Articles: Aerospace
Fast-Tracking Autonomous Vehicles with Simulation
Artificial intelligence developments are set to fundamentally transform mobility, whether it is mobility of weapon payloads, supply deliveries, urban commuters, warehouse goods,...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Developing a Multi-Modal UGV Robot Control Interface
Unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) are currently being used or developed for operational maneuvers (e.g., reconnaissance and IED defeat), maneuver support (e.g., route clearance), and...
Articles: Energy
Solar Powering UAVs
One of the largest problems facing the aerospace industry involves size, weight, and power (SWaP) analysis and the increasing size of payloads with typically a finite amount of power to drive ever more demanding systems....
Articles: Aerospace
Deploying COTS Subsystems in UUVs
In December, 2016 the newest class of unmanned vehicles, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) made international headlines after China, in an unprecedented act, seized an unclassified “ocean...
Articles: Aerospace
Interoperability Standards Pave the Way for Modular Robotic Manipulators
Unmanned vehicles have long been used by the military to handle situations characterized by the three Ds: dull, dirty, and dangerous. As the use of unmanned ground...
Briefs: Aerospace
Experimental Confirmation of an Aquatic Swimming Motion Theoretically of Very Low Drag and High Efficiency
It has been established theoretically that self-propulsion of deformable bodies in ideal fluid can occur with a careful specification...
Afuture vision of the use of autonomous and intelligent robots in dismounted military operations is for soldiers to interact with robots as teammates, much like...
Briefs: Aerospace
A Guide for Developing Human-Robot Interaction Experiments in the Robotic Interactive Visualization and Experimentation Technology (RIVET) Simulation
ARL's Intelligent Systems Enterprise vision is to enable the teaming of autonomous...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Identifying the Flow Physics and Modeling Transient Forces on Two-Dimensional Wings
The main objective of this research was to better understand the flow physics of aircraft wings undergoing highly unsteady maneuvers. Reduced-order models play a central role in this study, both to elucidate the overall dynamical mechanisms behind various flow...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The Scaling of Loss Pathways and Heat Transfer in Small Scale Internal Combustion Engines
The rapid expansion of the remotely piloted aircraft market includes an interest in 10 kg to 25 kg vehicles (Group 2) for monitoring, surveillance, and...
INSIDER: Aerospace
How NASA Tracks the Asteroids Flying by Earth
On Wednesday, April 19, an asteroid missed Earth by 1.1 million miles – a distance closer than you might think. This week, Tech Briefs spoke with NASA’s Planetary Defense Officer about the...
INSIDER: Defense
NASA Tests Robotic Ice Tools
Since 2015, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has been developing new technologies for use on future missions to ocean worlds. That includes a subsurface probe that could burrow...
INSIDER: Defense
New Robotic System Finds and Destroys Explosive Threats
In combat, land mine and improvised explosive device (IED) clearance is a slow, painstaking, stressful job that physically and mentally drains soldiers and military working dogs....
INSIDER: Defense
Swarms of Autonomous Aerial Vehicles Test New Dogfighting Skills
Aerial dogfighting began more than a century ago in the skies over Europe with propeller-driven fighter aircraft carried aloft on wings of fabric and wood. An event held...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Morphing Wings Make Jets More Efficient
University of Michigan engineers have developed improved wing designs capable of burning less fuel, as well as tools that help the aerospace industry build more efficient aircraft. In areas where new...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Heated Concrete Could Pave the Way for Ice-Free Runways
Iowa State University tested slabs of electrically conductive concrete at Des Moines International Airport. The test slabs are made up of 1 percent carbon fiber and a special mix of...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
NASA Puts Dummies to the Test for Airplane Safety
Ten crash test dummies buckled into seats in a cut-out section of a regional jet fuselage will soon help NASA and the FAA develop new crashworthiness guidelines for future airplane...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Report from SPIE 2017: Drones Spot Gas Leaks from the Sky
ANAHEIM, CA. During last week’s SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing 2017 conference, panelists from industry, academia, and government demonstrated how miniaturized sensing platforms,...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Sandia Labs Takes Modern Approach to Evaluating Nuclear Weapons
Sandia National Laboratories is transforming how it assesses nuclear weapons in a stockpile made up of weapons at different stages in their lifecycles — some systems that have...
INSIDER: Data Acquisition
Next-Generation Fire Support Systems Boost Lethality
Soldiers view live-stream full-motion video from unmanned aerial vehicles via a smartphone. They access 3-D digital maps to send precision target coordinates. Soldiers are now relying on...
INSIDER: Materials
Navy Chemists Develop Field-Repairable Transparent Armor
Research chemists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have developed and patented a transparent thermoplastic elastomer armor to reduce weight, inherent in most...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The 3D Printing Landscape: Then and Now
Frequently used as a design validation and prototyping tool in its early days, the 3D printer now supports a much wider range of applications, from shape-conforming electronics to the creation of...
Application Briefs: Defense
Commando Helicopter
Rome, Italy
+39 06 32473313
www.leonardocompany.com/
Leonardo-Finmeccanica announced recently that the first AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin Mk4 successfully completed its maiden...
Application Briefs: Defense
Touchscreen Tablet Mission System
Lincolnshire, UK
+44 1522 688 231
www.inzpire.com
GECO, from UK-based Inzpire, is a military grade rugged touchscreen tablet mission system that is currently in frontline...
Application Briefs: Defense
M1 Abrams Tank Engine Updates
Phoenix, AZ
602-365-3099
https://aerospace.honeywell.com
The Honeywell-powered M1 Abrams tank has been a mainstay of the U.S. military’s heavy armored forces for more...
Application Briefs: Defense
Aircraft Automation System
Manassas, VA
703-369-3633
www.aurora.aero
Aurora Flight Sciences is breaking ground in the world of automated flight through its work on the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit...
News: Robotics, Automation & Control
Exo-Brake Enables Safe Return for Small Spacecraft
Articles: Aerospace
Pulse Analysis Techniques for Radar and Electronic Warfare
Pulsed signals are widespread in radar and other electronic warfare (EW) applications, and they must be accurately measured for manufacturing, design of countermeasures, and threat...
Articles: Aerospace
Flat Cable Technology for Aerospace Applications
There are those who think all cables are created equal. Well, they're not.
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