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Forensic RF Test Enclosure
Saelig Company, Inc. (Fairport, NY) has announced the STE3000FAV2 patented RF Test Enclosure, designed to give forensics technicians a highly isolated bench-top environment to perform electronic device...
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32-Bit Microcontrollers
Microchip Technology Inc., (Chandler, AZ) announced a new series within its PIC32MZ family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) that features an integrated hardware floating point unit (FPU) for high performance and...
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RF-over-Fiber Conversion Modules
HUBER+SUHNER (Pfaffikon, Switzerland) offers a variety of equipment for the defense market including a new series of RF-over-Fiber modules. The company offers three different elements of its RF-over-Fiber...
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Meshing Software
Pointwise (Fort Worth, TX) has announced the latest release of its meshing software featuring new native interfaces to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes. Pointwise Version 17.3 R4 also includes support for ESP, the...
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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 defense gimbal...
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Innovative GKN Wing Structure Contributes to Clean Sky Next-Gen Aircraft
GKN Aerospace announced in January that it has delivered wing components as part of a major research program to test and measure the benefits of natural laminar...
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Boeing's Pegasus Makes First Refueling Flight
Boeing and U.S. Air Force aircrews successfully completed the KC-46A tanker’s first refueling flight in late January. The KC-46A is a multirole tanker based on the 767 that Boeing is...
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NASA Vocal About Sharing Technologies to Reduce Noise, Emissions
NASA has much faith in "green-related technologies" developed and refined by its aeronautics researchers during the past six years within NASA’s Environmentally...
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Promise for an Electric Propulsion Aircraft Future
At first glance, it may seem that the excessive weight (i.e., low specific energy) of today’s batteries limits electric aircraft to, at best, a few trivial niches. However, the...
INSIDER Energy
Researchers Advance Propulsion Toward Low-Carbon Aircraft
Just as hybrid or turboelectric power has improved fuel efficiency in cars, boats and trains, aeronautical engineers are exploring how planes can be redesigned and configured with...
INSIDER Aerospace
Lightweight, Strong Metal Could Make Airplanes More Energy Efficient
Researchers have created a lightweight, but very strong, structural metal made of magnesium because it is a light metal with two-thirds the density of aluminum, is...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA Flies Drones in Aircraft Noise Test
Microphones strung together on an unmanned aircraft system runway were used to record the sounds of remotely piloted aircraft flying overhead as part of a NASA project to measure full-scale...
INSIDER Aerospace
Wireless Sensor Enables Study of Traumatic Brain Injuries
A new system that uses a wireless implant has been shown to record – for the first time – how brain tissue deforms when subjected to the kind of shock that causes blast-induced...
INSIDER Defense
Researchers Discover Salty Solution to Better, Safer Batteries
A team of researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have devised a groundbreaking “Water-in-Salt” aqueous lithium ion...
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Soldiers Field-Test Robotics Technology
Picture a hot summer day in Afghanistan, and a company of 25th Infantry Division soldiers preparing to move to a new area of operation. Instead of using their legs and backs, these soldiers are...
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Rockwell Collins Expands India Operations
Rockwell Collins recently opened a new, expanded facility in Bangalore, India, that bolsters the company’s presence in the country. The company has signed a 15-year lease for the Bangalore...
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From 3D Printer to Practice
Conventional 3D printers create objects layer-by-layer from the bottom up, which can be a challenge when printing parts with enclosed electronics and overhanging or protruding features. Such features must be...
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Airbus Looks to Expand Military Product Lines
Airbus Defense & Space (Airbus DS) Chief Salesman Antonio Rodriguez Barberan recently said the company’s aim is to be present in most military market segments and to be number one or...
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Clamoring for a Connection
Many of today’s constantly connected consumers balk at spending a few hours without Web access. Commercials airlines are responding by forging links with satellite providers that give flyers the same...
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UCLA Researchers Develop New Strong and Lightweight Metal Nanocomposite
A team led by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has created a super-strong yet light structural metal with a very...
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Mentor Graphics Updates CFD Tool for Improved Productivity
Mentor Graphics recently released the latest version of its general-purpose computational fluid dynamics (CFD) FloEFD solution with updated features such as improved mesh...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA Takes First Steps Toward Drone Traffic Management
NASA recently successfully demonstrated rural operations of its unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management (UTM) concept, integrating operator platforms, vehicle performance, and ground infrastructure. The next steps involve further validation through Federal Aviation Administration...
INSIDER Mechanical & Fluid Systems
New Methods Detect and Predict Fatigue-Related Aircraft Cracks
Researchers are developing tools and technology to detect the formation of cracks in aircraft components and monitor their progression. The team is conducting comprehensive...
INSIDER Propulsion
Precision NASA Thruster Keeps Spacecraft Still
The European Space Agency’s LISA Pathfinder spacecraft is on its way to space with the Disturbance Reduction System (DRS), a thruster technology developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory....
INSIDER Aerospace
Army Researchers Add Power and Range to Artillery
Picatinny Arsenal (NJ) engineers are improving artillery by extending its range, power and versatility using an electrically-responsive method to control energetic materials such as...
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
Armor Plating Has Built-In Transparent Ceramic Eyes
Protecting yourself usually involves a tradeoff. If you want maximum physical protection, whether from biting predators or exploding artillery shells, it generally compromises your ability...
INSIDER Aerospace
Mineral Could be Used to Create Transparent Armor
Imagine a glass window that’s tough like armor, a camera lens that doesn’t get scratched in a sand storm, or a smartphone that doesn’t break when dropped. Except it’s not glass;...
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Cessna Enters New Class of Business Jet with Clean Sheet, 4500-Nmi Aircraft
Cessna Aircraft is crawling into the large business jet category with a clean sheet design, namely, the 4500-nmi Citation Hemisphere and Longitude, joining the...
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Aerion Progresses on the AS2 with Help from Airbus, and Announces First Fleet Customer
The joint engineering efforts that Aerion and Airbus Group have dedicated to the AS2 supersonic business jet since 2014 has taken on even more...
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