Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Calculation of Weapon Platform Attitude and Cant Using Available Sensor Feedback
When firing artillery, there is typically a maximum angle that the platform cannot exceed relative to the Earth plane. This is due to the large recoil forces...
Briefs: Aerospace
Validation of Automated Prediction of Blood Product Needs Algorithm Processing Continuous Non-Invasive Vital Signs Streams (ONPOINT4)
Hemorrhagic shock occurs frequently in natural and man-made disaster scenarios. To control bleeding and to...
TiO2 or ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) have a very strong finite-size dependency in their Raman spectra or photoluminescence (PL) spectra due to the phonon...
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
New Products: February 2018 Aerospace & Defense Technology
Themis Computer® (Fremont, CA) announced the launch of its next generation XR6 Rugged Enterprise Servers (RES)...
Articles: Test & Measurement
CompactPCI Serial Space
There are a few open specifications in the embedded industry that have been used in the extreme environments of space over the years. These include VME, CompactPCI, OpenVPX, and MicroTCA. But, prime contractors such...
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Turret Aiming and Stabilization System
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Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division recently completed significant enhancements...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Natural DNA-Based Nonvolatile Resistive Switching Memory
Motivated by the demand for an even larger storage capacity in the information era, research efforts have been devoted to the development of more efficient and cost-effective memory elements.
Briefs: Internet of Things
Content Addressable Memory (CAM) Technologies for Big Data and Intelligent Electronics Enabled By Magneto-Electric Ternary CAM
Content addressable memory (CAM) is one of the most promising hardware solutions for high-speed data searching and...
Briefs: Defense
pH-Dependent Spin State Population and 19F NMR Chemical Shift Via Remote Ligand Protonation in An Iron(II) Complex
The development of transition metal-based molecules and materials that can be switched between low-spin and high-spin...
INSIDER: Communications
‘Quantum Radio’ May Aid Communications Indoors, Underground, Underwater
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that quantum physics might enable communications and mapping in...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Using Ground Sensors to Defend Aircraft Against Laser Strikes
A growing safety concern for pilots and aircraft passengers is laser strikes, or the aiming of high-power laser pointers at aircraft. To address the present lack of effective...
INSIDER: Aerospace
NASA Data Aids California Wildfire Response
NASA’s Earth resources aircraft, as well as multiple satellites, are providing critical data to aid various agencies responding to the wildfires damaging vast areas of southern California....
Products: Defense
New Products: December 2017 Aerospace & Defense Technology
JTAG Technologies (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) announced the immediate release of a new JTAG/boundary-scan test hardware interface...
Articles: Aerospace
New Products & Services: December 2017 Aerospace Manufacturing & Fabrication
Parker Steel Company (Maumee, OH) offers metric-sized metals suitable for applications where presized metric parts are needed....
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Identifying and Isolating Signals Using Radio Frequency Photonics
A single antenna can be used for both transmission and reception. To accomplish this, the transmission must be isolated from the reception. In Figure 1, a radio frequency...
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
WIAMan
The newest crash test dummy in development is actually a blast test dummy. WIAMan (Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin) is a ground-breaking anthropomorphic test device (ATD) being developed by the U.S. Army. It’s the first...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Sensors Detect Aircraft Damage as it Occurs
The Army developed and tested networked acoustic emission sensors that can detect airframe damage on conceptual composite UH-60 Black Hawk rotorcraft. The sensing method can be used to reliably...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Painless Microneedles Extract Fluid for Wearable Sensors for Soldiers
Sandia National Laboratories and University of New Mexico researchers have developed unique microneedle-based sensor technology that they hope can someday be used to...
INSIDER: Defense
University Researchers Give Self-Driving Vehicles a Boost
While the future of vehicles may be driverless, West Virginia University is steering the technology in the right direction. More and more cars being sold today include...
INSIDER: Defense
Wave Glider Surfs Across Stormy Drake Passage in Antarctica
The Southern Ocean is key to Earth’s climate, but the same gusting winds, big waves and strong currents that are important to ocean physics make it perilous for...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Testing Large–Scale Vehicle–Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
In July of 2016, a refrigerator truck packed with explosives detonated next to a crowded apartment block in Baghdad’s Karrada neighborhood. The blast killed 323 people...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Putting Smart Weapons to The Test
In the old days, a slingshot, BB gun, rifle or cannon was only as smart as the marksman taking aim. Now, many weapons are guided to their targets with the precision of infrared sensors and lasers. The...
INSIDER: Aerospace
NASA Tests Multi-Material 3D-Printed Rocket Engine Part
NASA engineers tested a 3D-printed rocket engine prototype part made of two different metal alloys via an advanced manufacturing process. The part was low-pressure, hot-fire-tested...
Articles: Test & Measurement
Quality and Validation of Digital Designs for Aerospace and Defense
As aerospace and defense manufacturing becomes increasingly digitized—from the earliest design stages to the factory floor and beyond—data accuracy is fundamental to...
Articles: Aerospace
Test System Ensures Flawless Performance of Military RF Devices
Communication on the battlefield is a life-or-death matter. You can't take chances with RF devices or power units malfunctioning or failing. A soldier's life may depend on...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The Impact of Video Compression on Remote Cardiac Pulse Measurement Using Imaging Photoplethysmography
Remote measurement of physiological signals has a number of advantages over traditional contact methods. It allows the measurement of...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Subjective Mapping of Dust-Emission Sources by Using MODIS Imagery
Dust storms (5 to 100 km across) often originate from multiple dust-emission sources (1 to 10 km across). Remote-sensing-based dust-source identification is a challenge. A...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Custom Data Logger for Real-Time Remote Field Data Collections
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), CHL, FRF, had a need for a remote real-time data collection system to control instruments and log and communicate data from five...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Initial Validation of Ballistic Shock Accelerometers
Method 522.2 of MIL-STD-810G CN1 defines ballistic shock as “a high-level shock that generally results from the impact of projectiles or ordnance on armored combat vehicles”. Typical...
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