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Application Briefs Test & Measurement
Real-Time Signal Analyzer
Jamming and spoofing, two types of intentional disruption of communications, are ever-increasing threats, and getting ever more difficult to combat.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
MOVPE Growth of LWIR AlInAs/GaInAs/InP Quantum Cascade Lasers: Impact of Growth and Material Quality on Laser Performance
Quantum cascade lasers are compact coherent optical sources that emit over a wide wavelength range in the mid- to long-infrared as well as into part of the terahertz spectrum.
Briefs Green Design & Manufacturing
Biobased Carbon Fibers and Thermosetting Resins for Use in DOD Composites Applications
The aim was to use renewable resources derived from plants and other sources to prepare high-performance carbon fiber and thermosetting matrix resins with high strength and high thermal resistance.
Briefs Aerospace
Hierarchical Diamond-Based Ceramic Composites
This research developed and utilized advanced processing, modeling, and micromechanical tools.
Briefs Materials
Additive Manufacturing Utilizing a Novel In-Line Mixing System for Design of Functionally Graded Ceramic Composites
Exploring the development of a direct ink writing system with multimaterial and in-line mixing capabilities for printing inks composed of high solids-loaded ceramic particulate suspensions.
Briefs Weapons Systems
Advanced Airborne Defensive Laser for Incorporation on Strike Fighter Aircraft
Short-range missiles pose a significant threat to U.S. strike fighters.
Articles Communications
Solving Military Satellite, Radar and 5G Communications Challenges with GaN-on-SiC MMIC Power Amplifiers
Systems need to meet higher gain targets but not if it comes with any increases in cost and complexity, or size and weight.
Articles Photonics/Optics
Designing Multi-Channel Microwave Radio Systems Using Optical Interconnects
Imagine if it was possible to build multi-channel microwave radio systems leveraging optical rather than copper interconnects.
Articles AR/AI
Making Machines Curious
Remote and autonomous vehicles are now helping us make discoveries in places where humans cannot easily go.
Articles Connectivity
The Role of DevSecOps in Modern Edge Systems
DevSecOps in the IT domain implies that any infrastructure can be created with a set of scripts and all the testing and integration can be automated.
Application Briefs Manned Systems
Integrated Flight Deck System
Garmin’s commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) G3000 open architecture supports integration with a wide range of mission equipment including military sensors, helmet mounted displays, and advanced electrically scanned radar systems.
INSIDER Defense
Autonomous Black Hawk® Flies Missions Without Pilots on Board
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully demonstrated to the U.S. Army for the first time how an...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Air Force Gets Strategic Mission System Capability Utilizing OpenVPX Standards
Collins Aerospace has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to develop a modern Very Low Frequency (VLF) receiver that will help modernize its strategic mission...
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Digital Manufacturing Solution
The U.S. Navy is looking to tackle supply-line problems by aligning the skill sets of a trio of outside expert organizations to develop an end-to-end additive manufacturing (AM) system that could be utilized across the entire Department of Defense (DoD).
News Data Acquisition
Machine Learning Software Monolith Cuts Development Time for BMW’s Test Engineers
BMW faced a problem. Because leg injuries can be common in vehicle crashes, the effect of all manner of deformation must be measured in order to predict,...
INSIDER Communications
Army Aviation Team Achieves Software Success in Live Fire Test
Less than one second. That was how long it took for an Apache helicopter in Europe to transmit a call for fire to ground forces while operating forward of the fire line. A...
INSIDER Defense
JPADS Brings New Sustainment Capability to Future Fight
The Joint Precision Air Drop System (JPADS) is one of more than 250 weapons systems being experimented with during Project Convergence 2022 (PC22). PC22 is bringing together members of...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Conference to Focus on Counter-Drone Technology
In 2021, SAE Media Group, which publishes this newsletter, launched a new high-level technical conference called Counter UAS Technology devoted to, as the name implies, examining current and...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Drone Wing Could Learn How to Sense Danger Faster
The oddly satisfying small domes that you press on your soda’s to-go cup lid may one day save a winged drone from a nosedive. Patterns of these invertible domes on a drone’s wings would...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
MQ-9 Reapers Demonstrate New Capabilities
Air Force Special Operations Command’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft enterprise participated in an Emerald Flag exercise, using the large-force event to demonstrate the agile combat employment of MQ-9...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Air Force Explores Use of Thermoplastic Fin for F-16
Collins Aerospace was awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to build an advanced, high-impact resistant, F-16 ventral fin using Collins’ thermoplastic welding...
INSIDER Aerospace
Fly-by-Wire System for eVTOL Vehicles Will Enable Safe, Efficient, Flight
BAE Systems and Supernal announced an agreement to design and develop the flight control computer for Supernal’s electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL)...
INSIDER Defense
GA-ASI Announces Gray Eagle 25M for Multi-Domain Operations
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has launched its latest variant of the Gray Eagle line of unmanned aircraft systems: Gray Eagle 25M. The GE-25M brings a Modular...
INSIDER Defense
Air Force’s Next Generation Combat Rescue Helicopter Hits Major Milestone
The U.S. Air Force declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopter, validating the platform's operational...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
MQ-9B to Get New 3D- Printed Fuel Oil Heat Exchanger
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) is working with long-time collaborator Conflux Technology on the design and manufacture of a new Fuel Oil Heat Exchanger (FOHE) for the...
INSIDER Defense
Sentinel Missile Design and Manufacturing Processes Validated
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully cast the LGM-35A Sentinel program’s first inert stage-one and stage-two solid rocket motor set this summer. The casting event...
INSIDER Aerospace
Collins Aerospace to Manufacture F-15EX Wheels and Brakes
Collins Aerospace recently announced its selection by Boeing to provide boltless wheels and carbon brakes for lots one through three on the F-15EX aircraft in production for the U.S....
INSIDER Materials
DEVCOM Forms International Partnership to Study Superhard Materials
Developing world-class advanced technology for soldiers on the battlefield is a key part of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s (DEVCOM) mission. Many...
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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...
Unmanned Systems
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
