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Design

Pangea Aerospace to Design Next Generation Rocket Engine for European Space Agency

Pangea Aerospace has been tasked by the European Space Agency (ESA) to design and identify de-risking technologies for a Very High Thrust rocket engine for...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

New Cognitive 'MIMO' Drone Radar Completes Flight Testing in Germany

An ever-growing number of aircraft now share the airspace over urban areas. Drones are increasingly being used for a wide range of applications, including in Class G...

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Propulsion

Europe’s Aviation Regulator Mandates Inspections of Some Airbus A350 Trent XWB Engines

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2024-0182 for Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines fitted on Airbus...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

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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RF & Microwave Electronics

Barracuda: Anduril's New Software-Defined Autonomous Air Vehicles

Anduril is unveiling the Barracuda family of air-breathing, software-defined expendable Autonomous Air Vehicles (AAVs) that are optimized for affordable, hyper-scale...

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Aerospace

UH-1Y Rescue Hoist Becomes First Suitable Substitute Engineering Change Proposal

The United States Marine Corps Light Attack Helicopter Programs Office (PMA-276) made history with the first Suitable Substitute Engineering Change Proposal...

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Defense

Air Force Ready to Flight Test Viper Electronic Warfare Upgrade for F-16s

Northrop Grumman’s AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) has completed U.S. Air Force testing in the service’s Joint Preflight Integration...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

L3 Technologies to Develop Next Generation Jammer Low Band System for EA-18G

The U.S. and Australian fleets are one step closer to getting the next increment of the U.S. Navy’s most advanced airborne electronic attack (AEA) system. The...

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Research Lab

A New Low-Cost Air-Delivered Method for Defeating Surface Vessels

The Air Force proved a low-cost, air-delivered method for defeating surface vessels through a QUICKSINK demonstration in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Stanford Engineers Conduct Groundbreaking In-Orbit Test of Satellite 'Swarm' Navigation

Someday, instead of large, expensive individual space satellites, teams of smaller satellites – known by scientists as a “swarm” – will work in...

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Energy

Modern Commercial Jets Create Longer Living Contrails Than Older Aircraft, Study Finds

Modern commercial aircraft flying at high altitudes create longer-lived planet-warming contrails than older aircraft, a new study has found.

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Defense

EA-37B Compass Call: The US Air Force's New Electronic Attack Aircraft

The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command received its first EA-37B Compass Call on Aug. 23 for pilot training at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.

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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Starliner to Perform Uncrewed Return Flight From International Space Station This Week

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to make an uncrewed return flight to Earth on Friday, Sept. 6, while the two astronauts who flew the...

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Electronics & Computers

Microchip’s New Microprocessor to Enable Generational Leap in Spaceflight Computing

Microchip is launching a new class of microprocessors that the company claims will provide a generational leap in the computational performance of spacecraft avionics. Read on to learn more about it.

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Aerospace

AgilePod Brings Fiber Optic Sensing to Flight Testing

The Air Force Test Pilot School’s research division, in partnership with the 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman AFB and NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, recently conducted a flight test campaign verifying the use of the new AgilePod. Read on to learn more about the topic.

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Videos
Test & Measurement

Boom Supersonic Completes Second Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator

Boom Supersonic recently completed the second flight of its XB-1 demonstrator. Watch this video to learn more.

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Podcasts
Software

The Future of Digital Twins and Virtual Prototyping in Aerospace

Dale Tutt, Vice President of Industry Strategy at Siemens Digital Industries Software, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to discuss the future of virtual prototyping and digital twins.

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Podcasts
Unmanned Systems

How the Air Force Is Using AI to Fix Supply Chain Challenges

Art Sellers, SparkCognition Government Systems Interim President and General Manager, joins the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast to explain the new partnership using AI to improve supply chain efficiency for the U.S. Air Force.

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Aerospace

Archer Delivers First Midnight eVTOL to US Air Force

Archer Aviation Inc. completed the delivery of its first Midnight aircraft to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to evaluate as part of its AFWERX Agility Prime contract valued at up to $142...

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Electronics & Computers

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...

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Manned Systems

A New Approach to 3D Printing Tool Recycling for Aerospace Manufacturers

Jamco America Inc., has signed a new partnership agreement with Airtech Advanced Materials Group to revolutionize aerospace manufacturing through 3D printing (3DP)...

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Electronics & Computers

This Laser Clock Could Transform Satellite Navigation Accuracy

A new laser clock from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has achieved a record level of accuracy for optical clocks with gas cells:...

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Design

Embraer Subsidiary Shows First Full-Scale eVTOL Prototype

Eve Air Mobility, Embraer's electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturing subsidiary, has announced a significant advancement in the assembly of its first...

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Manned Systems

Space Lasers: Aiming Towards Next Leap in Global Communications

Space lasers are transforming the world. Not the far-off future of science fiction, but the universe of how data and communications flow today — everywhere from deep space missions to countless applications here on earth, including consumer internet services, military operations, and banking transactions. Read on to learn more.

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Manned Systems

Improving Battery Design for eVTOL Aircraft With Simulation

Batteries for eVTOL aircraft need to deliver high power for efficient takeoff and landing, as well as high energy for the cruise period. To meet these demands, designers must consider the power–energy tradeoff of batteries and integrate a reliable battery management system into the overall design. Read on to learn more.

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Aerospace

Embedded Processing Advancements Enable Smarter, SWAP-Optimized Avionics Displays and Computers

Avionics developers are leveraging a combination of advanced software and scalable system-on-chip (SoC) processing modules to pack more capabilities into smaller form factors for current and next generation aircraft. Read on to learn more.

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Application Briefs
Aerospace

The New Airbus Wingman Aircraft

Airbus presented a new prototype Wingman concept aircraft at the 2024 International Aerospace Exhibition ILA in Berlin. Read on to learn all about it.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Persistent German Airborne Surveillance System

Hensoldt, Lufthansa Technik Defense, and Bombardier Defense provided a significant program update on the highly-specialized modification work on the Persistent German Airborne Surveillance System (PEGASUS) aircraft at the 2024 Berlin Air Show. Read on to learn more.

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Power

Small Low-Cost Engines for Drones and Collaborative Combat Aircraft

GE Aerospace and Kratos Turbine Technologies signed a new partnership agreement at the 2024 Farnborough International Air Show to develop and manufacture small affordable...

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