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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 Software
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...
Application Briefs Design
Unmanned Aerial System
With its ability to land and take off from unimproved surfaces, Mojave provides options for forward-basing operations without the need for typical airport runways or infrastructure.
INSIDER Manned Systems
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 Robotics, Automation & Control
GA-ASI Introduces New Eagle Eye Radar
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a company that designs multi-mode radar technology for unmanned aircraft Systems, recently introduced the Eagle Eye radar. The new MMR is installed and has...
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...
Articles Communications
Improving Low-Altitude UAS Navigation
A startup is testing a new drone-based delivery application for when the aircraft loses its global positioning system (GPS) signal. The vehicle flies off course. Soon, it loses communication, cannot...
Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Underwater Acoustic Communication System
DSIT Solutions Givat Shmuel, Israel+(972-3) 531-3333www.dsit.co.il DSIT Solutions recently launched WhitePointer, a state-of-the-art underwater acoustic communication system that enables simultaneous...
Application Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Drone-Mounted Search and Rescue Technology
Robotics Centre Ottawa, Canada+ 1-613-755-2280www.robotics-centre.com Robotics Centre, Inc. and Smith Myers recently announced that the Smith Myers ARTEMIS Mobile Phone detection, location and...
Application Briefs Defense
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MBDA Le Plessis-Robinson, France+331 71 54 10 00www.mbda-systems.com MBDA is a European aerospace and armaments manufacturer, specializing in the design of missiles and missile systems for the operational needs of all three...
Briefs Unmanned Systems
Experimental Assessment of Entanglement for an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle with an Open, Three-Bladed Propeller
This research evaluates the entanglement of an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) operating in marine vegetation common to littoral...
Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Hardening Unmanned Aerial Systems Against High-Power Microwave Threats in Support of Forward Operations
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) continue to play an increasing role across the spectrum of military operations. Advances in human-machine...
Briefs Software
Evaluation of Future Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Capabilities in an Automated Computer-Aided Wargame
In fiscal year 2016, the Senate Armed Services Committee ordered the Navy to increase its fleet to 355 ships. However, the lack of...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Unmanned Aerial Systems Electromagnetic Induction Sensor Development
The U. S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is the lead Army research and development organization for force protection, military engineering, and...
Articles Robotics, Automation & Control
Removing Aircraft Paint Using Laser-Equipped Robots
Hexavalent chromium is not a term frequently associated with engineers. Residents of Hinkley, California, however, know all about it. So do workers tasked with the labor-intensive process...
Articles AR/AI
Using Underwater Robotics for Autonomous Deep-Sea Exploration
A decade ago, industries that needed to perform underwater inspection and maintenance had only one option: send a human diver into the water. In both the military and commercial...
Articles Aerospace
A New Approach to Counter-UAS Technology
Drone warfare has become a critical component of modern-day military conflicts. Militant groups around the world, including those present in Gaza and Lebanon in the Middle East, and in Ukraine, are...
INSIDER Propulsion
GA-ASI Installs First V-Tail from GKN Aerospace onto MQ-9B RPA
The first V-tail from GKN Aerospace has been received by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and installed onto an MQ-9B SkyGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft...
INSIDER Design
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...
Application Briefs Defense
Communications Infrastructure UAVs
Solar-powered unmanned aircraft can provide a resilient inter-vendor, mesh-based communications infrastructure to provide over-the-horizon networks that are self-aware and can cover large areas beyond line-of-sight.
INSIDER Sensors/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 Aerospace
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 Robotics, Automation & Control
How AI And Supervised Autonomy Will Change Combat
In the cockpit of a fifth-generation fighter, somewhere high over the ocean, an Air Force pilot gets a heads-up: hostile fighters are airborne and closing. The call didn’t come over the...
Briefs Defense
Foreign Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems: Developments in the International Arms Markets
A growing number of counter-UAV systems are being offered by foreign vendors.
Application Briefs AR/AI
Autonomous Collaborative Platform
Working alongside human-piloted aircraft, the AI-equipped Gambit military drone will enable pilots to see deeper into hostile airspace, detect threats first, and provide time and space for critical decisions and actions.
INSIDER Transportation
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...
INSIDER Aerospace
Autonomous Freight Aircraft Achieves Design/Development Milestones
Natilus, Inc., the U.S. company working to democratize global freight transport by making air cargo more competitive, recently announced major milestones in the design and...
Podcasts Manned Systems
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.
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Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
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Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
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Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance