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New Video Card Enables Supersonic Vision System for NASA's X-59 Demonstrator
During a Jan. 12, 2024 rollout ceremony at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, NASA debuted the new X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft. The...
Podcasts Aerospace
The Cost of Countering the Evolution of Small UAS
The guest on this first episode of the new A&DT podcast is Shaan Shaikh, a fellow with the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Articles Aerospace
Certified Machine Learning-Based Avionics
Over the past few decades, aircraft automation has progressively increased. Advances in digital computing during the 1980s eliminated the need for onboard flight engineers. Avionics systems, exemplified by FADEC for engine control and Fly-By-Wire, handle lower-level functions, reducing human error.
Products Electronics & Computers
New Products
See the new products, including SWIR Vision Systems' short-wavelength infrared imaging technology, Fischer Connectors' expanded set of cable assemblies for the KEYSTONE tactical hub, Interface Concept's 3U VPX Single Board Computer, Microchip's updated software design tools, and more.
Application Briefs Propulsion
Hybrid Electric Aircraft Demonstrator
After several years of travelling between Tarbes and Toulouse on a regular basis to oversee EcoPulse’s development, Airbus Project Leader William Llobregat found himself back onsite in November 2023 with his team, and those of Daher and Safran. The occasion? The first EcoPulse test flight.
Application Briefs Defense
Next Generation Air and Missile Defense Radar
Raytheon recently completed another successful live-fire demonstration of the advanced, 360-degree Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS).
Application Briefs Manned Systems
Predictive Engine Maintenance
The Army has designed the T901 Improved Turbine Engine to be compliant with Prognostic and Predictive Maintenance (PPMx) technologies. PPMx, a predictive maintenance strategy based on relevant data, helps to increase operational readiness by identifying potential maintenance issues and part failures before they occur.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Report on Human Factors Issues Likely to Affect Air-Launched Effects
Air-Launched Effects (ALEs) are a concept for operating small, inexpensive, attritable, and highly autonomous unmanned aerial systems that can be tube launched from aircraft.
Briefs Electronics & Computers
New Method to Measure Wind Speed Could Unlock Drones’ Potential
Dr. Marc Compere, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus, recently described a new approach to measuring wind effects.
INSIDER Manned Systems
Marines Receive First Combat and Control Variant of Amphibious Combat Vehicle
BAE Systems delivered the first Amphibious Combat Vehicle Command and Control (ACV-C) variant under the full-rate production contract to the U.S. Marine Corps....
INSIDER Mechanical & Fluid Systems
FAA Expands Boeing 737 Investigation to Manufacturing and Production Lines
The Federal Aviation Administration is expanding its investigation into what caused the recent Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 incident to Boeing's manufacturing...
INSIDER Materials
How the US Navy Uses Organic Manufacturing to Combat Supply Chain Constraints
When supply chain constraints make it challenging to source parts for aircraft maintained at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE), the depot’s organic...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Army Launches $50 Million Advanced Manufacturing Initiative for Aviation and Weapon Systems
The U.S. Army has awarded a $50 million three-year research project to Auburn University to understand how new manufacturing materials and methods...
Application Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Autonomous Navigation Kits
Defense Innovation UnitWashington D.C. info@DIU.milwww.DIU.mil The Department of Defense (DoD) operates a vast array of military vehicles crucial for both sustainment and combat operations. Traditionally, these...
INSIDER Aerospace
Peregrine Spacecraft Suffers Propellant Leak After Successful Rocket Launch
Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander suffered a failure within its propulsion system after deploying from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket on...
INSIDER Aerospace
Bombardier to Start Building New Army HADES Prototype Spy Plane
Bombardier Defense has received a new contract award to develop a prototype spy plane for the Army’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) program. Under...
INSIDER Motion Control
New DARPA X-Plane Will Have No Moving Control Surfaces
Aurora Flight Sciences has begun manufacturing work on a new X-plane for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors...
INSIDER Materials
Boeing 737 MAX 9 Fleet Grounded Following In-Flight Loss of Cabin Door Plug
The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded 171 in-service Boeing 737 MAX 9s following an Alaska Airlines flight involving the aircraft type last week....
INSIDER Weapons Systems
New Mobile Rocket-Launching System to Support Counter UAS Operations in Ukraine
The U.S. Navy will complete the delivery of a new rocket-launching counter unmanned aircraft system (CUAS) weapon system to Ukraine this month. The new...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Army Receives First Next Generation Precision Strike Missile
The U.S. Army has received the first delivery of its new Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) from Lockheed Martin following the completion of production qualification testing at...
INSIDER Energy
DoD Starts Prototyping Commercial Lithium Batteries for Aviation, Ground Vehicle and Soldier Power
Under the new Family of Advanced Standard Batteries (FAStBat) project, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and several other agencies are funding...
Application Briefs Manned Systems
Air Force Receives First Joby eVTOL
The U.S. Air Force received its first electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft from Joby Aviation six months ahead of the expected 2024 delivery date. The delivery was completed during a September ceremony at Edwards Air Force Base.
Application Briefs Aerospace
New CFM56 High Pressure Turbine Blades
CFM International has introduced a new design for High-Pressure Turbine blades featured on the CFM56 engine, one of the most widely used engines on thousands of in-service commercial and military aircraft, including the Airbus A320 and the Next Generation Boeing 737.
Application Briefs Photonics/Optics
Quantum Sensing Atomic Gyroscope
The Defense Science Board identified three areas of quantum technology that will be most relevant to the DoD's technological superiority: sensing, encryption, and communications.
Application Briefs Power
RS-25 Rocket Engines
Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, recently completed installation of all four RS-25 main engines on the core stage of NASA’s second Space Launch System (SLS) exploration rocket, binding them to a common destiny: launching humans beyond low Earth orbit for the first time in more than five decades.
Briefs Aerospace
Assessment of Noncommercial Icing Prediction Capabilities for Army Applications
Historically, smaller Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), such as Class 2 RQ-1B Raven and Class 3 RQ-7Bv2 Shadow, have been restricted to not be approved to fly in icing conditions under the assumption that any ice accretion would cause an unacceptable risk of loss of the aircraft.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Key Measurements to Maintain Performance of Critical Electronic Systems on Military Aircraft and Warships
Wireless technology is a critical element of the modern battlefield, making accurate and consistent transmissions of high-speed data essential for mission success. Ensuring wireless system performance has additional challenges when implemented on warships and aircraft.
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
How to Select the Right Silicone for Space Applications
Selecting the right silicone manufacturer with a proven track record of extensive experience in the application and customization of space-grade silicones is as important as considering the materials’ function, purity and process requirements when choosing a silicone for space applications.
Articles Semiconductors & ICs
How Business Networks Can Help Stabilize the A&D Supply Chain
If the disruptions of the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that supply chain issues can’t be solved in a vacuum by an individual company, however much leverage that company may wield in the marketplace. These days, it takes a village to keep supply chains humming along.
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A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
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