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3D Printed Primary Flight Control Component
Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SASToulouse, France+49 8381 46 4403For more info click here Airbus recently successfully flew Liebherr-Aerospace's 3D printed spoiler actuator valve block on a...
Application Briefs Aerospace
F-16 Upgrades
Lockheed MartinBethesda, MD817-777-6148For more info click here The U.S. Air Force recently authorized extending the service life of the Lockheed Martin F-16's designed service life to 12,000 Equivalent Flight Hours — far beyond...
Application Briefs Aerospace
NeXtRAD SDR Interface
Pentek, Inc.Upper Saddle River, NJ201-818-5900For more info click here NeXtRAD is a dual-band, dual-polarization, multistatic radar system under development at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in collaboration with...
Articles Defense
Using System Simulation to Manage Increasing Thermal Loads on Aircraft Fuel Systems
Today’s modern military fighter jets are like “a flying thermos bottle” according to Steve Iden, AFRL Invent Program Manager [1]. Many engineers have been...
Articles Data Acquisition
Ensuring the Compliance of Avionics Software with DO-178C
Given the needs to meet the most stringent requirements for reliability, safety, and security resulting in lengthy software development schedules, aerospace and defense projects have...
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Microwave Photonic Notch Filter
Interference mitigation is crucial in modern radio frequency (RF) communications systems with dynamically changing operating frequencies, such as cognitive radios, modern military radar, and electronic warfare...
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Measuring Propellant Stress Relaxation Modulus Using Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer
Structural analysis of solid rocket motors is challenging for several reasons, but the most important of these is the complex behavior of the propellant. The...
Briefs Propulsion
Combustion Characteristics of Hydrocarbon Droplets Induced by Photoignition of Aluminum Nanoparticles
In the study of combustion characteristics of liquid rocket fuels, it is customary to either study the combustion of liquid fuel droplets or...
Briefs Aerospace
Vapor Pressure Data and Analysis for Selected Organophosphorous Compounds: DIBMP, DCMP, IMMP, IMPA, EMPA, and MPFA
Knowledge of the physical properties of materials is critical for understanding their behavior in the environment as well as in...
Briefs Aerospace
Coupling of Coastal Wave Transformation and Computational Fluid Dynamics Models for Seakeeping Analysis
This research focused on depth-integrated modeling of coastal wave and surf-zone processes in support of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of ship motions. There were two components of the project. The first was the development of a...
Briefs Test & Measurement
Assessment of Non-Traditional Isotopic Ratios by Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Nuclear Activities
The objective of this work is to identify isotopic ratios suitable for analysis via mass spectrometry that distinguish between commercial...
Articles Defense
The Rapid Rise of Beryllium-Aluminum Alloys in Aerospace
Enhanced performance operating envelopes for aerospace platforms continue to challenge industry limits. Aerospace platform operators demand extreme performance in harsh environments from...
Products Defense
New Products
Rugged Data Recorders DTS’ (Seal Beach, CA) ultra-small SLICE MICRO and NANO data recorders are rugged and designed to embed directly in the test article – even small drones. The NANO has a footprint of just 26 × 31 mm....
Articles Defense
Aeroacoustic Simulation Delivers Breakthroughs in Aircraft Noise Reduction
Aircraft manufacturers face increasingly stringent standards for reducing community noise. Conventional aircraft development methods based on engineering experience,...
News Defense
Tata Advanced Systems Delivers First CH-47F Chinook Crown, Tailcone for India to Boeing
Aerospace company and manufacturer Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons focused on providing...
News Software
Sound-Off: How to Simulate the Impacts of an Exoskeleton
Over the past decade, warfighters’ personal loads have increased, leading to more injuries, pain, and discomfort. To relieve the burden, the military is investigating...
News Electronics & Computers
Raytheon Looks to Be at the Heart of Electrical Power Systems
Much has been written about the coming of the more-electric aircraft (MEA), especially in the context of Boeing’s leap into the innovative, higher-risk era with the 787...
INSIDER Defense
Army to Test-Fire Tactical Missile System
Field artillery soldiers will soon be ready to test-fire the modernized Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 20th Field...
INSIDER Defense
Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Nuclear Threat Detection Science
Taking inspiration from an unusual source, a Sandia National Laboratories team has dramatically improved the science of scintillators — objects that detect nuclear...
INSIDER Materials
Batteries That “Drink” Seawater Could Power Long-Range UUVs
The long range of airborne drones helps them perform critical tasks in the skies. Now MIT spinout Open Water Power (OWP) aims to greatly improve the range of unpiloted...
News Design
USAF Works Toward Smoother Landings, No Plane Required
As the U.S. Air Force (USAF) works toward developing assets like the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, the next T-X trainer, and possibly a new close air support aircraft, testing continues...
INSIDER Defense
Flight Deck “Ouija Boards” Go Digital
To make the jobs of aircraft handlers easier, the Navy developed the Deployable Ship Integration Multi-touch System (DSIMS), a mobile software package that features a digital touchscreen image of a...
INSIDER Aerospace
Reconfigurable Radio Tracks Flights Worldwide
When Malaysia Air Flight 370 disappeared somewhere over the Indian Ocean in 2014, it had flown far beyond radar range. Under a new space-based air tracking system, no plane would ever be off the...
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Safran and Satair Sign Lifetime Contract for A340-500/-600 Engine Nacelle Supply Chain Services
Satair Group has signed its first major contract with Safran Nacelles, covering global lifetime supply chain services for engine nacelle parts...
News Defense
Senate Proposes Funding Days Ahead of OA-X Experiment
On June 28, 2017, days ahead of the July 2017 U.S. Air Force light attack aircraft experiment, the Senate Armed Services Committee passed a preliminary vote for a proposed annual defense...
News Electronics & Computers
In Pursuit of Networked Drone Operations
NASA researchers have been officially cleared to begin formal feasibility studies on advanced Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) concepts under NASA’s Convergent Aeronautics Solutions (CAS) project....
News Aerospace
Survey: Aerospace Engineers Seek Clarity on Cadmium
A survey of more than two hundred aerospace manufacturing professionals demonstrated a lack of understanding about cadmium, a highly toxic metal that is still being used frequently in the U.S. aerospace industry.
INSIDER Materials
Super-Strong 'Glassy Carbon' is Elastic and Electric
A new compressed form of glassy carbon opens up possibilities for applications requiring low weight and high strength — from aerospace parts to football helmets.
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