Latest Stories
News Propulsion
Maiden Flight of First Su-30 MKI with BrahMos Missile Achieved
The first flight of an Su-30 MKI aircraft with a BrahMos missile was successfully achieved at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Airport, Nashik in late June.
INSIDER Materials
Dual-Function Aircraft De-Icer Also Prevents Freezing
Rice University scientists have advanced their graphene-based de-icer to serve a dual purpose. The new material still melts ice from wings and wires when conditions get too cold, but if...
INSIDER Aerospace
Researchers Crash Drones to Expose Design Flaws
Sales of drones are soaring. But new research by a Johns Hopkins computer security team has raised concerns about how easily hackers could cause these robotic devices to ignore their human...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA Works with Airline to Improve Pilot Training and Cockpit Displays
Through an agreement between NASA and American Airlines, engineers and scientists at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, will work to improve flight training,...
News Test & Measurement
Mississippi State University's Car of the Future Features Novel Innovations
A rear-wheel-drive sports car’s estimated triple-digit mpg and predicted 5.7-s 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) acceleration time are the prime performance cues...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Coding and Computers Could Help Detect Explosives
A modern twist on an old technology could soon help detect rogue methane leaks, hidden explosives and much more. A Duke University team is using software to dramatically improve the...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Engineers Use Cyborg Insects as Biorobotic Sensing Machines
A team of engineers from Washington University in St. Louis is looking to capitalize on the sense of smell in locusts to create new biorobotic sensing systems that could be used in...
INSIDER Materials
Researchers Improve Decontamination Criteria for Combat-Vehicle Coatings
When it comes to protecting warfighters from exposure to chemical agents that have contaminated combat vehicles, determining how much agent gets absorbed into the...
News Electronics & Computers
Fungus-Inspired Improvements in Battery Performance
Carbon fibers derived from a sustainable source, a type of wild mushroom, and modified with nanoparticles have been shown to outperform conventional graphite electrodes for lithium-ion...
INSIDER Aerospace
System Makes Airport Surface Traffic More Efficient
Researchers have developed an optimization system that identifies the optimal timing and taxiing sequences for runway use by a given aircraft. It plans detailed taxiing routes, recommends...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA Tests Technologies to Increase Drone Uses
NASA researchers and drone industry representatives foresee a day when small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are used in wildfire spotting, precision agriculture, wildlife monitoring, and small...
News Propulsion
An X-Plane for Everyone?
Not too, too long ago very few amongst us ever thought we would need a phone that took pictures and video, while more recently, very few amongst us would ever not have a phone with such capabilities. Such...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
New Technique Could Improve Detection of Concealed Nuclear Materials
Researchers have demonstrated proof of concept for a novel low-energy nuclear reaction imaging technique designed to detect the presence of “special nuclear materials”...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Engineers Design Novel Multi-Field Invisible Sensor
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has invented a novel camouflage technique that effectively hides thermal and electronic sensors without compromising...
INSIDER Defense
Army Uses Technology to Increase Aerial Delivery Accuracy
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have developed a new system that will enhance the capabilities of U.S. Army Pathfinders as they conduct aerial operations. In...
Briefs Defense
Precision Assembly of Systems on Surfaces (PASS)
Chemiresistors represent a powerful class of chemical sensors that can be readily integrated into any electrical system, can be miniaturized, are readily multiplexed, and take nearly zero-power...
Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Development of a Novel Electrospinning System with Automated Positioning and Control Software
Electrospinning is a nanofiber fabrication technique that has grown in popularity due to its potential in numerous biomedical applications. The...
Briefs Defense
Advanced Multifunctional Materials for High Speed Combatant Hulls
Currently small boat combatant design focuses primarily on speed and maneuverability. It would be advantageous to expand these capabilities to include reduced radar...
Briefs Defense
Multifunctional Shear Pressed CNT Sheets for Strain Sensing and Composite Joint Toughening
The main goal of this work is to obtain a scientific understanding of the possibilities provided by, and the behavioral features of, a novel type high...
Articles Aerospace
Simulating Thermal Expansion in Composites with Expanded Metal Foil for Lightning Protection
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is comprised of more than fifty percent carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) due to the material’s light weight and...
Articles Data Acquisition
Designing VME Power Systems With Standard Modules
Military electronics continue to push the performance envelope in all directions. Each new system design faces the same challenges: the need for more processing power, tighter specs, and shorter...
Articles Aerospace
Optical Ice Sensors for UAVs
The perverse thing about ice on the tailplane of a general aviation aircraft is that the pilot sits and looks forward, but the tailplane is aft. You can’t see it from the cockpit.
Articles Aerospace
Rotorcraft Icing Computational Tool Development
The formation of ice over lifting surfaces can affect aerodynamic performance. In the case of helicopters, this loss in lift and the increase in sectional drag forces will have a dramatic effect...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Curled RF MEMS Switches For On-Chip Design
Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switches are active components in most electronic equipment. Radio frequency (RF) MEMS are used in wireless personal communication devices, satellite communication,...
Articles Defense
Design Software Supports BAE System’s Mixed-Signal Chip Design
BAE Systems is a global defense and aerospace company, delivering products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as electronics, information technology solutions,...
Application Briefs Defense
Upmast Radar Systems
Kelvin Hughes Enfield, UK +44 19 9280 5200 www.kelvinhughes.com Kelvin Hughes recently installed its new SharpEye™ upmast radar system on four new vessels commissioned by the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. The Damen...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Virtual Environment-Based Training Tools
Charles River Analytics Cambridge, MA 617-491-3474www.cra.com Charles River Analytics Inc., a developer of intelligent systems solutions, has received a follow-on contract from the US Navy to develop...
News Defense
Embraer's First E190-E2 Jet Takes off Early
Embraer's E-Jets E2 program took an important step forward with the recent completion of the maiden flight of the E190-E2 from its facility in São José dos Campos. The flight occurred just three...
Top Stories
INSIDERManufacturing & Prototyping
How Airbus is Using w-DED to 3D Print Larger Titanium Airplane Parts
INSIDERManned Systems
FAA to Replace Aging Network of Ground-Based Radars
NewsTransportation
CES 2026: Bosch is Ready to Bring AI to Your (Likely ICE-powered) Vehicle
NewsSoftware
Accelerating Down the Road to Autonomy
EditorialDesign
DarkSky One Wants to Make the World a Darker Place
INSIDERMaterials
Can This Self-Healing Composite Make Airplane and Spacecraft Components Last...
Webcasts
Defense
How Sift's Unified Observability Platform Accelerates Drone Innovation
Automotive
E/E Architecture Redefined: Building Smarter, Safer, and Scalable...
Power
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Electronics & Computers
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Unmanned Systems
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
