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How FMC Developments Support Legacy and Next-Gen Data Needs
While FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, it continues to provide a variety of benefits to the embedded system developer. These include sustained...
Briefs Defense
Deep Installation Method for Three-Component Seismic Sensors
Successful sensor installation is important, as it directly affects how the sensor will perform. If conducted incorrectly, it could seriously degrade the data received and collective...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Understanding the “Black Art” of RF and Microwave Switching
Understanding RF, especially microwave switching, can be a challenge. In many cases, test systems have been compromised because a test engineer did not consider all the components...
Articles Electronics & Computers
A New Approach to Satellite Communications
In the Heinrich Hertz satellite mission, which will be launched in 2020, the DLR Space Administration (German Aerospace Center) plans to develop and operate a German communications satellite. The chief...
Articles Aerospace
Using Ruggedized Test Equipment to Solve Jet Engine Problems
A jet engine is the very definition of “mission-critical.” A critical failure could cause a serious accident that endangers hundreds of lives. To prevent this from happening,...
Briefs Imaging
Simulation of Active Imaging Systems
Active imaging systems offer the promise of significantly improved tactical performance compared to passive military systems operating in adverse ground, air, and underwater/ maritime environments. These...
Briefs Aerospace
Characterization of Bore Temperatures and Stresses in Small Caliber Gun Barrels
Currently in the small arms community, with the push for lighter, stronger barrels with improved life, a more complete understanding of the bore's thermal and...
Briefs Aerospace
Modular Biosensor Patch
Researchers are identifying new biomarkers to help monitor cognition and stress in the human body and enhance human performance. Traditional biomarkers like heart rate, temperature, oxygen partial pressure, blood...
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OneWeb Ramps up Satellite Production with New Round of Funding
OneWeb has secured $1.25 billion in its latest funding round. The company, which seeks to deploy a satellite communication network by 2021 that will enable global high-speed,...
INSIDER Aerospace
Making Flight Safer With the “Internet of Airplanes”
The Virtual Sky platform was developed to fuse and analyze flight sensor data correctly, reliably, and quickly. Virtual Sky would serve as a model extension of the FAA’s Next...
News Data Acquisition
AIA Predicts Flying Air Taxis, Supersonic Air Travel, and Space Industry for 2050
Arlington, Virginia-based Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has collected input from leaders in the aerospace and defense industries and built a...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
JAXA and Toyota Partner, Focus on Future Lunar Mobility
Officials at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Toyota Motor Corp. in Tokyo have taken a first step toward collaborating on international space exploration, having...
News Automotive
Toyota Takes up Challenge of Space, Brings Electrified, Automated Vehicle Technologies
Technology transfer and collaboration continue to grow globally among mobility engineering professionals focused on aerospace and automotive applications....
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Northrop Grumman Receives Contract for Next-Generation Navigation System
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $59 million contract for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the Embedded Global...
INSIDER Materials
Ultra-lightweight Ceramic Withstands Extreme Temperatures
An extremely light, highly durable ceramic aerogel was developed that could ultimately be an upgrade for spacecraft insulation. The new material is made of thin layers of boron...
INSIDER Aerospace
Fuel Cell Boosts Electric-Powered Drones and Aircraft
Engineers developed a direct borohydride fuel cell that operates at double the voltage of today’s commercial fuel cells. Using a pH-gradient-enabled microscale bipolar interface...
News Manned Systems
Is the Future of Aerial Autonomy up in the Air?
At January’s CES ’19, more than 170 exhibitors showed aerial drones of various shapes and sizes. Potential use cases for these devices appear to be limitless, but technical, legal and...
News Propulsion
Firefly Aerospace Is the Latest Addition to Florida’s “Space Coast”
Cedar Park, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has reached an agreement with Space Florida – the state’s aerospace economic development agency – to establish a...
News Aerospace
Virgin Galactic Takes First Passenger to Space
Virgin Galactic’s spaceplane, SpaceShipTwo or “VSS Unity,” made its fifth powered test flight and second space flight late last week with three individuals on board. In addition to...
INSIDER Aerospace
New Flight Strategy Could Land Heavier Vehicles on Mars
The heaviest vehicle to successfully land on Mars is the Curiosity Rover at 1 metric ton. Sending more ambitious robotic missions to the surface of Mars, and eventually humans, will...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA and Partners Demonstrate Unmanned Aircraft Technologies
NASA has signed contracts with three industry partners to demonstrate progress in the use and eventual certification of systems critical to the safe operation of Unmanned Aircraft...
News Electronics & Computers
Orbex Debuts Innovative Smallsat Launch Vehicle
Orbex, a developer of small satellite (smallsat) launch vehicles based in Forres, Scotland, has unveiled its “Prime” launch vehicle. The rocket is the second stage of a two-stage vehicle...
News Aerospace
Techstars and Starburst Start New Space Technology Business Accelerator
With an unprecedented number of breakthrough space technologies like reusable rockets, additive manufacturing (AM) or “3D printing,” advanced materials, and...
News Defense
SpaceX Tests Raptor Engine, Prepares for Starship “Hop”
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has test fired its Raptor rocket engine at its Rocket Development and Test Facility, in McGregor, Texas. The Raptor is designed to power the...
INSIDER Materials
New Coating Repels Ice from Any Surface
Researchers used a new theory in physics called stress localization to create a durable silicone polymer coating capable of repelling ice from any surface. The new material uses elastic energy...
Articles Test & Measurement
Hardware Design of a High Dynamic Range Radio Frequency (RF) Harmonic Measurement System
Radio frequency (RF) circuit elements that are traditionally considered to be linear frequently exhibit nonlinear properties that affect the intended...
Articles Electronics & Computers
An Introduction to PCM Heat Sinks
With the exception of thermal storage heat sinks, the term heat sink is a misnomer. Standard heat sinks for electronics cooling are actually heat exchangers, taking the heat from the electronics, and...
Articles AR/AI
Eye Tracking Technology
Much debate surrounds the skills shortage burdening the manufacturing sector of aerospace and defense (A&D). Industry 4.0, the Baby Boomer retirement wave, and a lack of properly trained workers underpins this issue,...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Ruggedizing Commercial-Grade Computers into MIL-Hardened Systems
As performance capabilities for embedded computing products expand, the requirements for commercial-grade and MIL ruggedized systems blur into similar specifications. There are...
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance