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Boeing Starliner Launch Delayed to Test Helium Leak Repair
Boeing, NASA and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are targeting a May 21 launch date for the crewed flight test of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Millennium Space to Build Eight 'FOO Fighter' SDA Satellites
The Space Development Agency (SDA) issued a $414 million contract to Millennium Space Systems, Inc., to build eight new satellites as part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Pushing the Limits: Engineering Advanced RF Interconnects to Meet the Challenges of Hypersonic Missile Development
Times Microwave Systems has developed a wide range of emerging technologies that eliminate the gap between standard material limitations and hypersonic missile demands.
Articles Physical Sciences
Expanding Possibilities for Superconducting Qubits With Niobium
A group led by Stanford University’s David Schuster has demonstrated a way to create niobium-based qubits that rival their state-of-the-art counterparts.
Briefs Electronics & Computers
New, Portable Antenna Could Help Restore Communication After Disasters
Researchers at Stanford University and the American University of Beirut (AUB) have developed a portable antenna that could be quickly deployed in disaster-prone areas or used to set up communications in underdeveloped regions.
Application Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Five Missile-Tracking Satellites Launched
Five missile-tracking satellites designed and manufactured by L3Harris Technologies launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida in February, as part of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program and the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 0 (T0) Tracking Layer program.
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
AI Pilots X-62A in First Aerial Dogfight
The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have reported another major breakthrough for the artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms or "agents" that have...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Radar and Weapons Upgrades for Netherlands Air Force MQ-9A Reapers
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) is adding a series of modifications to its fleet of MQ-9A Reapers.
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Army Begins Satcom as a Service Evaluation
The U.S. Army has started fielding commercial satellite communications equipment, bandwidth and services to several units around the globe, under a new pilot that will inform leadership on a...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Boeing to Start Latest P-8A Poseidon Airframe, Avionics Increment 3 Upgrades
The U.S. Navy delivered the first P-8A Poseidon aircraft to be modified with Increment 3 Block 2 capabilities to Boeing on March 27, enabling the fleet to be...
INSIDER Aerospace
Three Companies to Build New Multi-Orbit Logistics Prototype Spacecraft
Utilizing commercial technology to facilitate greater in-space mobility for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is working with three...
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New Products
See the new products, including Mercury Systems' Direct RF system-on-module, TT Electronics' LRMAH2512 surface-mount technology shunt resistors, General Micro Systems' 1U and 2U “Shorty 4” servers, Sigma-Netics' thin-walled metal tubes, and much more.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
RF-Cyber for Counter-UAS
Enabling the emerging associated drone-powered economy will require a new generation of counter-drone or counter-unmanned aircraft systems (CUAS) to support the growth of safe and secure drone adoption.
Articles Aerospace
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.
Application Briefs Aerospace
New Satellite Connectivity for Air Force Research Aircraft
Intelsat will supply new satellite connectivity terminals on several different U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) aircraft, according to a Feb. 14 announcement by the satellite network operator.
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Are European Cities Ready for Drones and U-Space?
The City of Hamburg has been developing urban air mobility (UAM) as a strategic policy since 2017. Its strategy has been a step-by-step implementation of UAM, with an initial focus on...
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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
XQ-67A's First Flight Shows 'Genus' Approach to Aircraft Design
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) completed the first flight of the XQ-67A last week at the General Atomics Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale,...
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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 RF & Microwave Electronics
New Commercial Satellite Connectivity Terminals for Air Force Research Aircraft
Intelsat will supply new satellite connectivity terminals on several different U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) aircraft, according to a Feb. 14...
Articles Communications
Revolutionizing Electronic Warfare: Unleashing the Power of High-Performance Software-Defined Radios
In the ever-evolving landscape of electronic warfare (EW), the imperative for technological prowess has never been more pronounced. At the vanguard of this evolution stands a technological marvel — high-performance software defined radios (SDRs).
Articles Electronics & Computers
Design Approaches for Established and Emerging RF Receiver Architectures
Traditionally, heterodyne architectures have been the preferred choice for radio frequency (RF) and millimeter-wave (mmWave) receiver architectures, excelling in noise performance, dynamic range, frequency coverage, selectivity, and reduction of EMI. However, recent advancements in high sample rate analog to digital converters (ADCs) and embedded signal processing have prompted a reassessment of both architectures.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Rydberg Technologies Shows Potential of Long-Range RF with Quantum Sensor at NetModX23
Rydberg Technologies demonstrated the use of an atomic receiver for long-range RF applications during the NetModX23 event. Shortly after the completion of the NetModX event, Aerospace & Defense Technology caught up with Rydberg CEO David Anderson to discuss the demonstration of their atomic receiver prototype and the future potential of quantum sensing in real-world military RF applications.
Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Next Generation Air and Missile Defense Radar
Raytheon recently completed another successful live-fire demonstration of the advanced, 360-degree Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS).
Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Advanced Satellite Communications Research
New algorithm strategies and diverse communication techniques are constantly emerging in the telecommunications realm that consumers, commercial, government, and military demand in order to push the boundaries of data throughput to receive information as quickly as possible.
INSIDER Manned Systems
Bombardier to Start Building New Army HADES Prototype Spy Plane
Bombardier Defense has received a new contract award to develop a prototype spy plane for the Army’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) program. Under...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Key Measurements to Maintain Performance of Critical Electronic Systems on Military Aircraft and Warships
Wireless technology is a critical element of the modern battlefield, making accurate and consistent transmissions of high-speed data essential for mission success. Ensuring wireless system performance has additional challenges when implemented on warships and aircraft.
Articles Photonics/Optics
Physicists Develop a New Type of Antenna
This research and demonstration presents a simple technique for a remote Rydberg-atom-based RF sensor, which was verified for distances of up to 30 m between the passive sensing unit and the base station — currently limited by the length of the hallway used in the demonstration.
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See the new products, including the SST ESF3 third-generation embedded SuperFlash technology NVM solution in the GF 28SLPe foundry process; General Micro Systems' new rugged display using open-standard Thunderbolt™ 4 technology; Rohde & Schwarz' RF test and measurement solutions; and more.
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