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Boeing Debuts First Hypersonic Passenger Aircraft Concept
Officials and engineers at Boeing in Seattle are offering a glimpse into their vision for hypersonic air travel. They have released, for the first time, images of one of the...
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General Atomics Plans First Trans-Atlantic Flight of Medium-Altitude, Long-Range Remotely Piloted Aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) in San Diego plans to make the first-ever, trans-Atlantic flight of a...
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Northrop Grumman Acquires Orbital ATK, Adds Solid Rocket Motors to Space Portfolio
Northrop Grumman Corp., an aerospace and defense technology company in Falls Church, Va., has acquired Orbital ATK Inc., one of only two leading U.S....
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Paterson Composites to Build Components for Astro Aerospace Autonomous Passenger Drone
Astro Aerospace, in Carpinteria, Calif., is partnering with carbon composite manufacturer Paterson Composites in Toronto to build components for its new,...
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Boeing Virtualizes, Secures Additive Manufacturing Across Supply Chain with Assembrix
Boeing officials in Chicago are collaborating with Tel Aviv-based Assembrix to manage and protect intellectual property (IP) shared with vendors across...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
FAA, SAE International Focus on Engine Fire Protection System Standards for Aerospace
Aerospace systems, subsystems, and components must continue to operate as intended when exposed to fire, rather than going up in flames and ceasing to...
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A New ‘Works’ Is in the Works
This week, Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (UTC), announced the establishment of GatorWorks, a newly formed prototyping arm that will focus on the rapid and agile development...
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Insitu ScanEagle SUAS Boosts Coast Guard Mission Effectiveness
U.S. Coast Guard officials are expanding their deployment of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, after...
News Test & Measurement
ONERA and DLR Shake up the Airbus BelugaXL Cargo Aircraft
The first five Airbus BelugaXL aircraft are slated to enter service in 2019. But, to reach that milestone, an exhaustive schedule of test and certification work must be completed.
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Additive Manufacturing Adoption Up, Growing Rapidly in Aerospace
The 3D printing materials market will experience high double-digit growth in the aerospace industry through 2024, as manufacturers of aircraft and spacecraft vehicles and...
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SAE International Issues First Technical Standards for Aerospace Additive Manufacturing
The Aerospace Material Specification committee on Additive Manufacturing (AMS-AM) at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, has released its first...
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AFRL Demos Advanced Multipurpose Robotics for Aerospace
Engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL’s) Manufacturing Technologies Division successfully demonstrated the capabilities of a new multi-purpose maintenance and...
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The EVTOL Disruption Goes Viral
(This article is part two in a series by Richard Gardner. To read part one, please click here). Even at the early stages of this new era of urban air mobility, there is already a scramble amongst well-known...
Articles Robotics, Automation & Control
Validation of Ubiquitous 2D Radar
Seastema SpA, a company owned by Fincantieri (Genova, Italy), designs, develops, and supplies integrated automation systems for different areas of the marine industry. The company established an Innovation...
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Embraer X EVTOL Debuts Design at Uber Elevate 2018
Autonomous flying cars and air-taxis have been the subject of science fiction movies for decades, but Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer has now announced plans to develop a...
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NASA Invites Proposal from Space-Based Large-Scale 3D-Printing Company
The International Space Station (ISS) is the most collectively expensive object built by humans. The total estimated cost is believed to be close to $150 billion. Aside...
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Nano-Based Ultracap Tech Boosts EV Power Density
French nanomaterials specialist NAWA Technologies is aiming to bring a new dimension to the automotive industry’s use of the word “hybrid.” It is aiming to link high efficiency new...
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Boeing to Broaden Its Services Portfolio
June 2017 marked the launch of Boeing’s third major business unit Boeing Global Services. The new unit, which combined aspects of Boeing’s previous Commercial Aviation Services and Global Services...
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GE Aviation Delivers Improved Turbine Engine During U.S. Army Preliminary Design Review
An updated version of GE Aviation’s T901-GE-900 turboprop engine used in the AH-64 Apache attack and UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters...
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OA-X Phase Two Kicks Off
Yesterday, the sound of turboprops was heard again over Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.
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Beyond Catch and Release
Instead of relying on a few multi-million dollar unmanned aircraft, future warfighters may use swarms of hundreds of low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to accomplish missions. In the face of air defenses, a...
Application Briefs Electronics & Computers
Robotic Paint Removal System
Air Force Research LaboratoryWright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH+1 937-255-0017www.wpafb.af.mil AFRL Materials Integrity engineers recently played a key role in enabling the safer and more efficient removal of paint...
Articles Imaging
Educating UGVs
Advancements in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) are accelerating as the technology matures from being research-orientated to being deployed in a wide range of products and services, such as autonomous vehicles. While...
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Development of a Vision-Based Situational Awareness Capability for Unmanned Surface Vessels
Using unmanned surface vessels (USVs) for “dull, dirty and dangerous missions” is gaining traction in recent years as it removes the human element...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Protecting Critical Data on Unmanned Underwater Platforms
Emerging mission requirements from global defense forces are driving new programs and applications for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) platforms. Like their airborne counterparts, UUVs...
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New Products
Rapid Deployment SIGINT Sensor VStar Systems (San Diego, CA) announced the addition of a pod version of its MA-C SIGINT Sensor, the MA-C MiniPod™. Two active high frequency (HF) antennas allow for intercept and copy of land...
Articles Imaging
Robotic Applique Kits Leverage Existing Assets
When it comes to modern military operations, robotic technology provides a tremendous tactical advantage. Drones, ground robots and autonomous vehicles are routinely used for missions such as...
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
GPS Enabled Semi-Autonomous Robot
The primary objective of this research is to integrate GPS and local sensory data to allow a robot to operate semi-autonomously outside of a laboratory environment. The Pioneer 3-AT, a robust platform capable...
Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Soldier-Robot Team Communication: An Investigation of Exogenous Orienting Visual Display Cues and Robot Reporting Preferences
The advancement of robot capabilities and functionality has changed the way in which soldiers perform many of their...
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