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Aerospace Gimbals Test Service
A new test service introduced by Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. (Foothill Ranch, CA) offers OEMs verified performance results for Bal Seal® spring-energized rotary/face seals used in aerospace and...
Articles: Defense
3-Phase Single-Step Power Correction in MilAero Systems
As OEMs seek advantages in Size, Weight, Power and Cost (SWaP-C), focus is shifting to advancements in power electronics. Gaining an advantage requires close attention not only to...
Articles: Aerospace
Using Sensor Technology to Combat Legacy Issues in Defense Avionics
Reliance on aging military platforms has become a global concern and military aircraft today are expected to remain in service for longer than their original life cycles....
Articles: Aerospace
Counterfeit Electronics in the DOD Supply Chain
Counterfeit semiconductor devices entering the Department of Defense (DOD) supply chain continue to pose risks to many of our country’s most sophisticated aerospace and defense systems....
Articles: Aerospace
Touch and Go
by Richard Gardner
Since the digital revolution changed forever the pilot’s working environment, innovators and suppliers of...
Articles: Aerospace
Sandwich Cores for the Future
The search for lighter weight, stronger materials to construct airplanes and spacecraft remains as important as ever. But it takes a long time for new materials in aerospace structures to make their way into...
Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
Making AESA Radar More Flexible
Articles: Test & Measurement
Developing Secondary Surveillance Radar Automated Test Equipment
Unlike primary radars, Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) calculates the range and azimuth of a target, such as an aircraft, using a bidirectional communication link to gather...
Application Briefs: Defense
Aircraft Casting Alloy
Wilmington, MA
855-237-2522
www.ibcadvancedalloys.com
IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. will continue production of components for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II...
Application Briefs: Defense
War-Game Simulation Software
Paris, France
+33 1 55 43 13 20
www.masagroup.net
Military training tools must work effectively with reduced staff numbers and simulate a large variety of situations. Following 12...
Application Briefs: Defense
VPX Chassis for Missile System
Manchester, NH
603-821-9921
www.verotec.us
Using a hit-to-kill approach, a US Army anti-ballistic missile system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) is designed to shoot...
Briefs: Materials
Structural Composites with Tuned EM Chirality
Work on structural composites with tunable chiral elements has produced electronically tunable overall chiral composites, mechanically tunable chiral composites, flat lenses with soft hyperbolic...
Briefs: Aerospace
Advanced, Single-Polymer, Nanofiber-Reinforced Composite
A strategic goal of the U.S. Air Force is to be able to deliver munitions to targets anywhere around the globe in less than an hour. This will require very high speeds and novel lightweight and temperature-resistant materials. Nanocomposites are promising emerging materials for structural...
Briefs: Aerospace
Quantitative Diagnostics of Multilayered Composite Structures with Ultrasonic Guided Waves
Aging infrastructure has a major impact on safety, increasing the need to assess damage severity. Machinery, systems, and components such as...
Briefs: Defense
Reactive, Multifunctional, Micellar, Composite Nanoparticles for Destruction of Bio-Agents
Multifunctional composites have been investigated for destruction of bio-agents. These materials’ unique properties at the nano scale, including...
Technology Update: Defense
Signal Compression Technology Enables E-Fan's Flight, Potential Enhanced 'Black Box' Possibilities
V-Nova Ltd. demonstrated the capabilities of its PERSEUS data compression technology for aerospace applications as part of Airbus’...
Technology Update: Defense
TRB Turns Composites Focus to Aerospace Sector
TRB Lightweight Structures Ltd. recently released an aerospace-grade lightweight honeycomb composite panel designed for interior applications, expanding the application areas for its range of...
Technology Update: Defense
Preparing for First Flight on Mars
With its eye on Mars, NASA Armstrong has been working on a prototype it refers to as the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars, or Prandtl-m, which is “a flying wing aircraft with a...
INSIDER: Data Acquisition
NASA Studies How Volcanic Ash Affects Airplane Engines
NASA researchers are poring over data from a recent test that involved sending volcanic ash through an airplane engine. The primary issue, according to NASA, is that volcanic ash forms...
INSIDER: Motion Control
Army’s “Robo-Raven” UAV Flies with Flapping Wings
In the future, it's possible that some unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) might sport wings that flap like a bird or a butterfly. The Army Research Lab has been testing such a UAV, known...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Remotely Piloted Plane Bridges Gap Between Wind Tunnel and Crewed Testing
A new modular, subscale remotely piloted aircraft offers NASA researchers more affordable options for developing a wide range of cutting edge aviation and space...
INSIDER: Defense
Army Engineers Develop Anti-Drone Technology
Army engineers, who are seeking to adapt ongoing research to counter aerial systems that could threaten soldiers, successfully shot down two aircraft as part of their final technology...
INSIDER: Defense
Lab Research Mimics Blast-Induced Brain Trauma in Soldiers
Researchers have developed a procedure to mimic in laboratory experiments a form of brain trauma commonly seen in combat veterans, and findings suggest a new diagnostic tool for...
INSIDER: Defense
Sandia Works on Nuclear Weapon Life Extension Program
Sandia National Laboratories is doing what it hasn’t done in decades: extending the life of a nuclear warhead at the same time the U.S. Air Force develops a replacement cruise missile...
INSIDER: Imaging
"Fused Reality" Combines Simulation and Flying to Train Pilots
There are two ways for pilots to gain proficiency in an airplane and evaluate its handling qualities: climb into the cockpit and take off, or practice in a ground-based...
INSIDER: Government
Researchers Urge Changes to Design of Commercial Aircraft Engines
Virginia Tech researchers are urging changes in how commercial aircraft engines are designed in the wake of a possible new threat to passenger aircraft safety: drones, or...
INSIDER: Defense
New Anechoic Chamber Makes Room for Larger Vehicle Tests
The Army recently increased its ability to test radio frequencies used by soldier technologies when it opened one of the largest anechoic chambers on the East Coast. The...
INSIDER: Defense
Disappearing Carbon Circuits on Graphene Could Have Security Uses
Using carbon atoms deposited on graphene with a focused electron beam process, Georgia Institute of Technology professor Andrei Fedorov and collaborators have demonstrated a...
INSIDER: RF & Microwave Electronics
Remote-Controlled Weapons Augment Soldiers on Perimeter Security
Remotely-controlled weapons systems have drastically reduced the number of soldiers needed for perimeter security at an expeditionary base camp.
"Every Soldier I have...
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