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Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress
Two key limitations that Navy surface ships currently have in defending themselves against ASCMs and ASBMs are limited depth of magazine and unfavorable cost exchange ratios.
INSIDER Propulsion
Northrop Grumman and Boom Supersonic Collaborate on New Supersonic Aircraft
A new supersonic aircraft tailored to provide quick-reaction capabilities to the U.S. military and allies will be offered through a collaborative agreement between...
Articles Transportation
From Emissions Tech to EV Electronics
A recent visit to Eberspaecher’s North American engineering and manufacturing complex reveals how a global Tier-1 rooted in combustion-engine technology is profitably navigating the transition to the...
INSIDER Aerospace
New Combat Pod System Wakes Up with Software Updates
The operational assessment of the Angry Kitten Combat Pod electronic attack system demonstrated rapid reprogramming between flights. This combat pod, an updated version of the Georgia...
News Energy
SAE International Extends Call for Abstracts, Seeks Submissions for AeroTech Conference
Engineering Events staff at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, have extended the call for abstracts through September 21 for the...
Articles Photonics/Optics
Designing A/D Converters for the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has four infrared cameras to view the stars.
Articles Energy
Vibration Testing NASA’s X-57 Maxwell Electric Aircraft
In place of the usual gasoline-powered motors, the X-57 has two all-electric motors powered by traction batteries.
INSIDER Manned Systems
Collins Aerospace Completes Preliminary Design of 1MW Electric Motor
Collins Aerospace has completed Preliminary Design Review of the 1-megawatt electric motor and motor controller it’s developing for Pratt & Whitney Canada’s...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Cygnus™ Spacecraft Successfully Boosts Orbit of International Space Station
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft successfully boosted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS). Docked to the ISS since...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Virtual Flight-Test Campaign Paving Way for A321XLR’s First Flight
The construction and equipment installation phases for the three A321XLR flight-test aircraft are rapidly nearing completion in the FAL in Hamburg before the first of...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
A-10 Warthog to Get New Mission Computer
Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), a Raytheon Technologies business, was recently awarded a $46.2 million firm-fixed-price Project-Level Agreement under the SOSSEC Consortium’s AFLCMC...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Joby Aviation Announces Acoustic Data from NASA Testing
AFWERX Agility Prime partner Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, recently completed developmental...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
B-21 Raider Passes First Loads Calibration Test
In early May, Northrop Grumman successfully completed the first — and most critical — loads calibration test of the first B-21 aircraft. The recent test is one of three major conditions...
INSIDER Aerospace
Boeing 737 Gets Enhanced Flight Vision System
Collins Aerospace is beginning installation of its new Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) for Boeing 737 aircraft. Texel Air, operating out of Bahrain International Airport, will be among the...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
New Weapon for Sinking Ships Becomes a Reality
The Air Force Research Laboratory and Eglin’s Integrated Test Team demonstrated a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats on April 28, 2022 by successfully...
INSIDER Robotics, Automation & Control
Army Re-Envisions Land Warfare with Next-Generation Combat Vehicles
Readying the U.S. military for future warfare requires envisioning how next-generation warfighters will maneuver across all domains, including the fundamental land domain....
INSIDER Defense
Gray Wolf Missile Design Combines Digital Engineering, Open Architecture
As part of the U.S. Air Force WeaponONE Digital Enterprise Program, researchers are combining the strengths of digital engineering and open-architecture designs to...
INSIDER Software
Sierra Space Hoping to Revolutionize Space Exploration Xcelerator
Sierra Space, a commercial space company involved in creating and building the future of space transportation and infrastructure for Low Earth orbit (LEO) commercialization,...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
Black Hawk Helicopter Achieves Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Airworthiness Release
The UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter, enabled by the Northrop Grumman Corporation-developed OpenLift architecture, has been granted an Instrument Flight Rules...
INSIDER Manned Systems
NASA Builds Welding Test Article for SLS Exploration Upper Stage
NASA completed manufacturing of a hydrogen tank barrel that will be tested as a weld confidence article for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s Exploration Upper Stage...
INSIDER Data Acquisition
Purdue Strengthens National Security Focus with New Propulsion Lab
Purdue University’s work in national security took another giant leap forward with university trustees’ approval of a state-of-the-art high-speed propulsion laboratory,...
INSIDER Propulsion
Abort Motor for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Successfully Tested
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Lockheed Martin successfully performed the final full-scale ground test of the abort motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System...
INSIDER Aerospace
DEVCOM Tests Airdrop System for Rapid Deployment in the Field
For U.S. Army soldiers on the move, getting a vehicle in the field increases their survivability and mobility. Safely airdropping the vehicle and quickly de-rigging it is...
INSIDER Defense
Lockheed Martin Delivers 500th C-130J Super Hercules Airlifter
Hercules history was made once again when Lockheed Martin delivered its 500th C-130J Super Hercules airlifter. This Super Hercules (Lockheed Martin aircraft #5934) is a...
Podcasts Aerospace
How to Make the Best Decisions (on the Moon)
The private sector is heading to the Moon – Blair DeWitt and his team at Lunar Station Corp. want to provide the next generation of explorers with answers to their biggest navigation questions.
INSIDER Aerospace
Airbus’ High-Voltage Battery Technology Prepares for Flight Test
In June last year Airbus successfully performed the EcoPulse™ wind tunnel testing at its facility in Filton, UK. These tests evaluated the performance characteristics of...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Boeing Demos MOSA Progress on Apache Attack Helicopter
Boeing recently used its Crewstation Advanced Technology Testbed to demonstrate progress toward implementing a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) on the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
First Annual Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology USA
SMi is proud to present the 1st annual Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology USA conference, taking place on the 5th and 6th of May 2022 in Arlington, VA.
INSIDER Test & Measurement
ERDC Begins Testing with World’s Largest Heavy Vehicle Simulator
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) completed assembly on the world’s largest heavy vehicle simulator (HVS), the “Titan,” at the end of...
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F-22 Pilot Controls Drone With Tablet
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Optimizing Production Processes with the Virtual Twin
