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Products: Defense
Dome-Loaded Pressure Regulator
WITT-Gasetechnik’s dome-loaded pressure regulator is impervious to system pressure and withdrawal fluctuations. A design modification to the integrated control pressure regulator ensures an almost complete compensation of supply pressure and outlet fluctuations. Thus, users can rely on constant conditions in the...
Products: Software
Simulation Software
AVX has released a new version of its SpiCalci simulation software, an engineering tool that calculates performance characteristics and parameters for its switch mode power supply (SMPS) capacitors. Featuring new products, enhanced parts selection and graphing tools, and broader compatibility, the software calculates...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Laser Measurement
Ophir Photonics’ 1000WP-BB-34 high-power water cooled thermal sensor is designed with the requirement that all materials coming in contact with the cooling water are either copper or nonmetallic. This eliminates the possibility of contaminating the water or corroding the sensor, improving the accuracy and reliability of the...
Articles: Materials
Advancing the Use of Beryllium Bearing Materials for Unmanned Platforms
Aerospace and defense platforms are often regarded as the earliest adopters of new materials and processes technologies. Materials test programs provide validations of...
Articles: Defense
Testing Reality in an Increasingly Complex Design Space
The universal adoption of digital 3-D design tools has truly changed forever the way that advanced products are created, from original concept studies, development, testing, and...
Articles: Aerospace
Unlocking the Power of Ceramic Matrix Composites
Faster, lighter, stronger, hotter – words anyone working on military product development is all too used to hearing. In a world where advanced computer modeling and simulation packages are...
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wireless Sensing — the Road to Future Digital Avionics
The performance of avionics systems is dictated by the timely availability and usage of critical health parameters. Various sensors acquire and communicate the desired parameters. In...
Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
New RF Strategies for Software Radio
Software defined radio system engineers can now exploit new technology to perform digital signal processing much closer to the antenna than ever before. Various strategies include the latest wideband data...
Application Briefs: Communications
Tracking WiFi Signals to Passively See Through Walls
University College London (UCL) researchers are investigating passive radar technologies that can see through walls using WiFi radio waves. The novel research required a real-time, passive...
Application Briefs: Defense
Flight Critical Power Electronics
Lynwood, WA
425-743-8321
www.craneae.com
Crane Aerospace & Electronics, Power Solutions, will be supplying flight critical power electronics for the...
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Mine-Sweeping Device
Torrensville, Australia
61-8-8238-0888
www.minelab.com NIITEK
Dulles, VA
703-661-0283
www.niitek.com
Minelab Electronics, an Australian company known for its...
Application Briefs: Imaging
Integrated Underwater Security System
Winfrith Newburgh, Dorchester, UK
+44-1305-212400
www.uk.atlas-elektronik.com SIGNALIS SAS
Bezons, France
+33-1-39-96-44-44
www.signalis.com...
The threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to human life is grave, and countering this threat is a high priority for force protection during military...
Briefs: Information Technology
Reduced Order Modeling for Rapid Simulation of Blast Events of a Military Ground Vehicle and its Occupants
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) pose a significant threat to military ground vehicles and soldiers in the field. Full-system...
High-fidelity simulation tools are used as an acceptable surrogate for real-world tests. These tools accelerate development and reduce cost, while informing weapons...
Technology Update: Defense
Toho Tenax Develops 'Super-Heat-Resistant' Prepreg for Engine Apps
Toho Tenax Co., Ltd. announced Nov. 6 that it has developed a new prepreg — a carbon-fiber sheet pre-impregnated with matrix resin — that offers super-high-heat and...
Technology Update: Aerospace
Sikorsky’s All-New Raider Helicopter Prototype is Ready to Fly
Sikorsky Aircraft unveiled in early October the first of two S-97 Raider lightweight tactical helicopter prototypes. In 2015 Sikorsky plans to offer the S-97 as a replacement...
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Aircraft with Hybrid Engine Can Recharge in Flight
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, in association with Boeing, have successfully tested the first aircraft to be powered by a parallel hybrid-electric propulsion system, where an...
INSIDER: Energy
Energy Harvesting Could Help Power Spacecraft of the Future
A consortium is working on a project to maximize energy harvesting on a spacecraft of the future. The initiative seeks to find energy-saving and -maximizing solutions to enable...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Mini Solar Observatory Can Be Used on Manned Spacecraft
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) developed a miniature portable solar observatory for use onboard a commercial, manned, suborbital spacecraft. The SwRI Solar Instrument...
INSIDER: Defense
Researchers Create New Test Station for Missile Warning System
The AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) helps protect Army aircraft from attack by shoulder-launched missiles and other threats. To keep this defensive system...
INSIDER: Defense
Studies Look at Long-Term Aging of Electronics in Nuclear Weapons
Sandia National Laboratories is studying how environments, including radiation that originates from a nuclear weapon itself, could affect the performance of electronics in the...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Serenity Payload Detects Hostile Fire
Two government-developed sensors are working together to increase the security of deployed soldiers. The Firefly and Serenity sensors employ government developed algorithms, software, and hardware to...
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Racecar with Composite-Intensive Suspension Gets Track Tested in 2015
A racecar fitted with a prototype rear suspension will compete in the Sports Car Club of America's 2015 season as a proof-of-concept demonstrator for using thermoplastic...
News: Aerospace
Isuzu Takes High-Level Approach to T4F Solutions
Depending on which off-highway engine manufacturer you’re talking to, it is either an advantage that its teams of engineers design specifically and solely for the off-highway industry, or it is an advantage that its teams of engineers design for both the on- and off-highway industries. Read more...
News: Defense
3-D Manufacturing of Titanium Components Takes Off
MRO providers are discovering ways to innovate their procedures while remaining viable and profitable through the current downturn in government spending. Read more at http://articles.sae.org/13268.
News: Aerospace
Trimming Wiring Harnesses Becomes Design Focus
Wires and cables help design teams add electronic features and functions, but networks and wiring harnesses add a fair amount of weight while their connections can be the cause of failures. That’s prompting developers to examine ways to reduce the size and weight of wires and cables. Read more at...
News: Materials
Carbon-Fiber Concept Trailer From Great Dane Cuts Weight by 4000 lb
The Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience is a prototype tractor-trailer developed to demonstrate the possibilities of future transport, and the truck is not the only place where innovation reigns. The trailer body is built almost exclusively with carbon fiber, and it incorporates...
Products: Electronics & Computers
True DC Switch and X-Band Core Chip
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. (San Diego, CA) recently introduced two new integrated products—a True DC switch and an X-band core chip. Built on Peregrine’s UltraCMOS® technology, both...
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