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Secure Wireless Command Post
Pacific Star Communications, Inc. (PacStar)Portland, OR(503) 403-3000https://pacstar.com PacStar®, a developer and supplier of advanced communications solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), recently...
Articles Materials
Using Sintered Fiber Metal Composites for Aircraft Acoustic Attenuation
Sintered fiber metal composites are used in aircraft as an acoustic media within environmental ducting, inlet and exhaust systems. The material can be engineered to meet...
Briefs Test & Measurement
Topology Control in Aerial Multi-Beam Directional Networks
In multi-beam directional networks, nodes are able to simultaneously transmit to all neighbors or receive from all neighbors. This spatial reuse allows for high throughputs, but in dense networks can cause significant interference. Topology control (i.e., selecting a subset of neighbors to...
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New Products
5-Port and 8-Port Managed Gigabit Switch MPL AG (Dättwil Switzerland)enhances its Network Switch product range with a 5-port & 8-port managed switch with compact enclosure. The new versatile 5-port &8-port MAGBES consists...
Articles Aerospace
Using Thermal Simulation to Model the Effects of Wind on the Mars Curiosity Rover
The Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), a joint center of Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas and the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacíal...
Application Briefs Defense
Thermoplastic Fuselage Demonstrator
Porcher IndustriesBadinières, France+33 (0)4 74 43 10 10www.porcher-ind.com Porcher Industries, a company that specializes in technical textiles and thermoplastic composite solutions, announced that they...
Articles Aerospace
GaN Breaks Barriers
The increasing demand for higher data rates in telecommunications and higher resolution in industrial systems is pushing the frequency of operation higher for the electronics that support them. Many of these systems operate...
Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Sensitivity Simulation of Compressed Sensing Based Electronic Warfare Receiver Using Orthogonal Matching Pursuit Algorithm
Electronic Intelligence Receiver (ELINT) is an important component in electronic warfare (EW) and layer sensing. The...
News Defense
Rolls-Royce Looks to Corner Commercial Markets, Military Next
Rolls-Royce recently secured an incremental order from United Airlines to provide additional Trent XWB engines and service support. This followed the airline’s recent...
Sound-Off Data Acquisition
Sound-Off: With High-Speed Data, How Important is Signal Integrity?
Modern avionics are highly dependent on reliable connectivity — and reliable interconnection systems. As data rates inevitably improve to address greater military...
INSIDER Materials
Strong and Stretchable “Super Steel”
In aerospace applications of materials, increasing strength often leads to a decrease in ductility. Engineers have developed a Super Steel that addresses this strength-ductility tradeoff. In addition...
INSIDER Software
Air Traffic Management Tool Wins NASA Software of the Year
When planes get caught in traffic, pilots have to keep flying until the backup clears and their runways become available for landing. This means that air traffic controllers must...
INSIDER Aerospace
Green Aerospace Test Uses No Explosives
Sandia National Laboratories has successfully demonstrated a new, more environmentally friendly method to test a rocket part to ensure its avionics can withstand the shock from stage separation during...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Army 3-D Prints a Building
The Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Illinois, has successfully three-dimensionally printed a 512 square-foot concrete structure. The structure, called a barracks hut or B-Hut, was...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Experimental Box Could Track Nuclear Activity by Rogue Nations
Researchers at the Virginia Tech College of Science are carrying out a research project at Dominion Power’s North Anna Nuclear Generating Station in Virginia that could lead...
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Energized Fabrics Could Keep Soldiers Warm in Frigid Climates
Soldiering in arctic conditions is tough. Protective clothing can be heavy and cause overheating and sweating upon exertion. And hands and feet can grow numb despite wearing such...
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Researchers Print the Unprintable: Kapton
Kapton, a material used in electronics and aerospace applications, has only been available in sheet form. Researchers from Virginia Tech have found a way to 3D-print a polymer with Kapton's structural...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA and Industry Take Next Step Toward X-Plane
Four companies were awarded contracts to come up with five configurations on paper that met very specific operational criteria for NASA’s next commercial X-plane aircraft.
News Defense
Researchers Develop New Carbide Coating for Hypersonic Flight
Researchers from the University of Manchester have designed and fabricated a carbide coating that can withstand the speed and temperature associated with hypersonic travel. To...
Articles Aerospace
Radiation Tolerant “Smart Backplanes” for Spacecraft Avionics
In recent years there has been a trend towards the wider use of COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) equipment in space missions. This trend has been mainly driven by the...
Application Briefs Defense
Torpedo Transducer Array/Nose Shell Assembly
Northrop Grumman CorporationFalls Church, VA703-280-2900www.northropgrumman.com The U.S. Navy recently awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $9.6 million contract, with options up to $40.5 million,...
Articles Aerospace
On-Orbit Satellite Refueling Flow Measurement
Over 7000 satellites have been placed in Earth-orbit since the beginning of the space age. 3000 are currently in orbit, of which 1000 are active, making our near space neighborhood a pretty crowded...
Briefs Materials
Hydrodynamic Drag Force Measurement of a Functionalized Surface Exhibiting Superhydrophobic Properties
With superhydrophobic properties being extended to a variety of metallic substrates through the process of ablation due to femto-second...
Products Aerospace
New Products
Measurement Software Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence (North Kingstown, RI) has launched PC-DMIS 2017 R2, the latest edition of their popular measurement software. This is the second of two major releases scheduled for PC-DMIS...
Application Briefs Defense
Missile Test System
Marvin Test SolutionsIrvine, CA949-263-2222www.MarvinTest.com The Indonesian Air Force recently selected Marvin Test Solutions’ MTS-206A Maverick Field Test Set and MTS-916-3 Modular Target Simulator to support testing of...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
NASA Miniaturizes Century-Old Radio Sounder Technology
A century-old technology that scientists use to probe the ionosphere — the important atmospheric layer that can interfere with the transmission of radio waves — is getting smaller.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
High-Power Broadband Multispectral Source on a Hybrid Silicon Chip
For applications in manufacturing, remote sensing, medicine, military, and fundamental science, an ideal laser would have high output power and a diffraction-limited beam. The...
Articles Aerospace
Eliminating Electrical Arcing in Satellite Systems
In 1995, Boeing Satellite Systems introduced a new family of communication satellite buses, with bodies that contain power, control, and propulsion systems. They used a high-voltage bus...
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