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Project Could Detect Damaged Aircraft Parts Earlier and Easier

UT Arlington engineering professors have received a $451,781 Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant to examine the material surface at the micro- and nano-scale level...

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Sensors/Data Acquisition

University Opens New Ballistics and Impact Dynamics Lab

Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research recently opened a new ballistics and impact dynamics research lab in the former Britt Brown Arena at the Kansas...

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Electronics & Computers

Thirsty? There’s an App for That

Clean, potable water is one thing the world universally cannot live without. It hydrates. It cleans. It keeps us alive and well. That makes water very valuable to soldiers. However, as many mission...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Aerojet Rocketdyne Pursues Copper Alloy Additive Manufacturing for Thrust Chamber Assembly

NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne, a Sacramento, CA-based GenCorp company, announced Oct. 17 that they successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Northrop Grumman Opens Innovation Lab

Northrop Grumman Corp. recently celebrated the grand opening of its Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab) at the company's Space Park facility in Redondo Beach, CA. The 5500-ft² laboratory was inspired...

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Defense

Intuitive Machines Developing Sample Return Vehicle for ISS National Lab

Houston, TX-based Intuitive Machines LLC in cooperation with NASA has been selected by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to develop a...

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Propulsion

Aerojet Rocketdyne to Provide Power, Propulsion for 2020 Mars Rover Mission

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory awarded a contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne to supply the thrusters that would help land the next rover on Mars after it is...

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Defense

DARPA Awards Development Contract to Aurora for SideArm System

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a contract for the accelerated development of its SideArm launch and recovery system....

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Defense

Boeing Begins Construction of 777X Composite Wing Center

Boeing on Oct. 21 celebrated the groundbreaking of its new 777X Composite Wing Center at the Everett, WA, campus. Permitting for the new 1 million-ft² facility was completed seven...

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Manned Systems

U.S., India to Collaborate on Mars Exploration, Earth-Observing Mission

While attending the International Astronautical Congress, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation...

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Defense

Saab Selected by AAI to Deploy A-SMGCS at Five Airports

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has selected Saab to deploy Advanced–Surface Movement Guidance & Control Systems (A-SMGCS) at five airports in India. The Saab A-SMGCS...

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Design

‘Minecraft' Getting Kids into Coding

Stephen Foster, CEO and Co-Founder of ThoughtSTEM, has a new outlook on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and the utilities that can be used to get kids involved in software coding.

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Automotive

SAE Scholarship Season Opens

As someone who benefited greatly from college scholarships, the Chair of SAE International’s Scholarship Committee, Ken Wolfgram, doesn’t want anyone to miss an application deadline.

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Aerospace

Sensors Monitor Aircraft Structural Health for Safer Flights

Nine Delta Air Lines commercial aircraft flying regular routes are carrying sensors that monitor their structural health along with their routine maintenance. These flight tests...

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Materials

New Computer Codes Enable Design of Greener, Leaner Aircraft

A computer model that accurately predicts how composite materials behave when damaged will make it easier to design lighter, more fuel-efficient aircraft. Innovative computer...

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Communications

NASA Tool Helps Airlines Minimize Weather Delays

A NASA-developed tool, Dynamic Weather Routes (DWR), is designed to alleviate weather-induced air traffic interruptions. The computer software tool is programmed to constantly analyze air...

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Energy

Smart Lithium-Ion Battery Warns of Potential Fire Hazards

Stanford University scientists have developed a "smart" lithium-ion battery that gives ample warning before it overheats and bursts into flames. The new technology is designed for...

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Defense

Wireless Temperature Measurement

The OM-WLS-TEMP series wireless USB 2.0 full-speed temperature input module from Omega is fully compatible with both USB 1.1 and 2.0. This CE-compliant product features eight temperature input channels and...

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Aerospace

Chillers and Heat Exchangers

Advanced Thermal Solutions’ portable chiller systems and liquid-to-air heat exchangers aid in controlling fluid temperatures in looped liquid cooling systems. The chillers allow precise temperature control of...

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Test & Measurement

Dome-Loaded Pressure Regulator

WITT-Gasetechnik’s dome-loaded pressure regulator is impervious to system pressure and withdrawal fluctuations. A design modification to the integrated control pressure regulator ensures an almost complete...

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Aerospace

High-Speed Data Cables

W. L. Gore & Associates is expanding its family of high-speed data cables for the aerospace industry to meet the industry’s challenges to improve pilot communication and passenger in-flight entertainment while...

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Test & Measurement

Supercritical Fluid Extractor

Supercritical Fluid Technologies’ bench-top supercritical fluid extractor (SFE), the model SFT-110, provides an alternative to traditional extraction methods that use organic solvents. Fast, efficient...

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Defense

New DARPA Technologies Could Make Cyber Warfare a Reality

Three years after the Defense Department named cyberspace a new domain of warfare, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is unveiling technologies that could soon make it...

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Electronics & Computers

Army Researchers Enable Night Lethality

In science fiction, technology problems are solved with the stroke of a writer's pen. In reality, science and technology research takes time, and a lot of effort.

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Electronics & Computers

Tiny Wireless Sensing Device Alerts Users to Telltale Vapors Remotely

A research team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has developed a small electronic sensing device that can alert users wirelessly to the presence of chemical...

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Defense

Sikorsky’s All-New Raider Helicopter Prototype Is Ready to Fly

Sikorsky Aircraft unveiled in early October the first of two S-97 Raider lightweight tactical helicopter prototypes. The Raider is targeted to fly by the end of 2014. In...

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Defense

Researchers Develop Multiphysics Model for Electro-Thermal Analysis of UAV

Vives College University and Kulab (KU Leuven University campus Ostend) in Belgium are undertaking an aeronautical research program for the development of a new...

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Defense

Airbus Has Its Eye on the Future of Cleaner Flight

With its European base and global presence, it would only make sense that Airbus would take a leading role in the EU’s CleanSky 2 (CS2), a joint technology initiative (JTI) that is the...

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Defense

Nvidia Chipset to Enable Greater Autonomy

Powerful visual computing processors for dashboard displays are now taking on safety-critical driver-assistance functions. Read more at http://articles.sae.org/13314.

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