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Leopard 2 Tank Retrofits
Jenoptik Defense & Civil Systems
Wedel, Germany
+49 3641 65-2255
As part of a Polish modernization program for the Leopard 2 tank, Jenoptik was recently awarded contracts to supply 126 17-kilowatt...
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Mobile Weapons Stations
KONGSBERG Protech Systems (KPS)
Johnstown, PA
814-269-5700
KONGSBERG Protech Systems (KPS), one of the world's leading suppliers of Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) recently unveiled their latest system...
Application Briefs Defense
Redundant Transmitting System in Aircraft (RTSA)
In air navigation, a flight transponder (transmitter-responder) is a device that emits an identifying signal in response to an interrogating received signal. Transponders are used as...
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Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Vehicles (ARFF)
Oshkosh Defense, LLC
Oshkosh, WI
920-235-9150
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has received Milestone C approval to begin...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Rugged Smart Displays
General Micro Systems, Inc.
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
800-307-4863
General Micro Systems, Inc.'s SD19 rugged smart display is being deployed for use in modernizing select U.S. Navy ships. This smart, all-in-one...
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Industrial-Scale Metal 3D Printer
Sciaky, Inc.
Chicago, IL
877-450-2518
Sciaky, Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, Inc. (PSI), announced recently that Airbus was scheduled to take delivery of a state-of-the-art...
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Concept Enables Solar UAV “Autonomous Soaring”
Naval Research Laboratory engineers want to improve the ability of unmanned platforms to support a 24/7 information, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mission. A new concept being...
News Electronics & Computers
DARPA's ALIAS Successfully Lands a Boeing 737 Simulator
Aurora Flight Sciences has demonstrated its automated flight capabilities with various successful flight scenarios in a Boeing 737 simulator. The work, part of the Defense Advanced...
News Defense
NASA to Establish New Space Technology Research Institutes
NASA has selected proposals for the creation of two multi-disciplinary, university-led research institutes that will focus on the development of technologies critical to...
News Defense
Incremental Improvements Can Lead to Huge Benefits for Aircraft Programs
Today, virtually all commercial aircraft possess sophisticated systems that contribute to a comfortable—not to mention safe and healthy—environment for...
INSIDER Software
AMRDEC Technologies to Improve Air and Missile Defense
Engineers at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) are working on a trio of technologies to explore improving existing air and...
INSIDER Defense
Drop of Mock Nuclear Weapon Is First of New Flight Tests
From a distance, the drop of a mock nuclear weapon — containing only non-nuclear components — was a mere puff of dust rising from a dry lake bed at Nevada’s Tonopah Test...
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
Mobile High-Energy Laser Shoots Down Drones
A Stryker combat vehicle equipped with a 5kW laser and an array of sensors spent several minutes scanning the horizon for a wayward "enemy" drone. On a television screen in a nearby tent off...
Articles Semiconductors & ICs
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 Unmanned Systems
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...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Aurora Flight Sciences Partners with Uber in Contested Airspace
Uber announced in late April a partnership with Aurora Flight Sciences to develop electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for its Uber Elevate Network....
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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...
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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....
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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...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Norsk Gives Boeing Manufacturing Edge with First 3D-Printed Titanium Components
Norsk Titanium AS—which has been researching and developing its RPD (rapid plasma deposition) process for over 10 years—says it can produce titanium...
News Transportation
T-X down to Two Main Contenders
Although the lightweight, supersonic T-38 has been the staple advanced jet trainer for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and U.S. Naval Test Pilot School for more than 55 years, the dependable aircraft is expected...
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...
Application Briefs Defense
Commando Helicopter
Leonardo-Finmeccanica
Rome, Italy
+39 06 32473313
www.leonardocompany.com/
Leonardo-Finmeccanica announced recently that the first AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin Mk4 successfully completed its maiden...
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Touchscreen Tablet Mission System
Inzpire
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
Honeywell Aerospace
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
Aurora Flight Sciences
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...
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