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Australian Air Surveillance Radar Upgrade
Sensor solutions provider Hensoldt has signed a contract with Space Centre Australia to deliver two high-performance Air Surveillance Radar - Next Generation systems (ASR-NG), along with a 20-year sustainment plan to bolster Australia’s critical air surveillance capabilities. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
Autonomous Air Defense Production
Anduril Industries has been awarded a $249,978,466 contract to deliver advanced air defense capabilities across services for the Department of Defense (DoD). This contract will deliver more than 500 Roadrunner-Ms and additional Pulsar electronic warfare capabilities, addressing the growing threat of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) attacks against U.S. forces. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Enabling Off-the-Shelf Autonomous Naval Warfare
The Navy is actively exploring emerging technologies that enable uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) to extend the range of its communications and electronic warfare (EW) capabilities. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs Unmanned Systems
AI-Trained Vehicles Can Adjust to Extreme Turbulence on the Fly
Researchers at Caltech took an important step toward using reinforcement learning to adaptively learn how turbulent wind can change over time, and then uses that knowledge to control a UAV based on what it is experiencing in real time.
Briefs Manned Systems
Aviation Safety Expert Unites Industry to Safeguard Aviation Supply Chain
A new aviation supply chain integrity coalition has offered 13 recommended actions to prevent the circulation of non-serialized aircraft parts throughout the global aviation industry. Read on to learn more about the actions.
INSIDER AR/AI
European Aerospace Companies Developing Prototype AI to Protect Aircraft Systems
A total of 28 European aerospace industry partners, start-ups and research centers have joined forces on the new Artificial Intelligence Deployable Agent...
INSIDER Propulsion
GKN Aerospace Reinvigorates Supply Chain to Deliver First C-27J Nacelles to Leonardo in Over 5 Years
GKN Aerospace announced the successful delivery of the first two C-27J nacelles to Leonardo Aircraft since 2018, marking a significant...
INSIDER Aerospace
German eVTOL Company Needs Buyers to Keep Manufacturing Operations Alive
Lilium, the Munich, Germany-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturer, has appointed financial services firm KPMG to conduct an open,...
INSIDER Software
Accelerating Climate-Compatible Aircraft Design with AI
The path to climate-compatible flying involves energy-efficient aircraft, low-emission engines and optimized flight paths. Digitalization can accelerate these developments, for example...
Podcasts Manufacturing & Prototyping
Scaling Manufacturing and Production for 'Data as a Service' Electric Drone
Fatema Hamdani, co-founder of Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.
INSIDER Aerospace
Testing the Viability of Autonomous Laser Welding in Space
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently participated in a parabolic flight experiment led by a team of scientists and engineers from The Ohio State University. The...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Airbus Starts Operating 'Historic' First C295 Assembly Line in India
Airbus operates assembly lines and production sites around the world, but the Indian C295 program is the first time the company has deployed the entire production system...
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 Manufacturing & Prototyping
Collins Develops Prototype High-Voltage Power Distribution Components for Clean Aviation SWITCH Engine
Collins Aerospace has completed prototype development of a solid-state power controller and power distribution panel as part of the...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Ultraviolet Camera System for Small Satellites Could Advance Space Weather Studies
Virginia Tech researchers are collaborating with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to gain new insights on space weather and Earth's upper atmosphere.
INSIDER Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Navy Uses Stratasys F-900 to 3D Print F/A-18 Jet’s Button Plug
The U.S. Navy's Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) is leveraging advanced 3D printing technology to address supply chain delays and improve fleet readiness. The...
INSIDER Aerospace
Advanced Manufactured Solid Rocket Motor Completes Latest Flight Test
X-Bow Systems Inc. (X-Bow) announced the third flight of its Bolt Rocket. The XB-32 motor, part of X-Bow's Bolt rocket family, is the largest Advanced Manufactured Solid...
Podcasts Defense
The Army's Vision for Space and Satellite Communications
Col. Pete Atkinson, Principal Space Advisor for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, discusses the Army’s space vision at AUSA 2024.
INSIDER Manned Systems
Top Aerospace OEMs Taking Action to Prevent Unapproved Parts From Entering Supply Chain
The Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition released its report recommending specific actions the aerospace industry should take to help prevent...
INSIDER Propulsion
Airbus, Toshiba Partner on Future Development of 2-Megawatt Superconducting Motor
Airbus UpNext, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus, and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba), Toshiba Group’s energy arm, will...
Podcasts RF & Microwave Electronics
The Future of Space Mobility
Kevin Lausten, President of Morpheus Space, is the guest on this episode of Season 5 of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Army Receives New Robot Combat Vehicle Prototypes
Three of the four defense industry teams selected to submit test vehicles for the U.S. Army's Robotic Combat Vehicle competition have completed deliveries of their prototypes since August,...
INSIDER Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Rheinmetall, HDT to Develop Army's Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport Prototypes
On Sept. 24, the U.S. Army announced the award of two Other Transaction Authority Engineering and Manufacturing Design contracts to American Rheinmetall...
INSIDER Aerospace
New Report Analyzes Decline in Number of Aircraft Operated by the Army
In analyzing the availability and use of aircraft by the U.S. Army from 2000 to 2023, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published a 16-page report finding that the...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Army Evaluates 3D Printing for Bradley Fighting Vehicle's Transmission Mount
SPEE3D, an Melbourne, Australia-based supplier of additive manufacturing technology successfully participated in the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development...
Podcasts RF & Microwave Electronics
Developing a Data-Driven Digital Strategy for Space Force Operations
Dan Laubach, Raft LLC's Senior Director of Programs, is the guest on episode 2 of season 5 of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.
INSIDER Manned Systems
Why Hybrid-Electric is a Key Solution for Decarbonizing Aviation
The aviation sector, urged by ambitious U.S. goals to achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050, is poised for transformation. CO2 is responsible for most anthropogenic...
INSIDER Aerospace
Are Boeing 737 Rudder Control Systems at Risk of Malfunctioning?
The National Transportation Safety Board on Sept. 26 issued urgent safety recommendations to The Boeing Company and the Federal Aviation Administration in response to the...
Application Briefs Manned Systems
Modernized M88 Recovery Vehicle Variant Aims to Eliminate Gaps
The M88A3 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation System is currently undergoing reliability and maintainability testing at Yuma Proving Ground, which is at the forefront of the U.S. Army’s transformation efforts, particularly in the realm of mobility and combat vehicle testing. Read on to learn more.
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