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Simulating and Analyzing Flow for an Air-to-Air Refueling System
Long-range bombers may have missions halfway around the world. Fighter jets may have to stay in the air longer than their relatively small fuel tanks will allow, or may find...
Articles: Defense
The Ins and Outs of Spaceflight Passive Components and Assemblies
RF and microwave components deployed in spaceflight applications can experience hundreds of degrees of temperature variation, massive amounts of radiation, and can be expected...
Application Briefs: Defense
Upgraded Electronic Flight Bag System
Milwaukee, WI
414-449-4000
www.astronautics.com
Astronautics Corporation of America has been selected to provide an improved and upgraded electronic...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Helicopter Vibration Control System
Cary, NC
877 ASK LORD (275 5673)
www.lord.com
LORD Corporation recently announced product qualification for their Improved Vibration Control System (IVCS) for the Boeing H-47 Chinook helicopter. Under contract with Boeing since Sept. 2013, LORD has now completed all program...
Briefs: Defense
Development of High Quality 4H-SiC Thick Epitaxy for Reliable High Power Electronics Using Halogenated Precursors
Development of robust semiconductor devices with high energy efficiency and reliability is a key objective towards 'Energy...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Silicon Based Mid-Infrared SiGeSn Heterostructure Emitters and Detectors
The goal of this research project was to advance the science and technology...
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Reconfigurable Electronics and Non-Volatile Memory Research
The purpose of this research was to investigate non-volatile memory device technologies that could be applied to reconfigurable electronics applications to provide power reduction,...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Energy-Filtered Tunnel Transistor: A New Device Concept Toward Extremely Low Energy Consumption Electronics
Excessive heat dissipation (or power...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Nano-Modified Aerospace Composites Have Improved Conductivity
Research indicates the potential of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic that is made multifunctional while still maintaining its structural integrity. Novel functionality including...
INSIDER: Software
Simulation Software Improves Pilot Training
Providing pilots with the best possible preparation for extreme situations is the goal of new simulation software. The program that combines flow mechanics and flight dynamics in real time. The...
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Professor Simulates Bomb Blasts to Study How Things Break Apart
How much force does it take to shatter a Humvee, a soldier’s body armor, or a submarine?
INSIDER: Defense
High-Speed, Autonomous Surface Patrol Capability Demonstrated
After a year of internal research and development, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, recently conducted a large, at-sea...
INSIDER: Defense
Army Researchers Demonstrate 3-D Printed Drones
Soldiers witnessed the innovation of Army researchers recently during flight testing of 3-D printed unmanned aircraft systems that were created on-demand for specific missions.
INSIDER: Software
Computer Model More Accurately Predicts Flight Delays
Researchers at Binghamton University have devised a new computer model that can more accurately predict delays faster than anything currently in use. The multilevel input layer...
INSIDER: Defense
Cockpit Display Shows Precise Locations of Sonic Booms
NASA pilots flying supersonic aircraft now have a display that tells them exactly where sonic booms are hitting the ground. The display provided NASA research pilots the ability to...
A laser-guided navigation sensor that could help future rovers make safe, precise landings on Mars or destinations beyond was developed at NASA’s Langley...
INSIDER: Defense
Researchers 3D-Print Operational Drone with Embedded Electronics
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 3D-printed a ready-to-fly drone with embedded electronics using aerospace-grade material. The electronics were...
INSIDER: Physical Sciences
New Grasses Neutralize Toxic Pollution From Bombs and Munitions
On military live fire training ranges, troops practice firing artillery shells, drop bombs on old tanks or derelict buildings and test the capacity of new weapons. But those...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Researchers Develop High-Performance, Clean Solid Rocket Propellant
A Purdue-related startup is developing a new rocket fuel formulation that could make rockets used in military and space applications travel further, carry greater...
INSIDER: Defense
Army Explores 3-D Printing's Future Applications
A soldier heads back to camp, grabs a power bar and unloads his gear. The power bar, which was "printed" minutes earlier, contains all the nutrients his body currently needs, according to...
3D printing, or additive manufacturing (AM), is quickly becoming a 'must have' for aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturers rather than just a luxury R&D...
Articles: Defense
Advances in Lightweight Electronics Protection
Lightweighting continues to be a key topic for the aerospace, avionics and defense industries as new metals and composites are being integrated into end products and assemblies with the goal of...
Articles: Aerospace
Powering Outer Space: An In-Depth Look at Aerospace Battery Technology
With space’s extreme environments, there is never a one-size-fits-all battery. Nor is any space mission ever the same, so customized batteries for each operation are...
Articles: Test & Measurement
Using High Bandwidth Oscilloscopes to Analyze Radar and Electronic Warfare Systems
Whether for multi-channel analysis, or for wider analysis bandwidth in a measurement, high bandwidth oscilloscopes offer an alternative to traditional...
Articles: Aerospace
Bio-inspired Airborne Infrastructure Reconfiguration (BioAIR)
Conventionally, most autonomous mobile nodes, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are operated remotely by human operators. As such, forming a mobile communication network...
Articles: Defense
EMI Analysis Software Helps Telescope Group Simulate RFI Mitigation
Challenging Einstein’s seminal theory of relativity to the limits, how the very first stars and galaxies formed just after the Big Bang, the study of dark energy and the...
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Communications Electronics Cooling Systems
Marlborough, MA
508-281-5322
www.apspensystems.com
Aspen Systems are supplying Environmental Control Units (ECU’s) for critical communications electronics cooling...
Application Briefs: Defense
Advanced Simulation Technology
Alameda, CA
510-814-7000
www.rgb.com
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the Department of Defense's next generation strike aircraft weapon system for the Navy, Air Force, Marines,...
Application Briefs: Defense
Airframe/Engine Seal Fire Test Facility
Trelleborg Sweden
+46 410 670 00
www.trelleborg.com
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has designed and built a new airframe/engine seal fire test facility...
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