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Manned Systems

NASA Backs Commercialization of Human Spaceflight, Commercial Marketplace in LEO

NASA officials in Washington continue to invest in private-public partnerships to help foster commercial space activity with the selection of 13 companies...

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Aerospace

Lockheed Martin and Arconic Collaborate on 3D Printing and Advanced Aerospace Materials

As part of an initiative to develop next-generation advanced materials and manufacturing processes, Lockheed Martin Corporation, based out of...

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Automotive

Boeing Aerospace & Autonomy Center to Focus on Designing, Building, Flying Autonomous Aircraft

Boeing (NYSE:BA) officials plan to open the new Boeing Aerospace & Autonomy Center in Cambridge, Mass., in the Massachusetts Institute of...

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Defense

NASA Invests $44M to Advance ‘Tipping Point’ Space Exploration Technologies

NASA officials in Washington are investing $44 million in total awards to six U.S. companies to advance 10 aerospace technologies at the “tipping point”...

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Aerospace

Lockheed Martin Ships AEHF Satellite in Advance of ULA Rocket Launch

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) in Bethesda, Md., has shipped the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite from its facility in...

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Materials

Parker Aerospace and GKN Aerospace to Develop Passive Cooling Solutions for Next-Generation Aircraft Engines

Parker Aerospace, a business group of Cleveland-based Parker Hannifin Corporation, has reached a collaborative technology...

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Manned Systems

Five-Satellite MUOS Constellation to Deliver Secure, Next-Gen SATCOM on Battlefield

U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., has approved the U.S. Navy’s next-generation narrowband satellite communication...

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Imaging

Stratos Aircraft Evolves Carbon-Fiber Very Light Jet, Offers Limited Number of Kit Aircraft

Stratos Aircraft in Redmond, Ore., is introducing the Stratos 716 model, an evolved version of its 714 proof of concept (PoC) aircraft. A multi-role...

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Robotics, Automation & Control

NASA, Boeing, SpaceX to Launch ‘New Era in Human Spaceflight’

Astronaut launches will return to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle’s retirement in 2011. NASA officials have named the first U.S. astronauts who will...

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Manned Systems

Russia to Bring Back the Wing-In-Ground-Effect Aircraft

On July 30, according to Russian state news outlet TASS, Russia is developing a prototype of the Orlan wing-in-ground-effect multimode aircraft under the state armament...

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Textron Systems, Textron Aviation Defense Demonstrate Simulated Manned-Unmanned Teaming Capability

The ability to control unmanned systems from the cockpit of a manned tactical aircraft is coming closer to reality. Engineers at Textron...

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Aerospace

Gulfstream G500 Earns FAA Type and Production Certificates

The Gulfstream G500 twin-engine business jet – designed and manufactured by Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. of Savannah, Ga. – recently completed type certification and received...

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Aerospace

Sensing Platform Manages Aircraft Corrosion

Called the Weather Instrumentation and Specialized Environmental Monitoring Platform (WISE-MP), a device being developed by the Air Force can measure conditions that can be detrimental to...

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Aerospace

Insect-Inspired Drone Deforms on Impact

A hybrid origami drone can be stiff or flexible depending on the circumstances. When airborne, the structure is stiff enough to carry its own weight and withstand the thrust of the propellers....

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Test & Measurement

SaraniaSat Wins $5M NASA InVEST Contract for Hyperspectral Thermal Imager

SaraniaSat, an aerospace start-up in Los Angeles, won a three-year, $5.1 million NASA In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies (InVEST) contract to test...

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Defense

NASA Invests in Aerospace Start-Up, University Projects on CubeSat Platform

NASA Science Mission Directorate officials in Washington are funding three new projects selected from a pool of 25 received in response to the NASA Earth Science...

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Photonics/Optics

Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System

AeroVironment, Inc.
Monrovia, CA
626-357-9983
www.avinc.com

AeroVironment, Inc., a specialist in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both defense and commercial applications, and ESG...

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Defense

Inter-Laboratory Combat Helmet Blunt Impact Test Method Comparison

As the medical community learns more about brain injury, the importance of blunt impact mitigation becomes more apparent. As such, it is critical to make sure that research...

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Aerospace

Using Thermoplastics in Aerospace Applications

In August 2017, Qantas Airlines laid down the challenge to both Boeing and Airbus to offer an aircraft that can cross one of aviation's “last frontiers.” That “last frontier” was an...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Communicating from Space: The Front End of Multiscale Modeling

As satellites and astronauts travel further out in space, the more communication challenges they face. NASA launched the InSight Mission on May 5, 2018 from Vandenberg Air Force...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Hydraulic Testing of Polymer Matrix Composite 102mm Tube Section

The objective of this research was to hydraulically pressurize the internal diameter of one 102mm Polymer Matrix Composite (PMC) over-wrapped cylinder up to 25,000 pounds per...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

3D Printed Spacecraft Parts

Stratasys Ltd.
Eden Prairie, MN
952-937-3000
www.stratasys.com/aerospace Phoenix Analysis and Design
Technologies (PADT) Tempe, AZ
1-800-293-PADT
www.padtinc.com

Stratasys Ltd.,...

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Test & Measurement

New Products

Barometric Pressure Sensor

Bosch Sensortec (Reutlingen, Germany) has introduced a new high performance barometric pressure MEMS sensor, the BMP388. The BMP388 delivers outstanding altitude stabilization in drones,...

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Software

Designing a High-Speed Decoy Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Drone aircraft and their uses have been evolving quickly, supported by a great deal of ongoing research. One area of increasing interest is the decoy drone, designed to mimic the...

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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Using Turbine Flow Meters for Aerospace Test and Measurement Applications

Turbine flow meters have long been a preferred technology for obtaining precise measurements of fluid flow in the aerospace industry. In addition to their high...

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Test & Measurement

In-Flight Real-Time Avionics Adaptation

Avionics is a very restricting domain for obvious safety reasons. Along with miniaturization comes the idea of integration. More functionality on one spot requires a good management of privacy and...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Diesel Frigate Engines

Fairbanks Morse
Beloit, WI
1-800-356-6955
www.fairbanksmorse.com

Fairbanks Morse - an EnPro Industries company - has been awarded a contract to deliver eight FM | Colt-Pielstick diesel engines to power...

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Sensors/Data Acquisition

Laser-Based System Could Expand Space-to-Ground Communication

A new research project announced recently as a collaboration between the Georgia Institute of Technology and satellite communications provider Xenesis could help open the...

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