Magazine

Products: RF & Microwave Electronics
New Products: September 2020 Aerospace & Defense Technology
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Diamond Super-Material Enhances Aircraft Survivability
Articles: Materials
Army Advances Materials for New Low-Profile Antenna
Articles: Energy
Thermal Management for Directed Energy Weapons
Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
From DC to Daylight — How Innovations in Microwave Absorbers Shield the Warfighter
Articles: AR/AI
Development of a Secure Private Neural Network Capability

Top Stories

INSIDER: Defense

Boeing Unmanned Plane Launches for U.S. Space Force - Aerospace & Defense...

INSIDER: Defense

Battery Breakthrough Gives Boost to Electric Flight - Aerospace & Defense...

INSIDER: Defense

Airbus Tests Autonomous Commercial Aircraft - Aerospace & Defense...

INSIDER: Aerospace

Army Drones Change Shape Mid-Flight - Aerospace & Defense Technology

Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Bringing Turbine Power to Small Aircraft - Aerospace & Defense Technology

INSIDER: Propulsion

Jet Propulsion Without Fossil Fuel - Aerospace & Defense Technology

Latest Briefs & News

Articles: Electronics & Computers
Radiation-Tolerant FPGAs Solve Spacecraft Design Challenges
Learn about the different FPGA technologies that are available for space applications, and the process for developing the components.
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Damage & Repair Tracker
The UK's fleet of Merlin Mark 2 helicopters has been testing the tlmNexus' Damage & Repair Tracker (DaRT).
Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Rear Fuselage Packer
To date, the rear fuselage packers have been used in the production of over 500 aircraft.
Application Briefs: Defense
Mars Rover Electric Motors
A number of maxon's precision DC and BLDC motors were designed into the Perseverance rover.
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Solar-Powered Structures
Pvilion, a solar-powered fabric provider, was recently awarded a contract by the United State Air Force (USAF).
Application Briefs: Data Acquisition
Operating System Software
Learn about the The INTEGRITY-178 tuMP RTOS.
Application Briefs: Defense
Rocket Engine Technology
This effort will mark the first representative flight of an aerospike engine after many decades of research and abandoned flight efforts.
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Remotely Piloted Aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems recently flew its SkyGuardian in the skies above Southern California as part of a joint flight demonstration with NASA.
Application Briefs: Aerospace
CAM Software
HyperMILL ® CAM software and 5-axis machining is being used to make parts for an advanced NASA satellite mission.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Directed-Energy System to Defeat Small Unmanned Aircraft System Swarms
New weapons technology is needed to combat the proliferation of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS).
Briefs: Test & Measurement
WIAMan Technology Demonstrator Sensor Codes Conforming to International Organization for Standardization/Technical Standard (ISO/TS) 13499
The Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin (WIAMan) Project is in the process of developing anthropomorphic test devices.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Beam Propagation Model Selection for Millimeter-Wave Directed Energy Weapons
See how Modeling and Simulation (M&S) can be used to explore the design trade space of directed energy weapons.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Experimental Design of a UCAV-Based High-Energy Laser Weapon
The day of the first deployable UCAV armed with a high-energy laser weapon is not far away.
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Products: August 2020 Aerospace & Defense Technology
Miniature sensors, 3D printing platforms, lightning test systems, and more.
Articles: Aerospace
Cryogenic-Capable Isolators Improve the Performance of Millimeter-Wave Systems by Lowering Noise Levels
Find isolators that operate optimally under cryogenic conditions.
Articles: Test & Measurement
Reverse Engineering the Boeing E-3 Sentry's Secondary Flight Controls
Learn about the challenges that arise when you try to reverse-engineer the console configuration for a NATO E-3 AWACS.
Articles: Energy
Vanadium: A Green Metal Critical to Aerospace and Clean Energy
From jet engine components to high-speed airframes, vanadium alloys are deployed in virtually every jet aircraft flying today,
Articles: Aerospace
Detection with Quantum Radar
A new radar prototype utilizes quantum entanglement as a method of object detection.
Articles: Propulsion
Thrust in Space - The Nuances of Thruster Valve Design
More and more companies are designing rockets, satellites, and reusable space vehicles that require thruster valves to position, maintain, or change vehicle orbit in space.
Articles: Software
3D Printing Aerodynamic Improvements
Learn about microvanes, one of the only types of 3D-printed parts that are FAA-approved for use on the exterior of an aircraft.
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
WMD Detection Technology
The first-of-its-kind system will leverage multiple data sources and machine learning to detect and identify indications of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) threat.
Application Briefs: Defense
Telemetry Processing Systems
Acroamatics Telemetry Systems (Acroamatics), was recently selected by Northrop Grumman to deliver telemetry tech for the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) program.
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Loitering Precision Strike Missile
The Switchblade missile system is back-packable and rapidly deployable from ground platforms.
Application Briefs: Defense
Electro-Optical Missile System
The Slovak army is the 6th armed force to choose the modern 5th generation SPIKE LR2 missile.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
sUAS-Based Payload Development and Testing for Quantifying Optical Turbulence
Understanding how atmospheric effects can impact operational conditions is important to the development of High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon systems.
Briefs: Software
Development and Verification of Body Armor Target Geometry Created Using Computed Tomography Scans
Previous methods of target geometry can be replaced by more accurate computer scanning technology.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Use of Mass-Flux Measurement and Vapor-Phase Tomography to Quantify Vadose-Zone Source Strength and Distribution
New tech can improve evaluation of vadose zone source impacts on groundwater, leading to improved remediation decisions.
Briefs: Aerospace
Correlational Analysis of Speech Intelligibility Tests and Metrics for Speech Transmission
Evaluating the quality and limitations of speech could serve as a valuable resource.
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Preliminary Development of an Integrated Mobility, Lethality, and Survivability Soldier Performance Testing Platform
Develop a methodology that incorporates objective measures of performance and is sensitive to changes in soldier-system equipment.

Webcasts

Upcoming Webinars: Medical

Metal Injection Molding

Upcoming Webinars: Automotive

The Power of the Hollow: Using Hollow Aluminum Extrusions to Meet...

Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers

Helping HEV/EV Batteries Go the Distance and Stay Cool Under...

Upcoming Webinars: Test & Measurement

Standardization for Automated-Vehicle Testing and Simulation

Upcoming Webinars: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Rotary Position Sensing for EV Powertrain Applications

Upcoming Webinars: Automotive

Best Practices for Avoiding Systematic Faults and Handling Random...

Trending Stories

Articles: Software

Designing a High-Speed Decoy Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)