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Quality Management Experts Provide Guidance on AS9100 Standard, Equipment Calibration
Quality management professionals across the global aerospace and defense community discuss the AS9100 international standard, audits, and equipment...
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3D-Printed Titanium Alloy for Aerospace
A super-strong, highly ductile, super-light titanium-based alloy was developed using 3D printing. The process provides a method to design alloys with unprecedented structures and properties for...
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Method Measures a Drone’s Ability to Recover
Flying cars, drones, and other urban aerial mobility vehicles have potential to provide efficient transportation and delivery solutions but what happens if a drone breaks down over a city park or...
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Lockheed Martin Opens Intelligent, Advanced Hypersonic Strike Production Facility
Lockheed Martin is adding to its manufacturing capabilities portfolio with the grand opening of a new production facility in Courtland, Alabama, focused on...
INSIDER Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Riveting Technology Enables Lightweight Magnesium Fasteners for Fuel Efficiency
If Rosie the Riveter had access to a new riveting technology, the erstwhile character of WWII fame could have worked faster and made lighter products. Today, a...
INSIDER Aerospace
Developing Multifunctional Composite Materials for Aerospace Applications
Materials for aerospace applications face many challenges. The structure of an aircraft must be light yet strong. Structural components such as the wings or fuselage...
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3D-Printed Catalysts Propel Hypersonic Flight
Ultra-efficient 3D printed catalysts could help solve the challenge of overheating in hypersonic aircraft and offer a revolutionary solution to thermal management across countless...
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NASA Transfers Air Traffic Tool to FAA
As part of an effort aimed at making aviation more sustainable, NASA has transferred an air traffic management tool to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for nationwide implementation. The tool...
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Fabrication and Testing of High-Speed Single-Rotor and Compound-Rotor Systems
The X2 Technology Demonstrator recently achieved a level flight speed over 250 knots, proving the basic concept of the coaxial compound configuration.
Products Data Acquisition
New Products
Data recorders, conduction-cooled chassis, robot chargers, and more.
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Developing Object Detection Systems for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Truly autonomous UAVs will require computer vision and navigation, cooperation between autonomous vehicles, and explainable and robust AI.
Application Briefs Photonics/Optics
Additive Manufacturing
Marotta’s patented approach starts with a 3D CAD model of choice that can meet varying ranges of end application specifications.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Remanufacturing Reimagined: How Selective Electroplating Extends Service Life and Reduces the Cost of Aerospace Components
Selective brush plating has dramatically evolved from its origins of touching up existing plating jobs.
Briefs Imaging
3D Data Acquisition Platform for Human Activity Understanding
A computational approach for action prediction can extend to machines and also promote further research in human prediction and intention sensing.
Articles Software
An Automated System for Multi-Physics Modeling
See how domain-specific tools easily translate scientific thinking into high-performance code.
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Developing Thermoplastic Composites for Use in Commercial Aircraft
Thermoplastic composite materials (TPC) are gaining momentum for use in commercial airplanes and other aerospace applications, including electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Metal 3D Printer
“The mission is to develop a large-scale tool capable of producing single, jointless combat vehicle hulls at a near net size of 30 feet × 20 feet × 12 feet in size,” said Larry Holmes from ASTRO America.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Loitering Munitions Systems
The Hero-30 Loitering Munition System incorporates a high level of precision attack and abort capabilities.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Ground Control System
Built around three core elements – software, hardware, and antennas – Crysalis was designed to simplify the operation of robotic systems.
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New Method Accelerates AI Decision-Making
A new solution compresses and offloads critical data from battlefield machines more efficiently, enabling faster AI processing and decision-making on the battlefield.
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Industry Invited to Participate in AeroTech Aerospace and Defense Technical Program
SAE International is inviting global participation in its AeroTech® aerospace and defense technology conference and exhibition, which is for the first time...
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Register Now: Counter UAS Technology 2021
The two-day event highlights cutting-edge products and services designed to protect DoD personnel, equipment, and infrastructure from hostile drones.
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NASA Brings Air Mobility Vision to Stratospheric Heights
Designated in the United States as “upper Class E” airspace, the sky above 60,000 feet does not have stringent air traffic control rules since most aircraft are not capable of...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Pulse Plasma Nitriding for Aerospace Applications
Aerospace manufacturers who depend on nitriding components can benefit from greater uniformity of results, better-protected materials, and increased throughput.
Briefs Aerospace
MIL-DTL-32628/01-X Reusable EMI Shield Termination Band on MIL-DTL-38999 Electrical Connector Accessory Braid Termination/Tensile Qualification Test
A series of reusable bands were evaluated for tensile strength performance.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Nonlinear Effects in Transformation Optics-Based Metamaterial Shields for Counter Directed Energy Weapon Defense
Applying an iterative solution to the Maxwell equations may accommodate the nonlinear effects produced by directed energy weapons.
Products Communications
New Products
Mezzanine modules, voltage-controlled oscillators, cold-weather servo motors, and more.
Articles Electronics & Computers
Migrating Advanced Signal Processing Technology to Rugged SFF Platforms
By enabling distributed system architectures, SFF systems and subsystems solve many of the toughest problems facing embedded system designers.
Briefs Aerospace
Review of Recent Capability Improvements in Ultrashort Pulse Laser Sources: Closing the Relevancy Gap for Directed Energy Applications
The horizon for directed energy (DE) applications, using ultrashort pulse lasers (USPLs), is quickly approaching.
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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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Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
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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
