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3D Software Helps Development of Vehicle-Mounted Defense Systems
L-3 Communications Linkabit (Melbourne, FL) develops defense communications and electronic warfare systems to protect soldiers and save lives on the battlefield. A division of L-3...
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Software for Material/Structural Characterization Across Length Scales
Synthetic and natural micro-architectures occur frequently, and multiphase functionally graded composites are becoming increasingly popular for applications requiring...
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Model Development Using Accelerated Simulations of Hypersonic Flow Features
Currently, the two main computational tools used by the aerothermodynamics community to model hypersonic flows are Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and the direct...
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Chrono: A Parallel Physics Library for Rigid-Body, Flexible-Body, and Fluid Dynamics
The Chrono::Engine software is a general-purpose simulator for three-dimensional multi-body problems. Specifically, the code is designed to support the...
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Terrain Model as an Interface for Real-Time Vehicle Dynamics Simulations
In order to enable off-road vehicle dynamics analysis simulations when traveling on soft soil, a deformable Vehicle Terrain Interface (VTI) model that interfaces with...
Technology Update Defense
ETS researchers develop new methodology for wind tunnel calibration
In recent years, the École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) Research Laboratory in Active Controls, Avionics, and Aeroservoelasticity (LARCASE) has acquired several research...
Technology Update Defense
Boeing advances automation with smart and portable orbital drilling tools for 787
Since robotic work cells have proven to be highly effective in certain applications, and the technology is always improving, some might dream of a day when...
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Vacuum Regulators to Simulate Altitudes
Equilibar Fletcher, NC 828-650-6590 www.equilibar.com To support air assets, the US Navy’s Altitude Laboratory in Maryland is tasked with testing On-Board Oxygen Generating Systems (OBOGS). The lab has...
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Electronic Attack Capability on Unmanned Aircraft
Northrop Grumman Corp. Falls Church, VA 703-280-2900 www.northropgrumman.com Northrop Grumman Corporation has integrated and employed an internal miniature electronic attack payload on the Bat...
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Armored Response Vehicle for Bomb Disposal Teams
Lenco Industries Pittsfield, MA 413-443-7359 www.LencoArmor.com Lenco Industries has introduced the BearCat® EOD “BombCat” armored response vehicle for bomb disposal teams and EOD and IEDD...
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Signal Acquisition Module
ADLINK Technology (San Jose, CA) has released its PXI Express dynamic signal acquisition module, the PXIe- 9529, featuring up to eight 24-bit analog input channels simultaneously sampling at 192 kS/s and a 108 dB...
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Acrylic Flow Meters
Dakota Instruments’ 6A03 acrylic flow meters are offered with interchangeable direct reading scales for air, water, argon, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, helium, and hydrogen. Dual scales display flow rates in both...
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Single-Slot VPX Board
Elma Electronic (Fremont, CA) offers a dual-drive VPX storage module that provides more than 2 terabytes (TB) of storage, but requires only one system slot. The 533x family comes with either solid state SLC, MLC, or 2.5"...
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Temperature Indicator with Fixed Probes
Palmer Wahl Instrumentation Group’s Wahl DST500-FM temperature indicator with fixed probes is a high-accuracy, wide-range thermometer designed for hazardous locations where accurate and reliable...
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Thermal Analysis Tool
A Thermal Analysis tool from Custom MMIC (Westford, MA) estimates the rise in temperature between the ambient surrounding and the bottom of a packaged MMIC when attached to a printed circuit board (PCB). The online...
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Single Board Computer
The “Medusa” VPX3424 from AcQ Inducom (Oss, The Netherlands) is a 3U Open-VPX™ (VITA 65) single board computer (SBC) featuring the T4240 QorIQ® processor from Freescale Semiconductor. The 12-core, 24-thread...
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Rotary Micro Drive
New Scale Technologies (Victor, NY) has announced a prototype rotary piezoelectric micro drive system. Unlike servo drives, the new rotary drive has no measurable jitter, holds position without power, and generates no...
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Microwave Analog Signal Generators
Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, CA) has introduced two microwave analog signal generators: the N5183B MXG and N5173B EXG. The MXG has phase noise of less than -124 dBc/Hz (at 10 GHz, 10 kHz offset). The EXG...
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Engine fuel pump bushings Metallized Carbon Corp.’s Metcar carbon-graphite bushings offer advantages over traditional metals for use in gear pumps that pump aviation fuel for aircraft engines. The carbon-graphite bushings are...
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Predicting cavitation in fuel pumps Liquid ring pumps are used in aircraft fuel systems in conjunction with main impeller pumps and serve the function of removing fuel vapor and air from the fuel. Thus, their reliable...
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Engineers Design Software Tools to Secure Tactical Smartphones
Suraj Kothari's talk of smartphone security quickly took a turn toward sabotage and worst-case scenarios. What happens, he asked, if a soldier's smartphone is hacked for its GPS...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Scientists Demonstrate Electrical Properties of Topological Insulators
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have demonstrated for the first time that one can electrically access the remarkable properties predicted for a...
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Pressure Switches
Honeywell’s HP Series, HE Series, and LE Series of pressure switches provide high burst pressure ranges, a long life-cycle rating, and IP67 sealing, enhancing durability and reliability. High burst pressure and up to 2...
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College Students Design Lightweight Steel Wheels
A college sophomore nabbed the top spot in a steel wheels competition focused on eye-appealing, lightweight-structure concept renderings from Lawrence Technological University (LTU) design...
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Government-Sanctioned Test Site Opens up Airspace for MIT Researchers
Massachusetts will be the home, and MIT the beneficiary, of a new FAA-designated unmanned aircraft test site just an hour and a half from campus. MIT classes and...
INSIDER Aerospace
System Enables Unmanned Aircraft to Detect Another in Flight
Queensland University of Technology Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) researchers have made what's believed to be a world-first breakthrough for small unmanned aircraft (UA), developing...
INSIDER Aerospace
Flying Robot Would Monitor Environmental Health
With a contract from the U.S. Army, the University of Nevada, Reno is partnering with NevadaNano to develop a robotic flying vehicle that can be used for environmental health and safety monitoring...
INSIDER Aerospace
Shape-Changing Wing Flap Reduces Drag and Noise
A milestone for the Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) project at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center occurred with the delivery of two revolutionary experimental flaps designed and built...
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How Airbus is Using w-DED to 3D Print Larger Titanium Airplane Parts
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FAA to Replace Aging Network of Ground-Based Radars
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CES 2026: Bosch is Ready to Bring AI to Your (Likely ICE-powered) Vehicle
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Accelerating Down the Road to Autonomy
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DarkSky One Wants to Make the World a Darker Place
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Can This Self-Healing Composite Make Airplane and Spacecraft Components Last...
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How Sift's Unified Observability Platform Accelerates Drone Innovation
Automotive
E/E Architecture Redefined: Building Smarter, Safer, and Scalable...
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Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
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Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
