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Mission Control System
Collins Aerospace has successfully demonstrated a ready-now mission system.
Application Briefs Photonics/Optics
Armed Drone System
The SMART SHOOTER system successfully completed live firing tests and is currently under advanced stages of development.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Autonomous and Resilient Management of All-Source Sensors for Navigation Assurance
As the number and type of sensors informing a system increases, so does the probability of corrupting the system with sensor modeling errors, signal interference, and undetected faults.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
How to Test a Cognitive EW System
Cognition in EW systems is an important element in achieving dominance of the electromagnetic spectrum.
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
3DEO Launches New Metal 3D-Printing Platform
California-based 3DEO unveiled in February its new metal 3D printing platform and patented technology, Saffron. The proprietary platform has been in development for the past five years. “Until...
INSIDER Manned Systems
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 Sensors/Data Acquisition
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...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Sandia-Led Team Helps Extend Life of B61 Nuclear Deterrent
Sandia National Laboratories marked a major milestone when the Nuclear Security Enterprise successfully produced the first completely refurbished bomb for the B61-12 life extension...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
Army Special Operations Forces Train with Robotic Combat Vehicles
Army Green Berets from the 1st Special Forces Group conducted two weeks of hands-on experimentation with Project Origin unmanned systems at Dugway Proving Ground. Engineers...
Articles Robotics, Automation & Control
AUVSI XPONENTIAL
After losing 2020 to COVID and successfully relaunching live in Atlanta in 2021, AUVSI is bringing their XPONENTIAL 2022 tech conference and trade show to Orlando, Florida's spacious Orange County Convention Center.
INSIDER Transportation
Airbus and CFM International to Pioneer Hydrogen Combustion Technology
Airbus has signed a partnership agreement with CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, to collaborate on a hydrogen...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Bell’s Autonomous Pod Transport Demos Ground-Based Detect and Avoid Flight
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced the Autonomous Pod Transport’s (APT) successful demonstration of a ground-based Detect and Avoid (DAA)...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Personal Aerial Vehicle Pilot Training
JetPack Aviation will begin training foreign military personnel in how to pilot and maintain their futuristic personal aerial vehicles.
INSIDER Propulsion
Honeywell Engine Selected to Power DEFIANT X® Helicopter
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, and Boeing announced Honeywell as the engine provider for DEFIANT X®, the advanced helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Completes Successful Live Fire Test
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced the successful completion of the second flight test of its AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER)....
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Students Engineer a Quieter Future for Drones and Flying Cars
One obstacle to realizing the dream of flying cars is noise — imagine 1,000 leaf blowers intruding over your backyard barbecue. It’s not just flying cars but drones as well....
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Northrop Grumman to Develop Prototype Artificial Intelligence Assistant
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Perceptually enabled Task Guidance (PTG) program...
INSIDER Defense
Key Production Milestones Achieved For F-35 Fighter
BAE Systems recently delivered its 3,000th vehicle management computer (VMC) and 1,000th active inceptor system (AIS) to Lockheed Martin for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft, achieving two...
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Maritime Drone
The MQ-9B is the first remotely piloted aircraft to be allowed to fly so extensively in UK-controlled airspace.
Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Integrated Remote Weapons Systems
The SAMSON turns a light vehicle into a lethal powerhouse on par with a main battle tank.
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
Robotic Rifle
SWORD Defense Systems recently unveiled its Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle (SPUR).
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Airfield Matting System
An airfield matting system is designed to be more friendly to air and sea transport.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
RF Technology Helps Connect Avionics Systems
A modular connector system provides smaller, lighter interconnections for denser, more tightly packed avionics systems.
Articles Aerospace
Advancing Metrology at Mach Speed
Drone-mounted inspection tools are breaking barriers for the F-35.
Articles Manned Systems
Space Industry Test Challenges
Avionics engineering teams should minimize testing time to accelerate the pace of innovation required for the next era of space exploration.
INSIDER Aerospace
GE Concludes Phase 1 Testing on XA100 Adaptive Cycle Engine
GE has concluded phase 1 testing on its second XA100 adaptive cycle engine as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP). Phase 1 testing took place...
INSIDER Aerospace
Safran to Provide Engines for French Military Helicopters
Safran is taking a significant role on the H160M Guépard (“Leopard”) helicopter, developed by Airbus for the French armed forces’ Joint Light Helicopter program (HIL), which...
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INSIDERDefense
New Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Agreements Expand Missile Defense Production
NewsAutomotive
Ford Announces 48-Volt Architecture for Future Electric Truck
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Active Strake System Cuts Cruise Drag, Boosts Flight Efficiency
ArticlesTransportation
Accelerating Down the Road to Autonomy
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How Airbus is Using w-DED to 3D Print Larger Titanium Airplane Parts
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Electronics & Computers
Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
Power
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
Connectivity
A FREE Two-Day Event Dedicated to Connected Mobility
Automotive
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design Cycle
Transportation
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
Aerospace
Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance