Application Briefs: Defense
Helicopter Vibration Control System
Cary, NC
877 ASK LORD (275 5673)
www.lord.com
LORD Corporation recently announced product qualification for their Improved Vibration Control System (IVCS) for the Boeing H-47 Chinook helicopter. Under contract with Boeing since Sept. 2013, LORD has now completed all program...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
www.schiebel.net
In five months of operation, the NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) saved over 8,800 lives in the Mediterranean. By spotting and monitoring distressed vessels, Schiebel’s...
Application Briefs: Software
Newport News, VA
757-825-0000
http://hypersizer.com
When announcing the completion of the Bell V-280 tiltrotor fuselage at a press conference, Bell Helicopter leadership...
Application Briefs: Defense
Elizabeth City, NC
252-331-1997
www.hofferflow.com
Hoffer Flow Controls, Inc. recently received a new contract to supply 575 fuel flow meters as a part of the U.S. Navy’s H-53 heavy...
Application Briefs: Defense
Paris La Défense Cedex, France
+33 (0)1 57 77 86 26
www.thalesgroup.com
Thales was recently selected by Northrop Grumman Corporation to have its state-of-the-art Flight Management...
Application Briefs: Defense
Redondo Beach, CA
310-812-4321
www.northropgrumman.com
The U.S. Navy has been conducting ship-board flight testing of the first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
905-633-4000
www.wescam.com
The MX™-15D designating turret from L-3 WESCAM was successfully used during a weapons demonstration on the Bell Boeing V-22...
Technology Update: Aerospace
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...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Stratford, CT
1-800-946-4337
www.sikorsky.com/
Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., is developing its first product to feature...
Application Briefs: Defense
West Falls Church, VA
703-280-2900
www.northropgrumman.com
All Navy aircraft must go through electromagnetic interference testing to ensure that they can operate...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Raleigh, NC
919-787-9707
www.micro-epsilon.com
Defective solar cells can destroy an entire module. Therefore, conducting regular inspections using thermography is a...
Briefs: Aerospace
The phenomenon of flapping wing flight in nature has been studied for centuries. Recently, flapping flight for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications has become of interest....
Application Briefs: Defense
Body-Worn Radio
The Nett Warrior Radio from Thales Communi cations provides soldiers with access to the government’s classified networks at the “Secret” or “Sensitive But Unclassified” level.
Application Briefs: Defense
Officials from the Armed Scout Helicopter Project Office, together with the US Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center’s Prototype Integration Facility, announced that the first...
Application Briefs: Defense
The Air Force has announced that the MLB V-Bat Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) UAV from the MLB Company (Sunnyvale, CA) has been selected for a Phase II SBIR award. The military branch seeks a vehicle...
Application Briefs: Defense
Manassas, VA
(540) 351-1736
www.schiebel.net
Schiebel recently conducted the successful first flight of a heavy-fuel-powered CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS (Unmanned Air...
Articles: Aerospace
While most ordnance is now laserguided, there is still much work to be done on the defensive detection of laser designators. Hence the growing need for advanced laser-warning systems (LWS). While multiple...
Briefs: Physical Sciences
Ultrasonic Guided Wave Analysis for Detecting and Classifying Damage in a Thin Metallic Plate
A ircraft and rotorcraft structures are being redesigned with new lower weight materials; however, older metallic structures continue to be used. These older structures need monitoring and characterization of damage for con-
tinued operation. The...
Application Briefs: Defense
Minnesota Wire’s R&D division, Minnovate, has been awarded a Phase One Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the U.S. Army’s Program Executive...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Autonomous rotorcraft provide improved capability in performing military missions such as reconnaissance, targeting, border patrol, and environmental sensing. A common difficulty in...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A n infrared data link between a ground station and a small uninhabited helicopter in flight has been demonstrated in an effort to develop a type of system for free-space optical...
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
AFRL demonstrated its Remotely Controlled Aerial Vehicle for Application of Pesticides (RCAVAP) at the Force Protection Equipment Demonstration (FPED) conducted at Quantico...
Briefs: Materials
AFRL researchers developed a unique design and structural analysis tool for composite materials, and they subsequently transitioned their product to manufacturers of helicopters and other...
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
AFRL scientists are working on SkyTote, a novel unmanned air vehicle (UAV) that will take off and land vertically like a helicopter (see figure) but also transition into horizontal flight like a...
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