Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Some Advances in Reducing Drag and Suppressing Convection

Theoretical and computational research has yielded some advances in the art of designing active feedforward and feedback controllers to suppress thermal convection and reduce drag (by...

Briefs: Information Technology

Autonomous Vehicles Would Learn by Mimicking Human Drivers

A program initiated by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and now also pursued by other agencies called “Learning Applied to Ground Robots” (LAGR), is...

Briefs: Information Technology

Shape-Based Recognition of 3D Objects in 2D Images

An object-recognition algorithm analyzes data from two-dimensional (2D) images to locate and identify possibly complexly shaped three-dimensional (3D) objects in possibly highly cluttered...

Articles: Aerospace

VPX: The Rugged Bus Architecture for Embedded Military Applications

For over two decades, the VMEbus has maintained its position as the open standard bus architecture of choice for defense and aerospace applications. While VME, a parallel...

Articles: Aerospace

Creating a Synthetic Virtual Instrument for Avionics Testing

The demand for fast evolution and increased flexibility of electronics systems in many different industries and applications has driven the trend for increasing software content of...

Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Simulations of Stall and Stall Control in Turbocompressors

Anumerical-simulation study of stall and stall control in radial and axial compressor stages of gas turbine engines has been performed. This and other similar studies are needed...

Briefs: Information Technology

Application of CFD to a Slender-Bodied, Finned Projectile

In an application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), flow fields about a slender-bodied finned projectile and the resulting aerodynamic forces and moments on the projectile were...

Briefs: Electronics & Computers

Adaptive Quantum Design of Semiconductor Devices

The term "adaptive quantum design" denotes a methodology for systematically seeking robust, manufacturable designs of semiconductor devices — especially semiconductor optoelectronic...

Briefs: Electronics & Computers

Real-Time Simulation and Semiautomated Design of Complex ICs

A project called “System on a Chip Real-Time Emulation” (SOCRE) was undertaken to develop and demonstrate a methodology of simulation of operation and semiautomated design of...

Briefs: Electronics & Computers

A Study of Two Ferrocene-Based Molecular Electronic Devices

Acomputational-simulation study of two ferrocene-based molecular electronic devices was performed as part of a continuing effort to develop a capability for ab initio design of...

Briefs: Photonics/Optics

Continuous-Wave Atom Laser

Progress has been made toward realization of a continuous-wave, phase-andamplitude- stable atom laser based on magnetic guiding, magnetic compression, and continuous distributed evaporative cooling of a sparse...

Briefs: Photonics/Optics

Adaptive Optoelectronic Eyes

Aprogram of research has built a technological foundation for further development of systems that could be characterized, variously, as "smart" cameras or adaptive optoelectronic eyes. A system according to this...

Briefs: Materials

Nanoparticle AlxMoyOz/Al Thermites

Research on the microstructures, chemical compositions, and reactivities of thermites that consist of or contain mixtures of MoO₃ and Al particles has led to development of a process for making...

Briefs: Medical

Aptamer-Based Sensors for Detection of Proteins

Molecular aptamer beacons (MABs) are being investigated for use as rapid-signaling probe compounds for detecting specific proteins of interest (target proteins). In the MAB approach, one...

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Nanosensor Arrays for Detecting Breast-Cancer Compounds

Arrays of nanosensors for detecting biomolecules associated with breast cancer are undergoing development. It has been proposed to construct the arrays as silicon-based large-scale...

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Data Storage Subsystem

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Rugged Storage System

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Airborne Data Acquisition System

The Heim Data division of Zodiac DataSystems, Belmar, NJ, has introduced the D7000 airborne data acquisition and recording system designed for a range of operational and flight test applications. The system...

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Ruggedized Keyboard

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Products: Electronics & Computers

DC/DC Converter

The Electronics Group of Crane Aerospace & Electronics, Redmond, WA, has announced the Interpoint MPE series of DC/DC converters that accepts a 16 to 50 DVC input and provides single or dual outputs with up to 25 watts of...

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Flywheel Power System

Pentadyne Power Corp., Chatsworth, CA, offers the VSS+DCadvanced DC flywheel power system that stores energy kinetically instead of chemically, providing stable DC voltage for applications where power continuity is...