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Thrust in Space - The Nuances of Thruster Valve Design
More and more companies are designing rockets, satellites, and reusable space vehicles that require thruster valves to position, maintain, or change vehicle orbit in space.
Articles Energy
Vanadium: A Green Metal Critical to Aerospace and Clean Energy
From jet engine components to high-speed airframes, vanadium alloys are deployed in virtually every jet aircraft flying today,
Articles Aerospace
Reverse Engineering the Boeing E-3 Sentry's Secondary Flight Controls
Learn about the challenges that arise when you try to reverse-engineer the console configuration for a NATO E-3 AWACS.
Products Semiconductors & ICs
New Products
Miniature sensors, 3D printing platforms, lightning test systems, and more.
Briefs Software
Development and Verification of Body Armor Target Geometry Created Using Computed Tomography Scans
Previous methods of target geometry can be replaced by more accurate computer scanning technology.
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Missile Warning Satellite Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing
The world’s most advanced missile defense satellite recently and successfully came out of almost two months of harsh simulated space environmental testing. The U.S. Space...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Bell Joins U.S. Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Program
Bell Textron Inc. has announced agreements with nine premier aerospace industry leaders to form Team Invictus. The companies are producing the Bell 360 Invictus prototype...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Argonne and Raytheon to Collaborate on Aircraft Engine Design
As fuel is burned in aircraft engines, temperatures reach extremely high levels, necessitating the use of thermal management strategies, such as effusion or film cooling, to...
News AR/AI
Embracing the Digital Transformation in Aerospace & Defense
The aerospace & defense (A&D) industry has always been known for great innovation and high expectations. Even during the difficult times with the impact of COVID-19,...
INSIDER Robotics, Automation & Control
Army Researchers Augment Combat Vehicles With AI
When soldiers enter a new environment, their mission demands they stay one step ahead of the enemy; however, they may find it challenging to maintain a high level of alertness if they're...
INSIDER Nanotechnology
Multifunctional Nanofiber Protects Against Explosions
Since World War I, the vast majority of American combat casualties has come not from gunshot wounds but from explosions. Today, most soldiers wear a heavy, bullet-proof vest to protect...
Podcasts Manufacturing & Prototyping
A Morphing Airplane Wing Built by Tiny Robots
Ben Jennet is a PhD student at MIT and a former space research fellow at NASA. He is working with NASA to develop a new kind of aircraft wing that's flexible and changes mid-flight.
News Connectivity
The Electric, Autonomous Revolution Lifts Off
Nearly a quarter-century ago, the Vertical Flight Society, a helicopter-industry group founded in 1943 as the American Helicopter Society, published a graphic dubbed “V/STOL Aircraft and...
News Manned Systems
Lunewave Promises Low-Cost Radar with High-Performance 360-Degree View
Radar sensing has been used for various functions in passenger vehicles for more than two decades. Like all sensors intended an automated vehicle (AV), radar has...
INSIDER Software
Drone Traffic Management System Wins NASA Invention of the Year
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) to Enable Civilian Low Altitude Goods and Service Delivery by UAS technology was awarded 2020 NASA Government Invention of...
INSIDER Wearables
Nanoscale Experiments Create Optimism for Stronger, Lighter Soldier Armor
Soldier armor, such as bulletproof vests and helmets, depends upon high-performance ballistic fibers for its strength and effectiveness. Army researchers are...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Prototype Defense Planning and Assessment Tool Delivered to USS Bunker Hill
In January, the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) — part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group — left San Diego for a scheduled...
INSIDER Defense
Making Future Vertical Lift Open, Safe and Secure
Whether performing transport, logistics, strike or reconnaissance duties, helicopters and tilt-rotor aircraft greatly multiply the effectiveness of ground forces. They are a combat...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
Drones Detect Butterfly Landmines
Using advanced machine learning, drones can be used to detect dangerous “butterfly” landmines in remote regions of post-conflict countries.
News Test & Measurement
Tesla Casts a New Strategy for Lightweight Structures
Aluminum is synonymous with “weight-saving” in most contemporary automotive-engineering reference points. But apart from a few applications – most notably Ford’s F-Series...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Aiding Automotive Workers Displaced by Coronavirus
The Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Assn., in partnership with APA Search, has initiated a free platform to match automotive- and transportation-sector employers with industry employees who...
Articles Test & Measurement
Does Your Coating Thickness Meet Spec?
Coatings play a critical role in preventing the corrosion or wear of metal substrates. Make sure they meet specifications.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Getting the Most Out of Laser Wire Additive Manufacturing
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) powder-based systems aren't the only ways to print metals.
Articles Test & Measurement
Scaling Low-Cost Carbon Fiber Production with Oxidation Technology
Few materials used in manufacturing today are as versatile and desirable in performance applications as carbon fiber.
Articles Aerospace
Advanced Assembly Solutions for the Airbus RACER Joined-Wing Configuration
The Rapid And Cost Effective Rotorcraft (RACER) demonstrator is being developed by Airbus Helicopters (AH) to further validate the compound rotorcraft configuration.
Briefs Communications
Quantifying Autonomous Soaring on a Surveillance and Communications Relay Mission
Research demonstrates that a surveillance mission is still achievable by unmanned vehicles while performing autonomous soaring.
Products Software
New Products
Industrial metal 3D printers, force testers, machining centers, and more.
Briefs Data Acquisition
DDDAMS-based Urban Surveillance and Crowd Control via UAVs and UGVs
Investigating algorithmic approaches to create scalable, robust, multi-scale, and effective urban surveillance and crowd control strategies using UAVs and UGVs.
Application Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Turbine Rotor Assembly Systems
RPI UK has installed two integrated rotor measurement and assembly platforms (iMAPs) at Atlanta-based Delta Airlines;
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FAA to Replace Aging Network of Ground-Based Radars
PodcastsDefense
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
Road ReadyPower
2026 Toyota RAV4 Review: All Hybrid, All the Time
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F-22 Pilot Controls Drone With Tablet
INSIDERRF & Microwave Electronics
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
