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Reconnaissance Vehicle Sensor Suite Upgrade
Teledyne FLIR Defense is developing a next-generation mounted reconnaissance technology for the M1135 Stryker’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV) Sensor Suite Upgrade Program. Read on to learn more about it.
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Uncrewed Solar Aircraft Passes Key Ground Tests
The German Aerospace Center has taken an important step in the development of its own high-flying solar aircraft by successfully completing a Ground Vibration Test on its innovative HAP-alpha high-altitude platform. Read on to learn more.
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Renewably Powered Ocean Buoy to Enhance Navy Research and 5G Maritime Applications
Floating in Monterey Bay, California, five miles north of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) campus, a self-powered ocean buoy will showcase a unique...
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See the new products, including L3Harris Technologies' AMORPHOUS™, its new software that features a single user interface to operate thousands of autonomous assets simultaneously; Rohde & Schwarz's new R&S NRP140TWG(N) thermal power sensor; SBG Systems' expansion of its high-performance inertial navigation systems, Ekinox, Apogee, and Navsight, with new GNSS receiver options; Supermicro, Inc.'s wide range of new systems which are fully optimized for edge and embedded workloads; and much more.
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German Researchers Claim 'World First' In-flight Measurement of Hydrogen Propulsion Contrails
Formed in the upper troposphere when the air is sufficiently cold and humid, condensation trails (known as contrails) may be one of the most...
Briefs Aerospace
Fiber Computer Allows Apparel to Run Apps and Understand the Wearer
MIT researchers have developed an autonomous programmable computer in the form of an elastic fiber, which could monitor health conditions and physical activity, alerting the wearer to potential health risks in real-time. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Robust Quantum Sensors Program
To address quantum sensors' barriers, DARPA is launching the Robust Quantum Sensors (RoQS) program. RoQS will seek to develop quantum sensors that are inherently resistant to environmental disruptions, ensuring they can operate reliably outside of a laboratory without sacrificing their sensitivity. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
A Swarm of Sensors, Rovers and Astronauts Explore the ‘Moon’
Researchers at the German Aerospace Center have developed a new approach to networked communications that could theoretically occur on the Moon or in environments on Earth where conventional communications are unavailable. Read on to learn more.
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
Using Squeezed Light to Develop Sensors That Defy Defense Limits
Raytheon’s BBN Technologies is developing next-generation, compact, low-power, deployable photonic sensors that will provide users with better awareness of environmental...
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DEVCOM CBC Innovates and Integrates through Autonomous Technologies
Researchers and engineers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center have developed a prototype system for decontaminating military combat vehicles. Read on to learn more.
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Germany's New Military Surveillance Jet Completes First Flight
The Persistent German Airborne Surveillance System (PEGASUS), a Bombardier Global 6000 jet modified to provide signals intelligence for the German Armed Forces, completed its...
INSIDER Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Designing Next-Generation Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology for Better Life in Space
The International Space Station (ISS) is made livable in great part thanks to a system that captures and removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. The...
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ESA to Test Canadian Startup's Diamond Quantum Sensors in Space
SBQuantum, a Sherbrooke, Canada-based startup developing quantum diamond magnetometers capable of providing accurate readings from space, announced a pair of new contracts this...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
MEMS-Based Accelerometer to Measure Microgravity for In-Orbit Manufacturing
Looking ahead, the continued development of MEMS technology will likely unlock new possibilities for space exploration and utilization, ensuring that projects like ForgeStar remain at the forefront of scientific and technological progress. Read on to learn more.
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Air and Space Force Joint Team Completes Two Intercontinental Missile Tests
For the second time in a week, a joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III...
Articles Imaging
Image Sensors and Cameras Based on Colloidal Quantum Dots for Defense Applications
This article reports on the image sensor technology and the VS20 camera product developed at Emberion. The article describes the image sensor design comprising the sensor stack based on a p-i-n photodiode implementation with PbS QDs sandwiched between thin-film hole transport (HTL) and electron transport (ETL) layers as well as the CMOS ROIC architecture and pixel front-end interfacing the photodiode stack.
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A New Approach to Assessing the Quality of Aerospace Components
In a study, published in the Journal Waves in Random and Complex Media, researchers from the University of Bristol have derived a formula that can inform the design boundaries for a given component’s geometry and material microstructure.
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 Robotics, Automation & Control
Northrop Grumman Assembles First Manta Ray UUV Prototype
Northrop Grumman has completed the assembly of its first full-size prototype of Manta Ray, the defense manufacturer's new unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV).
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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.
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.
Briefs Aerospace
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 Cyber Algorithm Shuts Down Malicious Robotic Attacks
Australian researchers have designed an algorithm that can intercept a man-in-the-middle (MitM) cyberattack on an unmanned military robot and shut it down in seconds. The algorithm, tested in real time on a replica of a U.S. Army combat ground vehicle, was 99 percent successful in preventing a malicious attack.
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
German Researchers Develop New Approach to Detecting Ice Accumulation in Flight
Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have developed a new approach to detecting ice formation resulting from the accumulation of large droplets of...
INSIDER Defense
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...
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.
INSIDER Research Lab
New Report Finds Need for Defense Laboratories to Improve Quantum Workforce Planning
Quantum technologies build on quantum physics to process and communicate information in ways that existing technologies can't. Nations leading quantum...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
DARPA-Funded Research Leads to Quantum Computing Breakthrough
A team of researchers working on the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA’s) Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (ONISQ) program has...
INSIDER Imaging
ATHENA Sensor Brings Generational Leap to Airborne MANPAD Protection
Since their introduction, Man-Portable Air Defense Systems – heat-seeking, shoulder-fired missiles – have been a persistent threat to U.S. Army aviation. Infrared...
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