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AI Co-Pilot Enhances Human Precision for Safer Aviation
Meet the Air-Guardian, a system developed by researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. As modern pilots grapple with an onslaught of information from multiple monitors, especially during critical moments, Air-Guardian acts as a proactive copilot.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
New Realistic Computer Model will Help Robots Collect Moon Dust
Working with their industry partner, Thales Alenia Space in the U.K., who has specific interest in creating working robotic systems for space applications, the team investigated a virtual version of regolith, another name for Moon dust.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Counter Unmanned Aircraft System
Looking ahead to the future, the threat of adversarial drones will only increase. Drones don’t necessarily recognize geographical borders or boundaries, and to protect service members and citizens from these impending challenges, the U.S. and its allies must look to CUAS technologies and scale effectively throughout their militaries and relevant civilian agencies.
INSIDER Communications
Leonardo to Design Next Generation Atomic Clock for Galileo Satellites
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a €12 million contract with Leonardo S.p.A (Italy) and Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica to design a new atomic...
INSIDER Aerospace
Sweden Taps GKN, Saab to Design Concepts for Future Fighter Jet
GKN Aerospace and Saab have both signed new deals with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to develop conceptual studies for advanced power and propulsion systems...
News Unmanned Systems
Navy to Evaluate Three Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Prototypes
Undersea warfare is critical to success in the Pacific and other contested environments, providing needed autonomous underwater sensing and payload delivery in dispersed, long-range, deep, and contested environments is key.
INSIDER Manned Systems
Air Force to Flight Test Drag-Reducing Finlets, Microvanes and Riblets on Legacy Aircraft
The Department of Defense (DoD) relies on airborne logistics to support global military operations, and airlift and air-to-air refueling are both...
INSIDER Propulsion
Stratolaunch Approaches Hypersonic Speed in First Powered TA-1 Test Flight
Stratolaunch completed the first powered air-launched flight of its Talon-A test vehicle, TA-1 at Mojave Air and Space Port in California on March 9, 2024. During a...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Radia Emerges to Launch WindRunner as World's Largest Airplane
A Boulder, Colorado-based startup, Radia, publicly unveiled its plans in a March 18 announcement to develop the world's largest aircraft, WindRunner, designed to fly oversized...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Palantir to Build Prototypes for Army’s First AI-Defined Targeting Station
Palantir Technologies has been awarded a prime agreement for the development and delivery of the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) ground station...
INSIDER Design
Marines Select Prototypes for Light Armored Vehicle Replacement
The U.S. Marine Corps has selected two companies to design prototype Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle 30mm Autocannon (ARV-30) vehicles. Under a new two-year award, General...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Niobium’s Role in Designing Next Generation Hypersonic Vehicles and Weapons
For decades, niobium has played a pivotal role in the U.S. aerospace industry, with its notable use in the innovative designs of the iconic Gemini and Apollo...
INSIDER Materials
US Companies Advance DoD Investment in Rare Earth Materials Supply Chain
Since 2020, the Department of Defense (DoD) has invested $400 million into U.S.-based companies to expand the domestic supply chain for rare earth materials needed to...
INSIDER Aerospace
NAVAIR Clears V-22 Osprey for Return to Flight
The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has cleared the tiltrotor V-22 Osprey to return to flight.
INSIDER Manned Systems
This Avionics Computer Enables Image Data Processing, Payload Control for NASA IM-1 Mission
Aitech provided a complete avionics computer system to Intuitive Machines for the IM-1 Mission, that successfully landed on the Moon on February 22,...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Sikorsky is Designing a New Hybrid Electric Tilt Wing VTOL Demonstrator
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has unveiled its plan to build, test and fly a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstrator (HEX / VTOL) with a...
INSIDER Robotics, Automation & Control
New UK Drone Strategy to Invest Billions in Unmanned Systems
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) published a new 12-page defense drone strategy last week that will see the agency invest £4.5 billion into the purchase of new unmanned...
INSIDER Aerospace
Turkey's KAAN Combat Aircraft Completes First Flight
The first combat aircraft to be domestically developed in Turkey, the fifth generation KAAN, completed its first flight on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Several executives and partners of...
INSIDER Aerospace
Airlines Have Started Flying Airbus Jets Equipped with MH370-Inspired Emergency Locators
Following European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification last year, Airbus introduced a new-generation Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
International Military Trial Tests Robotic Combat Vehicles in Australia
Defense scientists representing Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. have successfully demonstrated the integration of advanced autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI)...
INSIDER Defense
Army Ends Future Attack and Reconnaissance Helicopter Development Program
The U.S. Army announced in a Feb. 8 statement that it will end development of the Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) when prototyping activities are...
INSIDER Materials
A Computational Method for Creating New Ceramics with Transition Metals
Extraordinarily rugged with a melting temperature of several thousand degrees Fahrenheit. That describes the results of research into new ceramic materials sponsored by...
INSIDER Defense
New Report Outlines Current Status of Directed Energy Weapons Supply Chain
Directed energy weapons (DEWs), including high energy lasers (HELs) and high-power microwaves (HPMs), have emerged as potentially transformative weapons on the...
INSIDER Aerospace
Virgin Galactic Reports on Pin Detachment From Recent Spaceflight
During a routine postflight review of its most recent space flight, “Galactic 06,” Virgin Galactic determined that an alignment pin detached from the launch pylon of its...
INSIDER Materials
Preliminary Report Shows 737 Fuselage Bolts Were Missing Before Alaska Airlines Flight
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published its preliminary report on the cause of the in-flight structural failure that occurred during...
News Regulations/Standards
SAE Completes Next Step to Standardize Tesla-Developed EV Charging Connector
SAE International announced on December 19 that it has released the Technical Information Report (TIR) for the SAE J3400 standard covering development and...
Articles Aerospace
Certified Machine Learning-Based Avionics
Over the past few decades, aircraft automation has progressively increased. Advances in digital computing during the 1980s eliminated the need for onboard flight engineers. Avionics systems, exemplified by FADEC for engine control and Fly-By-Wire, handle lower-level functions, reducing human error.
Products Aerospace
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See the new products, including SWIR Vision Systems' short-wavelength infrared imaging technology, Fischer Connectors' expanded set of cable assemblies for the KEYSTONE tactical hub, Interface Concept's 3U VPX Single Board Computer, Microchip's updated software design tools, and more.
Briefs Aerospace
A Perspective on GVSC Crewstation Development and Addressing Future Ground Combat Vehicle Needs
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) has been developing next generation crew stations over the last several decades. In this research, the problem space that impacts design development and decisions is discussed.
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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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A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
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Optimizing Production Processes with the Virtual Twin
