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Curtiss-Wright Black Boxes Receive European Approval
Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s Fortress line of combined cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) and flight data recorders (FDRs) are now have European Technical Standard Order (ETSO) approval....
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Norsk and SAE International Collaborate on World’s First Directed Energy Deposition Specification
Norsk Titanium’s proprietary “Rapid Plasma Deposition” (RPD) additive manufacturing (AM) process is distinguished in the aviation...
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Nvidia Partners with AdaCore to Secure Self-Driving Firmware
As mobility software becomes increasingly complex and connected, so does the risk of human error and system safety. To combat this, New York-based software company AdaCore will...
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Guard Members to See Expanded Use of Robots
The use of robots continues to grow within the National Guard and Guard members are likely to soon see additional robots with expanded capabilities. Robots are currently used for a number of...
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Teams Test Technologies in DARPA Subterranean Challenge
In early April, nine qualified teams will attempt to remotely navigate the dark and dirty corridors of Edgar Experimental Mine in Idaho Springs, Colorado, in preparation for the...
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Curtiss-Wright and Honeywell Team to Develop Cloud-Enabled Flight Recorders of the Future
Davidson, North Carolina-based Curtiss-Wright Corporation and Honeywell International, Inc. of Charlotte, North Carolina will co-develop a...
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Airbus and Dassault Aviation Will Start Development of the “New Generation Fighter” for European FCAS Program
Later this month, Dassault Aviation SA and Airbus SE will begin work on a first-ever joint concept study (JCS) to develop a...
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New Coating Repels Ice from Any Surface
Researchers used a new theory in physics called stress localization to create a durable silicone polymer coating capable of repelling ice from any surface. The new material uses elastic energy...
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Boeing Partners with Aerion to Speed Development and Testing of Next-Generation Supersonic Aircraft, Accelerate Supersonic Travel
The AS2 from Aerion in Reno, Nevada, will be the first supersonic business jet to market, Boeing officials in...
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The GE T901 Will Be the U.S. Army’s Next Gen Helicopter Engine
While GE Aviation’s T700 turboshaft engine has powered the U.S. Army’s Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters for more...
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GDCA Inc. Partners with Abaco Systems to Help Avoid Embedded End-Of-Life, Support Legacy Systems
Aerospace and defense, industrial automation and robotics, rail transportation, and other organizations which often struggle to support long-life...
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Researchers Reduce Graphene-Enhanced Composite Development Time Using Neural Networks
Nano Graphene Inc. dba GrapheneCA (“GrapheneCA”) has cut the time and cost of developing graphene-enhanced advanced composites by using neural networks...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Drone-Elimination Fire Control System
Smart Shooter Ltd.Kibbutz Yagur, Israel+ 972-72-3202111www.smart-shooter.com Smart Shooter's SMASH fire control system adds digital precision to in-service rifles and ammunition. It has been successfully...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Using RISC-V to Simplify Data Logging in Space
Worldwide demand for low Earth orbit satellites is increasing at an unprecedented pace, driven by diverse needs such as faster and more affordable Internet access, and faster revisit rates with...
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Eye Tracking Technology
Much debate surrounds the skills shortage burdening the manufacturing sector of aerospace and defense (A&D). Industry 4.0, the Baby Boomer retirement wave, and a lack of properly trained workers underpins this issue,...
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Pulsed Microwave Plasma Instrumentation for Investigation of Plasma-Tuned Multiphase Combustion
Strategies to control solid rocket propellant regression rate require a robust throttling technique applicable to high performance propellant...
Articles Electronics & Computers
An Introduction to PCM Heat Sinks
With the exception of thermal storage heat sinks, the term heat sink is a misnomer. Standard heat sinks for electronics cooling are actually heat exchangers, taking the heat from the electronics, and...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Deployable – Instrument Landing System
Thales GroupCedex, France+ 33(0)1 57 77 86 26www.thalesgroup.com The United States Air Force's (USAF) activities to establish air superiority and support ground combat units often require the use of...
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New Products
Defense-Grade FPGAs Xilinx, Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced availability of its Defense-grade XQ UltraScale+ portfolio of products, providing the benefits of its UltraScale+ architecture plus extended temperature and ruggedized...
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Hardware Design of a High Dynamic Range Radio Frequency (RF) Harmonic Measurement System
Radio frequency (RF) circuit elements that are traditionally considered to be linear frequently exhibit nonlinear properties that affect the intended...
Application Briefs Defense
Aircraft Parachute Recovery Systems
BRS AerospaceSouth St. Paul, MN651-457-7491www.brsaerospace.com BRS Aerospace has engaged Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research (WSU-NIAR) to develop testing protocols for...
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Collins Aerospace Will Provide Avionics and Synthetic Vision for the Supersonic X-59 QueSST
Lockheed Martin Corporation has chosen Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Collins Aerospace (formerly Rockwell Collins) to supply the avionics and...
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Boeing, ELG Carbon Fibre Find New Life for Airplane Structure Material
Boeing and ELG Carbon Fibre recently announced a partnership to recycle excess aerospace-grade composite material, which will be used by other companies to make products...
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Customizing Computer-Aided Design
MIT researchers have devised a technique that “reverse engineers” complex 3-D computer-aided design (CAD) models, making them far easier for users to customize for manufacturing and 3-D printing...
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Northrop Grumman and Airbus Partner on “Wing of Tomorrow” Program
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently finalized a Cooperation and Research Agreement to work closely with Airbus on the Wing of Tomorrow program. The three-year agreement...
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NATS Will Test AI at Heathrow to Reduce Weather-Related Flight Delays
NATS Holdings (NATS), formerly National Air Traffic Services and the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) main air navigation service provider, is exploring the impact of...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
The F-22 Raptor Gets Its First Metallic 3D-Printed Part
Maintainers from the U.S. Air Force 574th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) have installed the first titanium additively manufactured titanium component on an operational Lockheed...
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Airbus’ Quantum Computing Challenge May Fundamentally Change Aircraft Development
A global quantum computing competition to advance optimization and modularity in aircraft life-cycle is open to post-graduate students, academics,...
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MathWorks Rolls out Major Update to Aerospace Blockset
Natick, Massachusetts-based MathWorks – developer of MATLAB and Simulink software – has added flight control analysis tools to their Aerospace Blockset in release 2018b. The latest...
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