material that lightens fuel loads and cuts costs every time a rocket blasts off from the launch pad.
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Metal 3D Printers, Dispensing Robots, Resistance Spot Welding, and More
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Engineered Solutions for Enclosure Sealing and Insulation
Custom enclosure gaskets can meet a variety of mechanical shock and thermal requirements.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Reducing the High Cost Of Titanium
With such great abundance, why is titanium so expensive?
Articles Test & Measurement
Streamlining Post-Processing in Additive Manufacturing
By focusing just on the AM build process, a fundamental part of the production process chain is often overlooked: post-processing.
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NASA’s Supersonic X-59 QueSST Being Built at Famed Factory
In the high desert of California, where some of the most important aircraft in aviation history have been built and flown, the next airplane destined to make history continues to...
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Airbus Inaugurates New A320 Structure Assembly Line in Hamburg
Airbus has inaugurated a highly automated fuselage structure assembly line for A320 Family aircraft in Hamburg, Germany, showcasing an evolution in Airbus’ industrial...
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Cracking in Harsh Environments Needs Both Stress and Corrosion
Alloys (metals combining two or more metallic elements) are typically stronger and less susceptible to cracking than pure metals. Yet when alloys are subjected to stress and a...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The Challenge of Replacing Hard Chrome
Replacing hard chrome requires aerospace companies to critically evaluate why they used it in the first place.
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Counter IED System
Netline Communications Technologies Ltd. Tel Aviv, Israel www.netlinetech.com Netline Communications Technologies Ltd., a company that develops and manufactures high-end electronic warfare and spectrum dominance systems for...
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Army Showcases New Electronic Warfare Tech
The Army is advancing its ground-based precision navigation and timing (PNT) technology to counter spoofing threats and improve operations in a multi-domain environment.
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Developing IR Materials as Signaling Tools for Military Operations
Battle Sight Technologies has acquired a second patent license related to infrared materials as signaling tools for nighttime military operations.
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Siemens Digital Industries Software Debuts, Focuses on Delivering Digital Future of Industry Today
Siemens PLM Software has transformed into Siemens Digital Industries Software, reaffirming its focus on enabling digital industries and...
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Air Force Begins 3D Printing Nonstructural Aircraft Parts
The 60th Maintenance Squadron (60th MXS) at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, is the first field unit in the United States Air Force to produce approved nonstructural...
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3D Meta-Optics for High-Energy Lasers
The scope of this research radically changed the way novel components are designed and fabricated for high-energy applications. This 3D Meta-Optics platform was, and is, essentially engineering the...
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3D Optical Scanner
NVision, Inc.Southlake, TX817-416-8006www.nvision3d.com Swift work by NVision, Inc. helped a major U.S. airline quickly repair a bird-damaged Boeing 737 wing and return the restored jet back to flight in just two days. The...
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Mobile Workstation Eurocom's (Ottawa, Canada) latest mobile workstation, the Tornado F7W, features a modular MXM 3.1 slot-based GPU allowing easy reconfiguration of GPU capabilities. The GPUs offered are ISV-certified,...
Application Briefs Defense
Data Recorder and Mission Computer
Curtiss-Wright CorporationAshburn, VA703-779-7800www.curtisswrightds.com Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions division was awarded a contract by Tactical Air Support, Inc. (Tactical Air) to provide a cockpit...
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NASA Eyes GPS at the Moon for Artemis Missions
The Global Positioning System (GPS), a satellite-based navigation system used by an estimated four billion people worldwide to figure out where they are on Earth at any moment, could be used to...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Operational Considerations for High-Reliability Interconnects in Military and Aerospace Applications
In the recent past, military acquisition has shifted from being locked into large long-term contracts to developing complex systems in discrete...
Articles Energy
Shape-Shifting Origami Could Help Antenna Systems Adapt On-the-Fly
Conventional reconfigurable electrical and radio frequency (RF) structures commonly used in applications involving real-time reconfigurability in response to fast varying...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Air Caster Technology
If there is a prime example of the need for friction-free, precise and delicate equipment movement in the aerospace and defense industries, satellite positioning during the testing cycle should be at the top of the list....
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Ruggedized Bioprinter
nScrypt Inc.Orlando, FL407-275-4755www.nscrypt.com nScrypt has partnered with the U.S. Military, the Uniformed Services University 4D Bio3 Program, and The Geneva Foundation to move bioprinting out of sterile biology...
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Virtual Factories Accelerate Collaboration, Advance Technologies
The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM), a non-profit consortium based in Prince George County, Virginia, uses a 3D visualization lab to expand beyond the...
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Boeing's Latest Contract Secures New Wings for Remaining A-10 Fleet
After wrapping up a wing swap on 173 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support attack aircraft, the Boeing Company was awarded with another Indefinite...
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HondaJet Is the Most Delivered Very Light Business Jet in 2019
Honda Aircraft Company’s HondaJet is outpacing its competitors in the very light business jet category with the most aircraft delivered in the first half of 2019, according to...
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Industry Veteran and SAE Member Shares a Lifetime of Aerospace Experience, from Bombers to Space Suits
Looking back on an organization’s history can help to give perspective and chart the path forward. SAE International, initially...
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New Boeing Facility Will Improve V-22 Quality, Safety
Outside of Philadelphia, a 350,000-square-foot facility has been transformed into a modern factory where the Boeing Company will build fuselages for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft....
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Air Force Refines 3D Printing of Composite Inks
In January 2016, researchers from AFRL started focusing on the ability to 3D-print parts for the Air Force – specifically, polymer architectures that can replace heavier and complex metal...
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New Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Agreements Expand Missile Defense Production
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Ford Announces 48-Volt Architecture for Future Electric Truck
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Active Strake System Cuts Cruise Drag, Boosts Flight Efficiency
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Accelerating Down the Road to Autonomy
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Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
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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