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SAE International is inviting global participation in its AeroTech® aerospace and defense technology conference and exhibition, which is for the first...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The objective of this research program was to provide the fundamental understanding required for using the principles of electroanalytical chemistry to detect target...
Briefs: Energy
The Toxic Industrial Chemical/Toxic Industrial Material (TIC/TIM) Task Force MFR#1 published in February 2009 focuses on inhalation hazards in an operational environment and provides a list...
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
+1 937-255-0017
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AFRL Materials Integrity engineers recently played a key role in enabling the safer and more...
Articles: Aerospace
The Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) Weapons Development and Integration (WDI) Directorate has a program known as PRIntable Materials with...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The development of transition metal-based molecules and materials that can be switched between low-spin and high-spin...
Articles: Aerospace
Recent advancements in composite production and processing are making thermoplastics a viable option in a wider array of aerospace applications.
Briefs: Aerospace
In January 2015, the Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) began an effort to evaluate and develop top-coat...
Briefs: Aerospace
Knowledge of the physical properties of materials is critical for understanding their behavior in the environment as well as...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The objective of this work is to identify isotopic ratios suitable for analysis via mass spectrometry that distinguish between commercial...
Articles: Aerospace
It is both an exciting and a difficult time for the aerospace industry. While the sector is at its most buoyant with demand soaring in the commercial market, this is placing a strain...
Briefs: Aerospace
Using Fisher Information Criteria for Chemical Sensor Selection via Convex Optimization Methods
The design of chemical sensor arrays from the standpoint of chemical sensor selection and error quantification has historically proceeded as an ad hoc process. Frequently, chemical sensors are developed not as general purpose sensing devices, but as...
Briefs: Aerospace
Development of robust semiconductor devices with high energy efficiency and reliability is a key objective towards 'Energy...
Articles: Materials
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...
Briefs: Materials
YAG-based fiber lasers could offer efficient operation at power levels beyond those achievable in current state-of-the-art silica-based fiber...
Briefs: Materials
This SOP describes how to detect and quantify the release of nanoparticles from surface coatings into the air using a mechanical process that employs abrasion to simulate sanding. A...
Briefs: Defense
Chemiresistors represent a powerful class of chemical sensors that can be readily integrated into any electrical system, can be miniaturized, are readily multiplexed, and take nearly...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Monitoring trace gases is of great importance in a wide range of applications. Detecting a diverse range of chemical agents requires an adaptable sensor...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A research group from ITMO University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have invented unique conductive magnetic films that will be applied to transparent data storage, flexible...
Briefs: Materials
Advanced, Single-Polymer, Nanofiber-Reinforced Composite
A strategic goal of the U.S. Air Force is to be able to deliver munitions to targets anywhere around the globe in less than an hour. This will require very high speeds and novel lightweight and temperature-resistant materials. Nanocomposites are promising emerging materials for structural...
Briefs: Aerospace
Aging infrastructure has a major impact on safety, increasing the need to assess damage severity. Machinery, systems, and components such as...
Briefs: Defense
Multifunctional composites have been investigated for destruction of bio-agents. These materials’ unique properties at the nano scale, including...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Isotope Beta-Battery Approaches for Long-Lived Sensors
The energy density of isotopes exceeds that of chemical energy storage by six orders of magnitude. Isotopes are used in many commercial applications, and are produced and available at modest prices. The power requirements of many sensors and communications equipment can greatly reduce the...
Articles: Aerospace
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...
Briefs: Aerospace
Collapsible fabric fuel tanks have provided critical tactical bulk petroleum storage for military operations for over 50 years. Beginning in the...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Molecules have internal motions that are characteristic of their structure and identity. These motions can be studied by spectroscopy in different regions of the...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Aberdeen, MD
410-436-7118
www.ecbc.army.mil
The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of...
Briefs: Materials
Fabricating Porous Systems for Super-Dense Memories and Sensors
This project was dedicated to solving basic scientific issues and developing the scientific basis that underlies the improvement of super-dense memories, towards the terabit-per-square-inch goal and the engineering of chemical and biological sensors. Both applications rely on porous...
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